Illinois · Private foundation
Gordon H & Karen M Millner Family Foundation
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.
- $243k
- Granted FY2023
- 26
- Grants FY2023
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 64%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $4,500
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $85,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 25
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 6
- Total assets, FY2023
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 64% of the organizations Gordon H & Karen M Millner Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 56% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $136k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 25 | $243k | 64% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $236k | 82% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $208k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Nora Project | $50,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Northwestern Memorial Healthcare | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Progeria Research Foundation Inc | $32,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc | $24,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $17,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| North Shore Country Day School | $8,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Global | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Horticultural Society | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Nora Project | $50,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Northwestern Memorial Healthcare | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Progeria Research Foundation Inc | $32,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc | $24,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $17,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| North Shore Country Day School | $8,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Global | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Horticultural Society | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Koolen-De Vries Syndrome Foundation | $1,500 | 1 | 1% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arie Crown Hebrew Day School | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Best Friends Animal Society | $785 | 1 | 0% |
| Baby2baby | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Moose Charities Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Little City Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Cerebral Palsy Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| B'Nai B'Rith Youth Organization | $360 | 1 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Parks Foundation | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Easter Seals Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($482k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gordon H & Karen M Millner Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Gordon H & Karen M Millner Family Foundation
- How much does Gordon H & Karen M Millner Family Foundation give?
- Gordon H & Karen M Millner Family Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $242,945 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 25 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Gordon H & Karen M Millner Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2023, its largest causes are Health (11%), Human Services (5%), Philanthropy (4%).
- Who are Gordon H & Karen M Millner Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2023: The Nora Project ($50k), Northwestern Memorial Healthcare ($40k), Progeria Research Foundation Inc ($33k).
- Does Gordon H & Karen M Millner Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 64% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gordon H & Karen M Millner Family Foundation 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 Gordon H & Karen M Millner Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include AbbVie Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, Baird Foundation Inc.
- Where is Gordon H & Karen M Millner Family Foundation based?
- Gordon H & Karen M Millner Family Foundation is based in IL.
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