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The David B 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.

$6.8M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
5
Grants FY2025
6
Organizations funded FY2024
50%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$3,250,000
Organizations funded a year
3 to 74
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$13M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The David B Miller Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $621k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationInternationalPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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 arriving5$6.8M0%
FY20246$6.6M50%
FY20235$2.9M20%
FY20223$2.9M0%
FY202110$1.2M10%
FY202019$6.5M26%
FY201951$8.8M31%
FY201874$12Mn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$28MHuman Services$6.4MHealth$4.4MReligion$3.0MHousing & Shelter$1.9MArts & Culture$1.0MEmployment$1.0MInternational$665kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 58 grantees
All grantees of The David B Miller Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Southern Methodist University$23,668,59581%
The George W Bush Foundation$2,500,00041%
Southwestern Medical Foundation$1,320,00021%
Austin Street Center$1,298,00033%
Goodwill Industries of South Texas Inc$1,000,00021%
El Dorado Festivals & Events Inc$750,00033%
Hendrix College$525,00021%
The Crystal Charity Ball$492,37023%
Buckner Children & Family Services Inc$424,25020%
Children's Medical Center Foundation$325,00040%
The Center for the Arts$250,00043%
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Inc$240,00040%
Crossroads Community Services Inc$150,00031%
Junior Achievement of Dallas Inc$131,30024%
Texas 2036$125,00012%
Providence Christian School of Texas$100,00011%
North Texas Food Bank$100,00010%
Seal Legacy Foundation Inc$70,00022%
Anti-Defamation League$60,00020%
Parkland Foundation$50,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of America$50,0001n/a
Interfaith Family Services$50,00021%
Child Poverty Action Lab$50,00011%
Leap Global Missions$50,00014%
American Heart Association Inc$50,00020%
Advocates for Community Transformation$50,00011%
New Friends New Life$49,92521%
Crozet Avenue Christian Preschool$37,500111%
Junior League of Dallas Inc$35,00011%
Edenton Street United Methodist Church$35,0001n/a
Project Shelter Inc$31,60017%
The Family Place$29,30020%
Lydia Patterson Institute$25,00011%
Houston's Charity for Children Inc$25,0001n/a
Grant Halliburton Foundation Inc$24,30012%
International Justice Mission$24,10010%
Texas Discovery Gardens$23,20012%
National Archives Foundation$23,00010%
Behind Every Door Ministries Inc$20,00021%
Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation$20,00021%
Wilkinson Center$20,00011%
Family Homestead$15,20021%
Friends of the American University of Afghanistan$10,00011%
Dallas Historical Society$10,00021%
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children$10,00010%
Highland Park Isd Education Foundation$10,00010%
Momentous Institute$10,00010%
Young Women's Preparatory Network$10,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$10,00010%
YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas Inc$5,00010%
Park Cities Presbyterian Church$5,0001n/a
Elizabeth Toon Charities$5,00021%
Texas State History Museum Foundation$5,00010%
Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity Inc$5,00010%
Dallas 24 Hour Club Inc$5,00010%
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$5,00010%
Child Protective Services Community Partners Inc$2,50010%
African American Museum$3501n/a

Plus 42 recipients with no EIN on record ($14M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The David B Miller Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSouthern Methodist University: $23,668,595 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetThe George W Bush Foundation: $2,500,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetSouthwestern Medical Foundation: $1,320,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetAustin Street Center: $1,298,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetGoodwill Industries of South Texas Inc: $1,000,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetEl Dorado Festivals & Events Inc: $750,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetHendrix College: $525,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThe Crystal Charity Ball: $492,370 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetBuckner Children & Family Services Inc: $424,250 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetChildren's Medical Center Foundation: $325,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetThe Center for the Arts: $250,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetMarine Corps Scholarship Foundation Inc: $240,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCrossroads Community Services Inc: $150,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetJunior Achievement of Dallas Inc: $131,300 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetTexas 2036: $125,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetProvidence Christian School of Texas: $100,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetNorth Texas Food Bank: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSeal Legacy Foundation Inc: $70,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetParkland Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInterfaith Family Services: $50,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetChild Poverty Action Lab: $50,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetLeap Global Missions: $50,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAdvocates for Community Transformation: $50,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetNew Friends New Life: $49,925 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetCrozet Avenue Christian Preschool: $37,500 over 1y, 11% of budgetJunior League of Dallas Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetProject Shelter Inc: $31,600 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetThe Family Place: $29,300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLydia Patterson Institute: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGrant Halliburton Foundation Inc: $24,300 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetInternational Justice Mission: $24,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Discovery Gardens: $23,200 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetNational Archives Foundation: $23,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBehind Every Door Ministries Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTexas Business Hall of Fame Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetWilkinson Center: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFamily Homestead: $15,200 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetFriends of the American University of Afghanistan: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetDallas Historical Society: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTexas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHighland Park Isd Education Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMomentous Institute: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYoung Women's Preparatory Network: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYMCA of Metropolitan Dallas Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetElizabeth Toon Charities: $5,000 over 2y, 0.5% 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 53.

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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.

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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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About The David B Miller Family Foundation

How much does The David B Miller Family Foundation give?
The David B Miller Family Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $6,750,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 74 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The David B Miller Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (47%), Human Services (11%), Health (7%).
Who are The David B Miller Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Southern Methodist University ($24M), The George W Bush Foundation ($2.5M), Southwestern Medical Foundation ($1.3M).
Does The David B Miller Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The David B Miller Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The David B Miller Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Dallas Foundation, Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, Texas Instruments Foundation.
Where is The David B Miller Family Foundation based?
The David B Miller Family Foundation is based in TX.

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 103 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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