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Miller Family 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.

$205k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$80k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$687kHousing & Shelter$261kEducation$161kCommunity Improvement$60kArts & Culture$53kHealth$44kHuman Services$6kYouth Development$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $45k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $160k
$80,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GOSPEL RESCUE MISSION$80,000
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$80,000
GREEN COUNTRY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH$25,000
ST JOSEPH SCHOOL$20,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%RISE: $500 → 19%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
MI
NY
CA
KY
VA
MD
TN
DC
OK
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 24 repeat orgs$45k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
49

Total granted

$1.3M
$45k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+23%

Still filing today

42%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthAnimalsPublic BenefitArts & CultureHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • NB
    NEIGHBORS BUILDING NEIGHBORHOODS INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $60k · revenue +59%
  • GC
    GREEN COUNTRY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES
    2× · 2024–2025 · $35k · revenue +0%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $3k · revenue +145%

Funded once

  • SJ
    ST JOSEPH'S SCHOOL
    one grant, 2019 · $20k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • TC
    TEEN CHALLENGE OF OKLAHOMA INC
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Association of Service Dog Providers for Military Veterans

Assiting military veterans with ptsd, mst & tbi.

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2
America's Vetdogs the Veterans K-9 Corps Inc

To assist disabled veterans, active military personnel, first responders with disabilities, and those who have served our country honorably to live with dignity and independence. america's vetdogs trains and places guide dogs for…

Public Benefit
3
No Dogs Left Behind
Animals
4
Companions for Heroes

To champion public awareness of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and challenges confronting our countrys heroes and rally support for shelter animal adoption by connecting heroes and companions.

Human Services
5
Hope for China Dogs Rescue

At Hope for China Dogs, we are committed to combating the cruel and inhumane practice of the dog meat trade in China. We believe that every dog deserves to live a life free from pain and suffering, and we are dedicated to rescuing and…

Animals
6
Argos a Shelter Dog Rescue

The purpose of argos, a shelter dog rescue is: to rescue animals from situations that are abusive, endangering, or neglectful. to rescue animals in danger of being euthanized in new mexico shelters/pounds. to provide necessary veterinary…

Animals
7
Operational K9 Medical Team of Wisconsin
Animals
8
Search & Rescue Dogs of the United States

our mission is to assist local, state and federal search and rescue dog teams by providing education, training, and certification to national standards.

Animals
9
Pets for Vets Washington Dc Metro Area

To rescue animals from area shelters and train them to become companion animals for local veterans who may be challenged by an invisible injury.

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10
Patriot Paws Service Dogs

To train and provide service dogs of the highest quality at no cost to disabled american veterans and others with mobile disabilities in order to help restore their physical and emotional independence.

Human Services
11
A Cause to Give Us Paws

Service Dog training for Disabled Veterans

Animals
12
American Veterans Service Dog Academy

Effective december 8th, 2021: avsda was founded for, and has as its core mission, the reduction of suicide numbers amongst veterans diagnosed with post-traumatic stress (pts). we strive to accomplish this goal through our service dog…

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Marine Toys for Tots Foundation; the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

28 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 28 of the 73 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/28
Grantees still filing
21/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $686,250 · OtherFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCHGOSPEL RESCUE MISSION INC: $260,600 · OtherGOSPEL RESCUE MISSION INCST JOSEPH SCHOOL: $141,297 · OtherST JOSEPH SCHOOLTHREE RIVERS MUSEUM: $43,550 · Other+50 more: $96,803 · Other+50 moreNEIGHBORS BUILDING NEIGHBORHOODS INC: $60,000 · Community ImprovementGREEN COUNTRY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES: $35,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $2,500 · HealthMacular Degeneration Association: $1,600 · Health+4 more: $1,050 · HealthTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $800 · AnimalsSMILING DOG FARMS: $500 · AnimalsFUR BABIES ADOPTIONS AND RESCUE: $500 · AnimalsWOUNDED PAW PROJECT: $250 · AnimalsPAWS OF WAR INC: $250 · AnimalsMUTTS WITH A MISSION: $100 · AnimalsPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $1,700 · Public BenefitTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $100 · Public BenefitMuskogee Little Theatre Inc: $1,300 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $300 · Arts & CultureSpecial Olympics Oklahoma Inc: $1,500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$1,228,500Community Improvement$60,000Health$40,150Animals$2,400Public Benefit$1,800Arts & Culture$1,600Recreation & Sports$1,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGOSPEL RESCUE MISSION INC: $260,600 over 9y, 12% of budgetNEIGHBORS BUILDING NEIGHBORHOODS INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetGREEN COUNTRY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOklahoma Educational Television Authority Foundation Inc: $7,408 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $1,700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMacular Degeneration Association: $1,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Olympics Oklahoma Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMuskogee Little Theatre Inc: $1,300 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSMILING DOG FARMS: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRISE CORP: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE FOR CHILDREN INC: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED PAW PROJECT: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS OF WAR INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL FIRE SAFETY COUNCIL INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA MORE BEAUTIFUL MUSKOGEE INC: $200 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetDisabled American Veterans: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $160 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUTTS WITH A MISSION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds GOSPEL RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORS BUILDING NEIGHBORHOODS INC ↗
  • Who funds GREEN COUNTRY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Oklahoma Educational Television Authority Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds PAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS ↗
  • Who funds Macular Degeneration Association ↗
  • Who funds Special Olympics Oklahoma Inc ↗
  • Who funds Muskogee Little Theatre Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds SMILING DOG FARMS ↗
  • Who funds RISE CORP ↗
  • Who funds FUR BABIES ADOPTIONS AND RESCUE ↗

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.

Tulsa Community Found…City of Muskogee Foun…Community Food Bank o…Arvest FoundationE Phil & Roberta Kirs…Communities Foundatio…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Tulsa Community FoundationOK16× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tulsa Community Foundation · City of Muskogee Foundation Inc · Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma Inc · Arvest Foundation · E Phil & Roberta Kirschner Affiliated Fund of the Occf Inc · Communities Foundation of Oklahoma · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Miller Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Miller Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 20%
  • Neighbors Building Neighborhoods Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Green Country Behavioral Health Services: 20% of income from government
  • The National Federation of the Blind: 2% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Miller Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Miller Family 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 73 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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