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Miltenberger 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.

$185k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it funds
01FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k8 grants · $135k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$404
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE KANAKUK INSTITUTE$50,000
NORTHWEST BIBLE CHURCH$25,000
HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES$25,000
CHILDRENS CANCER FUND OF DALLAS INC$20,000
YOUNG LIFE$15,000
FAMILY GATEWAY INC$15,000
HOCKADAY SCHOOL$15,000
DALLAS UNITED CREW INC$10,000
KID NET FOUNDATION$10,000
02The need
02

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%KID NET FOUNDATION: $20k → 14%KID NET FOUNDATION: $10k → 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.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$205k · 5 repeat orgs$145k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
2

Total granted

$205k
$40k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+2%
+18%

Still filing today

80%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $105k went to new ones.

50%100%’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’24’25
EducationYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesReligionHealthOther
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

  • FG
    FAMILY GATEWAY INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $65k · revenue 0%
  • NB
    NORTHWEST BIBLE CHURCH
    2× · 2024–2025 · $50k
  • YL
    YOUNG LIFE
    2× · 2024–2025 · $30k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • TK
    THE KENAN-FLAGLER BUSINESS SCHOOL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue +18%
  • TE
    THE EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF DALLAS INC
    one grant, 2024 · $15k · revenue +4%
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
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
2
Dallas Christian School

Dallas Christian is a college preparatory school committed to Biblical values where students are prepared for Christ-centered lives of purpose, service and leadership.

Education
3
Colleyville Covenant Christian

The mission is to provide a biblically based classical college preparatory education that inspires a passion for excellence a heart of grace and the character of Christ.

Education
4
Presbyterian School

Family, School, and Church united in the education and support of each child - this is the founding premise upon which Presbyterian School nurtures and challenges its students. The school provides an educational program of the highest…

Education
5
Dallas Seminary Foundation

To support the mission of Dallas Theological Seminary by offering charitable planned giving and other related services to friends of the Seminary.

Education
6
Capitol Hill Day School

Capitol Hill Day School is a co-educational independent school serving students from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. Capitol Hill Day School deeply engages a diverse community of students in connecting the classroom with the larger…

Education
7
St John's School

See Schedule OSt. John's School is an independent, co-educational day school presenting a 13-year sequence of college preparatory training. A non-profit institution, it was founded in 1946 to provide the community with a school of exacting…

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8
The King's Christian School

The king's christian school is a k-12 prepatory school that equips and strengthens students through education and example, that they might stand firmly upon the word of god and to become effective servant-leaders who impact the world…

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9
The Woodlands Christian Academy

TWCA is an independent, Christ-centered college preparatory school that integrates learning with biblical faith and challenges our students to reach their highest potential - intellectually, creatively, physically, and socially - for the…

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10
The King's University

The King's University integrates Biblical education and practical ministry to shape Spirit-formed individuals who follow Jesus, serve His Church, and are sent to impact the world.

Education
11
Landmark Christian School

Landmark christian school partners with christian families by equipping college-bound students to embrace a christ-centered worldview, grow as servant leaders, and steward god's unique purpose for their lives.

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12
Kingdom Advisors Inc

Kingdom advisors is a discipleship ministry serving christian financial professionals. the organization encourages, educates, and empowers christian financial professionals with biblical wisdom to be effective disciples of jesus christ in…

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Life; the most unlike its peers is Children's Cancer Fund of Dallas inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

10 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. 10 of the 11 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
4/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HOCKADAY SCHOOL: $30,000 · EducationHOCKADAY SCHOOLTHE KENAN-FLAGLER BUSINESS SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationTHE KENAN-FLAGLER BUSINES…HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES: $25,000 · EducationHOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH …FAMILY GATEWAY INC: $65,000 · Housing & ShelterFAMILY GATEWAY INCNORTHWEST BIBLE CHURCH: $50,000 · OtherNORTHWEST BIBLE CHURC…THE EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF DALLAS INC: $15,000 · OtherTHE EPISCOPAL SCHOOL …THE KANAKUK INSTITUTE: $50,000 · ReligionTHE KANAKUK INST…YOUNG LIFE: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG LIFEDallas United Crew Inc: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentDallas Unite…KID NET FOUNDATION JONATHANS PLACE: $30,000 · Human ServicesKID NET F…Children's Cancer Fund of Dallas inc: $20,000 · Health
Education$80,000Housing & Shelter$65,000Other$65,000Religion$50,000Youth Development$40,000Human Services$30,000Health$20,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFAMILY GATEWAY INC: $65,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE KANAKUK INSTITUTE: $50,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKID NET FOUNDATION JONATHANS PLACE: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHOCKADAY SCHOOL: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE KENAN-FLAGLER BUSINESS SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Cancer Fund of Dallas inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF DALLAS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDallas United Crew Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% 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 Ayco Charitable FoundationNY13.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Miltenberger Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Miltenberger Family Foundation. 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%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 Miltenberger Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Miltenberger 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 11 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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