Illinois · Private foundation
The John a 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.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2024
- 29
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 48%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,114,811
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 29
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 48% of the organizations The John a Miller Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $117k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 25 | $1.5M | 24% |
| FY2023 | 29 | $637k | 48% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $567k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $604k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $359k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $412k | 73% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $260k | 53% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $269k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Denver | $2,915,982 | 8 | 0% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $300,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation | $300,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Eisenhower Medical Center | $200,358 | 4 | 0% |
| Chicago Blackhawks Foundation | $64,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Ravinia Festival Association | $62,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Center for Strategic and International Studies | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Shedd Aquarium Society | $34,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Healthnetwork Foundation Fka Health Net Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 39 recipients with no EIN on record ($442k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The John a Miller Family 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: The Chicago Community Trust · John & Linda Anderson Charitable Foundation · Dean L & Rosemarie Buntrock Foundation · Carol Bernick Family Foundation · Otzen Family Foundation Incorporated · A G Cox Charity Trust Xxxxx9001 · The David & Colleen Anderson Charitable Foundation · The Kirch Foundation · The Griffith Family Foundation · Milton R Brown Family Foundation · The Anna Emery Hanson Charitable Foundation 1 · The Simms Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About The John a Miller Family Foundation
- How much does The John a Miller Family Foundation give?
- The John a Miller Family Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $1,543,144 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 29 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The John a Miller Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (66%), Health (12%), Philanthropy (8%).
- Who are The John a Miller Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Denver ($2.9M), Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($301k), Prostate Cancer Foundation ($300k).
- Does The John a Miller Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 48% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The John a 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 The John a Miller Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, John & Linda Anderson Charitable Foundation, Dean L & Rosemarie Buntrock Foundation.
- Where is The John a Miller Family Foundation based?
- The John a Miller Family Foundation is based in IL.
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