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Miller Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$7k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$2k
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.

Education$12kArts & Culture$9kEnvironment$7kFood & Nutrition$5kHealth$2kRecreation & Sports$2kHuman Services$2kYouth Development$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$77k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ROUND THE BEND FARM$2,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
FROM THE HEART PRODUCTIONS$1,000
DENISON$1,000
ELON UNIVERSITY$500
GODFREY FOUNDATION FOR CINEMA THERA$250
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 (FY19–23, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 71% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $600 → 8%Dennison Memorial Community: $2k → 11%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

WA
NY
MA
OH
CA
CO
AR
NC
DC
TX
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.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$35k · 16 repeat orgs$17k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +61% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
31

Total granted

$35k
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+61%
+17%

Still filing today

63%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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
EducationArts & CultureEnvironmentHealthYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesOther
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

  • BS
    BROOKS SCHOOL
    4× · 2020–2023 · $5k · revenue +61%
  • EN
    ENVIRONMENTAL NATURE CENTER
    4× · 2018–2021 · $4k · revenue +181%
  • RT
    Round the Bend Farm Inc
    2× · 2024–2025 · $4k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • DM
    Dennison Memorial Community Center Incgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $2k · revenue +127%
  • LM
    Little Marion Golf Club
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
  • HW
    HEAR WITH YOU FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $1k
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
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
Williams College

Williams College strives to achieve educational excellence by fostering a community of learning in collaboration with students, faculty, staff, devoted alumni and parents.

Education
3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
4
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
5
Marine Biological Laboratory

The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is a world-renowned center for biological discovery and training that is notably affiliated with more than 60 Nobel Prize winners. Research is conducted by full-time faculty as well as hundreds of the…

Science & Tech
6
Wheaton College

Wheaton college provides a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practice, for intellectually curious students within a collaborative and vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an…

Education
7
Dean College

Dean college is a private, residential new england college grounded in a culture and tradition that all students deserve the opportunity to discover and exceed their greatest aspirations. a personal and transformative community since 1865,…

Education
8
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
9
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
10
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
11
Bennington College Corporation

The men and women who brought bennington college into being sought to create a college that would emphasize "the individual student and her developing interests," learning "by activity and living", a community life designed to "break down…

Education
12
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Buzzards Bay Coalition; the most unlike its peers is Godfrey Foundation for Cinema Therapy Inc. 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

34 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. 34 of the 49 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/34
Grantees still filing
24/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $3,700 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $3,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientDENISON: $2,000 · OtherDENISONSippican Historical Society: $1,825 · OtherSippican Historical SocietyWoodrow Wilson Center for Scholars: $1,500 · OtherWoodrow Wilson Center for ScholarsLittle Marion Golf Club: $1,250 · OtherLittle Marion Golf ClubHEAR WITH YOU FOUNDATION: $1,000 · OtherTown of Marion: $700 · OtherCOASTAL FOODSHED: $1,000 · OtherTHE MARION INSTITUTE INC: $700 · Other+12 more: $3,550 · Other+12 moreENVIRONMENTAL NATURE CENTER: $4,100 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL NATURE C…Round the Bend Farm Inc: $3,700 · EnvironmentRound the Bend Farm In…BUZZARDS BAY COALITION: $1,050 · EnvironmentBUZZARDS BAY COALITIONSIPPICAN LANDS TRUST INC: $875 · EnvironmentSIPPICAN LANDS TRUST I…Marion Garden Group: $400 · EnvironmentBROOKS SCHOOL: $5,450 · EducationBROOKS SCHOOLDENISON UNIVERSITY: $1,000 · EducationDENISON UNIVERSITYTHE COLORADO COLLEGE: $1,000 · EducationTHE COLORADO COLLEGEElon University: $1,000 · EducationElon UniversityOCCIDENTAL COLLEGE: $750 · EducationOCCIDENTAL COLLEGE+4 more: $475 · EducationOld Dartmouth Historical Society: $2,650 · Arts & CultureOld Dartmouth …THE JAY HERITAGE CENTER: $1,500 · Arts & CultureTHE JAY HERITA…From The Heart Productions: $1,000 · Arts & CultureFrom The Heart…Marion Art Center Inc: $650 · Arts & CultureMarion Art Cen…BUZZARDS BAY MUSICFEST INC: $500 · Arts & CultureBUZZARDS BAY M…WORLD MONUMENTS FUND INC: $500 · Arts & CultureWORLD MONUMENT…Dennison Memorial Community Center Inc: $1,500 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $600 · Human ServicesEIGHT MILLION STORIES INC: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOMMUNITY BOATING CENTER INC: $100 · Youth DevelopmentCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $500 · HealthPUBLIC HEALTH SOLUTIONS: $300 · HealthGODFREY FOUNDATION FOR CINEMA THERAPY INC: $250 · Health
Other$20,725Environment$10,125Education$9,675Arts & Culture$6,800Human Services$2,100Youth Development$1,100Health$1,050

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBROOKS SCHOOL: $5,450 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL NATURE CENTER: $4,100 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRound the Bend Farm Inc: $3,700 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOld Dartmouth Historical Society: $2,650 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSippican Historical Society: $1,825 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JAY HERITAGE CENTER: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDennison Memorial Community Center Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBUZZARDS BAY COALITION: $1,050 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEIGHT MILLION STORIES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDENISON UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOASTAL FOODSHED: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COLORADO COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetElon University: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSIPPICAN LANDS TRUST INC: $875 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetOCCIDENTAL COLLEGE: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MARION INSTITUTE INC: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMarion Art Center Inc: $650 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUZZARDS BAY MUSICFEST INC: $500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetALFRED HARCOURT FOUNDATION INC: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPUBLIC HEALTH SOLUTIONS: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INVERNESS ASSOCIATION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWELLESLEY FRIENDLY AID ASSOCIATION: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDEDHAM COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY BOATING CENTER INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FESSENDEN SCHOOL: $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF WELLESLEY METCO INC: $50 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.

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 Quarterdeck Found…The Croll FoundationThe Ludes Family Foun…Southcoast Community …Bascom Charitable Fou…Willow Creek Charitab…The Carney Family Cha…Rubenstein Family Tru…Laura M and Peter T G…Manton FoundationIsland Foundation IncBoston Foundation Inc
The Quarterdeck FoundationMA20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Quarterdeck Foundation · The Croll Foundation · The Ludes Family Foundation · Southcoast Community Foundation Inc · Bascom Charitable Foundation · Willow Creek Charitable Foundation U/A/D 01/11/2002 · The Carney Family Charitable Foundation · Rubenstein Family Trust · Laura M and Peter T Grauer Foundation · Manton Foundation · Island Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Coastal Foodshed: 66% of income from government
  • Buzzards Bay Coalition: 37% of income from government
  • Dennison Memorial Community Center Inc: 21% of income from government
  • Round the Bend Farm Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Old Dartmouth Historical Society: 2% of income from government
  • The Marion Institute Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Community Boating Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Marion Art Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Fessenden School: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Miller 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 49 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home