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Miller Family Foundation Co Robert J Miller

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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
28
Grants FY2025
31
Organizations funded FY2024
39%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$250,000
Organizations funded a year
14 to 31
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$20M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 39% of the organizations Miller Family Foundation Co Robert J Miller funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $213k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentOther
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 arriving27$1.1M30%
FY202431$1.0M39%
FY202323$760k39%
FY202218$1.2M44%
FY202114$643k57%
FY201920$393k30%
FY201829$1.2Mn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$2.9MHousing & Shelter$572kAnimals$426kHealth$409kHuman Services$367kYouth Development$364kArts & Culture$235kRecreation & Sports$154kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 48 grantees
All grantees of Miller Family Foundation Co Robert J Miller by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc$1,076,80051%
The College of Idaho Inc$499,70050%
Oregon Coast Aquarium Inc$400,00041%
Bishop Kelly Foundation Inc$376,50444%
Self Enhancement Inc$165,00021%
Learning Lab Inc$150,00053%
Providence St Vincent Medical Foundation$125,00040%
Shepherds Home Inc$100,000130%
Pepperdine University$75,00030%
Med Access International$75,000325%
The International School$73,60040%
Edison High School$65,00031%
The Contingent$50,00010%
The Freshwater Trust$50,00020%
Idaho Youth Ranch Inc$41,60020%
Harmon Killebrew-Danny Thompson Memorial Cancer Foundation Inc$37,50013%
Portland Art Museum$35,00020%
Syracuse University$35,00040%
Lines for Life$31,50060%
The Young Mens Christian Association of Boise City Idaho$30,00020%
The Duke Family Foundation Inc$30,00033%
Lifeworks Nw$25,75930%
Bronco Athletic Association Inc$25,00011%
Riverstone International School Inc$25,00020%
Portland Rescue Mission$25,0001n/a
Sam Gitt Memorial$25,0003n/a
Curriki$25,00012%
Idaho Black History Museum Inc$25,0001n/a
Corpus Christi House Inc$21,6001n/a
Old Town Artisan Studio Inc$20,0001n/a
Hosea Youth Services$20,00015%
United Search Corps Inc$20,0001n/a
Free Wheelchair Mission$17,50040%
Friends of Lincoln$11,90021%
Linfield University$10,00010%
Thayer Family Foundation$10,0001n/a
Foster and Heart$10,00011%
Solve$10,00011%
Underdogs Boise$10,000133%
Jack in the Box Foundation$10,0001n/a
Cardinal Football$7,220114%
Tuality Healthcare Foundation$5,25010%
Lee Pesky Learning Center Inc$5,02510%
Tillamook County Sheriffs Foundation$5,000159%
Boise Blast Amateur Softball Assoc Inc$5,00014%
California Grocers Association$5,00010%
Metropolitan Family Service$2,50010%
West Ada School District$2,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Miller Family Foundation Co Robert J Miller supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 39 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHoratio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc: $1,076,800 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetThe College of Idaho Inc: $499,700 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetOregon Coast Aquarium Inc: $400,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetBishop Kelly Foundation Inc: $376,504 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetSelf Enhancement Inc: $165,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLearning Lab Inc: $150,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetProvidence St Vincent Medical Foundation: $125,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetShepherds Home Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 30% of budgetPepperdine University: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMed Access International: $75,000 over 3y, 25% of budgetThe International School: $73,600 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetEdison High School: $65,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetThe Contingent: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Freshwater Trust: $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetIdaho Youth Ranch Inc: $41,600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHarmon Killebrew-Danny Thompson Memorial Cancer Foundation Inc: $37,500 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetPortland Art Museum: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSyracuse University: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLines for Life: $31,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Young Mens Christian Association of Boise City Idaho: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Duke Family Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetLifeworks Nw: $25,759 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBronco Athletic Association Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetRiverstone International School Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCurriki: $25,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetHosea Youth Services: $20,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetFree Wheelchair Mission: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Lincoln: $11,900 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetLinfield University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFoster and Heart: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSolve: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetUnderdogs Boise: $10,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetCardinal Football: $7,220 over 1y, 14% of budgetTuality Healthcare Foundation: $5,250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLee Pesky Learning Center Inc: $5,025 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTillamook County Sheriffs Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 59% of budgetBoise Blast Amateur Softball Assoc Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetCalifornia Grocers Association: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMetropolitan Family Service: $2,500 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 39.

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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 Oregon Community FoundationOR29.1× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Juan Young Trust · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · Hillman Family Foundations · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Andersen Construction Foundation · St Luke's Health System Ltd · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · Idaho Community Foundation Inc · Claude R & Ethel B Whittenberger Foundation · Onpoint Community Credit Union

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 Family Foundation Co Robert J Miller

How much does Miller Family Foundation Co Robert J Miller give?
Miller Family Foundation Co Robert J Miller reported 28 grants totaling $1,121,255 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 31 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Miller Family Foundation Co Robert J Miller fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (46%), Housing & Shelter (9%), Animals (7%).
Who are Miller Family Foundation Co Robert J Miller's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc ($1.1M), The College of Idaho Inc ($500k), Oregon Coast Aquarium Inc ($400k).
Does Miller Family Foundation Co Robert J Miller fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Miller Family Foundation Co Robert J Miller 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 Family Foundation Co Robert J Miller?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, Juan Young Trust, OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation.
Where is Miller Family Foundation Co Robert J Miller based?
Miller Family Foundation Co Robert J Miller is based in OR.

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 81 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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