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Richard G Miller Memorial 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.

$329k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$140k
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$2.3MPhilanthropy$423kYouth Development$387kReligion$371kHuman Services$146kHousing & Shelter$100kHealth$10kCrime & Legal$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $67k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $240k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$4.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Challenge Foundation Inc$140,000
University of Texas El Paso$50,000
Foundation for Fraternal Excellence Inc$50,000
University of Illinois$36,500
El Paso Community Foundation$30,000
University of Texas-Austin$5,000
Vanderbilt University$5,000
Oregon State University$5,000
Yucca Council Boy Scouts of America$2,500
The Mustard Seed Cafe$2,500
Assistance League of El Paso$2,500
Ciudad Nueva Community Outreach Inc$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $18k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Assistance League of El Paso: $5k → 21%Assistance League of El Paso: $3k → 21%Assistance League of El Paso: $3k → 21%Assistance League of El Paso: $3k → 21%Rescue Mission of El Paso: $3k → 21%Rescue Mission of El Paso: $3k → 21%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

IL
MI
OR
IN
PA
CO
TN
TX
FL
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.1M · 17 repeat orgs$604k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
14

Total granted

$3.1M
$599k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+3%

Still filing today

35%
21%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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
EducationHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureFood & NutritionReligionOther
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

  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR FRATERNAL EXCELLENCE INC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $325k · revenue +41%
  • PD
    PASO DEL NORTE CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT CENTER
    5× · 2020–2024 · $115k · revenue +49%
  • Vanderbilt University
    7× · 2017–2025 · $35k · revenue +74%

Funded once

  • MS
    McCombs School of Business
    one grant, 2018 · $300k
  • TT
    TEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue 0%
  • SF
    Society for Preservation of Greek Housing
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
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
El Paso Community College Foundation

The foundation was formed to receive gifts and to invest, manage and distribute such gifts for the benefit of the el paso community college and its students. the foundation promotes education and other related activities of the college.

Education
2
El Paso Leadership Academy

The mission of El Paso Leadership Academy is to prepare its students to obtain a four year college degree and to become engaged leaders in their community.

Education
3
Council On Regional Economic Exp & Educational Development Foundation

Lead efforts to identify and support initiatives that improve college readiness and ensure more students graduate with a college degree or certification. partner with education leaders, funders, and regional, state, and national…

Education
4
El Paso Civic Education Organization

EPCEO is dedicated to promoting civic education and developing leadership skills to strengthen a free and open society, to promoting social welfare, and to conducting educational and outreach activities to low- and moderate-income families.

Human Services
5
El Paso Education Initiative Inc

The purpose of the organization is to develop and facilitate the implementation of goals and programs that will enhance educational opportunities.

Education
6
El Paso Children's Hospital Corporation

To provide compassionate, coordinated, family-centered care for children with a dedicated commitment to excellent patient outcomes, inclusive leadership and innovative pediatric research and education.

Health
7
Paso del Norte Community Foundation

PdNCF supports the philanthropic goals of individuals, families, corporations, foundations and nonprofit organizations to improve education, health, social services, economic development, and quality of life in the Paso del Norte region.

Health
8
El Paso Matters Inc

Engage in the highest quality independent production, publication and or distribution of orginial news and or news-based materials of community value to far west texas, southern new mexico and northern chihuahua, mexico.

Public Benefit
9
El Buen Pastor Early Childhood Development Center

Situated in central Austin EBPECDC is a community based child development center whose mission is to meet the needs of the entire family through empowerment and community participation. The Center provides a stimulating environment that…

Education
10
El Paso Human Services Inc

El paso human services, inc. (ephsi), a private non-profit multi-purpose organization, has been providing social services in el paso county since 1984. ephsi has extensive experience in developing, implementing and executing federal, state…

Human Services
11
El Paso Public Television Foundation Inc

To inspire, inform and educate our viewer through quality educational programming; while producing superb local programs tailored to our community.

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12
Center for Public Policy Priorities

At the Every Texan, we believe in a Texas that offers everyone the chance to compete and succeed in life. We envision a Texas where everyone is healthy, well educated, and financially secure. We want the best Texas, a proud state that sets…

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Paso Del Norte Children's Development Center; the most unlike its peers is Down Syndrome Coalition for El Paso. 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

13 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. 13 of the 35 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
8/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Texas-El Paso: $385,000 · OtherUniversity of Texas-El PasoYouth with a Mission: $361,500 · OtherYouth with a MissionNorth American Interfraternity Conference Foundation: $359,975 · OtherNorth American Interfraternity Conference FoundationFOUNDATION FOR FRATERNAL EXCELLENCE INC: $325,000 · OtherFOUNDATION FOR FRATERNAL EXCELLENCE INCMcCombs School of Business: $300,000 · OtherMcCombs School of BusinessUniversity of Illinois: $177,250 · OtherUniversity of IllinoisSociety for Preservation of Greek Housing: $100,000 · OtherUniversity of Texas-Austin: $75,000 · Other+15 more: $166,000 · Other+15 moreTHE CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INC: $1,110,000 · EducationTHE CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INCTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · EducationTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC+2 more: $60,000 · EducationPASO DEL NORTE CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $115,000 · HealthDown Syndrome Coalition for El Paso: $5,000 · HealthEL PASO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $97,500 · PhilanthropyASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF EL PASO: $14,500 · Human ServicesRESCUE MISSION OF EL PASO INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesMUSTARD SEED - A COMMUNITY CAFE: $2,500 · Food & NutritionKIDS EXCEL EL PASO INC: $1,500 · Arts & CultureCIUDAD NUEVA COMMUNITY OUTREACH IN: $250 · Religion
Other$2,249,725Education$1,270,000Health$120,000Philanthropy$97,500Human Services$19,500Food & Nutrition$2,500Arts & Culture$1,500Religion$250

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 budgetTHE CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INC: $1,110,000 over 9y, 9.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR FRATERNAL EXCELLENCE INC: $325,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetPASO DEL NORTE CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $115,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEL PASO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $97,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetVanderbilt University: $35,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe University of Texas Law School Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF EL PASO: $14,500 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetRESCUE MISSION OF EL PASO INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMUSTARD SEED - A COMMUNITY CAFE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetKIDS EXCEL EL PASO INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% 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 THE CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR FRATERNAL EXCELLENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds PASO DEL NORTE CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT CENTER ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds EL PASO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Vanderbilt University ↗
  • Who funds The University of Texas Law School Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF EL PASO ↗
  • Who funds RESCUE MISSION OF EL PASO INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSTARD SEED - A COMMUNITY CAFE ↗
  • Who funds Yucca Council Boy Scouts of America ↗
  • Who funds KIDS EXCEL EL PASO INC ↗
  • Who funds CIUDAD NUEVA COMMUNITY OUTREACH IN ↗

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.

Paso del Norte Community FoundationTX22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Paso del Norte Community Foundation · El Paso Community Foundation · Robert E & Evelyn McKee Foundation · The Hunt Family Foundation · The Shiloff Family Foundation · Hervey Foundation · Paso del Norte Health Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%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
    3report 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.

    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 35 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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