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The Miller Foundation

Fundraise to help children's hospital of orange county and provide scholarships for deserving students

$1.0M
Granted FY2023
9
Grants FY2023
3
States reached
$394k
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, FY2018 to 2023.

Health$1.4MEducation$1.3MHousing & Shelter$300kYouth Development$278kPublic Safety & Disaster$20kHuman Services$8kRecreation & Sports$5kPhilanthropy$3k
02FY2023 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k3 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $45k
  • $250k+3 grants · $979k
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$966k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ACE MENTOR LOS ANGELES METROPOLITAN AREA INC$393,850
CHOC FOUNDATION$325,000
WISE PLACE$260,000
HOPE BUILDERS INC$20,000
MIND OC$15,000
HOMEAID ORANGE COUNTY$10,000
GOLDEN YEARS FOUNDATION$3,250
PENTA CARES FOUNDATION$3,250
BREAST CANCER ANGELS$1,000
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 (FY18–23, $320k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, 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%HOPE BUILDERS INC: $20k → 8%WISE PLACE: $260k → 10%WISE PLACE: $10k → 10%WISE PLACE: $5k → 10%WISE PLACE: $5k → 10%WISE PLACE: $5k → 10%MIND OC: $15k → 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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.2M · 7 repeat orgs$105k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +38% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2023, 4 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
8

Total granted

$3.2M
$52k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+38%

Still filing today

86%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $53k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthEducationHuman ServicesCrime & LegalEmploymentHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • CF
    CHOC FOUNDATION
    6× · 2018–2023 · $1.4M · revenue +53%
  • AM
    ACE Mentor Los Angeles Metropolitan Area Inc
    5× · 2018–2023 · $1.2M · revenue +7% · 49% of their budget
  • W
    WISEPLACE
    5× · 2018–2023 · $285k · revenue +66%

Funded once

  • RO
    REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
  • CA
    COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF ORANGE COUNTY
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +9%
  • CP
    CAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $7k · revenue +53%
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
Orange County's United Way

To improve lives in orange county by delivering measurable long-term solutions to complex issues in education, financial stability, and housing. orange county united way (ocuw) is committed to breaking barriers and improving lives for…

Philanthropy
2
Nami Orange County

The mission of nami orange county is to provide emotional support, education and resources for families, and those affected by mental illness. in collaboration with the entire community, we advocate for a life of quality and dignity, one…

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3
Association of California Cities

To support local control and promote good governance & policy making among orange county leaders.

Education
4
Abilities Oc

To help people with developmental disabilities reach their highest potential and guide them through their special needs journey.

Human Services
5
Mariposa Women and Family Center

The mission of mariposa women and family center is to help women and families make positive changes in their lives.

Health
6
Girl Scouts of Orange County

Girl scouts builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.

Youth Development
7
Grandma's House of Hope

Grandma's house of hope empowers the invisible populations of orange county by providing emergency, bridge and transitional housing with trauma-informed supportive services to single individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness.

Housing & Shelter
8
Orange County Partnership for Young Children

To ensure that every child in orange county arrives at school healthy and ready to succeed. we focus on the early years of a child's life, from birth to five, which is the most critical time in a child's development.

Education
9
Orange County Adult Achievement Center Dba My Day Counts

Our mission is to train people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities for success in life and work. We provide life empowering services to more than 450 adults with disabilities including employment, education, housing,…

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10
Children's Hospital of Orange County

To nurture, advance and protect the health and well-being of children.

Health
11
Stem Advantage

Talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not. STEM Advantage mentors, prepares, and inspires first-generation, low-income, and underserved college students for careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). We level…

Youth Development
12
Orange Scholarship Foundation
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Shelter Providers of Orange County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Monarch Preschool 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

18 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. 18 of the 21 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
14/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHOC FOUNDATION: $1,379,175 · HealthCHOC FOUNDATION+2 more: $6,000 · HealthACE Mentor Los Angeles Metropolitan Area Inc: $1,235,025 · EducationACE Mentor Los Angeles Metropolitan Area I…+2 more: $17,000 · EducationWISEPLACE: $285,000 · Human ServicesWISEPLACEHOPE BUILDERS INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesHOPE BUILD…MIND OC: $15,000 · Human ServicesORANGEWOOD FOUNDATION: $272,376 · Crime & LegalORANGEWOO…BRYMAX CONSTRUCTION - 2019 TOY SPONSORSHIP: $10,500 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: $10,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF ORANGE COUNTY: $10,000 · OtherDiabetes Camping & Education Services: $5,000 · OtherGIRLS INCORPORATED OF ORANGE COUNTY: $5,000 · OtherMonarch Preschool Inc: $5,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $5,000 · OtherGOLDEN YEARS FOUNDATION: $3,250 · OtherAGC CONSTRUCTION EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $35,000 · EmploymentSHELTER PROVIDERS OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterPENTA CARES FOUNDATION: $3,250 · Philanthropy
Health$1,385,175Education$1,252,025Human Services$320,000Crime & Legal$272,376Other$53,750Employment$35,000Housing & Shelter$10,000Philanthropy$3,250

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 budgetCHOC FOUNDATION: $1,379,175 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetACE Mentor Los Angeles Metropolitan Area Inc: $1,235,025 over 5y, 49% of budgetWISEPLACE: $285,000 over 5y, 8.0% of budgetORANGEWOOD FOUNDATION: $272,376 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetAGC CONSTRUCTION EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetMIND OC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHELTER PROVIDERS OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF ORANGE COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOALS FOR LIFE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetCAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDiabetes Camping & Education Services: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF ORANGE COUNTY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMonarch Preschool Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetAugies Quest to Cure ALS Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPENTA CARES FOUNDATION: $3,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBREAST CANCER ANGELS: $1,000 over 1y, 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.

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.

Orange County Communi…Edwards Lifesciences …California Community …Hoag Memorial Hospita…OneocEnterprise Holdings F…The Bank of America C…The Blackbaud Giving …Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…
Orange County Community FoundationCA18.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · Edwards Lifesciences Foundation · California Community Foundation · Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian · Oneoc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Miller Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Miller Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 21 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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