Funding search · EIN 043837113 · Sandy Spring, MD

The Milner Family Foundation

Name: The Milner Family Foundation grants, 2021–2023
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

54
grants reported: $654,500
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $7,750
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

change climate legislation direct education financial voter

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Unitarian Univeralist Association3 grants · $142,500
Represent US Education Fund1 grant · $50,000
Grace Center Foundation3 grants · $45,000
Unitarian Univeralists for Social2 grants · $45,000
Aclu Foundation of Maryland3 grants · $35,000
Fairplay for Kids2 grants · $30,000
Nnaf Collective Power Fund2 grants · $30,000
Indivisible Clinics1 grant · $25,000
Education Fund3 grants · $20,000
World Wildlife Fund2 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$235,000

2021

$214,500

2022

$205,000

2023

Grant history

All 54 reported grants, largest first.

$100,000
Unitarian Univeralist Association · Boston, MA · 2023
Voter education
$50,000
Represent US Education Fund · Florence, MA · 2023
Operational support
$35,000
Unitarian Univeralist Association · Boston, MA · 2021
Operational support
$25,000
Indivisible Clinics · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating
$25,000
Unitarian Univeralists for Social · Washington, DC · 2022
Operational support
$20,000
Unitarian Univeralists for Social · Washington, DC · 2021
Operational support
$15,000
Aclu Foundation of Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Operational support
$15,000
Grace Center Foundation · Naples, FL · 2023
General operations
$15,000
Fairplay for Kids · Boston, MA · 2022
Operational support
$15,000
Grace Center Foundation · Naples, FL · 2022
General operations
$15,000
Nnaf Collective Power Fund · Beaverton, OR · 2022
Operational support
$15,000
All Souls Unitarian Church · Washington, DC · 2021
Operational support
$15,000
Fairplay for Kids · Boston, MA · 2021
Operational support
$15,000
Grace Center Foundation · Naples, FL · 2021
General operations
$15,000
Indivible Clinics · Washington, DC · 2021
General operating
$15,000
Nnaf Collective Power Fund · Beaverton, OR · 2021
Operational support
$15,000
Representus Education Fund · Florence, MA · 2021
Operational support
$10,000
Aclu Foundation of Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Operational support
$10,000
Building Bridges Across the River · Washington, DC · 2022
Operational support
$10,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
Operational support
$10,000
The Fund for Johns Hopkins · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Operational support
$10,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Operational support
$10,000
Aclu Foundation of Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2021
Operational support
$10,000
Ethiopian Adoption Connection · Lenexa, KS · 2021
General operations
$10,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
Operational support
$8,000
Parent Encouragement Program · Kensington, MD · 2022
Operational support
$8,000
Parent Encouragement Program · Kensington, MD · 2021
Operational support
$7,500
Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Operational support
$7,500
Unitarian Universalist Service Comm · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Operational support
$7,500
Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Operational support
$7,500
Fair Vote · Takoma Park, MD · 2022
Operational support
$7,500
Protect Democracy Project · Washington, DC · 2022
Operational support
$7,500
Unitarian Univeralist Association · Boston, MA · 2022
Operational support
$7,500
The Imani Project · Portland, OR · 2021
Direct financial support
$7,000
Chesapeak Climate Action Network · Takoma Park, MD · 2022
Climate change legislation
$7,000
Population Services International · Washington, DC · 2021
Operational support
$5,000
350org · Boston, MA · 2023
Operational support
$5,000
Move To Amend Education Fund · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Operational support
$5,000
350org · Boston, MA · 2022
Operational support
$5,000
Unitarian Universalist Congregation · Columbia, MD · 2022
Operational support
$5,000
Wikimedia Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Operational support
$5,000
350org · Boston, MA · 2021
Operational support
$5,000
Chesapeak Climate Action Network · Takoma Park, MD · 2021
Climate change legislation
$5,000
Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
Operational support
$5,000
Givedirectly · New York, NY · 2021
Operational support
$5,000
Unitarian Universalist Service · Cambridge, MA · 2021
Operational support
$5,000
Wikimedia Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Operational support
$4,000
Everytown for Gun Safety · New York, NY · 2022
Operational support
$3,500
Move To Amend Education Fund · Sacramento, CA · 2022
Operational support
$3,000
Carbon 180 · Washington, DC · 2021
Operational support
$2,500
Move To Amend Education Fund · Sacramento, CA · 2021
Operational support
$2,000
The Trevor Project · West Hollywood, CA · 2022
Operational support
$1,000
Everytown for Gun Safety · New York, NY · 2021
Operational support
$1,000
Fair Vote · Takoma Park, MD · 2021
Operational support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.