The Matthew Korn and Cynthia Miller Family Foundation Inc
Mclean, VA · EIN 84-1721572. Reported 38 grants totalling $661,997 to 28 organizations across tax years 2021-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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 Matthew Korn and Cynthia Miller Family Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,155. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $2,000; the smallest was $180 and the largest $200,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts | Vienna, VA | $602,000 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Temple Rodef Shalom | Falls Church, VA | $13,927 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 1ST Stage Inc | Tysons, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northern Virginia Science Center Foundation | Fairfax, VA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Vet Voice Foundation | Portland, OR | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brightpaths Inc | Fairfax, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Capital Area Food Bank | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Port Discovery Childrens Museum | Baltimore, MD | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Some So Others Might Eat | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Share Inc | Mclean, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tickets for Kids | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington | North Bethesda, MD | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Felines Inc | Stamford, CT | $1,310 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fairfax County Park Foundation | Fairfax, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fairfax Library Foundation | Fairfax, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Gallery of Art | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington DC | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Weta | Arlington, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Washington Performing Arts | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Bronx High School of Science Alumni Foundation | Bronx, NY | $600 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Encore Stage and Studio | Arlington, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lucky Dog Animal Rescue | Arlington, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA | Laguna Hills, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wikimedia Endowment | Washington, DC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Antidefamation League | New York, NY | $180 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nechema Jewish Response to Disaster | Saint Paul, MN | $180 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
4 of 28 (14%) received money in more than one year over the 3 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 88%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts
To support the Wolf Trap Foundation capital campaign for renovation and modernization of performing arts facilities. - Temple Rodef Shalom
To support religious education advocacy programs and to provide support for low-income families. - 1ST Stage Inc
To support an award winning theater in the Northern Virginia community. - Vet Voice Foundation
Vet Voice Foundation a veteran-led 501c3 mobilizes veterans to lead advocate and fight for a stronger more just America. They champion policies that keep promises made to those who serve support better lives and livelihoods for veterans and their families protect our freedoms and advance national security. - Northern Virginia Science Center Foundation
To support a center that provides hands-on activities promoting a love of science technology engineering and math STEM for children. - Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center
To support Theater J a nationally-renowned professional theater that celebrates explores and struggles with the complexities and nuances of both the Jewish experience and the universal human condition.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 31 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | $203,200 | $1,500 |
| 2022 | 5 | $204,200 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 29 | $254,597 | $1,310 |
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. 97% of this one's giving went to organizations in Virginia. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,155. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Virginia.
- 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.
- 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 Matthew Korn and Cynthia Miller Family Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 848 Alvermar Ridge Drive, Mclean, VA, 22102. 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.
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