Massachusetts · Private foundation
Herman and Frieda L 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.
- $2.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 36
- Grants FY2025
- 48
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $60,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 48 to 54
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $48M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations Herman and Frieda L Miller Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $215k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 34 | $2.0M | 6% |
| FY2024 | 48 | $2.6M | 8% |
| FY2023 | 54 | $2.9M | 28% |
| FY2022 | 50 | $2.6M | 20% |
| FY2021 | 52 | $2.6M | 21% |
| FY2020 | 54 | $2.6M | 22% |
| FY2019 | 50 | $2.6M | 30% |
| FY2018 | 54 | $2.7M | 31% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center Inc | $915,000 | 9 | 5% |
| The Theater Offensive Inc | $810,000 | 9 | 8% |
| Join for Justice Inc | $695,000 | 9 | 10% |
| Massachusetts Communities Action Network Inc | $615,000 | 6 | 11% |
| Central Square Theater Inc | $615,000 | 9 | 5% |
| Urban Revival Inc | $585,000 | 9 | 7% |
| Essex County Community Organization | $570,000 | 9 | 16% |
| Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition Inc | $555,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Justice at Work Inc | $550,000 | 9 | 18% |
| La Colaborativa Inc | $480,000 | 9 | 4% |
Show all 94 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 50 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Herman and Frieda L Miller Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 91 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · The Hyams Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Barr Foundation · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Children's Hospital Corporation · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · The Fish Family Foundation · Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return · Health Resources in Action Inc
How this is measured
Compare Herman and Frieda L Miller Foundation with peer funders
About Herman and Frieda L Miller Foundation
- How much does Herman and Frieda L Miller Foundation give?
- Herman and Frieda L Miller Foundation reported 36 grants totaling $2,066,325 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 48 and 54 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Herman and Frieda L Miller Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Civil Rights (18%), Community Improvement (11%), Housing & Shelter (11%).
- Who are Herman and Frieda L Miller Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center Inc ($915k), The Theater Offensive Inc ($810k), Join for Justice Inc ($695k).
- Does Herman and Frieda L Miller Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Herman and Frieda L Miller Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Herman and Frieda L Miller Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, The Hyams Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation.
- Where is Herman and Frieda L Miller Foundation based?
- Herman and Frieda L Miller Foundation is based in MA.
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