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The Millar Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Millar Family Foundation Inc

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.

$45k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$427kReligion$300kEducation$167kYouth Development$15kPhilanthropy$10kRecreation & Sports$10kHousing & Shelter$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$44,634
Median grant
1
States reached
$247k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
POTOMAC SCHOOL$44,634
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $75k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%SPROUT: $25k → 17%SPROUT: $25k → 17%SPROUT: $25k → 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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$868k · 8 repeat orgs$66k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
7

Total granted

$868k
$66k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+40%

Still filing today

38%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’22’23’24
HealthEducationRecreation & SportsHuman 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

  • SM
    ST MARYS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
    2× · 2022–2023 · $300k
  • VH
    VA HOSPITAL CENTER
    2× · 2022–2023 · $185k
  • TP
    The Potomac School
    3× · 2020–2024 · $121k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • RJ
    RICHARD J CARON FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $26k · revenue +9%
  • NF
    NCGA FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +240%
  • TF
    THE FIRST TEE OF GREATER WASHINGTON DC LANGSTON GOLF COURSE
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +10%
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
Dc Greens Inc

DC Greens advances health equity by building a just and resilient food system.

Community Improvement
2
The Mclean School of Maryland Inc

Mclean school's small classes and abilities model prepare bright students in kindergarten through twelfth grade, including those with dyslexia, anxiety, and attention issues, for college success.

Education
3
The Seed Public Charter School of Washington Dc

The seed public charter school of washington, dc is a public college-preparatory boarding school whose primary mission is to provide an outstanding intensive educational program that prepares children, both academically and socially, for…

Education
4
The Arc of the District of Columbia Inc

To improve the quality of life for all persons with intellectual disabilities and their families through supports and advocacy.

Human Services
5
District of Columbia College Access Program

The district of columbia college access program's (dc cap's) primary purpose is to encourage and enable district of columbia students to attend and graduate college.

Education
6
Montgomery County Community Foundation

The mission of the Montgomery County Community Foundation (MCCF) is to provide leadership in Montgomery County by directing sustainable financial resources that strengthen our community and improve the quality of life for current and…

Philanthropy
7
The Arc of the Capital Area

We empower central texans with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families through compassionate case management and innovative programs.

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8
Nuclear Matters

Inform the public and policymakers about the clear benefits of nuclear energy and support policy solutions that properly value nuclear energy as a reliable, affordable, safe and clean energy source.

Science & Tech
9
The Arc Baltimore Inc

The arc baltimore supports people with developmental disabilities to lead fulfilling lives with a sense of belonging, purpose, and meaningful relationships.

Human Services
10
National Foundation for Credit Counseling Inc

To lead a national movement that better equips americans to manage their financial futures and, in turn, advances the economy and our nation as a whole. founded in 1951, the national foundation for credit counseling (nfcc) is the oldest…

Human Services
11
Northern Virginia Delta Education and

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12
Philadelphia Green Capital Corp

The philadelphia green capital corp. connects projects to capital (public, private and philanthropic) to drive a robust, equitable clean energy market in the greater philadelphia region, support the philadelphia energy authority, and…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The First Tee of Greater Washington Dc Langston Golf Course; the most unlike its peers is Sprout 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

10 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. 10 of the 16 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
8/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST MARYS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $299,794 · OtherST MARYS EPISCOPAL CHURCHVA HOSPITAL CENTER: $185,268 · OtherVA HOSPITAL CENTERCARON TREATMENT CENTERS: $50,000 · OtherCARON TREATMENT CENTERSFISHBURNE MILITARY SCHOOL: $40,063 · OtherFISHBURNE MILITARY SCHOOL+5 more: $35,000 · Other+5 moreThe Potomac School: $121,467 · EducationThe Potomac Sch…SPARK THE JOURNEY: $5,000 · EducationNATIONAL CAPITAL TREATMENT AND RECOVERY: $85,966 · HealthNATIONAL CAPI…RICHARD J CARON FOUNDATION: $25,941 · HealthRICHARD J CAR…SPROUT INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesSPROUT IN…MCLEAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Community ImprovementTHE FIRST TEE OF GREATER WASHINGTON DC LANGSTON GOLF COURSE: $10,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$610,125Education$126,467Health$111,907Human Services$75,000Community Improvement$10,000Recreation & Sports$10,000

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 budgetThe Potomac School: $121,467 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL CAPITAL TREATMENT AND RECOVERY: $85,966 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSPROUT INC: $75,000 over 3y, 93% of budgetRICHARD J CARON FOUNDATION: $25,941 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNCGA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMCLEAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetTHE FIRST TEE OF GREATER WASHINGTON DC LANGSTON GOLF COURSE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND AFFILIATE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPARK THE JOURNEY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

Greater Washington Co…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Greater Washington Community FoundationDC13.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Millar Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Millar Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Millar Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Millar Family Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 16 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 no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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