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The Milias Foundation at a glance

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The Milias 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.

$3.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
66
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$1.3M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$3.5MPhilanthropy$2.4MEducation$2.1MRecreation & Sports$719kHealth$707kArts & Culture$399kCommunity Improvement$128kHuman Services$106kOther$0
02FY2024 · 66 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 66 grants below total $3,320,320, the rows itemized in this filing. The $3,940,820 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $620,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k33 grants · $88k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $237k
  • $50k–250k15 grants · $1.4M
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.6M
$10,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$135M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOLY FAMILY CHURCH$1,265,000
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$353,000
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME$201,170
ANDERSON SCHOOL/UCLA$200,000
VANGUARD CHARITABLE$200,000
OUR LADY OF THE SNOWS$111,000
CATHOLIC FDN OF SEMA$100,000
THE BASIC FUND$75,000
U.S. OLYMPIC & PARALYMPIC FDN.$75,000
MAYFIELD SENIOR SCHOOL$63,750
ST. LUKE'S WOOD RIVER FDN$51,000
HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL$50,250
EISENHOWER HEALTH$50,000
ST. MARY SCHOOL$50,000
MILE HIGH 360$50,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.0M · 57 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

57 repeat relationships: 42 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

57
66

Total granted

$6.0M
$888k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+30%

Still filing today

40%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $510k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureRecreation & SportsHealthEnvironmentHuman ServicesOther
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

  • KD
    KENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
    3× · 2019–2023 · $215k · revenue +93%
  • PH
    Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd
    4× · 2019–2024 · $200k · revenue +25%
  • TB
    THE BASIC FUND
    4× · 2019–2024 · $200k · revenue +65%

Funded once

  • UA
    USC ASSOCIATES
    one grant, 2023 · $102k
  • UA
    USC ASSOCIATES FUND
    one grant, 2022 · $102k
  • AV
    ASPEN VALLEY SKI AND SNOW
    one grant, 2019 · $100k
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.

03Its 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 Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
2
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
3
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

—
4
Claremont Graduate University

Claremont Graduate University prepares individuals to be leaders for positive change in the world. Unique in its transdisciplinary approach, the University is dedicated to the creation, dissemination, and application of new knowledge and…

Education
5
University of La Verne

The university of la verne offers a distinctive and relevant educational experience to a diverse population of traditional-age, adult, and graduate learners, preparing them for successful careers and a commitment to lifelong learning…

Education
6
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
7
The Seven Hills School

The institution provides educational instruction and activities to students ranging from preschool through 8th grade.

—
8
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.

—
9
Pitzer College

Pitzer College produces engaged socially responsible citizens of the world through an academically rigorous, interdisciplinary liberal arts education emphasizing social justice, intercultural understanding and environmental sensitivity.…

Education
10
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
11
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
12
Dominican University of California

Our institutional mission is to educate and prepare students to be ethical leaders and socially responsible global citizens who incorporate the dominican values of study, reflection, community and service into their lives.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Basic Fund; the most unlike its peers is The Susan Morrow Legacy Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

62 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. 62 of the 148 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
61/62
Grantees still filing
44/62
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HOLY FAMILY CHURCH: $2,732,400 · OtherHOLY FAMILY CHURCHOUR LADY OF THE SNOWS: $270,000 · OtherANDERSON SCHOOL/UCLA: $200,000 · OtherNANTUCKET COTTAGE HOSPITAL: $200,000 · Other+100 more: $2,348,525 · Other+100 moreVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM: $2,290,000 · PhilanthropyVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDO…+2 more: $2,750 · PhilanthropyUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $376,170 · EducationUniversity of N…UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $353,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF S…KENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $215,250 · EducationKENT DENVER COU…THE BASIC FUND: $200,000 · EducationTHE BASIC FUNDPOLYTECHNIC SCHOOL: $136,000 · EducationPOLYTECHNIC SCH…SUN VALLEY WRITERS' CONFERENCE INC: $48,000 · Education+9 more: $64,250 · EducationPasadena Hospital Association Ltd: $200,250 · HealthEisenhower Medical Center: $150,000 · HealthST LUKE'S WOOD RIVER FOUNDATION INC: $76,000 · Health+3 more: $2,750 · HealthHENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY: $137,250 · Arts & CultureSUN VALLEY SUMMER SYMPHONY INC: $75,000 · Arts & CultureCENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES: $40,000 · Arts & CultureKIDSPACE A PARTICIPATORY MUSEUM: $27,750 · Arts & CultureOLD MILL FOUNDATION: $15,500 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $20,500 · Arts & CultureMILE HIGH 360: $80,000 · Recreation & SportsUNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION: $75,000 · Recreation & SportsUnited States Ski Team Foundation: $26,000 · Recreation & Sports+4 more: $7,000 · Recreation & SportsCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC: $101,000 · Human ServicesSAINT FRANCES CABRINI CHARITABLE SERVICES: $25,000 · Human ServicesNEW YORK FOUNDLING: $5,000 · Human Services
Other$5,750,925Philanthropy$2,292,750Education$1,392,670Health$429,000Arts & Culture$316,000Recreation & Sports$188,000Human Services$131,000

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 budgetVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM: $2,290,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $376,170 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $353,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $215,250 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPasadena Hospital Association Ltd: $200,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BASIC FUND: $200,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY: $137,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPOLYTECHNIC SCHOOL: $136,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC: $101,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMILE HIGH 360: $80,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetST LUKE'S WOOD RIVER FOUNDATION INC: $76,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetUNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSUN VALLEY SUMMER SYMPHONY INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetSUN VALLEY WRITERS' CONFERENCE INC: $48,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNANTUCKET BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PASADENA: $30,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetKIDSPACE A PARTICIPATORY MUSEUM: $27,750 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $27,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Ski Team Foundation: $26,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAINT FRANCES CABRINI CHARITABLE SERVICES: $25,000 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetTHE ONESTAR FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $17,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOLD MILL FOUNDATION: $15,500 over 4y, 3.3% of budget1065 INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCarmel Ideas Foundation: $7,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSAWTOOTH BOTANICAL GARDEN: $6,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetFORE YOUTH GOLF FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSUN VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNEW YORK FOUNDLING: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOLY CROSS COLLEGE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAGUNA ART MUSEUM: $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHILL-HARBISON HOUSE: $4,250 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetSan Marino Schools Foundation: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPacific Legal Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN MARINO NATIONAL LITTLE LEAGUE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSan Marino Public Library Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetUSSGA MEMORIAL FUND INC: $2,250 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA ART CLUB: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE STATE THEATRE OF CALIFORNIA INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF PASADENA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCALIFORNIA FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUSGA FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERCOLLEGIATE STUDIES INSTITUTE INC: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds KENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd ↗
  • Who funds THE BASIC FUND ↗
  • Who funds Eisenhower Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds HENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY ↗
  • Who funds POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC ↗
  • Who funds MILE HIGH 360 ↗
  • Who funds ST LUKE'S WOOD RIVER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SUN VALLEY SUMMER SYMPHONY INC ↗
  • Who funds SUN VALLEY WRITERS' CONFERENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds NANTUCKET BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PASADENA ↗

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.

Pasadena Community Fo…The Rose Hills Founda…The Ahmanson Foundati…California Community …H Leslie & Elaine S H…The Fishbein Family F…Gail G Ellis Foundati…Adams FundRobert a Waller Found…The Confidence Founda…The Bessemer Giving F…Ann Peppers Foundation
Pasadena Community FoundationCA23.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pasadena Community Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · California Community Foundation · H Leslie & Elaine S Hoffman Foundation · The Fishbein Family Foundation Inc · Gail G Ellis Foundation Inc · Adams Fund · Robert a Waller Foundation · The Confidence Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Ann Peppers 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.

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 148 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 2024, released 2024. 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 $4.4M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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