· Private foundation
The Barbara and Fred Miller 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k1 grant · $1k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $40k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WOODEN ATHLETIC FUND | $30,000 |
| JONSSON CANCER FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| CONCERN FOUNDATION | $1,240 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
9 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SOSCHOOL ON WHEELS OF MASSACHUSETTS INC3× · 2021–2023 · $3k · revenue +21%
- PFPROJECT FIT AMERICA2× · 2021–2022 · $2k · revenue +193%
- TPTHE PEOPLE CONCERN2× · 2021–2022 · $2k · revenue +60%
Funded once
- ATAPS TYPE 1one grant, 2024 · $3k
- TJTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONone grant, 2018 · $3k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2024 · $2k
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.
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.
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The parker institute for cancer immunotherapy's (pici) mission is to develop and accelerate access to breakthrough cancer therapies, curating innovation from discovery to patient access.
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…
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The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…
The jonsson cancer center foundation is the single most important vehicle for raising private funds for cancer research at ucla and plays a key role in advancing cancer treatments and care. please see schedule o for additional information.
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
The organization's mission is to represent the ethical members of the rental housing industry in all aspects of government affairs within the state of california, and to provide information, products and services which contribute to the…
To promote health by engaging in the practice of medicine for patients of hospitals affiliated with the university of southern california keck school of medicine and elsewhere. to provide medical care to the sick and injured who may come…
The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.
How this is measured
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 22 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds STOP CANCER ↗
- Who funds SCHOOL ON WHEELS OF MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
- Who funds PROJECT FIT AMERICA ↗
- Who funds THE PEOPLE CONCERN ↗
- Who funds CONCERN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds TEAM IMPACT INC ↗
- Who funds Reclaim Project Recovery ↗
- Who funds ENVIRONMENT CALIFORNIA INC ↗
- Who funds HEAL THE BAY ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Barbara and Fred Miller Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Barbara and Fred Miller Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- School On Wheels of Massachusetts Inc: 7% of income from government
How this is measured
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