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The Matthew Korn and Cynthia Miller Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Matthew Korn and Cynthia Miller Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$540k
Granted FY2025still arriving
26
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$248k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.4MReligion$233kFood & Nutrition$50kEducation$15kHealth$6kRecreation & Sports$6kAnimals$5kCommunity Improvement$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k20 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $57k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $448k
$2,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$4.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Northern Virginia Science Center Foundation$248,249
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts$150,000
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts$50,000
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts$30,000
Temple Rodef Shalom$17,330
1st Stage Inc$10,000
Northern Virginia Science Center Foundation$5,000
Capital Area Food Bank$4,000
Share Inc$4,000
SOME So Others Might Eat$4,000
Brightpaths Inc$4,000
University of Wisconsin Foundation$2,019
Individual grant recipient$2,000
The Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington$2,000
National Gallery of Art$1,500
02The need
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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 (FY25–25, $250) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, 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.

area typical 11%Chesterbrook Residences: $250 → 6%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
WI
NY
OR
PA
CT
CA
WV
VA
MD
DC
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 26 repeat orgs$211k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +3% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
12

Total granted

$1.5M
$210k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+1%

Still filing today

88%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationAnimalsHealthCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsOther
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

  • WT
    WOLF TRAP FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
    4× · 2022–2025 · $832k · revenue +10%
  • 1S
    1ST STAGE INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $50k · revenue +82%
  • TB
    THE BALTIMORE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $6k · revenue +96%

Funded once

  • WT
    Wolf Trap Foundation for thePerform
    one grant, 2021 · $200k
  • VV
    VET VOICE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue 0%
  • NV
    Northern Virginia Science Center
    one grant, 2021 · $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.

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
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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2
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

Create a more accessible, sustainable, prosperous and livable national capital region by being a discussion forum, expert resource, issue advocate, and catalyst for action.

Public Benefit
3
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
4
National Veterans Legal Services Program Inc

To provide at no cost legal assistance to veterans of the u.s. armed forces and current service members.

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5
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
6
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
7
University of Virginia Foundation

To provide administrative services to university of virginia (university) entities, university associated organizations, or other entities involved in activities which support the university. to engage in matters pertaining to real…

Education
8
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
9
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
10
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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11
Council for Court Excellence

Council for court excellence's (cce's) mission is to bring people together to conduct research, educate, and advocate to make d.c.'s unique legal systems more just, equitable, and accountable to the community.

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12
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts; the most unlike its peers is Mountaineers for Mutts Corp. 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

31 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 31 of the 40 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)
31/31
Grantees still filing
17/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WOLF TRAP FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $832,000 · Arts & CultureWOLF TRAP FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTSNORTHERN VIRGINIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $259,249 · Arts & CultureNORTHERN VIRGINIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION1ST STAGE INC: $50,000 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $18,200 · Arts & CultureTEMPLE RODEF SHALOM: $233,486 · OtherTEMPLE RODEF SHALOMWolf Trap Foundation for thePerform: $200,000 · OtherWolf Trap Foundation for thePerf…+14 more: $49,720 · Other+14 moreCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $14,000 · Food & NutritionUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $5,019 · EducationFairfax Library Foundation: $5,000 · EducationDONORSCHOOSEORG: $1,705 · EducationBRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE ALUMNI FOUNDATION INC: $800 · EducationWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $500 · EducationTHE FAIRFAX COUNTY PARK FOUNDATION INC: $5,500 · Community ImprovementJEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $3,800 · Community ImprovementPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $3,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON DC INC: $2,000 · HealthPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $548 · HealthFRIENDS OF FELINES INC: $2,861 · AnimalsTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $1,150 · AnimalsLUCKY DOG ANIMAL RESCUE: $500 · AnimalsMOUNTAINEERS FOR MUTTS CORP: $300 · AnimalsSECOND CHANCE WILDLIFE CENTER INC: $250 · Animals
Arts & Culture$1,159,449Other$483,206Food & Nutrition$14,000Education$13,024Community Improvement$9,300Health$5,548Animals$5,061

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWOLF TRAP FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $832,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetNORTHERN VIRGINIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $259,249 over 4y, 7.3% of budget1ST STAGE INC: $50,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $14,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE INCORPORATED: $12,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetSOME INC: $12,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BALTIMORE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FAIRFAX COUNTY PARK FOUNDATION INC: $5,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNational Gallery of Art: $5,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $5,019 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFairfax Library Foundation: $5,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $3,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF FELINES INC: $2,861 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetVET VOICE FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON DC INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $1,705 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $1,150 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSITAR ARTS CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE ALUMNI FOUNDATION INC: $800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA ENDOWMENT: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $740 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $548 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLUCKY DOG ANIMAL RESCUE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEncore Stage and Studio Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNTAINEERS FOR MUTTS CORP: $300 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSECOND CHANCE WILDLIFE CENTER INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNECHAMA - JEWISH RESPONSE TO DISASTER: $180 over 1y, 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.

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.

McLean Community Foun…United Way of the Nat…The Jv Schiro Zavela …The Community Foundat…Greater Washington Co…Vanguard Charitable E…Jewish Communal FundAmerican Endowment Fo…The Ayco Charitable F…Verizon FoundationNational Philanthropi…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…
McLean Community FoundationVA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: McLean Community Foundation · United Way of the National Capital Area · The Jv Schiro Zavela Foundation · The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jewish Communal Fund · American Endowment Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Verizon Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation

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 Matthew Korn and Cynthia Miller Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Matthew Korn and Cynthia Miller Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 33%
  • The Baltimore Children's Museum Inc: 33% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 40 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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