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The Kathrine M & James H Milam Family

Dallas, TX · EIN 75-2738414. Reported 49 grants totalling $28,166 to 41 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$250median grant
$28,166granted, 2021-2024
41organizations funded
7%of grantees funded again the next year
$146,980assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Kathrine M & James H Milam Family did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $250. Half of everything it gave fell between $150 and $500; the smallest was $50 and the largest $4,246. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
39 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
10 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
La Fiesta De Las Seis BanderasDallas, TX$6,230222024
The Stewpot Alliance of First Presbyterian Church of DallasDallas, TX$4,632222024
Dallas SymphonyDallas, TX$3,125112021
RazomNew York, NY$1,648112022
Claremont Unied Church of ChristClaremont, CA$1,000112022
Jld Centennial Endowment FdnDallas, TX$1,000112022
North Texas Food BankPlano, TX$1,000112021
St Elijah Orthodox Christian ChurchOklahoma Cuty, OK$1,000112024
Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation IncDallas, TX$684332024
West Market Street United Methodist ChurchGreensboro, NC$515112024
Lubbock Heritage SocietyLubbock, TX$500112022
Lubbock Meals on WheelsLubbock, TX$500112021
St Paul's on the PlainsLubbock, TX$500112021
To Be Like MeDallas, TX$500112022
Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal ChurchDallas, TX$374222024
The Stewpot of First PresbyterianDallas, TX$359112022
Randolph CollegeLynchburg, VA$300222024
Mercy StreetDallas, TX$267112021
Ballet LubbockLubbock, TX$257112022
First United Methodist ChurchBoise, ID$257222023
YMCA DallasCoppell, TX$255112023
ACLUNew York, NY$250112024
Bread for the WorldWashington, DC$250222022
MD AndersonDallas, TX$250112021
No Kid HungryWashington, DC$250112022
Samaritan's PurseBoone, NC$250112021
St Paul's on the Plains Episcopal ChurchLubbock, TX$250112024
The Community Foundation of West TexasLubbock, TX$250112023
YMCA of the RockiesEstes Park, CO$250112022
Parkinson Voice ProjectRichardson, TX$208112024
Interfaith Family ServicesDallas, TX$200112021
La Fiesta De Las Sies BanderasDallas, TX$200112021
International Rescue CommitteeNew York, NY$155112022
The Senior SourceDallas, TX$100112024
University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington, TX$100112021
Grace & Holy Trinity CathedralKansas City, MO$50112024
Grace to ChangeMckinney, TX$50112022
Literacy AchievesDallas, TX$50112022
PaydayLubbock, TX$50112021
Saint Michael and All AngelsDallas, TX$50112021
Southern Methodist UniversityDallas, TX$50112022

7 of 41 (17%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 7%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 17 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
4 grants
Education
3 grants
Arts & Culture
2 grants
International Affairs
2 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
1 grant
Diseases & Disorders
1 grant
Health Care
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202114$6,695$225
202216$6,628$253
20237$7,774$250
202412$7,069$237

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 78% of this one's giving went to organizations in Texas. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Texas
$22K
New York
$2K
Oklahoma
$1K
California
$1K
North Carolina
$765
District of Columbia
$500
Virginia
$300
Idaho
$257

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $250. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Texas.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from The Kathrine M & James H Milam Family's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 3626 Armstrong Ave, Dallas, TX, 75205. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 75-2738414 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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