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Miller Funeral and Cremation Charitable Foundation Inc at a glance

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Miller Funeral and Cremation Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

$10k
Granted FY2025still arriving
30
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$22kFood & Nutrition$14kPublic Safety & Disaster$5kRecreation & Sports$5kArts & Culture$5kHuman Services$4kReligion$4kEducation$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$250
Median grant
1
States reached
$9k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$2,500
GREATER ROCHESTER AMATEUR ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION$750
OPEN DOOR MISSION$600
VICTOR TURKEY TROT$500
MEG'S GIFT INC$500
PITTSFORD VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE INC$450
VICTOR FARMINGTON VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE$400
ST JOSEPH'S NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER$350
ROCHESTER ECOLOGY PARTNERS$300
ROCHESTER ROTARY SUNSHINE CAMP$300
ISIAH HOUSE$250
MCQUAID JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL$250
PENFIELD PATRIOTS SPORTS BOOSTER CLUB INC$250
PENFIELD ECUMENICAL FOOD SHELF INC$250
Individual grant recipient$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 (FY20–25, $950) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ABILITY PARTNERS FOUNDATION: $400 → 10%HOUSE OF MERCY: $100 → 14%HOUSE OF MERCY: $100 → 14%ZOEY'S LIGHT: $100 → 14%ISIAH HOUSE: $250 → 14%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.
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$56k · 29 repeat orgs$16k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +55% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
25

Total granted

$56k
$11k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+32%

Still filing today

45%
24%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsPublic Safety & DisasterFood & NutritionOther
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

  • PE
    PENFIELD ECUMENICAL FOOD SHELF INC
    6× · 2018–2025 · $7k · revenue +73%
  • MG
    Megs Gift Inc
    5× · 2020–2025 · $2k · revenue +91%
  • HF
    HENRIETTA FIRE COMPANY NO 1 INC
    6× · 2019–2025 · $2k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • LG
    LHCC GIVES BACK EVENT
    one grant, 2021 · $2k
  • CO
    COUNTY OF MONROE
    one grant, 2019 · $2k
  • PY
    PITTSFORD YOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB
    one grant, 2023 · $750
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
Penfield Volunteer Emergency Ambulance Service Inc

Provide residents of Penfield, New York (and the surrounding area) with access to emergency medical services.

Health
2
Rochester Police Foundation Inc

The Rochester Police Foundation was established as an independent nonprofit organization to support the Rochester Police Department in public safety and law enforcement excellence. The Police Foundation works closely with the Chief of…

Community Improvement
3
West Monroe Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Provide Fire, EMS, and Water Rescue to the town of West Monroe in Oswego County NY

Public Safety & Disaster
4
Irondequoit Ambulance Inc

Provides 24-hour daily emergency services to the Town of Irondequoit. Also provides advanced life support to the Sea Breeze Fire District, as well as mutual aid service to areas surrounding Irondequoit in Monroe County.

Health
5
Windsor Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Windsor Volunteer Fire Department Inc. strives to provide swift and efficient emergency services and support to our local community.

Public Safety & Disaster
6
Penfield Fire Company Inc

The Penfield Fire Company provides support to the volunteer firefighters serving the Penfield Fire District.

Public Safety & Disaster
7
Rensselaerville Volunteer Fire Company

The purpose of this organization is to help the Town of Rensselaerville and neighboring communities by protecting life, property, and the environment from loss due to fire, accident, and natural disasters.

Public Safety & Disaster
8
Youngstown Volunteer Fire Company Inc

To provide fire protection and emergency medical services for the community of youngstown, ny

Public Safety & Disaster
9
Thomaston Volunteer Fire Departmentinc

The Thomaston Fire Department is an all-volunteer department that provides protection and emergency response to the residents of Thomaston, CT.

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10
Mendon Fire Department Inc

The Mendon Fire Department, Inc. is organized to attract and maintain the necessary manpower to provide fire and emergency medical services to the residents of the Mendon Fire District.

Public Safety & Disaster
11
Milan Volunteer Fire Department Inc

The organization's primary purpose is to provide fire protection and ambulance services to the town of milan, ny and portions of the towns of gallatin, ny and clermont, ny.

Public Safety & Disaster
12
Roslyn Fire Company #1

Provide volunteer fire fighting and other emergency related responses for the community.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Penfield Patriots Sports Booster Club Inc; the most unlike its peers is Zoeys Light 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

27 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. 27 of the 64 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)
26/27
Grantees still filing
18/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MONROE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherMONROE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONBRIGHTON FOOD CUPBOARD: $6,500 · OtherBRIGHTON FOOD CUPBOARDNYS TRIBUTE FOUNDATION: $4,500 · OtherNYS TRIBUTE FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $2,500 · OtherOPEN DOOR MISSION INC: $2,263 · OtherLHCC GIVES BACK EVENT: $2,000 · OtherCOUNTY OF MONROE: $2,000 · Other+41 more: $18,795 · Other+41 morePENFIELD ECUMENICAL FOOD SHELF INC: $7,250 · Food & NutritionPENFIELD EC…Megs Gift Inc: $2,350 · HealthHENRIETTA FIRE COMPANY NO 1 INC: $2,050 · HealthPittsford Volunteer Ambulance Inc: $900 · HealthANGELS OF MERCY INC: $200 · Health+1 more: $100 · HealthVICTOR TURKEY TROT INC: $1,500 · Civil RightsROCHESTER SCHOOL OF THE HOLY CHILDHOOD I: $550 · EducationFYLE PARENT GROUP: $500 · EducationPENFIELD PATRIOTS SPORTS BOOSTER CLUB INC: $250 · EducationVICTOR FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $600 · Public Safety & DisasterPittsford Volunteer Fire Association Inc: $500 · Public Safety & DisasterABILITY PARTNERS FOUNDATION: $400 · Human ServicesIsaiah House Inc: $250 · Human ServicesHOUSE OF MERCY INC: $200 · Human ServicesZOEYS LIGHT INC: $100 · Human Services
Other$53,558Food & Nutrition$7,250Health$5,600Civil Rights$1,500Education$1,300Public Safety & Disaster$1,100Human Services$950

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPENFIELD ECUMENICAL FOOD SHELF INC: $7,250 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetMegs Gift Inc: $2,350 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetHENRIETTA FIRE COMPANY NO 1 INC: $2,050 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetVICTOR TURKEY TROT INC: $1,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetGREATER ROCHESTER AMATEUR ATHLETIC FEDERATION INC: $1,350 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPittsford Volunteer Ambulance Inc: $900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVeterans Outreach Center Inc: $700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVICTOR FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $600 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetROCHESTER SCHOOL OF THE HOLY CHILDHOOD I: $550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFYLE PARENT GROUP: $500 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetPittsford Volunteer Fire Association Inc: $500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWomen's Foundation of Genesee Valley Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPENFIELD YOUTH FOOTBALL INC: $499 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetABILITY PARTNERS FOUNDATION: $400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRochester Ecology Partners Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPENFIELD PATRIOTS SPORTS BOOSTER CLUB INC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRUSH HENRIETTA SPORTS BOOSTER CLUB: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWILLOW CITY VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOUSE OF MERCY INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANGELS OF MERCY INC: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROCHESTER POLICE LOCUST CLUB INC: $150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetZOEYS LIGHT INC: $100 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetVICTOR CHEERLEADING BOOSTER ASSC: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK STATE SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION INC: $50 over 2y, 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 PENFIELD ECUMENICAL FOOD SHELF INC ↗
  • Who funds Megs Gift Inc ↗
  • Who funds HENRIETTA FIRE COMPANY NO 1 INC ↗
  • Who funds VICTOR TURKEY TROT INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER ROCHESTER AMATEUR ATHLETIC FEDERATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Pittsford Volunteer Ambulance Inc ↗
  • Who funds Veterans Outreach Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds VICTOR FIRE DEPARTMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF THE HOLY CHILDHOOD I ↗
  • Who funds FYLE PARENT GROUP ↗
  • Who funds Pittsford Volunteer Fire Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds Women's Foundation of Genesee Valley Inc ↗
  • Who funds PENFIELD YOUTH FOOTBALL INC ↗
  • Who funds ABILITY PARTNERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Rochester Ecology Partners 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.

Rochester Area Commun…United Way of Greater…Greater Rochester Hea…Daisy Marquis Jones F…Esl Charitable Founda…Rochester Area Commun…Rochester Female Char…Paychex Charitable Fo…Max and Marian Farash…Mother Cabrini Health…Marie C and Joseph C …The Bernard and Patri…
Rochester Area Community FoundationNY30.7× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rochester Area Community Foundation · United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc · Greater Rochester Health Foundation · Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation · Esl Charitable Foundation · Rochester Area Community Foundation Depository Inc · Rochester Female Charitable Society · Paychex Charitable Foundation Inc · Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc · Marie C and Joseph C Wilson Foundation Inc · The Bernard and Patricia Iacovangelo Family 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 Funeral and Cremation Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Miller Funeral and Cremation Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.

    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 64 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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