· Private foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k3 grants · $20k
- $10k–50k18 grants · $378k
- $50k–250k6 grants · $473k
- $250k+1 grant · $250k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| INTERFAITH SANCTUARY HOUSING SERVIC | $250,000 |
| SHEPHERD'S HOME INC | $100,000 |
| PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY | $100,000 |
| THE HORATIO ALGER ASSOCIATION | $100,000 |
| BISHOP KELLY FOUNDATION | $68,155 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $55,000 |
| PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL FOUND | $50,000 |
| KILLEBREW-THOMPSON MEMORIAL CANCER | $45,500 |
| COLLEGE OF IDAHO | $35,000 |
| EDISON HIGH SCHOOL | $35,000 |
| LEARNING LAB | $30,000 |
| IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION I | $25,000 |
| GREATER THANI HAVE A DREAM | $25,000 |
| BOYS GIRLS CLUB OF ADA COUNTY | $25,000 |
| CORPUS CHRISTI HOUSE INC | $21,600 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $226k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 10% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
36 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $232k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HAHORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC5× · 2021–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +50%
- TCThe College of Idaho Inc5× · 2021–2025 · $500k · revenue +5%
OREGON COAST AQUARIUM INC4× · 2018–2022 · $400k · revenue +156%
Funded once
- HAHORATIO ALGERone grant, 2018 · $543k
- YEYOUTH ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2024 · $60k
- TCTHE CONTINGENTone grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue 0%
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.
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.
Lewis & clark is a premier private higher education institution offering an exceptional education in an inclusive environment. by fostering critical thinking, innovation, creativity, civic engagement, and leadership, both inside and…
The mission of the University of Western States is to advance the science and art of integrated health care through excellence in education and patient care.
The university of portland, an independently governed catholic university guided by the congregation of holy cross, addresses significant questions of human concern through interdisciplinary studies of the arts, sciences, and humanities…
Portland state university foundation is responsible for raising and managing private resources to advance psu's priorities and mission to be a leading urban university.
Lowell school (the school) provides educational services to approximately 314 students in grades pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. the school strives to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive learning environment, and offers a…
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
Ashland university, guided by our christian heritage, is a comprehensive, private university that provides a transformative learning experience, shaping graduates who work, serve and lead with integrity in their local, national, and global…
Oregon research institute is an independent behavioral sciences research center dedicated to understanding human behavior and improving the quality of human life through the prevention and treatment of health, educational, and social…
The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…
The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…
Public education (local education agency) - sage international school engages students within an inclusive ib learning community, challenging all members to take risks and contribute locally and globally through open-minded inquiry.
Lake forest academy strives to embody in its practices - and to cultivate in its students -excellence of character, scholarship, citizenship, and responsibility.
How this is measured
45 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. 45 of the 81 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 HORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC ↗
- Who funds The College of Idaho Inc ↗
- Who funds OREGON COAST AQUARIUM INC ↗
- Who funds BISHOP KELLY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SELF ENHANCEMENT INC ↗
- Who funds LEARNING LAB INC ↗
- Who funds PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SHEPHERDS HOME INC ↗
- Who funds PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds MED ACCESS INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds EDISON HIGH SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds THE CONTINGENT ↗
- Who funds THE FRESHWATER TRUST ↗
- Who funds IDAHO YOUTH RANCH INC ↗
- Who funds HARMON KILLEBREW-DANNY THOMPSON MEMORIAL CANCER FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds PORTLAND ART MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Lines for Life ↗
- Who funds THE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BOISE CITY IDAHO ↗
- Who funds THE DUKE FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds LIFEWORKS NW ↗
- Who funds Bronco Athletic Association Inc ↗
- Who funds RIVERSTONE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL INC ↗
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.
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Miller Family Foundation Co Robert J Miller funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Miller Family Foundation Co Robert J Miller. Bigger dots raise more.
- Lines for Life: 70% of income from government
- Metropolitan Family Service: 29% of income from government
- Oregon Coast Aquarium Inc: 24% of income from government
- The Freshwater Trust: 17% of income from government
- Self Enhancement Inc: 14% of income from government
- Lifeworks Nw: 8% of income from government
- The Contingent: 5% of income from government
- Solve: 5% of income from government
- Linfield University: 4% of income from government
- Tuality Healthcare Foundation: 3% of income from government
- Portland Art Museum: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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