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· Private foundation

James F & Marion L Miller Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$12M
Granted FY2024still arriving
237
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$1.2M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$56MEducation$16MCrime & Legal$12MYouth Development$4.2MPhilanthropy$2.4MCommunity Improvement$1.0MCivil Rights$840kScience & Tech$770kOther$0
02FY2024 · 237 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k69 grants · $362k
  • $10k–50k106 grants · $2.7M
  • $50k–250k56 grants · $4.5M
  • $250k+6 grants · $4.4M
$23,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$179M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OREGON SYMPHONY$1,166,667
CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE$875,000
CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE$875,000
PORTLAND ART MUSEUM$800,000
PORTLAND OPERA$400,000
OREGON BALLET THEATRE$300,000
FOUNDATIONS FOR A BETTER OREGON$200,000
DE LA SALLE NORTH CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL$150,000
KIDS UNLIMITED OF OREGON$150,000
REAP$150,000
BRITT MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL$130,000
LITERARY ARTS INC$125,000
OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY (OMSI)$125,000
PROJECT YOUTH$125,000
NORTHWEST CHILDREN'S THEATER AND SCHOOL$100,000
02The need
03

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.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $2.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 81% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%ALTERNATIVE YOUTH ACTIVITIES: $30k → 17%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOC OF WALLAWALLA: $10k → 13%MAXTIVITY: $6k → 18%ANIMA MUNDI PRODUCTIONS: $16k → 13%HOLLA SCHOOL: $50k → 12%ANIMA MUNDI PRODUCTIONS: $14k → 13%FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $50k → 11%BUILDING HEALTHY FAMILIES: $20k → 12%ANIMA MUNDI PRODUCTIONS: $10k → 13%ANIMA MUNDI PRODUCTIONS: $9k → 13%ANIMA MUNDI PRODUCTIONS: $9k → 13%BETTER TOGETHER CENTRAL OREGON: $15k → 10%OREGON OUTREACH INC: $10k → 8%AFRICAN YOUTH AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION (AYCO): $50k → 12%AFRICAN YOUTH AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION (AYCO): $50k → 12%ADELANTE MUJERES: $100k → 8%ADELANTE MUJERES: $100k → 8%ADELANTE MUJERES: $50k → 8%ADELANTE MUJERES: $50k → 8%ADELANTE MUJERES: $40k → 8%ADELANTE MUJERES: $40k → 8%THE HEARTH: $15k → 13%THE HEARTH: $14k → 13%REAP: $150k → 12%REAP: $150k → 12%REAP: $100k → 12%REAP: $100k → 12%REAP: $80k → 12%HOLLA SCHOOL: $50k → 12%ARTIST MENTORSHIP PROGRAM: $6k → 12%ARTIST MENTORSHIP PROGRAM: $6k → 12%AFRICAN YOUTH AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION: $50k → 12%PORTLAND AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERSHIP FORUM: $15k → 12%PEACE IN SCHOOLS: $30k → 12%LATINO NETWORK: $100k → 12%LATINO NETWORK: $100k → 12%LATINO NETWORK: $100k → 12%LATINO NETWORK: $100k → 12%LATINO NETWORK: $60k → 12%LATINO NETWORK: $60k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

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.

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.

03Your edge
repeat funding

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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$91M · 322 repeat orgs$3.0M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +29% since the first grant, against +17% for the ones you funded once.

322 repeat relationships — 207 still active in FY2024, 115 since wound down; 27 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

322
149

Total granted

$91M
$2.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+17%

Still filing today

79%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $388k 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
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyEnvironmentOther

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

  • TC
    THE CAMPBELL INSTITUTE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $12M · revenue +8% · 62% of their budget
  • PORTLAND ART MUSEUM
    8× · 2017–2024 · $4.6M · revenue +3%
  • OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING
    6× · 2017–2023 · $2.4M · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • NR
    NORTHWEST REGIONAL EDUCATION SERVICE DIST
    one grant, 2017 · $200k
  • NR
    NORTHWEST REGIONAL EDUCATION SERVICE DISTRICT
    one grant, 2018 · $200k
  • BC
    BENTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    one grant, 2018 · $150k · revenue -48%

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

04Your field

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.

1
Pacific Northwest Music Project
Arts & Culture
2
Central Oregon Center for the Arts

The mission for the central oregon center for the arts is to champion an inclusive, vibrant center for the arts that brings transformative and diverse cultural performances and experiences to central oregon during all seasons

Arts & Culture
3
Southwest Washington Center for the Arts
Philanthropy
4
Oregon Music Festival

Oregon Music Festival's mission is the performance, production, and promotion of classical music through orchestral, choral/orchestra, and chamber music.

Arts & Culture
5
Portland Youth Theater dba Stages Youth Theater

Portland Youth Theater's primary exempt purpose is to unlock self-discovery in young people through the transformative power of theater. Our programs reach hundreds of kids each week in our venue and in schools throughout our community,…

Arts & Culture
6
Willapa Bay AiR
Arts & Culture
7
MusicOregon

MusicOregon supports Oregons independent music creators and related professionals through artistic, cultural, educational, and public interest programs. We are committed to empowering creative musical excellence, promoting professional…

Arts & Culture
8
Wallowa Valley Arts Council

To promote the arts in wallowa county, oregon.

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9
Classical Uprising

Enlivening, strengthening, and connecting communities by creating immersive classical music experiences for everyone

Arts & Culture
10
Early Music Guild of Oregon

We give concerts, workshops and online music classes.

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11
Theatre Company

Our mission is to enliven our community by transforming found spaces with bold, theatrical endeavors. We place an emphasis on partnering with local businesses all over PDX to serve as venues for our productions

Arts & Culture
12
On the Boards

On the Boards' mission is to invest in leading contemporary performing artists near and far and connect them to a diverse range of communities interested in forward-thinking art and ideas.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Tower Theatre Foundation Inc and the most unlike its peers is M J Murdock Charitable Trust. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyYouth Arts Education & Perf…Children's Care and Educati…Environmental Conservation …Charter and Alternative Sch…Food Access & AgricultureHolistic Wellness & Therape…Homeless Services & Afforda…Professional & Industry Ass…Family Philanthropic Founda…Local Chambers of CommerceCommunity Recreation & Spor…Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 25 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%3%<5yr14%10%5–10yr19%24%10–20yr19%35%20–35yr12%19%35–55yr15%9%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%1%<5yr14%1%5–10yr19%8%10–20yr19%42%20–35yr12%18%35–55yr15%30%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.5% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.5%2/387
the rest of the field
12%
2,031/16,809

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

363 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. 363 of the 501 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
128
Early backer (in before they grew)
347/363
Grantees still filing
235/363
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

OREGON SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION — $6,608,334 · Arts & CultureOREGON SYMPHONY ASSOCIATIONOREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC — $5,100,000 · Arts & CultureOREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INCPORTLAND ART MUSEUM — $4,580,000 · Arts & CulturePORTLAND ART MUSEUMPORTLAND OPERA ASSOCIATION INC — $3,075,000 · Arts & CulturePORTLAND OPERA ASSOCIATION INCPORTLAND CENTER STAGE — $2,500,000 · Arts & CulturePORTLAND CENTER STAGEOREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING — $2,350,000 · Arts & CultureOREGON BALLET THEATRE — $1,900,000 · Arts & Culture+78 more — $18,576,427 · Arts & Culture+78 moreTHE CAMPBELL INSTITUTE — $11,703,880 · OtherTHE CAMPBELL INSTITUTEPORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $4,100,000 · OtherPORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION+70 more — $14,362,010 · Other+70 moreAVID CENTER — $2,172,810 · EducationFOUNDATIONS FOR A BETTER OREGON — $1,001,600 · EducationKAIROSPDX — $625,000 · EducationALL HANDS RAISED — $475,000 · EducationCOLLEGE DREAMS INC — $475,000 · EducationSMART READING — $450,000 · EducationOPEN SCHOOL INC — $400,000 · EducationSALEMKEIZER COALITION FOR EQUALITY — $240,000 · Education+8 more — $1,171,900 · EducationTHE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $2,055,500 · PhilanthropyBROADWAY ROSE THEATRE CO — $580,000 · PhilanthropyFilm Forever Northwest dba Hollywood Theatre — $530,000 · PhilanthropySOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS PORTLAND — $200,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF LANE COUNTY — $150,000 · Philanthropy+2 more — $126,000 · PhilanthropyKIDS UNLIMITED OF OREGON — $870,000 · Youth DevelopmentSTAND FOR CHILDREN LEADERSHIP CENTER INC — $650,000 · Youth DevelopmentTeaching Preschool Partners — $450,000 · Youth DevelopmentNATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH AND FAMILY CENTER — $200,000 · Youth DevelopmentELEVATE OREGON — $195,000 · Youth DevelopmentOREGON BRAVO YOUTH ORCHESTRAS — $150,000 · Youth DevelopmentCALDERA — $135,000 · Youth DevelopmentMASLOW PROJECT — $120,000 · Youth Development+5 more — $378,000 · Youth DevelopmentREAP INC — $750,000 · Human ServicesLatino Network — $520,000 · Human ServicesADELANTE MUJERES — $380,000 · Human ServicesAYCO — $150,000 · Human ServicesHOLLA SCHOOL — $100,000 · Human Services+1 more — $57,400 · Human ServicesOREGON COAST AQUARIUM INC — $400,000 · Animals
Arts & Culture$44,689,761Other$30,165,890Education$7,011,310Philanthropy$3,641,500Youth Development$3,148,000Human Services$1,957,400Animals$400,000

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE CAMPBELL INSTITUTE — $11,703,880 over 8y, 62% of budgetOREGON SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION — $6,608,334 over 8y, 9.9% of budgetOREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC — $5,100,000 over 6y, 7.0% of budgetPORTLAND ART MUSEUM — $4,580,000 over 8y, 5.1% of budgetPORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $4,100,000 over 2y, 8.4% of budgetPORTLAND OPERA ASSOCIATION INC — $3,075,000 over 8y, 13% of budgetPORTLAND CENTER STAGE — $2,500,000 over 7y, 9.7% of budgetOREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING — $2,350,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetAVID CENTER — $2,172,810 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetTHE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $2,055,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetOREGON BALLET THEATRE — $1,900,000 over 8y, 6.8% of budgetFOUNDATIONS FOR A BETTER OREGON — $1,001,600 over 5y, 68% of budgetKIDS UNLIMITED OF OREGON — $870,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetLITERARY ARTS INC — $760,000 over 7y, 5.2% of budgetOREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY — $750,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetREAP INC — $750,000 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetPORTLAND INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART — $745,000 over 7y, 11% of budgetArtists Repertory Theatre — $710,000 over 8y, 4.4% of budgetEUGENE BALLET COMPANY — $701,000 over 8y, 6.0% of budgetOREGON CHILDREN'S THEATRE COMPANY — $690,000 over 7y, 7.2% of budgetSTAND FOR CHILDREN LEADERSHIP CENTER INC — $650,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetWHITE BIRD — $634,000 over 8y, 35% of budgetKAIROSPDX — $625,000 over 6y, 5.0% of budgetTHE JOHN G SHEDD INSTITUTE FOR THE ARTS — $605,000 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetTOGETHER WE ARE GREATER THAN — $600,000 over 6y, 6.9% of budgetCHAMBER MUSIC NORTHWEST — $590,000 over 7y, 13% of budgetBROADWAY ROSE THEATRE CO — $580,000 over 8y, 7.8% of budgetNORTHWEST CHILDREN'S THEATER AND SCHOOL INC — $550,000 over 7y, 5.3% of budgetFilm Forever Northwest dba Hollywood Theatre — $530,000 over 7y, 3.8% of budgetLatino Network — $520,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetALL HANDS RAISED — $475,000 over 6y, 5.9% of budgetCOLLEGE DREAMS INC — $475,000 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetTHE PORTLAND PLAYHOUSE — $466,000 over 8y, 8.4% of budgetSMART READING — $450,000 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetTeaching Preschool Partners — $450,000 over 4y, 44% of budgetPORTLAND BAROQUE ORCHESTRA — $440,000 over 8y, 8.4% of budgetCRATERIAN PERFORMANCES COMPANY — $420,000 over 8y, 4.3% of budgetOREGON COAST AQUARIUM INC — $400,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetOPEN SCHOOL INC — $400,000 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetMIRACLE THEATRE GROUP — $388,200 over 8y, 9.5% of budgetADELANTE MUJERES — $380,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetHIGH DESERT MUSEUM — $378,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetProfile Theatre Project — $376,000 over 8y, 15% of budgetNATIVE ARTS AND CULTURES FOUNDATION INC — $365,000 over 7y, 4.2% of budgetThe Red Door Project — $360,000 over 6y, 9.9% of budgetROSS RAGLAND THEATER AND CULTURAL C — $360,000 over 8y, 6.1% of budgetSALEM ART ASSOCIATION — $360,000 over 8y, 14% of budgetREADING RESULTS — $350,000 over 7y, 7.1% of budget
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 THE CAMPBELL INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds OREGON SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PORTLAND ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PORTLAND OPERA ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PORTLAND CENTER STAGE ↗
  • Who funds OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING ↗
  • Who funds AVID CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OREGON BALLET THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATIONS FOR A BETTER OREGON ↗
  • Who funds KIDS UNLIMITED OF OREGON ↗
  • Who funds LITERARY ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY ↗
  • Who funds REAP INC ↗
  • Who funds PORTLAND INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART ↗
  • Who funds Artists Repertory Theatre ↗
  • Who funds EUGENE BALLET COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds OREGON CHILDREN'S THEATRE COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds STAND FOR CHILDREN LEADERSHIP CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds WHITE BIRD ↗
  • Who funds KAIROSPDX ↗
  • Who funds THE JOHN G SHEDD INSTITUTE FOR THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds TOGETHER WE ARE GREATER THAN ↗
  • Who funds CHAMBER MUSIC NORTHWEST ↗
  • Who funds BROADWAY ROSE THEATRE CO ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST CHILDREN'S THEATER AND SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds Film Forever Northwest dba Hollywood Theatre ↗
  • Who funds Latino Network ↗
  • Who funds ALL HANDS RAISED ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE DREAMS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PORTLAND PLAYHOUSE ↗
  • Who funds SMART READING ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Autzen FoundationThe Collins FoundationMarie Lamfrom Charita…Regional Arts & Cultu…The Reser Family Foun…The Oregon Community …The Jackson FoundationJuan Young TrustThe Roundhouse Founda…Ronald W Naito Md Fou…The Ford Family Found…Meyer Memorial Trust
The Autzen FoundationOR215.7× affinity175 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Autzen Foundation · The Collins Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Regional Arts & Culture Council · The Reser Family Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · The Jackson Foundation · Juan Young Trust · The Roundhouse Foundation · Ronald W Naito Md Foundation · The Ford Family Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization James F & Marion L 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.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 200%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Ayco — 89% of income from government
  • Albina Head Start Inc — 81% of income from government
  • Salemkeizer Coalition for Equality — 77% of income from government
  • Friends of the Mentor Program — 68% of income from government
  • Artists Repertory Theatre — 48% of income from government
  • Dance Wire — 47% of income from government
  • Reap Inc — 46% of income from government
  • Rogue Valley Mentoring — 42% of income from government
  • Phoenix School of Roseburg — 41% of income from government
  • Tualatin Valley Creates — 40% of income from government
  • Portland Opportunities Indust Center — 38% of income from government
  • Cultural Advocacy Coalition Foundation — 35% of income from government
  • Adelante Mujeres — 31% of income from government
  • United Way of Lane County — 31% of income from government
  • Partners for a Hunger Free Oregon — 31% of income from government
  • Play It Forward — 30% of income from government
  • Elevate Oregon — 28% of income from government
  • Oregon Coast Aquarium Inc — 24% of income from government
  • Alternatives Youth Activities Inc — 24% of income from government
  • College Dreams Inc — 23% of income from government
  • Native American Youth and Family Center — 23% of income from government
  • Young Audiences of Oregon Inc — 23% of income from government
  • Risk-Reward — 22% of income from government
  • Maslow Project — 22% of income from government
  • Four Rivers Community School Inc — 20% of income from government
  • Capaces Leadership Institute — 20% of income from government
  • Kairospdx — 19% of income from government
  • Friends of the Children- Central Oregon — 16% of income from government
  • Latino Network — 15% of income from government
  • Holla School — 15% of income from government
  • Lane Arts Council — 14% of income from government
  • Self Enhancement Inc — 14% of income from government
  • Ethos Inc — 13% of income from government
  • Oregon Arts Watch — 13% of income from government
  • The Portland Playhouse — 11% of income from government
  • Ross Ragland Theater and Cultural C — 11% of income from government
  • High Desert Museum — 11% of income from government
  • My Voice Music Inc — 11% of income from government
  • Oregon Historical Society — 10% of income from government
  • Whiteside Theatre Foundation — 10% of income from government
  • Music Workshop — 10% of income from government
  • Anima Mundi Productions — 10% of income from government
  • Literary Arts Inc — 10% of income from government
  • Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble — 9% of income from government
  • Columbia Arts — 8% of income from government
  • Tower Theatre Foundation Inc — 8% of income from government
  • The Shadow Project — 8% of income from government
  • Oregon East Symphony — 8% of income from government
  • Riverbend Live — 7% of income from government
  • Artichoke Community Music — 7% of income from government
  • Josephy Center for Arts and Culture — 7% of income from government
  • The Arts Council of Pendleton Inc — 6% of income from government
  • Write Around Portland — 6% of income from government
  • Craterian Performances Company — 6% of income from government
  • Wordcrafters in Eugene — 6% of income from government
  • Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon — 6% of income from government
  • Miracle Theatre Group — 6% of income from government
  • Portland Institute for Contemporary Art — 5% of income from government
  • Cottage Theatre — 5% of income from government
  • Coho Productions Inc — 5% of income from government
  • Playa — 5% of income from government
  • Third Rail Repertory Theatre — 5% of income from government
  • Open School Inc — 5% of income from government
  • Together We Are Greater Than — 5% of income from government
  • Southern Oregon Repertory Singers — 5% of income from government
  • Fishtrap Inc — 5% of income from government
  • Oregon Contemporary Theatre — 5% of income from government
  • New Expressive Works — 5% of income from government
  • Lincoln City Cultural Center — 4% of income from government
  • Corrib Theatre — 4% of income from government
  • Cappella Romana — 4% of income from government
  • Oregon Center for Contemporary Art Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Liberty Restoration Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Oregon Museum of Science and Industry — 4% of income from government
  • Eugene Springfield Youth Orchestras — 4% of income from government
  • The Dalles Art Association — 4% of income from government
  • Portland Revels — 3% of income from government
  • Southern Oregon Film Society Ashland Independent Film Festival — 3% of income from government
  • PlayWrite Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Bodyvox Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Bendfilm Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Third Angle New Music Ensemble — 3% of income from government
  • Smart Reading — 3% of income from government
  • Chamber Music Northwest — 3% of income from government
  • Polaris Dance Theatre — 2% of income from government
  • Triangle Productions — 2% of income from government
  • Neskowin Coast Foundation — 2% of income from government
  • White Bird — 2% of income from government
  • Profile Theatre Project — 2% of income from government
  • Ashland New Plays Festival — 2% of income from government
  • The Oregon Community Foundation — 2% of income from government
  • Klcc Public Radio Foundation — 2% of income from government
  • Portland Symphonic Choir — 2% of income from government
  • Serendipity Center Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Portland Opera Association Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Ballet Fantastique — 2% of income from government
  • Painted Sky Center for the Arts — 2% of income from government
  • Regional Arts & Culture Council — 1% of income from government
  • Metroeast Community Media — 1% of income from government
  • Columbia Gorge Orchestra Association — 1% of income from government
  • High Desert Chamber Music Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Pacific Youth Choir — 1% of income from government
  • Collaborative Theatre Project Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Oregon Symphony Association in Salem — 1% of income from government
  • Portland Community Media — 1% of income from government
  • Alberta Abbey Foundation — 1% of income from government
  • Salem Art Association — 1% of income from government
  • Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Umpqua Valley Arts Association — 1% of income from government
  • All Ages Music Portland dba Friends of Noise — 1% of income from government
  • Live Wire Radio Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Eugene Concert Choir — 1% of income from government
  • Portland Gay Men's Chorus — 1% of income from government
  • Boom Arts Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Portland Actors Conservatory — 1% of income from government
  • Portland Art Museum — 1% of income from government
  • Portland Baroque Orchestra — 1% of income from government
  • Wellsprings Friends School — 1% of income from government
  • Sunriver Music Festival — 1% of income from government
  • Friends of Chamber Music — 1% of income from government
  • Outside the Frame — 1% of income from government
  • Independent Publishing Resource Center Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Black United Fund of Oregon — 1% of income from government
  • Portland Center Stage — 1% of income from government
  • Echo Theater Company — 1% of income from government
  • Broadway Rose Theatre Co — 1% of income from government
  • Caldera — 1% of income from government
  • Youth Music Project — 1% of income from government
  • Metropolitan Youth Symphony — 1% of income from government
  • PassinArt - a Theater Company — 1% of income from government
  • Oregon Public Broadcasting — 1% of income from government
  • Southern Oregon Public Television Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Portland Youth Philharmonic Association — 0% of income from government
  • Portland Jazz Festival Incorporated — 0% of income from government
  • Oregon Repertory Singers — 0% of income from government
  • The Campbell Institute — 0% of income from government
  • Beaverton Arts Foundation Inc — 0% of income from government
  • All Classical Public Media Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Oregon Ballet Theatre — 0% of income from government
  • Oregon Symphony Association — 0% of income from government
  • Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Centro Cultural of Washington County — 0% of income from government
  • Seeding Justice — 0% of income from government
  • Portland State University Foundation — 0% of income from government
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20get no government money at all
34report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
4rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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.

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How do I get to James F & Marion L Miller Foundation?

Find your warmest path to James F & Marion L 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 501 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

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

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