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The Marshall Miller Foundation at a glance

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The Marshall Miller Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$135k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$20k
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, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$154kHealth$129kArts & Culture$124kPhilanthropy$105kReligion$84kYouth Development$72kFood & Nutrition$49kInternational$23kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $120k
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$749k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB$20,000
MEMORY MATTERS$20,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE VIRGINIAS INC$20,000
ST ANDREW BY-THE-SEA UMC$20,000
ARTS CENTER OF COASTAL CAROLINA$15,000
VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE CLINIC$15,000
HILTON HEAD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$10,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
HHI DEEP WELL PROJECT$5,000
CARING CLOWNS INTERNATIONAL$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $73k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 6% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%MEMORY MATTERS: $23k → 10%EPWORTH CHILDREN'S HOME: $500 → 16%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF WV: $4k → 21%MEMORY MATTERS: $20k → 10%MEMORY MATTERS: $12k → 10%MEMORY MATTERS: $8k → 10%MEMORY MATTERS: $4k → 10%MEMORY MATTERS: $1k → 10%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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 38% of The Marshall Miller Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 60% of the giving stays in SC; by stated purpose, 49%.

The Marshall Miller Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$649k · 21 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +14% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
10

Total granted

$649k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+9%

Still filing today

62%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterEnvironmentOther
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

  • MM
    MEMORY MATTERS
    6× · 2020–2025 · $69k · revenue +48%
  • TV
    THE VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE CLINIC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $57k · revenue +33%
  • AC
    ARTS CENTER OF COASTAL CAROLINA
    6× · 2019–2025 · $41k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • HC
    HERITAGE CHAMPIONS FOR CHARITY
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • SA
    ST ANDREWS BY THE SEA
    one grant, 2020 · $6k
  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF WEST VIRGINIA INC
    one grant, 2020 · $4k · revenue +3%
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
The Bladen County Hospital Foundation

The mission of the bladen county hospital foundation is to serve the community by building awareness and philanthropic support for bladen county hospital as it provides compassionate, quality healthcare for all its patients.

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2
Carolina Family Health Centers Inc

Carolina Family Health Centers, Inc. provides accessible and affordable health care with excellence...where patients come FIRST

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3
Foundation for the Carolinas

Inspiring philanthropy and strengthening our region through innovative community initiatives and quality services to donors and constituents.

Philanthropy
4
Beaufort-Jasper-Hampton Comprehensive Health Services Inc

Provide community healthcare services to the citizens in the low country of south carolina.

Health
5
Conway Hospital Foundation Inc

The conway hospital foundation is a not-for-profit corporation established in 1988 as a charitable organization to provide support to conway hospital in its effort to fullfill its mission and goals. (see schedule o) description of…

Health
6
Conway Hospital Community Services

Conway hospital community services provides outpatient health care services to horry county and the surrounding community in conjunction with conway hospital, inc., a non-profit acute care hospital system.

Health
7
Sc Chamber of Commerce

Enhancing the quality of life for all south carolinians, achieving global competiteveness and ultimately increasing prosperity for sc citizens.

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8
Carolina Community Care Inc

The mission of hospice & community care is to give hope, comfort, and compassion to those that need it most. hospice & community care is a nonprofit healthcare organization providing hospice and palliative care to residents of york,…

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9
Beaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation

To provide financial resources to better enable Beaufort Memorial Hospital to serve the current and future health needs of the people of Beaufort County and the surrounding areas, as well as to foster health and wellness throughout the…

Health
10
Communityworks Inc

Communityworks is a publicly supported organization and certified community development financial institution that provides funding to promote affordable housing and community development to help stabilize low wealth families and…

Housing & Shelter
11
Carteret County General Hospital Foundation

To assist carteret general hospital in providing the best possible healthcare to the people of carteret county through fund raising programs that support community based programs, purchase of vital equipment, capital expansion, renovations…

Philanthropy
12
Chamber Music Charleston

Chamber Music Charleston is dedicated to developing the audience for classical music through chamber music concerts and educational programs of the highest caliber.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Literacy Center; the most unlike its peers is Public Library Foundation of Beaufort County. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

21 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. 21 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/21
Grantees still filing
14/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST ANDREW BY-THE-SEA UMC: $101,500 · OtherST ANDREW BY-THE-SEA UMCBOYS & GIRLS CLUB: $72,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBTHE VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE CLINIC: $57,000 · OtherTHE VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE CLINICIndividual grant recipient: $26,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBLAND STREET UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $17,000 · OtherBLAND STREET UNITED METHODIST CHURCH+12 more: $37,390 · Other+12 moreWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $122,000 · EducationWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSI…BLUEFIELD UNIVERSITY: $30,000 · EducationBLUEFIELD UNIVERSITY+1 more: $350 · EducationHILTON HEAD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $42,500 · Arts & CultureHILTON HEAD SYMPH…ARTS CENTER OF COASTAL CAROLINA: $41,400 · Arts & CultureARTS CENTER OF CO…CARING CLOWNS INTERNATIONAL: $23,000 · Arts & CultureCARING CLOWNS INT…COASTAL DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $17,000 · Arts & CultureCOASTAL DISCOVERY…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE VIRGINIAS INC: $97,500 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUND…Community Foundation of the Lowcountry: $7,500 · PhilanthropyCommunity Found…HERITAGE CLASSIC FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyMEMORY MATTERS: $68,665 · Human ServicesMEMORY MAT…THE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF WEST VIRGINIA INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDR…+2 more: $2,200 · Human ServicesHILTON HEAD ISLAND DEEP WELL PROJECT INC: $10,500 · EnvironmentFULLER CENTER FOR HOUSING OF MCCORMICK SC INC: $500 · Housing & Shelter
Other$310,890Education$152,350Arts & Culture$123,900Philanthropy$110,000Human Services$74,865Environment$10,500Housing & Shelter$500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $122,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE VIRGINIAS INC: $97,500 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetMEMORY MATTERS: $68,665 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetTHE VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE CLINIC: $57,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetHILTON HEAD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $42,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetARTS CENTER OF COASTAL CAROLINA: $41,400 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetBLUEFIELD UNIVERSITY: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCARING CLOWNS INTERNATIONAL: $23,000 over 6y, 59% of budgetCOASTAL DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $17,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetHILTON HEAD ISLAND DEEP WELL PROJECT INC: $10,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity Foundation of the Lowcountry: $7,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHERITAGE CLASSIC FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF WEST VIRGINIA INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLUEFIELD UNION MISSION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLEAN ENSEMBLE THEATER: $2,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetNeighborhood Outreach Connection: $1,700 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE LITERACY CENTER: $1,400 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFULLER CENTER FOR HOUSING OF MCCORMICK SC INC: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetEPWORTH CHILDREN'S HOME: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF BEAUFORT COUNTY: $350 over 2y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE VIRGINIAS INC ↗
  • Who funds MEMORY MATTERS ↗
  • Who funds THE VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds HILTON HEAD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds ARTS CENTER OF COASTAL CAROLINA ↗
  • Who funds BLUEFIELD UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CARING CLOWNS INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds COASTAL DISCOVERY MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds HILTON HEAD ISLAND DEEP WELL PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds Community Foundation of the Lowcountry ↗
  • Who funds HERITAGE CLASSIC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF WEST VIRGINIA INC ↗
  • Who funds BLUEFIELD UNION MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds LEAN ENSEMBLE THEATER ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS INC ↗
  • Who funds Neighborhood Outreach Connection ↗
  • Who funds THE LITERACY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds FULLER CENTER FOR HOUSING OF MCCORMICK SC INC ↗
  • Who funds EPWORTH CHILDREN'S HOME ↗
  • Who funds PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF BEAUFORT COUNTY ↗

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.

The Bargain BoxCommunity Foundation …Heritage Classic Foun…Coastal Community Fou…Ge Aerospace Foundati…The Douglas & Tonyia …David W Ellis Family …The Thorpe Family Fou…The Hack Foundation I…Palmetto Electric Tru…Amg Charitable Gift F…The Community Foundat…
The Bargain BoxSC26.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bargain Box · Community Foundation of the Lowcountry · Heritage Classic Foundation · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Douglas & Tonyia Bolton Family Foundation · David W Ellis Family Foundation · The Thorpe Family Foundation Inc · The Hack Foundation Inc · Palmetto Electric Trust · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%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
    5report 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 33 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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