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Miller-Davis 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.

$59k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
30
Grants FY2024
27
Organizations funded FY2023
44%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$6,000
Organizations funded a year
14 to 27
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$1.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 44% of the organizations Miller-Davis Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 49% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationCommunity ImprovementHealthHousing & ShelterOther
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
FY2024still arriving28$59k32%
FY202327$47k44%
FY202222$44k59%
FY202114$52k86%
FY202014$41kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$88kHuman Services$40kCommunity Improvement$21kArts & Culture$18kHousing & Shelter$16kFood & Nutrition$11kYouth Development$10kReligion$10kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 39 grantees
All grantees of Miller-Davis Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Kalamazoo College$25,00040%
Western Michigan University Foundation$12,00020%
Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes Inc$11,00020%
Kalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Serv$10,00040%
Communities in Schools of Kalamazoo$8,50040%
Gull Lake Community Schools Foundat$6,00031%
Kalamazoo Cultural Center$6,00021%
Kalamazoo Nonprofit Advocacy Coalition$5,50030%
Diocese of Kalamazoo$5,5004n/a
Edison Neighborhood Association Inc$5,00041%
Gryphon Place$5,00020%
Hispanic American Council Inc$5,00030%
The Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum$5,00010%
Family & Children Services Inc$5,00010%
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra$4,50030%
Kalamazoo Valley Habitat for Humanity Inc$4,50010%
Kalamazoo Civic Theatre$4,00030%
Comstock Public Schools$4,0002n/a
Girls Build Kalamazoo Inc$3,50011%
Comstock Public Schools Foundation$3,000117%
Lake Michigan College Foundation$3,00010%
Traverse City Center of Entrepreneurship$2,70010%
Berrien Resa$2,5001n/a
Power Book Bags$2,50011%
Father Fred Foundation$2,00010%
Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo$2,00020%
Discovery Center Great Lakes$2,00010%
Building Blocks of Kalamazoo$2,00011%
Kalamazoo Valley Community College Foundation$2,00010%
Disability Network Southwest Michigan$2,00010%
Kalamazoo Dream Center$1,80015%
Kalamazoo Public Library$1,5002n/a
Junior Achievement of Southwest Michigan Inc$1,5003n/a
Park Club Historic Foundation$1,00010%
Citizens Research Council of Michigan Inc$1,00010%
Read and Write Kalamazoo$1,00010%
Comstock Community Center Inc$1,00020%
First Day Shoe Fund$1,00020%
Junior League of Kalamazoo Inc$50011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($72k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Miller-Davis Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKalamazoo College: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWestern Michigan University Foundation: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKalamazoo Loaves & Fishes Inc: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Serv: $10,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCommunities in Schools of Kalamazoo: $8,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetGull Lake Community Schools Foundat: $6,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetKalamazoo Cultural Center: $6,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetKalamazoo Nonprofit Advocacy Coalition: $5,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetEdison Neighborhood Association Inc: $5,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetGryphon Place: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHispanic American Council Inc: $5,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFamily & Children Services Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKalamazoo Symphony Orchestra: $4,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKalamazoo Valley Habitat for Humanity Inc: $4,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKalamazoo Civic Theatre: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGirls Build Kalamazoo Inc: $3,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetComstock Public Schools Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetLake Michigan College Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTraverse City Center of Entrepreneurship: $2,700 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPower Book Bags: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFather Fred Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetArts Council of Greater Kalamazoo: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDiscovery Center Great Lakes: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBuilding Blocks of Kalamazoo: $2,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetKalamazoo Valley Community College Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDisability Network Southwest Michigan: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKalamazoo Dream Center: $1,800 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetPark Club Historic Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCitizens Research Council of Michigan Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRead and Write Kalamazoo: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetComstock Community Center Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFirst Day Shoe Fund: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJunior League of Kalamazoo Inc: $500 over 1y, 1.2% 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 34.

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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.

Kalamazoo Community FoundationMI62.4× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kalamazoo Community Foundation · Irving S Gilmore Foundation · Dorothy U Dalton Foundation Inc · Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation · Tyler-Little Family Foundation · Marvin and Rosalie Okun Foundation · The Burdick-Thorne Foundation · The Ronda E Stryker and William D Johnston Foundation · Suzanne Upjohn Delano Parish Foundation · John E Fetzer Institute Inc · Ws & Lois Vandalson Foundation · H P & Genevieve Connable Fund

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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About Miller-Davis Foundation

How much does Miller-Davis Foundation give?
Miller-Davis Foundation reported 30 grants totaling $59,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 27 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Miller-Davis Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (36%), Human Services (16%), Community Improvement (8%).
Who are Miller-Davis Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Kalamazoo College ($25k), Western Michigan University Foundation ($12k), Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes Inc ($11k).
Does Miller-Davis Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Miller-Davis 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 Miller-Davis Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Kalamazoo Community Foundation, Irving S Gilmore Foundation, Dorothy U Dalton Foundation Inc.
Where is Miller-Davis Foundation based?
Miller-Davis Foundation is based in MI.

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 61 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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