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Jack Miller Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$4.0M
Granted FY2022
88
Itemized grants FY2022
81
Organizations funded FY2022
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Itemized, FY2022
$3.8M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2022
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2022
$1,600,000
States reached, FY2022
12
Total assets, FY2022
$936k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Philanthropy$2.3MEducation$322kInternational$232kHealth$192kArts & Culture$160kCommunity Improvement$125kReligion$115kEmployment$75kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 77 grantees
All grantees of Jack Miller Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Jack Miller Center for Teaching America's Founding Principles And$1,740,000181%
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago$375,00010%
Goldie B Wolfe Miller Women Leaders in Real Estate Initiative$213,000123%
The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy$125,000112%
Jewish Funders Network$125,00011%
Leading Edge Allianceinc$125,00012%
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc$75,00010%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$60,00010%
Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois Inc$50,00010%
Interfaithfamilycom Inc$50,00012%
The Shalem Foundation$48,00010%
Slingshot Fund Inc$27,50013%
The Society of the Four Arts Inc$27,50010%
Youthbuild Lake County Inc$25,00011%
The Idi Foundation Inc Fka American Friends of the Israel Democ$25,00010%
Revolution Workshop$25,00011%
Itrek Inc$25,00010%
Honeymoon Israel Foundation Inc$25,00010%
American Israel Education Foundation Inc$25,00010%
Reading Power Inc$25,00012%
Chicago Women in Trades$25,00011%
Jewish Agency for Israel - North American Council$25,00010%
Jewish Institute for Liberal Values Inc$25,00016%
Redwood Schools Inc$25,00012%
Momentum Unlimited Inc$25,00010%
Rush University Medical Center$25,00010%
The Ayn Rand Institute the Center for the Advancement of Objectivism$25,00010%
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago$22,00010%
The Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc$20,50010%
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$20,00010%
Snow City Arts Foundation$16,50012%
Camp Ramah in Wisconsin Inc$15,0001n/a
The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies$15,00010%
Raymond F Kravis Center for the Performing Arts Inc$13,75010%
Johns Hopkins University$11,00010%
Norton Museum of Art Inc$11,00010%
Maltz Jupiter Theatre Inc$11,00010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$10,00010%
Mandel Jewish Community Center of the Palm Beaches Inc$10,00010%
Ashland University$10,00010%
Gulfshore Playhouse Inc$10,00010%
Illinois Policy Institute$10,00010%
Chabad of Palm Beach Gardens Inc$10,0001n/a
Ramah Day Camp Inc$10,0001n/a
Florida Southwestern State College Foundation Inc$10,00010%
American Friends of the Israel Sport Center for the Disabled$10,00010%
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago$7,50010%
American Council of Trustees and Alumni$7,50010%
Shedd Aquarium Society$5,50010%
Focus on the Arts Inc$5,50019%
Children's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia$5,00010%
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc$5,00010%
Friends of the Highland Park Public Library$5,000113%
Drexel University$5,00010%
The Harbour Inc$5,00010%
Shalva Inc$5,00010%
Bernie's Book Bank$5,00010%
Deborah's Place$5,00010%
Temple Adath Israel of the Main Line$5,0001n/a
Selah Freedom Inc$3,00010%
Philadelphia Museum of Art$3,00010%
Walnut Street Theatre Corporation$3,00010%
Writers Theatre Inc$2,75010%
Laurel House$2,50010%
The Uli Foundation$2,50010%
Morselife Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Chicago Shakespeare Theater$2,50010%
Judith Creed Horizons for Achieving Independence$2,00010%
Lower Merion Library Foundation$1,50012%
Roosevelt University$1,10010%
Florida Atlantic University Foundation Inc$1,10010%
Insight Through Education Inc$1,00010%
The John Buck Company Foundation$1,00010%
Israel Tennis Centers Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Hias Inc$1,00010%
The Hotchkiss School$1,00010%
Steppingstone Scholars Inc$60010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($48k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Jack Miller Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 73 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Jack Miller Center for Teaching America's Founding Principles And: $1,740,000 over 1y, 81% of budgetJewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago: $375,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGoldie B Wolfe Miller Women Leaders in Real Estate Initiative: $213,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetThe Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy: $125,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetJewish Funders Network: $125,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLeading Edge Allianceinc: $125,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetFoundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $60,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHolocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetInterfaithfamilycom Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetThe Shalem Foundation: $48,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSlingshot Fund Inc: $27,500 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetThe Society of the Four Arts Inc: $27,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYouthbuild Lake County Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetThe Idi Foundation Inc Fka American Friends of the Israel Democ: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRevolution Workshop: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetItrek Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHoneymoon Israel Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican Israel Education Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetReading Power Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetChicago Women in Trades: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetJewish Agency for Israel - North American Council: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Institute for Liberal Values Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetRedwood Schools Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetMomentum Unlimited Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Ayn Rand Institute the Center for the Advancement of Objectivism: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $22,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc: $20,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSnow City Arts Foundation: $16,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetThe Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRaymond F Kravis Center for the Performing Arts Inc: $13,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorton Museum of Art Inc: $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaltz Jupiter Theatre Inc: $11,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMandel Jewish Community Center of the Palm Beaches Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAshland University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGulfshore Playhouse Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIllinois Policy Institute: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFlorida Southwestern State College Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of the Israel Sport Center for the Disabled: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRehabilitation Institute of Chicago: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Council of Trustees and Alumni: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetShedd Aquarium Society: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFocus on the Arts Inc: $5,500 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetChildren's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 73.

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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.

Circle of Service FoundationIL27.2× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Circle of Service Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · The Marcus Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Jewish Communal Fund · The Chicago Community Trust · Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Inc · Donors Trust Inc · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Hochberg Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Jack Miller Family Foundation

How much does Jack Miller Family Foundation give?
Jack Miller Family Foundation reported 88 itemized grants totaling $3,843,550, out of $4,032,950 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2022 IRS filing.
What does Jack Miller Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2022, its largest causes are Philanthropy (10%), Education (1%), International (1%).
Who are Jack Miller Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2022 to FY2022: The Jack Miller Center for Teaching America's Founding Principles And ($1.7M), Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($375k), Goldie B Wolfe Miller Women Leaders in Real Estate Initiative ($213k).
Does Jack Miller 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 Jack Miller Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Circle of Service Foundation, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, The Marcus Foundation Inc.
Where is Jack Miller Family Foundation based?
Jack Miller Family Foundation is based in IL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 85 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $4.2M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2022, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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