Ohio · Private foundation
Sally Ann Miller & Joseph G Miller Family Foundation
Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $238k
- Granted FY2019
- 17
- Grants FY2019
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 12%
- First-time grantees FY2019
Read this first · the figures below need context
55% of Sally Ann Miller & Joseph G Miller Family Foundation’s FY2020 grant dollars went to Akron Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2020 names 9 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year Sally Ann Miller & Joseph G Miller Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 9 organizations, $238k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2019
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 12% of the organizations Sally Ann Miller & Joseph G Miller Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 44% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $105k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 17 | $238k | 12% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $251k | 31% |
| FY2017 | 20 | $70k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portage Path Behavioral Health | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Case Barlow Farm | $87,720 | 2 | 92% |
| Kent State University Foundation | $84,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Military Aviation Preservation Society | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Access Inc | $19,350 | 3 | 1% |
| Akron Art Museum | $16,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Victory Gallop Inc | $14,550 | 4 | 1% |
| Embracing Futures Inc | $14,284 | 4 | 1% |
| Donovan's Kids Inc | $14,000 | 4 | 35% |
| Good Neighbors Inc | $10,000 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portage Path Behavioral Health | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Case Barlow Farm | $87,720 | 2 | 92% |
| Kent State University Foundation | $84,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Military Aviation Preservation Society | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Access Inc | $19,350 | 3 | 1% |
| Akron Art Museum | $16,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Victory Gallop Inc | $14,550 | 4 | 1% |
| Embracing Futures Inc | $14,284 | 4 | 1% |
| Donovan's Kids Inc | $14,000 | 4 | 35% |
| Good Neighbors Inc | $10,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Zanes Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Akron Community Service Center & Urban League Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Emerge Ministries Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Peter Maurin Center of Akron | $2,000 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($345k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Sally Ann Miller & Joseph G Miller Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Akron Community Foundation · Kenneth L Calhoun Char Tr · Lloyd L & Louise K Smith Foundation · L R Moffitt & L W Moffitt Foundation · The Welty Family Foundation · Lehner Family Foundation · Sisler McFawn Foundation Pfdn · Mary S & David C Corbin Foundation · Charles E and Mabel M Ritchie Memorial · The Mary and Dr George L Demetros Charitable · United Way of Summit and Medina · Firstenergy Foundation
How this is measured
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About Sally Ann Miller & Joseph G Miller Family Foundation
- How much does Sally Ann Miller & Joseph G Miller Family Foundation give?
- Sally Ann Miller & Joseph G Miller Family Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $237,720 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Sally Ann Miller & Joseph G Miller Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Education (31%), Philanthropy (23%), Health (18%).
- Who are Sally Ann Miller & Joseph G Miller Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Portage Path Behavioral Health ($100k), Case Barlow Farm ($88k), Kent State University Foundation ($84k).
- Does Sally Ann Miller & Joseph G Miller Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sally Ann Miller & Joseph G 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 Sally Ann Miller & Joseph G Miller Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Akron Community Foundation, Kenneth L Calhoun Char Tr, Lloyd L & Louise K Smith Foundation.
- Where is Sally Ann Miller & Joseph G Miller Family Foundation based?
- Sally Ann Miller & Joseph G Miller Family Foundation is based in OH.
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