· Private foundation
The Ben Miller 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 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k15 grants · $45k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CCRF | $20,000 |
| BCRF | $10,000 |
| STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| FRIENDS OF ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCE (FIDF) | $10,000 |
| PRAGER U | $7,200 |
| ONE FAMILY FUND ISRAEL | $7,200 |
| PINKY SWEAR FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| TPUSA | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
| COURAGE CENTER | $2,500 |
| PATH2FREEDOM | $2,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FUND | $2,000 |
| MAYO CLINIC | $2,000 |
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 (FY17–25, $89k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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 +16% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.
25 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
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, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION7× · 2019–2025 · $70k · revenue ×12- PSPINKY SWEAR FOUNDATION9× · 2017–2025 · $45k · revenue +16%
- PUPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION6× · 2020–2025 · $33k · revenue +112%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $15k
- KFK9 FOR WARRIORSone grant, 2021 · $5k
- HFHASBARA FELLOWSHIPS INCORPORATEDone grant, 2022 · $4k · revenue +8%
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.
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…
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…
The special forces foundation provides immediate and ongoing support to the special forces community and their families.
Ensure camp fire minnesota's strong future. with nature as the catalyst, camp fire minnesota energizes youth to discover their spark so their futures glow brighter.
Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.
The foundation for sarcoidosis research (fsr) is the leading international organization dedicated to finding a cure for sarcoidosis and improving care for sarcoidosis patients through research, education, and support. since its…
Moral compass federation facilitates collaboration among multiple veteran-led nonprofit organizations, individuals, and businesses who came together during the fall of kabul, afghanistan to evacuate and resettle afghan allies who were in…
Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.
The leadership foundation, inc. (the foundation), established in 1990, is the mechanism by which iwf members advance the next generation of women leaders. the foundation accelerates the careers of top-performing women by offering…
To provide the highest level of stewardship for university donors through professional management and oversight of the university of minnesota foundation's assets by creating a focused investment environment with clarity of purpose,…
Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…
The american friends of beit issie shapiro (afobis) is a national not for profit fundraising organization with regional offices in new york city, north miami beach, fl and los angeles, ca. afobis is dedicated to supporting beit issie…
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 33 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 STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH FUND ↗
- Who funds PINKY SWEAR FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF MINNEAPOLIS ↗
- Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
- Who funds PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MINNESOTA MILITARY FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Troops Direct ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHAMIR (ASSAF HAROFEH) MEDICAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds HASBARA FELLOWSHIPS INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds PATH2FREEDOM INC ↗
- Who funds FOSTERING SUCCESS INC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Ben Miller Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ben Miller Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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