· Private foundation
Gordon and Gayle Miller Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What you funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k5 grants · $25k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $95k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $200k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ASPIRE RURAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION | $100,000 |
| MARLETTE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS | $100,000 |
| WATER QUALITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| CARLETON COLLEGE (ALUMNI FUND) | $20,000 |
| SANILAC COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| SOUTH HAVEN AREA RECREATIONAL AUTHORITY | $20,000 |
| CULLIGAN CARES | $10,000 |
| ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN | $5,000 |
| AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY | $5,000 |
| AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION | $5,000 |
| HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS | $5,000 |
Do your dollars go where the need is?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 87% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.
Which US states your grants reach
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.
Who you back again
Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.
13 repeat relationships — 10 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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
- WQWATER QUALITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION9× · 2017–2025 · $175k · revenue +320%
- AHAmerican Heart Association Inc8× · 2018–2025 · $24k · revenue +26%
HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC7× · 2019–2025 · $22k · revenue +76%
Funded once
- SASALVATION ARMYone grant, 2020 · $7k
- ANAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branchesgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +46%
- MGMAPLE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLone grant, 2023 · $5k
Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The american college of radiology (acr) is organized to advance radiology science, practice and access, improve quality and safety, provide continuing education for radiology and allied professionals, and achieve better outcomes through…
The american college of rheumatology is an organization of and for physicians, health professionals, and scientists that advances rheumatology through programs of education, research, advocacy and practice support that foster excellence in…
2025 was a turbulent year for the medical and health research community, but our commitment to advocating for science never wavered. from pushing back against funding threats to elevating researchers' voices and equipping advocates, we…
The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.
Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…
The american college of surgeons is dedicated to improving the care of the surgical patient and to safeguarding standards of care in an optimal and ethical practice environment.
The american neuromuscular foundation was established to improve the quality of care for people with disorders of skeletal muscle, neuromuscular function, and central and peripheral nervous systems through the promotion of research and…
The sarnoff cardiovascular research foundation is dedicated to cultivating the next generation of physician-leaders in cardiovascular medicine by funding and supporting medical students and physicians engaged in transformative research.
See schedule omedstar health research institute is dedicated to supporting the academic platform of medstar health by conducting high quality translational and health sciences research throughout the medstar system.
Sfn's mission is to: 1. advance the understanding of the brain and the nervous system by bringing together scientists of all segments of neuroscience, by facilitating the integration of research directed at all levels of biological…
The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Arthritis Foundation Inc and the most unlike its peers is Sanilac County Community Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
8 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 8 of the 22 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.
Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee
Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them
A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds WATER QUALITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SANILAC COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
Government reliance of your grantees
Every dot is one organization Gordon and Gayle Miller Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.
- The Shriners' Hospital for Children — 6% of income from government
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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.