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G Willard Miller Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$425k
Granted FY2024still arriving
30
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.1MHealth$747kArts & Culture$502kAnimals$203kRecreation & Sports$182kYouth Development$83kHuman Services$81kReligion$29kOther$0
02FY2024 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k17 grants · $73k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $123k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $230k
$7,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$2.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JOHN MUIR MEDICAL CTR FOUNDATION$100,000
STANFORD UNIVERSITY$75,000
STANFORD WOMEN'S CANCER CTR$55,000
THE RIEKES CENTER$22,500
ONE (ORINDA NETWORK FOR EDUCATION)$15,000
M-A FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE$15,000
FRIENDS OF JACLYN FOUNDATION$10,000
REDEEMER SCHOOL$10,000
GEORGE MARK CHILDREN'S FUND$10,000
COMMIT FOUNDATION$10,000
MARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION$10,000
UCSF FOUNDATION$10,000
CARONDELET HIGH SCHOOL$10,000
CHILD AND FAMILY INSTITUTE$7,500
PENINSULA BALL FOUNDATION$7,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $28k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 78% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%COMMIT FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%MOBILIZE LOVE: $4k → 10%GRATEFUL GATHERINGS: $5k → 10%GRATEFUL GATHERINGS: $3k → 10%HOSPICE OF THE EAST BAY: $3k → 9%HOSPICE OF THE EAST BAY: $3k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MT
WI
NY
MA
CT
CA
CO
VA
GA
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.3M · 53 repeat orgs$70k to everyone else

53 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 31 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

53
4

Total granted

$2.3M
$17k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+27%

Still filing today

42%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $53k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthAnimalsYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • RC
    Riekes Center for Human Enhancement
    8× · 2017–2024 · $118k · revenue +28%
  • ON
    ORINDA NETWORK FOR EDUCATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $95k · revenue +243%
  • MP
    MENLO PARK-ATHERTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2022 · $63k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • OS
    OAKLAND STROKES INCORPORATEDgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $8k · revenue +27%
  • UP
    USC PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED ATHLETIC
    one grant, 2018 · $8k
  • XO
    XSLAVES ORG
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Sutter Bay Hospitals

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
2
San Diego Jewish Academy

San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.

Education
3
Marin Horizon School Inc

We ground students in a deep sense of belonging so they become enthusiastic learners, develop confident voices, and emerge as beacons of kindness in their communities.

Education
4
Marin Academy

Marin academy asks every individual to think, question, and create in an environment of encouragement and compassion, and challenges each person to accept the responsibilities posed by education in a democratic society.

Education
5
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
6
Ucsf Health Medical Foundation

See schedule othe mission of ucsf health medical foundation is threefold: 1) to establish, operate and maintain medical clinics for the provision of healthcare services in california; 2) to promote health by providing, coordinating,…

Health
7
The San Francisco School

A private school that cultivates and celebrates the intellectual, imaginative, and humanitarian promise of each student in a community that practices mutual respect, embraces diversity, and inspires passion for learning.

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8
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
9
The College Preparatory School

At college prep we believe in the foundational importance of scholarship, the value of dialogue, and the need for academically curious young people to belong to a kind, creative, diverse and joyful community. we challenge our students to…

Education
10
The Seven Hills School

The institution provides educational instruction and activities to students ranging from preschool through 8th grade.

—
11
Silicon Valley Education Foundation

Who we are - silicon valley education foundation (svef) focuses on raising student performance in the critical areas of math and science across all 33 santa clara county school districts, and also adjoining san mateo and alameda counties.…

Community Improvement
12
Samuel Merritt University

Samuel merritt university educates students to become highly skilled and compassionate health care professionals who positively transform the experience of care in diverse communities.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Community Coalition On High-Speed Rail. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

30 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 30 of the 65 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/30
Grantees still filing
18/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JOHN MUIR MEDIAL CTR FOUNDATION: $500,000 · OtherJOHN MUIR MEDIAL CTR FOUNDATIONJOHN MUIR MEDICAL CTR FOUNDATION: $300,000 · OtherJOHN MUIR MEDICAL CTR FOUNDATIONSTANFORD WOMEN'S CANCER CTR: $205,000 · OtherSTANFORD WOMEN'S CANCER CTRANIMAL RESCUE FOUNDATION: $180,000 · OtherANIMAL RESCUE FOUNDATIONORINDA NETWORK FOR EDUCATION: $95,000 · OtherCHILD AND FAMILY INSTITUTE: $85,000 · Other+36 more: $528,000 · Other+36 moreTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $600,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND…Riekes Center for Human Enhancement: $117,500 · EducationRiekes Center for Human EnhancementMENLO PARK-ATHERTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $63,000 · EducationMENLO PARK-ATHERTON EDUCATION FOUND…UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $60,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCI…FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $40,000 · EducationMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 · Education+4 more: $36,500 · EducationGeorge Mark Childrens Fund: $25,000 · HealthSUTTER BAY MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $14,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $10,500 · HealthFRIENDS OF JACLYN INC: $10,000 · HealthTHE PENINSULA BALL FOUNDATION: $24,000 · Human ServicesTHE COMMIT FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesGRATEFUL GATHERINGS: $8,000 · Human ServicesEAST BAY INTEGRATED CARE INC: $6,000 · Human ServicesMOBILIZE LOVE: $3,500 · Human ServicesOAKTREE FOUNDATION INC: $18,000 · AnimalsCARAVITA FOUNDATION (FORMERLY ANGELS FOR ANGELS FOUNDATION): $5,000 · AnimalsCASA of San Mateo County: $17,500 · Crime & LegalHRJ CHARITIES INC: $15,000 · Youth Development
Other$1,893,000Education$952,000Health$59,500Human Services$51,500Animals$23,000Crime & Legal$17,500Youth Development$15,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $600,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRiekes Center for Human Enhancement: $117,500 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetORINDA NETWORK FOR EDUCATION: $95,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetCHILD AND FAMILY INSTITUTE: $85,000 over 8y, 8.5% of budgetMENLO PARK-ATHERTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $63,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $40,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMENLO SCHOOL: $34,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGeorge Mark Childrens Fund: $25,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTHE PENINSULA BALL FOUNDATION: $24,000 over 8y, 7.6% of budgetOAKTREE FOUNDATION INC: $18,000 over 7y, 2.8% of budgetCASA of San Mateo County: $17,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHRJ CHARITIES INC: $15,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetOak Grove Christian Ministries: $14,500 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetSUTTER BAY MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $14,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWholeSchool Mindfulness Inc: $12,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $10,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSALISBURY SCHOOL INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetORINDA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL PARENTS': $10,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE COMMIT FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF JACLYN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGRATEFUL GATHERINGS: $8,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetOAKLAND STROKES INCORPORATED: $7,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetEAST BAY INTEGRATED CARE INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY COALITION ON HIGH-SPEED RAIL: $5,500 over 6y, 11% of budgetCARAVITA FOUNDATION (FORMERLY ANGELS FOR ANGELS FOUNDATION): $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSLEEPY HOLLOW PARENTS CLUB INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMOBILIZE LOVE: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJOY IN MOTION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Riekes Center for Human Enhancement ↗
  • Who funds ORINDA NETWORK FOR EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds CHILD AND FAMILY INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds MENLO PARK-ATHERTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ↗
  • Who funds MARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MENLO SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds George Mark Childrens Fund ↗
  • Who funds THE PENINSULA BALL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OAKTREE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CASA of San Mateo County ↗
  • Who funds HRJ CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Oak Grove Christian Ministries ↗
  • Who funds SUTTER BAY MEDICAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WholeSchool Mindfulness Inc ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Los Angeles ↗
  • Who funds SALISBURY SCHOOL INC ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The San Francisco Fou…Gordon E and Betty I …Cerity Partners Found…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…Silicon Valley Commun…McKesson Foundation I…Bright Funds Foundati…United Way WorldwideMarin Community Found…American Endowment Fo…The Ayco Charitable F…
The San Francisco FoundationCA17.1× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · Cerity Partners Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · McKesson Foundation Inc · Bright Funds Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Marin Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization G Willard Miller Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from G Willard Miller Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to G Willard Miller Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to G Willard Miller Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 65 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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