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The Avram Miller Family Foundation at a glance

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The Avram Miller Family Foundation

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$28k
Granted FY2017
16
Grants FY2017
5
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

98% of The Avram Miller Family Foundation’s FY2018 grant dollars went to American Endowment Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2018 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2017, the last year The Avram Miller Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 8 organizations, $28k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

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Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Philanthropy$65kEnvironment$11kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kFood & Nutrition$2kHealth$2kArts & Culture$2kScience & Tech$1kInternational$1kOther$0
02FY2017 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2017

  • Under $10k14 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$750
Median grant
5
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
POST CARBON INSTITUTE$10,000
KENWOOD FIREFIGHTERS ASSOC$10,000
SLOW FOOD$1,095
COMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM$1,024
DOCTORS WITHOUT BOARDERS$1,000
FILMAID$1,000
REDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK$1,000
KOMERAORG$750
ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP$500
KQED$500
Individual grant recipient$500
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER$250
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$250
HUNGRY OWLWILDCARE$250
YIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH$250
02The need
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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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–18) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%KOMERAORG: $750 → 16%COMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM: $1k → 8%HUNGRY OWLWILDCARE: $250 → 8%KENWOOD FIREFIGHTERS ASSOC: $10k → 9%SF BAY AREA JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOC: $100 → 10%SLOW FOOD: $1k → 11%YIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH: $250 → 17%ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP: $500 → 14%SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER: $250 → 18%AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FUNDATION: $65k → 13%POST CARBON INSTITUTE: $10k → 9%KQED: $500 → 10%DOCTORS WITHOUT BOARDERS: $1k → 17%REDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK: $1k → 9%JEWISH GENEAOLOGY: $500 → 10%FILMAID: $1k → 17%PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $250 → 17%CROHN'S COLITIS FOUNDATION: $500 → 17%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 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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
3
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
4
Semiconductor Industry Association

The semiconductor industry association (sia) is the voice of the semiconductor industry, one of america's top export industries and a key driver of america's economic strength, national security, and global competitiveness. (continued on…

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5
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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6
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
7
American Geophysical Union

Agu's mission is to advance and support an inclusive community of earth and space scientists and partners dedicated to discovery and solutions to societal challenges. agu seeks to catalyze discovery and solutions to scientific and societal…

Science & Tech
8
Museum of American Finance

Finance impacts everyone. as a socially relevant organization, the museum of american finance seeks to improve understanding of the influence of financial institutions and capital markets on the u.s. and global economies, and on…

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9
Society for Neuroscience

Sfn's mission is to: 1. advance the understanding of the brain and the nervous system by bringing together scientists of all segments of neuroscience, by facilitating the integration of research directed at all levels of biological…

Health
10
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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11
American Society of Civil Engineers Inc

To provide essential value to our members, their careers, our partners, and the public, asce will: facilitate the advancement of technology; encourage and provide the tools for lifelong learning; promote professionalism and the profession;…

Science & Tech
12
National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors

Empowering financial professionals and consumers through world-class advocacy and education.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Medecins Sans Frontieres Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Computer History Museum. 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

9 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. 9 of the 19 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
7/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $64,699 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATIONPOST CARBON INSTITUTE: $10,000 · OtherPOST CARBON INSTITU…SLOW FOOD: $1,095 · OtherSLOW FOODCLEVELAND CLINIC PHILANTHROPY INSTI: $1,000 · OtherCLEVELAND CLINIC PH…FILMAID: $1,000 · OtherFILMAIDKOMERAORG: $750 · Other+7 more: $2,100 · Other+7 moreKenwood Firemens Association: $10,000 · Public Safety & DisasterKenwood Fir…COMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM: $1,024 · Arts & CultureKQED INC: $500 · Arts & CultureMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 · InternationalREDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK: $1,000 · Food & NutritionENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP: $500 · Environment
Philanthropy$64,699Other$15,945Public Safety & Disaster$10,000Arts & Culture$1,524International$1,000Food & Nutrition$1,000Environment$500

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

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $64,699 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM: $1,024 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKQED INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $250 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Avram Miller Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Avram Miller Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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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
    2report 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 19 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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