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Miller & Chevalier Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$197k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
59
Grants FY2025
57
Organizations funded FY2024
11%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$3,450
Largest grant, FY2025
$20,000
Organizations funded a year
48 to 57
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
3
Total assets, FY2025
$1.9M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 11% of the organizations Miller & Chevalier Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthCrime & LegalCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving58$177k5%
FY202457$200k11%
FY202355$148k7%
FY202253$136k17%
FY202152$250k15%
FY202050$136k10%
FY201949$136k8%
FY201848$142k15%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Crime & Legal$354kEducation$294kHousing & Shelter$203kHuman Services$186kHealth$172kFood & Nutrition$76kYouth Development$74kEmployment$44kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Bread for the City Inc$48,65090%
Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia$42,00090%
Jubilee Jobs Inc$34,55091%
La Clinica del Pueblo Inc$33,60080%
Keen Greater DC LLC$33,05091%
House of Ruth$31,65090%
The Institute of Urban Living$31,65091%
Washington Jesuit Academy$31,3009n/a
St Anns Center for Children Youth and Families$30,55090%
Downtown Cluster of Congregations Inc$30,15092%
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All grantees of Miller & Chevalier Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Bread for the City Inc$48,65090%
Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia$42,00090%
Jubilee Jobs Inc$34,55091%
La Clinica del Pueblo Inc$33,60080%
Keen Greater DC LLC$33,05091%
House of Ruth$31,65090%
The Institute of Urban Living$31,65091%
Washington Jesuit Academy$31,3009n/a
St Anns Center for Children Youth and Families$30,55090%
Downtown Cluster of Congregations Inc$30,15092%
Thrive DC$30,15090%
Doorways for Women and Families Inc$30,05080%
Miriam's Kitchen$29,65090%
Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop$29,30090%
The Frederick B Abramson Memorial Foundation$29,30092%
Calvary Women's Services Inc$29,15090%
Washington School for Girls$28,80080%
Some Inc$28,65070%
Montgomery Hospice Inc$28,05090%
Thurgood Marshall Academy$27,80090%
The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless Inc$27,60090%
Children's Law Center Inc$26,50090%
Ayuda Inc$26,00090%
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington$24,00080%
Rising for Justice Inc$23,70070%
Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project$23,70071%
For Love of Children$23,00090%
New Futures$22,50090%
St Mary's Court Housing Development Corp$22,00070%
Legal Counsel for the Elderly$21,70090%
Building Bridges Across the River Inc$21,50090%
Bright Beginnings Inc$21,50090%
Youth Leadership Foundation Inc$21,00081%
Higher Achievement Program Inc$19,50080%
Anne Arundel County Casa Inc$17,50091%
Arlington Thrive$17,15050%
DC Rape Crisis Center$14,50040%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the National Capital Area$14,50040%
Community Forklift$14,15050%
Capital Hospice$12,50030%
A Wider Circle Inc$12,15040%
Tzedek DC Inc$11,80070%
Latino Student Fund$11,70060%
Whitman-Walker Clinic Inc$11,50040%
Pathway Homes Inc$11,15040%
Legal Aid Justice Center$10,50080%
Mary's Center for Maternal and Child Care Inc$10,15030%
Washington Literacy Center$9,30050%
Rebuilding Together Inc$9,15030%
Blossom Bakery$9,15031%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$8,50010%
The Theatre Lab Inc$8,30040%
Community of Hope$7,50010%
Good News Community Kitchen$7,15023%
Covenant House Washington DC$7,15020%
Turning the Page$6,80030%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$5,30020%
Capital Caring Health$5,0001n/a
Blood Cancer United Inc$5,00010%
Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs Inc$5,00010%
Reach Education Inc$4,50030%
PathForward Inc$3,45010%
Negotiation Works$2,50011%
The Houston Food Bank$2,50010%
Kid Power Inc$2,00010%
The Salvation Army$2,0002n/a
Hope House$1,00010%
Save The Children Federation Inc$1,00010%
Volunteer Legal Advocates$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($225k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Miller & Chevalier Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBread for the City Inc: $48,650 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetLegal Aid Society of the District of Columbia: $42,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetJubilee Jobs Inc: $34,550 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetLa Clinica del Pueblo Inc: $33,600 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetKeen Greater DC LLC: $33,050 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetHouse of Ruth: $31,650 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Institute of Urban Living: $31,650 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetSt Anns Center for Children Youth and Families: $30,550 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetDowntown Cluster of Congregations Inc: $30,150 over 9y, 2.2% of budgetThrive DC: $30,150 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetDoorways for Women and Families Inc: $30,050 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMiriam's Kitchen: $29,650 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetFree Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop: $29,300 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetThe Frederick B Abramson Memorial Foundation: $29,300 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetCalvary Women's Services Inc: $29,150 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetWashington School for Girls: $28,800 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSome Inc: $28,650 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMontgomery Hospice Inc: $28,050 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThurgood Marshall Academy: $27,800 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless Inc: $27,600 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetChildren's Law Center Inc: $26,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAyuda Inc: $26,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCatholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington: $24,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRising for Justice Inc: $23,700 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetMid-Atlantic Innocence Project: $23,700 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetFor Love of Children: $23,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetNew Futures: $22,500 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetSt Mary's Court Housing Development Corp: $22,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetLegal Counsel for the Elderly: $21,700 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetBuilding Bridges Across the River Inc: $21,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBright Beginnings Inc: $21,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetYouth Leadership Foundation Inc: $21,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetHigher Achievement Program Inc: $19,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAnne Arundel County Casa Inc: $17,500 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetArlington Thrive: $17,150 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetDC Rape Crisis Center: $14,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of the National Capital Area: $14,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCommunity Forklift: $14,150 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCapital Hospice: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetA Wider Circle Inc: $12,150 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTzedek DC Inc: $11,800 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetLatino Student Fund: $11,700 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetWhitman-Walker Clinic Inc: $11,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPathway Homes Inc: $11,150 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLegal Aid Justice Center: $10,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMary's Center for Maternal and Child Care Inc: $10,150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWashington Literacy Center: $9,300 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetRebuilding Together Inc: $9,150 over 3y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 66.

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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 Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationDC71.1× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · United Way of the National Capital Area · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee · Venable Foundation Inc · World Bank Community Connections Fund · John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation · The Sidley Austin Foundation · The District of Columbia Bar 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.

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How do I get to Miller & Chevalier Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Miller & Chevalier Charitable 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.

About Miller & Chevalier Charitable Foundation

How much does Miller & Chevalier Charitable Foundation give?
Miller & Chevalier Charitable Foundation reported 59 grants totaling $197,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 48 and 57 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Miller & Chevalier Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (24%), Education (20%), Housing & Shelter (14%).
Who are Miller & Chevalier Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Bread for the City Inc ($49k), Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia ($42k), Jubilee Jobs Inc ($35k).
Does Miller & Chevalier Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Miller & Chevalier Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Miller & Chevalier Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Greater Washington Community Foundation, United Way of the National Capital Area.
Where is Miller & Chevalier Charitable Foundation based?
Miller & Chevalier Charitable Foundation is based in DC.

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 98 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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