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Miller-Dwan Foundation and Subsidiaries

The miller-dwan foundation improves the health of the people of our region through the creation of impactful community solutions that overcome barriers. We support the future and the legacy of miller-dwan medical center, polinsky medical rehabiliation center, colvay hospice house, amberwing - center for youth & family well-being and…

$1.2M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
8
Itemized grants FY2024
9
Organizations funded FY2023
44%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$654k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$24,634
Largest grant, FY2024
$449,290
Organizations funded a year
7 to 18
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$36M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 44% of the organizations Miller-Dwan Foundation and Subsidiaries funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthEducationArts & CultureHousing & ShelterPublic BenefitOther
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 arriving8$654k50%
FY20239$877k44%
FY20229$1.2M22%
FY20217$827k14%
FY20209$1.0M22%
FY20198$888k38%
FY201818$985k50%
FY201712$903kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$6.9MEducation$226kYouth Development$100kHuman Services$86kCrime & Legal$40kArts & Culture$27kHousing & Shelter$15kPublic Benefit$10kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Essentia Health$5,797,07580%
Lake Superior Community Health Center$130,00040%
College of St Scholastica Inc$122,41030%
Essentia Institute of Rural Health$115,64640%
Miller-Dwan Foundation Hospice Houseamberwing LLC$115,4612n/a
The Lakes Community Health Center Inc$112,74630%
Program for Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault$110,00052%
Life House Inc$100,00041%
University of Minnesota$73,3802n/a
Courage Kenny Foundation$70,00050%
Show all 36 grantees
All grantees of Miller-Dwan Foundation and Subsidiaries by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Essentia Health$5,797,07580%
Lake Superior Community Health Center$130,00040%
College of St Scholastica Inc$122,41030%
Essentia Institute of Rural Health$115,64640%
Miller-Dwan Foundation Hospice Houseamberwing LLC$115,4612n/a
The Lakes Community Health Center Inc$112,74630%
Program for Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault$110,00052%
Life House Inc$100,00041%
University of Minnesota$73,3802n/a
Courage Kenny Foundation$70,00050%
St Ann's Home$68,69121%
Minnesota Masonic Children's Clinic for Communication Disorders$65,50345%
The George Washington University$62,26610%
Duluth Area Family YMCA$50,11940%
Lighthouse Center for Vital Living$46,58522%
Damiano of Duluth Inc$33,74531%
Minnesota Ballet Inc$26,94032%
North Lakes Community Clinic$24,6341n/a
Rural Health Services Inc$20,000111%
Aspirus Iron River Hospital & Clinics Inc$20,00010%
MN Alliance With Youth-Promise Fellows$20,0001n/a
Well Being Development$19,95318%
Hga$16,6501n/a
Faith United Methodist Church$15,8002n/a
Trans Northland$15,0001n/a
American Indian Community Housing Organization$15,00010%
University of Wisconsin-Superior Alumni and Friends Foundation Inc$15,00010%
Innovative Special Education Services$15,00011%
St Louis County$15,0001n/a
First Community Health Foundaton$15,00016%
23rd Veteran$10,00014%
University of Minnesota Foundation$9,10010%
Lake Superior School District - Isd #381$8,4691n/a
Benedictine Health Center$6,61110%
Proctor Public Schools - Isd #704$5,7601n/a
Smdc Medical Center$5,00010%

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($6k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEssentia Health: $5,797,075 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetLake Superior Community Health Center: $130,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCollege of St Scholastica Inc: $122,410 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEssentia Institute of Rural Health: $115,646 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetThe Lakes Community Health Center Inc: $112,746 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetProgram for Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault: $110,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetLife House Inc: $100,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetCourage Kenny Foundation: $70,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSt Ann's Home: $68,691 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetMinnesota Masonic Children's Clinic for Communication Disorders: $65,503 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetThe George Washington University: $62,266 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDuluth Area Family YMCA: $50,119 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetLighthouse Center for Vital Living: $46,585 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetDamiano of Duluth Inc: $33,745 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetMinnesota Ballet Inc: $26,940 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetRural Health Services Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetAspirus Iron River Hospital & Clinics Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWell Being Development: $19,953 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetAmerican Indian Community Housing Organization: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUniversity of Wisconsin-Superior Alumni and Friends Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetInnovative Special Education Services: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFirst Community Health Foundaton: $15,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budget23rd Veteran: $10,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetUniversity of Minnesota Foundation: $9,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBenedictine Health Center: $6,611 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSmdc Medical Center: $5,000 over 1y, 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 26.

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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.

Duluth-Superior Area Community FoundationMN42.5× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation · Ordean Foundation · Lloyd K Johnson Foundation · Northland Foundation · Smdc Medical Center · Head of the Lakes United Way · Minnesota Power Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Pachel Foundation · Second Harvest Northland · Lahti Family Foundation · St Mary's Medical Center

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-Dwan Foundation and Subsidiaries

How much does Miller-Dwan Foundation and Subsidiaries give?
Miller-Dwan Foundation and Subsidiaries reported 8 itemized grants totaling $653,605, out of $1,233,547 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Miller-Dwan Foundation and Subsidiaries fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (93%), Education (3%), Youth Development (1%).
Who are Miller-Dwan Foundation and Subsidiaries's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Essentia Health ($5.8M), Lake Superior Community Health Center ($130k), College of St Scholastica Inc ($122k).
Does Miller-Dwan Foundation and Subsidiaries fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Miller-Dwan Foundation and Subsidiaries?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation, Ordean Foundation, Lloyd K Johnson Foundation.
Where is Miller-Dwan Foundation and Subsidiaries based?
Miller-Dwan Foundation and Subsidiaries is based in MN.

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 37 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 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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