Michigan · Private foundation
Mitchell and Sarah Miller 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.
- $139k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 19
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 42% of the organizations Mitchell and Sarah Miller Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 58% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $84k 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 | 16 | $139k | 44% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $146k | 42% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $105k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $134k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $64k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Impact Church | $102,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Lowell Wrestling Club | $79,100 | 5 | 22% |
| Dairy Discovery | $78,283 | 5 | 7% |
| Be Cafe | $57,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Flat River Outreach Ministries Inc | $36,667 | 4 | 0% |
| Pinky Swear Foundation | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Bayside Community Church Inc | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Vail Veterans Foundation Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lowell Area Schools | $7,700 | 3 | n/a |
| Lowell Youth Sports Foundation | $5,000 | 2 | 6% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Impact Church | $102,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Lowell Wrestling Club | $79,100 | 5 | 22% |
| Dairy Discovery | $78,283 | 5 | 7% |
| Be Cafe | $57,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Flat River Outreach Ministries Inc | $36,667 | 4 | 0% |
| Pinky Swear Foundation | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Bayside Community Church Inc | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Vail Veterans Foundation Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lowell Area Schools | $7,700 | 3 | n/a |
| Lowell Youth Sports Foundation | $5,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Lowell Community Wellness | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| CASA of Kent County Inc | $3,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Feeding America West Michigan | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Quest Ministries Inc | $1,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Gopher Wrestling Club | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| First Liberty Institute | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Longboat Key Garden Club Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Crystal Lake and Watershed Association | $600 | 3 | 0% |
| Ind School Dist 206 | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Belmont University | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Jordan Lake Trail Board | $500 | 1 | 1% |
| Thornapple Valley Baseball League | $500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($149k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mitchell and Sarah Miller 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.
Open a dossier: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Mitchell and Sarah Miller Foundation with peer funders
About Mitchell and Sarah Miller Foundation
- How much does Mitchell and Sarah Miller Foundation give?
- Mitchell and Sarah Miller Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $138,817 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 19 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Mitchell and Sarah Miller Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (22%), Recreation & Sports (18%), Education (15%).
- Who are Mitchell and Sarah Miller Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Impact Church ($103k), Lowell Wrestling Club ($79k), Dairy Discovery ($78k).
- Does Mitchell and Sarah Miller Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mitchell and Sarah Miller 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 Mitchell and Sarah Miller Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Mitchell and Sarah Miller Foundation based?
- Mitchell and Sarah Miller Foundation is based in MI.
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