Funding search · EIN 911671814 · Seattle, WA
Pendleton and Elisabeth Carey Miller
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 61
- grants reported
- $2.4M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $25,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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17 grants matching “botanical” · $1.2M
- $185,116
Elisabeth Miller Botanical Garden T · Seattle, WA · 2024
General operations support.
- $155,102
Elisabeth Miller Botanical Garden T · Seattle, WA · 2024
Capital improvements.
- $92,540
Elisabeth Miller Botanical Garden T · Seattle, WA · 2024
Support for great plant picks.
- $41,500
University of Wa Botanic Gardens · Seattle, WA · 2024
Miller seed vault; washington rare plant care & conservation program.
- $2,000
Elisabeth Miller Botanical Garden T · Seattle, WA · 2024
Support for elsabeth c. Miller lecture.
- $222,387
Elisabeth Miller Botanical Garden T · Seattle, WA · 2023
General operations support
- $99,159
Elisabeth Miller Botanical Garden T · Seattle, WA · 2023
Support for great plant picks
- $59,000
Elisabeth Miller Botanical Garden T · Seattle, WA · 2023
Capital improvements
- $40,200
University of Wa Botanic Gardens · Seattle, WA · 2023
Miller seed vault; wa rare plant care & conservation program
- $3,000
Elisabeth Miller Botanical Garden T · Seattle, WA · 2023
Support for elsabeth c. Miller lecture
- $92,724
Elisabeth C Miller Botanical Garden Trust · Seattle, WA · 2022
Support for great plant picks
- $86,471
Elisabeth C Miller Botanical Garden Trust · Seattle, WA · 2022
General operational support
- $39,000
University of Wa Botanic Gardens · Seattle, WA · 2022
Miller seed vault; wa rare plant care & conservation program
- $36,101
Elisabeth C Miller Botanical Garden Trust · Seattle, WA · 2022
Capital improvement support
- $25,000
University of Wa Botanic Gardens · Seattle, WA · 2022
Wa rare plant care & conservation program
- $12,000
Bellevue Botanical Garden Society · Bellevue, WA · 2022
Interactive bed markers
- $2,000
Elisabeth C Miller Botanical Garden Trust · Seattle, WA · 2022
Support for elisabeth c. Miller lectures
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Elisabeth Miller Botanical Garden T8 grants · $818,304
- Elisabeth C Miller Botanical Garden Trust4 grants · $217,296
- University of Wa2 grants · $187,579
- University Wa Miller Library1 grant · $173,632
- University of Washington Miller Lib1 grant · $168,368
- University of Wa Botanic Gardens4 grants · $145,700
- Seattle Parks Foundation3 grants · $120,000
- Washington State Historical Society3 grants · $55,000
- University of Wa School of Law3 grants · $46,500
- Arboretum Foundation3 grants · $36,500
Giving over time
Grant history
All 61 reported grants, largest first.
- $222,387
Elisabeth Miller Botanical Garden T · Seattle, WA · 2023
General operations support
- $185,116
Elisabeth Miller Botanical Garden T · Seattle, WA · 2024
General operations support.
- $173,632
University Wa Miller Library · Seattle, WA · 2024
Basic support: $138,632, basic support and/or for addition to the principal of the elisabeth c. Miller library: $35,000.
- $168,368
University of Washington Miller Lib · Seattle, WA · 2023
Support for general operations elisabth c. Miller library
- $155,102
Elisabeth Miller Botanical Garden T · Seattle, WA · 2024
Capital improvements.
- $152,579
University of Wa · Seattle, WA · 2022
Elisabeth c. Miller library
- $99,159
Elisabeth Miller Botanical Garden T · Seattle, WA · 2023
Support for great plant picks
- $92,724
Elisabeth C Miller Botanical Garden Trust · Seattle, WA · 2022
Support for great plant picks
- $92,540
Elisabeth Miller Botanical Garden T · Seattle, WA · 2024
Support for great plant picks.
- $86,471
Elisabeth C Miller Botanical Garden Trust · Seattle, WA · 2022
General operational support
- $59,000
Elisabeth Miller Botanical Garden T · Seattle, WA · 2023
Capital improvements
- $50,000
Seattle Parks Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2022
Puma playfield project
- $45,000
Seattle Parks Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023
Garfield super block art promenade project/rainier beach link to lake steering committee
- $41,500
University of Wa Botanic Gardens · Seattle, WA · 2024
Miller seed vault; washington rare plant care & conservation program.
- $40,200
University of Wa Botanic Gardens · Seattle, WA · 2023
Miller seed vault; wa rare plant care & conservation program
- $39,000
University of Wa Botanic Gardens · Seattle, WA · 2022
Miller seed vault; wa rare plant care & conservation program
- $36,101
Elisabeth C Miller Botanical Garden Trust · Seattle, WA · 2022
Capital improvement support
- $35,000
University of Wa · Seattle, WA · 2022
Earthlab 2023 summer internship program
- $30,000
Discover Your Northwest · Seattle, WA · 2024
Recover garden beds at lake wa ship canal & update garden accession database
- $25,000
Smithsonian Nat'L Museum-Natural Hi · Washington, DC · 2024
History of coast salish "woolly dogs" revealed by indigenous knowledge and ancient genomics project.
- $25,000
University of Wa School of Law · Seattle, WA · 2024
Immigration law clinic.
- $25,000
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2024
College of the environment earthlab 2025, summer internship program.
- $25,000
Northwest Horticultural Society U O · Seattle, WA · 2023
Scholarships for undergraduate horticulture studies students
- $25,000
Pacific Science Center · Seattle, WA · 2023
Industrial ceiling fans for butterfly house
- $25,000
University of Wa Burke Museum · Seattle, WA · 2023
Rare air exhibit
- $25,000
Burke Museum · P O Box, WA · 2022
We are puget sound exhibit
- $25,000
Lakewold Gardens · Lakewood, WA · 2022
Carriage house renovation project
- $25,000
Northwest Horticultural Society · Rollingbay, WA · 2022
Scholarships for undergraduate horticultural studies students
- $25,000
Seattle Parks Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2022
Olmsted 200/trees for seattle parks initiative
- $25,000
University of Wa Botanic Gardens · Seattle, WA · 2022
Wa rare plant care & conservation program
- $25,000
Washington State Historical Society · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Digitizing, process-ing, and catalogu-ing asahel curtis images
- $20,000
University of Wa School of Law · Seattle, WA · 2023
Immigration law clinic
- $20,000
Washington State Historical Society · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Digitizing, processing, and catalouging asahel curtis images
- $20,000
Bloedel Reserve · Bainbridge Island, WA · 2022
Residence landscape renovation project
- $20,000
Uplift Northwest · Seattle, WA · 2022
Advanced job training program
- $17,500
Arcs Seattle Chapter · Seattle, WA · 2022
Scholarship for a science graduate student
- $17,000
Braided River · Seattle, WA · 2023
Publication of book entitled "big river"
- $15,000
Humanities Washington · Seattle, WA · 2022
Washington folklife collection archiving project
- $12,500
Arboretum Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024
Garden stewards volunteer program.
- $12,000
Arboretum Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023
Garden stewards program
- $12,000
Arboretum Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2022
Garden stewards program
- $12,000
Bellevue Botanical Garden Society · Bellevue, WA · 2022
Interactive bed markers
- $10,000
Holocaust Center for Humanity · Seattle, WA · 2024
Digitzing portion of center's collection.
- $10,000
Pacific Science Center · Seattle, WA · 2024
Plants & plant signage for various portions of the center's facility.
- $10,000
The Trust for Public Land · Seattle, WA · 2024
"washington parks for people" project.
- $10,000
Washington State Historical Society · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Digitizing and catalouging asahel curtis images.
- $10,000
Uplift Northwest · Seattle, WA · 2023
Employment training and job placement programs
- $7,500
The Garden Conservancy · Garrison, NY · 2023
Northwest network
- $7,500
The Garden Conservancy · Garrison, NY · 2022
Northwest network
- $5,000
Blackpastorg · Seattle, WA · 2024
Enhancement of black history online resources.
- $5,000
The Garden Conservancy · Garrison, NY · 2024
Northwest network.
- $5,000
Blackpastorg · Seattle, WA · 2023
Enhancement of black history online resources
- $5,000
Bloedel Reserve · Bainbridge Island, WA · 2023
Charitable purposes without restriction
- $5,000
Washington State University Librari · Pullman, WA · 2023
Expanding a digital archive of nez perce history
- $5,000
Blackpastorg · Seattle, WA · 2022
Enhancement of black history online resources
- $5,000
Edmonds Floretum Garden Club · Edmonds, WA · 2022
Preservation and publication of historical materials
- $3,500
Olympia Historical Society and Bigelow House Museum · Olympia, WA · 2022
Digitization of and provision of information about negatives from merle junk collection
- $3,000
Elisabeth Miller Botanical Garden T · Seattle, WA · 2023
Support for elsabeth c. Miller lecture
- $2,000
Elisabeth Miller Botanical Garden T · Seattle, WA · 2024
Support for elsabeth c. Miller lecture.
- $2,000
Elisabeth C Miller Botanical Garden Trust · Seattle, WA · 2022
Support for elisabeth c. Miller lectures
- $1,500
University of Wa School of Law · Seattle, WA · 2022
Charitable purposes without restriction
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