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Mary McClure Miller Foundation Julie Giegler at a glance

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Mary McClure Miller Foundation Julie Giegler

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$18k
Granted FY2018
6
Grants FY2018
3
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of Mary McClure Miller Foundation Julie Giegler’s FY2023 grant dollars went to Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year Mary McClure Miller Foundation Julie Giegler named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $18k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

11
’17
5
’18
3
’19
4
’20
2
’21
0
’22
0
’23

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Philanthropy$136kEducation$48kReligion$29kArts & Culture$4kHuman Services$2kYouth Development$850Civil Rights$100Public Benefit$100Other$0
02FY2018 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k5 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$1,200
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WHITE BEAR LAKE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$10,000
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT FOUNDATION$5,000
HONOR FLIGHT CHICAGO$1,200
FIRST UNITED CHURCH OF OAK PARK$750
ERIE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE$600
RIVER FOREST PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION$100
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–18, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%ERIE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $600 → 14%HONOR FLIGHT CHICAGO: $1k → 14%ERIE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $100 → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

53%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$45k · 6 repeat orgs$40k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2018, 3 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call). Read against FY2018, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
13

Total granted

$45k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+41%

Still filing today

50%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CulturePublic BenefitCrime & LegalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • WB
    WHITE BEAR LAKE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
    3× · 2018–2020 · $15k
  • THE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER
    3× · 2019–2021 · $10k · revenue +19%
  • BEREA COLLEGE
    3× · 2019–2021 · $10k · revenue -15%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO COLLEGE FUND
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • ST
    STEPPENWOLF THEATRE COMPANYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $4k · revenue +59%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
2
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
3
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
4
Beloit College

See schedule obeloit college engages the intelligence, imagination, and curiosity of its students, empowering them to lead fulfilling lives marked by high achievement, personal responsibility, and public contribution in a diverse society.…

Education
5
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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6
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
7
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
8
Rockford University

To educate men & women to lead responsible lives by means of a curriculum grounded in liberal arts learning and complemented and extended by professional and practical experience, through the total academic and co-curricular experience,…

Education
9
Illinois College

Illinois college is a co-educational institution of higher education learning providing a four-year educational program leading to the baccalaureate degree. illinois college is a community committed to the highest standards of scholarship…

Education
10
Endicott College

Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.

Education
11
Case Western Reserve University

Case Western Reserve University is an independent, research-oriented university with broadly based strengths in health, including medicine, nursing and dentistry; in engineering; in the arts and sciences; and in law, management and social…

Education
12
Simpson College

Through innovative learning opportunities, individual student attention, and an unwavering commitment to inclusive educational access, simpson college cultivates a diverse community of learners to lead lives of meaning and purpose.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The College of Wooster; the most unlike its peers is Seraj Library Project. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 24 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
13/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OAK PARK-RIVER FOREST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $136,493 · PhilanthropyOAK PARK-RIVER FOREST COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONWHITE BEAR LAKE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $15,000 · OtherWHITE BEAR LAKE UNITED MET…UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL: $10,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW …UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO COLLEGE FUND: $10,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO COLL…MCCORMICK THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 22-22148: $7,500 · OtherMCCORMICK THEOLOGICAL SEMI…FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF WEYAUWEGA: $5,000 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH …+5 more: $3,550 · Other+5 moreTHE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER: $10,000 · EducationTHE COLLEGE OF…BEREA COLLEGE: $10,000 · EducationBEREA COLLEGEUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STEVENS POINT FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF …DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY: $2,000 · EducationDOMINICAN UNIV…WARREN WILSON COLLEGE: $1,000 · Education+2 more: $250 · EducationSTEPPENWOLF THEATRE COMPANY: $3,500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $100 · Arts & CultureHonor Flight Chicago Corp: $1,200 · Human ServicesERIE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $700 · Human ServicesSERAJ LIBRARY PROJECT: $100 · Public BenefitSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $100 · Crime & Legal
Philanthropy$136,493Other$51,050Education$28,250Arts & Culture$3,600Human Services$1,900Public Benefit$100Crime & Legal$100

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOAK PARK-RIVER FOREST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $136,493 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetTHE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBEREA COLLEGE: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STEVENS POINT FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPPENWOLF THEATRE COMPANY: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOMINICAN UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWARREN WILSON COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGENEVA FOUNDATION: $850 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetERIE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

The Chicago Community…AbbVie FoundationVanguard Charitable E…Renaissance Charitabl…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Chicago Community TrustIL13.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · AbbVie Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Mary McClure Miller Foundation Julie Giegler funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mary McClure Miller Foundation Julie Giegler. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 24 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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