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The Miller Charitable Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Miller Charitable Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$448k
Granted FY2024still arriving
54
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Religion$449kEducation$287kHealth$169kAnimals$116kHuman Services$113kArts & Culture$81kCrime & Legal$80kInternational$59kOther$0
02FY2024 · 54 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k36 grants · $115k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $333k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$7.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EVERGREEN BAPTIST CHURCH$40,000
THE CHAPEL AT STEELWOOD FOUNDATION$35,000
Individual grant recipient$26,000
FAITH CHURCH$25,000
WINGS OF COMPASSION$25,000
MERCY COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE$24,750
CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH$24,750
UMS-WRIGHT PREPARATORY SCHOOL$15,000
CANTERBURY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$15,000
MOUNT YONAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL$15,000
SOUTH ENOTAH CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER$14,000
CLEVELAND CONGRETIONAL HOLINESS CHURCH$12,000
BIG OAK RANCH$11,000
WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER$10,000
US ISRAEL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION$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 (FY21–24, $53k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 18% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%WINGS OF COMPASSION: $25k → 13%BIG OAK RANCH: $11k → 13%BIG OAK RANCH: $5k → 13%MULHERIN CUSTODIAL HOMES: $3k → 19%BIG OAK RANCH: $3k → 13%MULHERIN CUSTODIAL HOUSE: $3k → 19%MULHERIN CUSTODIAL HOMES: $3k → 19%MULHERIN CUSTODIAL HOMES: $2k → 19%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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 48 repeat orgs$290k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +14% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

48 repeat relationships: 44 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

48
18

Total granted

$1.3M
$179k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+13%

Still filing today

60%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $111k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesInternationalArts & CultureAnimalsOther
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

  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $63k · revenue +74%
  • SE
    SOUTH ENOTAH CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $60k · revenue +7%
  • PC
    Paws Crossed Dog Rescue Inc
    4× · 2021–2024 · $53k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • UH
    UWF HISTORIC TRUST
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF LAW FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $20k
  • AB
    ALABAMA BAPTIST CHILDRENS HOME AND FAMILY MINISTRIES
    one grant, 2021 · $20k
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 Children's Hospital of Alabama

The mission of Children's of Alabama is to provide the finest pediatric health services to all children in an environment that fosters excellence in research and medical education. Children's will be an advocate for all children and work…

Health
2
The Medical Foundation of Alabama

To further the image of medicine through financial support for health education programs and projects

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3
Covenant Academy of Mobile

Operation of a public charter school in Mobile Alabama.

Human Services
4
University of Mississippi Medical Center Research Development Foundation

Support the research activities of the university of mississippi medical center

Health
5
Alabama Public Health Association Inc

The alabama public health association, inc., is an association of individuals and organizations interested in public health in alabama. the mission of the association is to link individuals and organizations in addressing public health…

Health
6
Alabama Partnership for Children

To work in partnership with families and organizations to ensure that all alabama children (birth to five) get everything they need to develop to their fullest potential.

Education
7
Mobile County Emergency Medical Services System

Provider of rural pre-hospital care, emergency medical education and training and medical dispatch communications

Health
8
Uab Educational Foundation

To support the university of alabama at birmingham in its scientific and educational mission, including managing and disbursing funds, acquiring real property, and providing operational flexibility.

Education
9
Baptist Medical Dental Fellowship

Enhancing and changing lives through fellowship and healthcare missions throughout the world.

Education
10
Mothers Milk Bank of Alabama

Oversee and facilitate the collection, pasteurization, and distribution of human milk. Provide training and education for healthcare providers and community members about the health importance of human milk for neonates and infants.

Human Services
11
University Charter School

Operation of a public charter school in Livingston, AL.

Education
12
Uab Medical West Contingent Liability Management Trust

Payment of malpractice claims

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alabama Policy Institute Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wings of Compassion 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

41 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. 41 of the 75 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/41
Grantees still filing
27/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EVERGREEN BAPTIST CHURCH: $137,500 · OtherEVERGREEN BAPTIST CHURCHCHAPEL AT STEELWOOD FOUNDATION: $125,000 · OtherCHAPEL AT STEELWOOD FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $86,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFAITH CHURCH: $65,000 · OtherFAITH CHURCHSOUTH ENOTAH CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $59,500 · OtherCanterbury United Methodist Church: $48,000 · OtherUMS-WRIGHT CORPORATION: $45,000 · OtherWILCOX HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $45,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA: $44,500 · Other+41 more: $477,610 · Other+41 moreST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $62,500 · HealthST JUDE C…THE MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC DBA THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUN: $25,000 · HealthTHE MEDIC…MERCY HEALTH SERVICES INC: $24,750 · HealthMERCY HEA…MITCHELL'S PLACE INC: $6,500 · HealthPETER HOPKINS FOUNDATION INC: $5,500 · HealthCentro Medico Familiar Family Medical Center: $5,000 · HealthVictory Health Partners Inc: $4,500 · HealthSPARTA ACADEMY: $30,000 · EducationPRICHARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $30,000 · EducationAUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationMIDDLEBRIDGE SCHOOL INC: $15,000 · EducationMountain Brook City Schools Foundation: $14,000 · EducationTUSCALOOSA ACADEMY: $12,000 · EducationPRESCHOOL PARTNERS: $5,000 · Education+1 more: $2,000 · EducationPaws Crossed Dog Rescue Inc: $53,000 · AnimalsALABAMA WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $40,000 · AnimalsWings of Compassion Inc: $25,000 · Human ServicesBIG OAK RANCH INC: $18,500 · Human ServicesPENELOPE HOUSE INC: $17,500 · Human ServicesMulherin Custodial Home Inc: $9,500 · Human ServicesWomens Resource Center Inc: $38,000 · Civil RightsUS ISRAEL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INC: $20,000 · InternationalFARE INTERNATIONAL INC: $7,500 · InternationalISRAEL TEAM ADVOCATES INTERNATIONAL INC: $6,000 · International
Other$1,133,110Health$133,750Education$128,000Animals$93,000Human Services$70,500Civil Rights$38,000International$33,500

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 budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $62,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH ENOTAH CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $59,500 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetPaws Crossed Dog Rescue Inc: $53,000 over 4y, 19% of budgetUMS-WRIGHT CORPORATION: $45,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWILCOX HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $45,000 over 3y, 9.3% of budgetALABAMA WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $40,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetWomens Resource Center Inc: $38,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetSPARTA ACADEMY: $30,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetPRICHARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $30,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetTHE MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC DBA THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUN: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPILOTS FOR CHRIST INC: $25,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetMERCY HEALTH SERVICES INC: $24,750 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUS ISRAEL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG OAK RANCH INC: $18,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMcKemie Place Inc: $17,500 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetPENELOPE HOUSE INC: $17,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetALABAMA POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetMIDDLEBRIDGE SCHOOL INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMountain Brook City Schools Foundation: $14,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTUSCALOOSA ACADEMY: $12,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMOBILE AREA JEWISH FEDERATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetMulherin Custodial Home Inc: $9,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFARE INTERNATIONAL INC: $7,500 over 2y, 8.9% of budgetBIGTIME MINISTRIES: $7,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetMITCHELL'S PLACE INC: $6,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetISRAEL TEAM ADVOCATES INTERNATIONAL INC: $6,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetDauphin Island Sea Lab Foundation Inc: $5,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPETER HOPKINS FOUNDATION INC: $5,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetPRESCHOOL PARTNERS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCentro Medico Familiar Family Medical Center: $5,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetVictory Health Partners Inc: $4,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMOBILE MUSEUM OF ART INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDrug Education Council Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMOBILE OPERA INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMOBILE BALLET INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Monday Morning Quarterback Club: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMarion Military Institute Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMobile Symphony Inc: $2,000 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 ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH ENOTAH CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Paws Crossed Dog Rescue Inc ↗
  • Who funds UMS-WRIGHT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds WILCOX HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds ALABAMA WILDLIFE FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds Womens Resource Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds SPARTA ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds PRICHARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC DBA THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUN ↗
  • Who funds PILOTS FOR CHRIST INC ↗
  • Who funds Wings of Compassion Inc ↗
  • Who funds MERCY HEALTH SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds US ISRAEL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds AUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BIG OAK RANCH INC ↗
  • Who funds McKemie Place Inc ↗
  • Who funds PENELOPE HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds ALABAMA POLICY INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds MIDDLEBRIDGE SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds Mountain Brook City Schools Foundation ↗

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 Daniel Foundation…Alabama Power Foundat…Mayer & Arlene Mitche…Crampton Trust #12550…Cd Helen and Jeff Gla…J L Bedsole Foundatio…Rjjb Family FoundationHearin - Chandler Fou…Skyros Benevolent Soc…Nan H Altmayer Charit…The Ben May Charitabl…Mary J Larkins Charit…
The Daniel Foundation of AlabamaAL34.7× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Mayer & Arlene Mitchell Charitable Foundation · Crampton Trust #1255000731 Regions Bank Trustee · Cd Helen and Jeff Glaze Foundation · J L Bedsole Foundation Regions Bank Co-Trustee · Rjjb Family Foundation · Hearin - Chandler Foundation · Skyros Benevolent Society · Nan H Altmayer Charitable Trust Regions Bank Trustee · The Ben May Charitable Trust Hancock Whitney Bank Successor Trustee · Mary J Larkins Charitable 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 Miller Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Miller Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 75 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.

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