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The Harvey R & Ruth Miller Charitable Fd at a glance

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The Harvey R & Ruth Miller Charitable Fd

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.

$30k
Granted FY2023
3
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Arts & Culture$396kCivil Rights$29kHealth$17kInternational$7kCrime & Legal$4kRecreation & Sports$4kEducation$2kHuman Services$2kOther$0
02FY2023 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$217k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION$10,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF AMERICA$10,000
ADL$10,000
02The need
03

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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Its human-services grants (FY17–18, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE CHILDRENS AID SOCIETY: $1k → 17%THE CHILDRENS AID SOCIETY: $1k → 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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$404k · 15 repeat orgs$69k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2023, 14 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
3

Total granted

$404k
$49k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+65%
+76%

Still filing today

60%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’23
InternationalHealthCivil RightsRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesEducationOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $5k · revenue +98%
  • TF
    THE FORTUNE SOCIETY INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $4k · revenue +162%
  • AL
    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
    2× · 2017–2018 · $4k · revenue +78%

Funded once

  • AF
    AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUMgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $47k · revenue +84%
  • THE DOE FUND INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +37%
  • CP
    CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +76%
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.

04Its 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
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
2
New York Apartment Association Inc

Nyaa provides services to landlords including computerized rent registration of rent stabilized apartments with the new york state division of housing and community renewal in compliance with nys & nyc laws & regulations.

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3
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
4
New York Dental Affiliates Pc

Operating as an integral part of the nyc health + hospitals ("h+h"), formerly the new york city health and hospitals corporation. nyda will further h+h's tax-exempt charitable, scientific, and educational purposes by enhancing the…

Health
5
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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6
National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors

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

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7
The New York Academy of Medicine

Drive progress towards improved health through attaining health equity.

Health
8
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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9
Jewelers of America Inc

Jewelers of america, the most trusted and influential voice of the jewelry industry, empowers and unites its members through expert guidance and advocacy, driving excellence, integrity, and success in an ever-changing marketplace.

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10
Air Transport Association of America Inc

Airlines for america (a4a) vigorously advocates for america's airlines as models of safety, customer service, and environmental responsibility; and as the indispensable network that drives our nation's economy and global…

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11
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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12
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Doe Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is National Coalition Against Censorship Inc. 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

13 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. 13 of the 20 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
11/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: $198,282 · OtherTHE METROPOLITAN OPERACHANNEL 13 WNET: $150,000 · OtherCHANNEL 13 WNETAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION: $25,000 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION+7 more: $22,750 · Other+7 moreAMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM: $46,950 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN FO…PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $10,000 · HealthTHE FORTUNE SOCIETY INC: $4,000 · HealthMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,000 · InternationalLIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL: $2,000 · InternationalANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $3,500 · Civil RightsNATIONAL COALITION AGAINST CENSORSHIP INC: $500 · Civil RightsFRESH AIR FUND: $2,500 · Recreation & SportsCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $1,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $2,000 · Human Services
Other$396,032Arts & Culture$46,950Health$14,000International$7,000Civil Rights$4,000Recreation & Sports$3,500Human Services$2,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM: $46,950 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FORTUNE SOCIETY INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRESH AIR FUND: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLET'S GET READY INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DOE FUND INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Herald Association Inc: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL COALITION AGAINST CENSORSHIP INC: $500 over 2y, 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 Harvey R & Ruth Miller Charitable Fd funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Harvey R & Ruth Miller Charitable Fd. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
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
    3report 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 20 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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