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Robert Miller & Catherine Miller Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$140k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
39
Grants FY2025
37
Organizations funded FY2024
3%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
24 to 39
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$964k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 3% of the organizations Robert Miller & Catherine Miller Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEnvironmentAnimalsFood & NutritionEducationCivil RightsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving39$140k15%
FY202437$137k3%
FY202337$130k0%
FY202239$130k26%
FY202136$120k11%
FY202034$142k35%
FY201926$110k15%
FY201824$104k8%
93% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$295kEducation$149kFood & Nutrition$118kInternational$84kHealth$74kHuman Services$68kCivil Rights$66kArts & Culture$43kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NH
WI
NY
OR
NJ
CT
CA
MD
DC
AL
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Robert Miller & Catherine Miller Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Earthjustice$90,50090%
International Rescue Committee INC$63,00070%
National Immigration Law Center$50,00090%
Wesleyan University$47,00050%
Alameda County Community Food Bank$42,50050%
Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano$40,00040%
Coalition for Rainforest Nations Secretariat$35,00070%
Life Learning Academy$32,50070%
A Wider Circle Inc$27,50070%
Upper Valley Haven$25,50090%
Oakland Promise$25,00050%
National Network of Abortion Funds Inc$24,00040%
The DC Central Kitchen Inc$22,50090%
Rossmoor Fund$21,00042%
Willing Hands Enterprises Inc$20,00060%
The Trinity Center Corporation$20,0004n/a
LISTEN Lebanon in Service to Each Neighbor$20,00060%
Save The Bay$18,00090%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$15,50040%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$15,00030%
Immigration Institute of the Bay Area$15,00020%
Washington Tennis & Education Foundation$15,00050%
The Milo Foundation$9,00090%
Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project$9,00030%
Westcoast Children's Clinic$9,00090%
East Bay Spca$9,00090%
Open City Advocates$9,00031%
Martha's Table Inc$7,50060%
Animal Welfare Institute$6,00040%
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation$5,00010%
Claremont Canyon Conservancy$5,00051%
World Central Kitchen Inc$5,0001n/a
Equal Justice Initiative$5,00020%
Friends of Sausal Creek$5,00051%
North Valley Animal Disaster Group$5,00010%
Berkeley East Bay Humane Society Inc dba Berkeley Humane$4,75050%
John Muir Land Trust prev Muir Heritage Land Trust$4,00040%
Razom Inc$4,00040%
Contra Costa Humane Society$4,00040%
Upper Valley Humane Society Inc$3,60080%
Reproductive Freedom Fund of New Hampshire$3,50050%
New Hampshire Catholic Charities$3,00010%
Hanover Conservancy$2,50050%
Walnut Creek Library Foundation$2,00040%
Howe Library Corporation$2,00040%
Greater DC Diaper Bank$2,00040%
Hope for Ukraine Inc$1,50010%
Trevor Project Inc$1,00010%
Game Theory Academy$1,00010%
Multiplier$1,00010%
Beloved Community Incubator Inc$5001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($308k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Robert Miller & Catherine Miller Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEarthjustice: $90,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $63,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNational Immigration Law Center: $50,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWesleyan University: $47,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAlameda County Community Food Bank: $42,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFood Bank of Contra Costa and Solano: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCoalition for Rainforest Nations Secretariat: $35,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetLife Learning Academy: $32,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetA Wider Circle Inc: $27,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetUpper Valley Haven: $25,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetOakland Promise: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNational Network of Abortion Funds Inc: $24,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe DC Central Kitchen Inc: $22,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetRossmoor Fund: $21,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetWilling Hands Enterprises Inc: $20,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetLISTEN Lebanon in Service to Each Neighbor: $20,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSave The Bay: $18,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetRefugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services: $15,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetImmigration Institute of the Bay Area: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWashington Tennis & Education Foundation: $15,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Milo Foundation: $9,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMid-Atlantic Innocence Project: $9,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWestcoast Children's Clinic: $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetEast Bay Spca: $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetOpen City Advocates: $9,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetMartha's Table Inc: $7,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Welfare Institute: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetInformation Technology and Innovation Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetClaremont Canyon Conservancy: $5,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Sausal Creek: $5,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetNorth Valley Animal Disaster Group: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBerkeley East Bay Humane Society Inc dba Berkeley Humane: $4,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJohn Muir Land Trust prev Muir Heritage Land Trust: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRazom Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetContra Costa Humane Society: $4,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetUpper Valley Humane Society Inc: $3,600 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetReproductive Freedom Fund of New Hampshire: $3,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetNew Hampshire Catholic Charities: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHanover Conservancy: $2,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWalnut Creek Library Foundation: $2,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHowe Library Corporation: $2,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetGreater DC Diaper Bank: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHope for Ukraine Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrevor Project Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGame Theory Academy: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMultiplier: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 48.

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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.

East Bay Community FoundationCA21.6× affinity9 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: East Bay Community Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Emily Landecker Foundation Inc · Lubrano Family Charitable Foundation Emmett Lyne Trustee C/O Rich May PC · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Greater Good Charities · The Yelp Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Impactassetsinc

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.

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How do I get to Robert Miller & Catherine Miller Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Robert Miller & Catherine Miller Charitable 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.

About Robert Miller & Catherine Miller Charitable Foundation

How much does Robert Miller & Catherine Miller Charitable Foundation give?
Robert Miller & Catherine Miller Charitable Foundation reported 39 grants totaling $140,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 39 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Robert Miller & Catherine Miller Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (26%), Education (13%), Food & Nutrition (10%).
Who are Robert Miller & Catherine Miller Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Earthjustice ($91k), International Rescue Committee INC ($63k), National Immigration Law Center ($50k).
Does Robert Miller & Catherine Miller Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 3% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Robert Miller & Catherine Miller Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Robert Miller & Catherine Miller Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include East Bay Community Foundation, Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation, The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund.
Where is Robert Miller & Catherine Miller Charitable Foundation based?
Robert Miller & Catherine Miller Charitable Foundation is based in CA.

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 67 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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