Does The Sally S & Decatur H Miller Private Foundation C/O Gordon Feinblatt LLC accept unsolicited applications?

Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

Which funders back the same organizations as The Sally S & Decatur H Miller Private Foundation C/O Gordon Feinblatt LLC?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Baltimore Community Foundation Inc, France-Merrick Foundation Inc, The United Way of Central Maryland Inc.

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Maryland · Private foundation

The Sally S & Decatur H Miller Private Foundation C/O Gordon Feinblatt LLC

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.

$178k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 27
Grants FY2025: 26
Organizations funded FY2024: 12%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $5,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $35,000
Organizations funded a year: 20 to 26; FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 4
Total assets, FY2025: $2.3M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 12% of the organizations The Sally S & Decatur H Miller Private Foundation C/O Gordon Feinblatt LLC funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

InternationalArts & CultureEducationFood & NutritionHealthHuman 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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	27	$178k	19%
FY2024	26	$141k	12%
FY2023	25	$139k	4%
FY2022	26	$139k	15%
FY2021	23	$122k	13%
FY2020	20	$112k	15%
FY2019	24	$104k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$285kArts & Culture$272kCrime & Legal$103kFood & Nutrition$98kEnvironment$42kHousing & Shelter$35kHealth$20kCivil Rights$15kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Friends School of Baltimore Inc	$95,000	5	0%
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc	$70,000	7	0%
Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City	$70,000	7	0%
Legal Aid Bureau Inc	$70,000	7	0%
Baltimore Museum of Art	$70,000	7	0%
The Maryland Food Bank Inc	$65,000	7	0%
Health Care for the Homeless Inc	$35,000	7	0%
Johns Hopkins University	$30,000	6	0%
University of Maryland College Park	$26,000	6	n/a
Calvert School Incorporated	$25,000	3	0%

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All grantees of The Sally S & Decatur H Miller Private Foundation C/O Gordon Feinblatt LLC by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Friends School of Baltimore Inc	$95,000	5	0%
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc	$70,000	7	0%
Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City	$70,000	7	0%
Legal Aid Bureau Inc	$70,000	7	0%
Baltimore Museum of Art	$70,000	7	0%
The Maryland Food Bank Inc	$65,000	7	0%
Health Care for the Homeless Inc	$35,000	7	0%
Johns Hopkins University	$30,000	6	0%
University of Maryland College Park	$26,000	6	n/a
Calvert School Incorporated	$25,000	3	0%
Feeding America	$15,000	3	0%
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc	$15,000	7	0%
Creative Alliance Inc	$15,000	7	0%
Save The Children Federation Inc	$15,000	3	0%
Planned Parenthood of Maryland Inc	$15,000	5	0%
World Central Kitchen Inc	$12,500	4	0%
Blue Water Baltimore	$11,000	5	0%
St Vincent de Paul of Baltimore Inc	$10,000	2	0%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Everyman Theatre Inc	$10,000	7	0%
Baltimore Public Media Corporation	$10,000	1	0%
Center Stage Associates Inc	$10,000	7	0%
Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital	$10,000	2	1%
Moveable Feast Inc	$10,000	2	0%
Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter Barcs	$9,000	7	0%
ACLU Foundation of Maryland Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Lake Roland Nature Council Inc	$3,000	2	2%
Baltimore Theatre Project	$3,000	2	1%
The Piatigorsky Foundation D/B/A Pf Classical	$2,500	1	1%
Cape Eleuthera Foundation Inc	$1,000	1	0%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($186k), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sally S & Decatur H Miller Private Foundation C/O Gordon Feinblatt LLC supplied at peak.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 29.

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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.

Baltimore Community Foundation IncMD27.7× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · The Abell Foundation Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Ac and Penney Hubbard Foundation Inc · Campbell Foundation Inc · The Bunting Family Foundation · The Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation Inc · Number Ten Foundation 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.

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About The Sally S & Decatur H Miller Private Foundation C/O Gordon Feinblatt LLC

How much does The Sally S & Decatur H Miller Private Foundation C/O Gordon Feinblatt LLC give?: The Sally S & Decatur H Miller Private Foundation C/O Gordon Feinblatt LLC reported 27 grants totaling $178,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 26 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does The Sally S & Decatur H Miller Private Foundation C/O Gordon Feinblatt LLC fund?: By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (31%), Arts & Culture (29%), Crime & Legal (11%).
Who are The Sally S & Decatur H Miller Private Foundation C/O Gordon Feinblatt LLC's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Friends School of Baltimore Inc ($95k), Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc ($70k), Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City ($70k).
Does The Sally S & Decatur H Miller Private Foundation C/O Gordon Feinblatt LLC fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Sally S & Decatur H Miller Private Foundation C/O Gordon Feinblatt LLC accept unsolicited applications?: Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Sally S & Decatur H Miller Private Foundation C/O Gordon Feinblatt LLC?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Baltimore Community Foundation Inc, France-Merrick Foundation Inc, The United Way of Central Maryland Inc.
Where is The Sally S & Decatur H Miller Private Foundation C/O Gordon Feinblatt LLC based?: The Sally S & Decatur H Miller Private Foundation C/O Gordon Feinblatt LLC is based in MD.