Illinois · Public charity
Harvey L Miller Supporting Foundation
The foundation is organized to foster, promote, support, develop, and maintain the broad, charitable, educational or religious purposes or functions as authorized by the charter of the jewish federation of metropolitan chicago and the by-laws of the foundation.
- $2.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $252k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Harvey L Miller Supporting Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $310k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $1.6M | 13% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $2.4M | 29% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $3.2M | 9% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $2.5M | 17% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $2.1M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $2.1M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $2.5M | 9% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $2.6M | 17% |
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rochelle Zell Jewish High School | $4,600,000 | 9 | 7% |
| Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois Inc | $4,360,000 | 9 | 5% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $3,400,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Jewish Theological Seminary of America | $3,090,000 | 9 | n/a |
| The Ark | $1,125,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Shedd Aquarium Society | $1,015,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Schechter Institutes Inc | $910,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Congregation Beth Shalom | $700,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Cantor's Assembly | $500,000 | 9 | 9% |
| Cancer Wellness Center | $385,000 | 9 | 8% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rochelle Zell Jewish High School | $4,600,000 | 9 | 7% |
| Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois Inc | $4,360,000 | 9 | 5% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $3,400,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Jewish Theological Seminary of America | $3,090,000 | 9 | n/a |
| The Ark | $1,125,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Shedd Aquarium Society | $1,015,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Schechter Institutes Inc | $910,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Congregation Beth Shalom | $700,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Cantor's Assembly | $500,000 | 9 | 9% |
| Cancer Wellness Center | $385,000 | 9 | 8% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $256,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Beth Shalom | $250,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership | $150,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Jewish Learning Institute Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Solomon Schechter Day School of Metropolitan Chicago | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $100,000 | 3 | 0% |
| National Ramah Commission Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America | $62,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Better Government Association Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| City of Hope | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Jack Miller Center for Teaching America's Founding Principles And | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Victory Gardens Theater | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Harvey L Miller Supporting 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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About Harvey L Miller Supporting Foundation
- How much does Harvey L Miller Supporting Foundation give?
- Harvey L Miller Supporting Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $2,252,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Harvey L Miller Supporting Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (29%), Religion (20%), Education (20%).
- Who are Harvey L Miller Supporting Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Rochelle Zell Jewish High School ($4.6M), Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois Inc ($4.4M), Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($3.4M).
- Does Harvey L Miller Supporting Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Harvey L Miller Supporting Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, The Chicago Community Trust, Arie and Ida Crown Memorial.
- Where is Harvey L Miller Supporting Foundation based?
- Harvey L Miller Supporting Foundation is based in IL.
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