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The Miller 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.

$111k
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$372kEducation$107kRecreation & Sports$61kHealth$60kReligion$55kAnimals$38kFood & Nutrition$18kPublic Safety & Disaster$11kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k17 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $92k
$1,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI$25,000
UW FOUNDATION RE STEVE MILLER SCHOLARSHIP$15,000
ST MARK'S FUND$12,000
JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER$10,000
MT SINAI DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY$10,000
RIVERSIDE PARK CONSERVANCY$10,000
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART DEPT OF MUSICAL INSTRUM$10,000
MARTY STUART'S CONGRESS OF COUNTRY MUSIC$3,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
THE VISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NY$1,000
PUPPYKITTYNYCITY$1,000
DELTA BLUES MUSEUM$1,000
DUTCHESS LAND CONSERVANCY$1,000
HUDSON VALLEY HOSPICE FOUNDATION$1,000
THE BLUES FOUNDATION$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 (FY17–25, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%DOROT INC: $4k → 17%DOROT: $2k → 17%DOROT: $1k → 17%DOROT: $1k → 17%DOROT: $1k → 17%DOROT: $1k → 17%DOROT: $500 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WI
NY
PA
NJ
CA
NE
TN
MS
TX
FL
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$630k · 30 repeat orgs$121k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
15

Total granted

$630k
$95k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+21%

Still filing today

67%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureAnimalsHealthEducationEnvironmentPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • TB
    The Blues Foundation Inc
    7× · 2018–2025 · $76k · revenue +59%
  • RP
    RIVERSIDE PARK CONSERVANCY INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $61k · revenue +52%
  • MS
    MARTY STUART CENTER FOR COUNTRY MUSIC INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $44k · revenue ×24

Funded once

  • SM
    ST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS
    one grant, 2019 · $32k · revenue +12%
  • MM
    METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ARTgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +76%
  • TA
    THE ARBUTUS FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +99%
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
Hudson Yards Development Corporation

See schedule oto coordinate and facilitate the economic development of the hudson yards area of manhattan. this includes construction of an extension to the no. subway line, the coordination of the design and construction of certain public…

Community Improvement
2
Animal Care and Control of New York City Inc

Animal care centers of nyc's (acc) mission is to end animal homelessness in nyc.

Animals
3
New York Public Radio

To make the mind more curious, the heart more open, and the spirit more joyful through excellent audio programming that is deeply rooted in new york.

Arts & Culture
4
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
5
The Neue Galerie New York
Arts & Culture
6
The Hip Hop Museum

The hip hop museum preserves the past, celebrates the present, and leads the global future of hip hop, inspiring, educating, and empowering all.

Arts & Culture
7
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
8
New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
9
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
10
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
11
Wamc

Wamc is chartered by the new york state board of regents to "furnish, prepare and present non-profit and non-commercial educational, instructional and cultural radio programs and also non-profit and non-commercial programs (wamc's mission…

Arts & Culture
12
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Metropolitan Jewish Health System Foundation; the most unlike its peers is University of Miami. 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

30 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. 30 of the 47 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
22/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MARTY STUART'S CONGRESS OF COUNTRY MUSIC: $68,700 · OtherMARTY STUART'S CONGRESS OF COUNTRY MUSICST MARK'S FUND: $54,500 · OtherST MARK'S FUNDUW FOUNDATION RE STEVE MILLER SCHOLARSHIP: $50,000 · OtherUW FOUNDATION RE STEVE MILLER SCHOLARSHIPMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART DEPT OF MUSICAL INSTRUM: $50,000 · OtherMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART DEPT OF MUSICAL INSTRU…MT SINAI DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY: $30,000 · OtherMT SINAI DEPARTMENT OF SURGERYDELTA BLUES MUSEUM: $13,500 · Other+17 more: $59,250 · Other+17 moreThe Blues Foundation Inc: $76,000 · Arts & CultureThe Blues Foundation IncJAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $55,000 · Arts & CultureJAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INCMARTY STUART CENTER FOR COUNTRY MUSIC INC: $44,278 · Arts & CultureMARTY STUART CENTER FOR COUNTRY MU…METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $25,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ARTMUSIC WILL INC: $12,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ARBUTUS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $8,500 · Arts & CultureRIVERSIDE PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $61,281 · EnvironmentRIVERSIDE…DUTCHESS LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $4,000 · EnvironmentDUTCHESS …ST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS: $32,000 · EducationST MARK'S…University of Miami: $25,000 · EducationUniversit…Hudson Valley Hospice Foundation Inc: $6,000 · EducationHudson Va…HUDSON VALLEY ANIMAL RESCUE AND SANCTUARY: $8,500 · AnimalsDUTCHESS COUNTY SPCA INC: $8,000 · AnimalsTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: $5,500 · AnimalsANIMAL HAVEN INC: $4,000 · AnimalsPUPPY KITTY NY CITY INC: $2,500 · AnimalsSOCIAL TEES ANIMAL RESCUE FOUNDATION IN: $2,000 · AnimalsCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $18,000 · Food & NutritionVISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK: $10,000 · HealthMETROPOLITAN JEWISH HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $3,500 · HealthHUDSON VALLEY CLUBHOUSE INC: $3,500 · Health+1 more: $500 · Health
Other$325,950Arts & Culture$230,778Environment$65,281Education$63,000Animals$30,500Food & Nutrition$18,000Health$17,500

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 budgetThe Blues Foundation Inc: $76,000 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetRIVERSIDE PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $61,281 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetJAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $55,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMARTY STUART CENTER FOR COUNTRY MUSIC INC: $44,278 over 2y, 11% of budgetST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS: $32,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $18,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMUSIC WILL INC: $12,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetVISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK: $10,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARBUTUS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetDOROT INC: $9,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHUDSON VALLEY ANIMAL RESCUE AND SANCTUARY: $8,500 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetDUTCHESS COUNTY SPCA INC: $8,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetArhoolie Foundation: $7,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetHudson Valley Hospice Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFDNY FOUNDATION INC: $4,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDUTCHESS LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $4,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL HAVEN INC: $4,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN JEWISH HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHUDSON VALLEY CLUBHOUSE INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMUSICIANS FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetPUPPY KITTY NY CITY INC: $2,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSOCIAL TEES ANIMAL RESCUE FOUNDATION IN: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCOUNTRY MUSIC FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Archive of Contemporary Music: $1,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetALS UNITED GREATER NEW YORK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR CLUBHOUSE DEVELOPMENT INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK CITY POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $500 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 The Blues Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds RIVERSIDE PARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MARTY STUART CENTER FOR COUNTRY MUSIC INC ↗
  • Who funds ST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds University of Miami ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS ↗
  • Who funds MUSIC WILL INC ↗
  • Who funds VISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds THE ARBUTUS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds DOROT INC ↗
  • Who funds HUDSON VALLEY ANIMAL RESCUE AND SANCTUARY ↗
  • Who funds DUTCHESS COUNTY SPCA INC ↗
  • Who funds Arhoolie Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Hudson Valley Hospice Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds FDNY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds DUTCHESS LAND CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL HAVEN INC ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN JEWISH HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HUDSON VALLEY CLUBHOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSICIANS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PUPPY KITTY NY CITY INC ↗
  • Who funds SOCIAL TEES ANIMAL RESCUE FOUNDATION IN ↗

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.

Henry L Kimelman Family FoundationDE13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Henry L Kimelman Family Foundation · Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Network for Good · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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 · 0–50%
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 47 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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