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The Millman-Harris-Romano Foundation at a glance

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The Millman-Harris-Romano 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.

$77k
Granted FY2025still arriving
25
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$9k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% 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$96kEducation$43kRecreation & Sports$25kHuman Services$12kFood & Nutrition$9kHealth$8kEnvironment$8kAnimals$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ART EFFECT$9,336
DUTCHESS OUTREACH INC$8,500
GOODFOUNDATION$5,376
NEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT$5,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS OF NY$5,000
CHILDRENS HOME OF POUGHKEEPSIE$5,000
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY$5,000
BARDAVON 1869 OPERAHOUSE$3,950
VASSAR COLLEGE$3,500
DUTHESS COUNTY SPCA$2,581
Individual grant recipient$2,577
STONY KILL FOUNDATION$2,575
FRIENDS OF THE POUGHKEEPSIE PUBLIC LIBRARY$2,500
REFORMED CHURCH MEDICAL CLOSET$2,500
MID-HUDSON DISCOVERY MUSEUM$2,500
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 (FY21–25, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 27% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%GOODFOUNDATION: $5k → 17%DUTCHESS OUTREACH INC: $9k → 9%CHILDRENS HOME OF POUGHKEEPSIE: $5k → 9%CHILDRENS HOME OF POUGHKEEPSIE: $1k → 9%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.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$146k · 18 repeat orgs$75k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
15

Total granted

$146k
$31k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
0%

Still filing today

61%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k 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 & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthEnvironmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • FILM INDEPENDENT
    6× · 2019–2025 · $9k · revenue +72%
  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HOME OF POUGHKEEPSIE INC
    2× · 2021–2025 · $6k · revenue +85%
  • DC
    DUTCHESS COUNTY SPCA INC
    3× · 2021–2025 · $6k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • CO
    CITY OF POUGHKEEPSIE BARTLETT PARK
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • HP
    HYDE PARK LIBRARY
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
  • LC
    LITERACY CONNECTIONS HUDSON VALLEY INC
    one grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue -4%
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 River Museum of Westchester

Situated on the banks of the hudson river in yonkers, new york, the hudson river museum's mission is to engage, inspire, and connect diverse communities through the power of the arts, sciences, and history.

Arts & Culture
2
Dutchess Land Conservancy Inc

Dutchess land conservancy (dlc) is dedicated to preserving the scenic, agricultural and environmental resources of dutchess county, new york, and the surrounding area. dlc, as a private non-profit land conservation organization, carries…

Environment
3
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
4
Riverkeeper Inc

Protects and restores the hudson river from source to sea and safeguards drinking water supplies.

Environment
5
Hudson River Foundation for Science and Environmental Research Inc

The mission of the hudson river foundation is to inspire and inform action through science and engaging people to enhance the hudson river, estuary, and watershed (see schedule o).

Environment
6
The Connecticut River Foundation At Steamboat Dock Inc

The connecticut river museum's mission is to deepen appreciation of the river's history and to inspire its stewardship by providing unique educational and recreational experiences to diverse audiences.

Arts & Culture
7
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
8
The Adirondack Council Inc

The adirondack council ensures the ecological integrity (clean water and air, wildlife habitat, etc.), wild character (solitude, scenic beauty, etc.), and vibrant communities of new york's six-million-acre adirondack park. the adirondack…

Environment
9
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
10
The Paris Review Foundation Inc

The mission of the organization is to foster the development of creative individuals as writers and artists and to promote public appreciation of excellence in the literary and graphic arts by publishing a magazine containing fiction,…

Education
11
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations

The mission of the new york public library is to inspire lifelong learning, advance knowledge, and strengthen our communities.

Education
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mid-Hudson Children's Museum D/B/a Mid-Hudson Discovery Museum; the most unlike its peers is American Museum of Natural History. 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

22 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. 22 of the 46 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
12/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

POUGHKEEPSIE PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT: $25,520 · OtherPOUGHKEEPSIE PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICTART EFFECT: $11,706 · OtherART EFFECTCITY OF POUGHKEEPSIE BARTLETT PARK: $9,800 · OtherCITY OF POUGHKEEPSIE BARTLETT PARKNEW YORK STAGE AND FILM GALA: $9,000 · OtherNEW YORK STAGE AND FILM GALAWLIW: $7,905 · OtherWLIWSTONY KILL FOUNDATION INC: $5,575 · OtherSTONY KILL FOUNDATION INCHYDE PARK LIBRARY: $5,000 · OtherSPECIAL OLYMPICS OF NY: $5,000 · OtherVASSAR COLLEGE: $3,500 · Other+18 more: $19,283 · Other+18 moreBARDAVON 1869 OPERA HOUSE: $38,237 · Arts & CultureBARDAVON 1869 OPERA HOUSETHE POUGHKEEPSIE-HIGHLAND RAILROAD: $10,120 · Arts & CultureTHE POUGHKEEPSIE-HIGHLAND RAILROADFILM INDEPENDENT: $9,000 · Arts & CultureFILM INDEPENDENTMID-HUDSON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM D/B/A MID-HUDSON DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $5,000 · Arts & CultureMID-HUDSON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM D/B/A …American Museum of Natural History: $5,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican Museum of Natural History+1 more: $1,930 · Arts & CultureDUTCHESS OUTREACH INC: $8,500 · Human ServicesDUTCHESS O…CHILDREN'S HOME OF POUGHKEEPSIE INC: $6,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S…GOOD PLUS FOUNDATION INC: $5,376 · Human ServicesGOOD PLUS …THE SAVANNAH BOOK FESTIVAL INC: $4,500 · EducationLITERACY CONNECTIONS HUDSON VALLEY INC: $3,240 · EducationFRIENDS OF THE POUGHKEEPSIE PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT INC: $2,500 · EducationTHE MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC: $1,000 · EducationNEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT: $5,000 · EnvironmentHUDSON RIVER SLOOP CLEARWATER INC: $2,500 · EnvironmentDUTCHESS COUNTY SPCA INC: $5,581 · AnimalsMILES OF HOPE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $2,950 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $500 · HealthMEDIATION CENTER OF DUTCHESS COUNTY INC: $1,545 · Community Improvement
Other$102,289Arts & Culture$69,287Human Services$19,876Education$11,240Environment$7,500Animals$5,581Health$3,450Community Improvement$1,545

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 budgetBARDAVON 1869 OPERA HOUSE: $38,237 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTHE POUGHKEEPSIE-HIGHLAND RAILROAD: $10,120 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFILM INDEPENDENT: $9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDUTCHESS OUTREACH INC: $8,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOME OF POUGHKEEPSIE INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDUTCHESS COUNTY SPCA INC: $5,581 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSTONY KILL FOUNDATION INC: $5,575 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetMID-HUDSON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM D/B/A MID-HUDSON DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SAVANNAH BOOK FESTIVAL INC: $4,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetVASSAR COLLEGE: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITERACY CONNECTIONS HUDSON VALLEY INC: $3,240 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMILES OF HOPE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $2,950 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHUDSON RIVER SLOOP CLEARWATER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetARTS MID-HUDSON INC: $1,930 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetELEANOR ROOSEVELT CENTER AT VAL-KILL INC: $350 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.

Community Foundations…The Dyson FoundationUlster Savings Charit…JM McDonald Foundatio…Evelyn M Davies Chari…Ibm International Fou…Herbert H Redl Family…James J McCann Charit…The Ascienzo Family F…Price Chopper's Golub…George a Strba Charit…Jane W Nuhn Charitabl…
Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley IncNY34.3× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley Inc · The Dyson Foundation · Ulster Savings Charitable Foundation · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · Evelyn M Davies Charitable Trust Mark V Dennis Trustee · Ibm International Foundation · Herbert H Redl Family Foundation · James J McCann Charitable Trust · The Ascienzo Family Foundation · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · George a Strba Charitable Trust · Jane W Nuhn Charitable Trust

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 Millman-Harris-Romano Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Millman-Harris-Romano 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 Millman-Harris-Romano Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Millman-Harris-Romano Foundation 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 46 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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