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EDGAR MILLER LEGACY

EDGAR MILLER LEGACY (Illinois) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $254,319 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($219,019). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$14k
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$254k
Net assets
$53k
3/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 41%
01What it does

What Edgar Miller Legacy does

Mission

Preservation and promotion of the artistic works of edgar miller through archival conservation, education, workshops, and tours.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Educational research & presentations - the organization maintains and conserves a large collection and archive of artwork and documents by edgar miller, as well as a large digital archive of information on miller. Through activation of the archive, the organization provides or partners with other organizations to produce public programs on the history and work of the late chicago artist-craftsman edgar miller, such as lectures and tours. Different tiers of tickets are offered based on the audience, with discounted and free tours and programs provided to student and other nonprofit groups.

    $14,750 spent
    100% of program spending
  2. Educational publishing - the organization publishes printed and digital material on research related to the artist edgar miller for use by scholars, educators, and the general public. Each year these publications reach thousands of people through various media channels, such as the edgarmiller.org website, printed pamphlets and booklets, public programs, and more. In 2024, Edgar Miller Legacy published the third edition of edgar miller and the handmade home, the primary biographical text and photographic survey of the artistic work of edgar miller. The organization also maintains a comprehensive virtual tour of the historic glasner studio by edgar miller at its website, www.edgarmiller.org.

  3. Other educational programs - the organization provides other educational programs throughout the year that are related to the work of edgar miller. This includes workshops that educate constituents in light craft art projects, such as printmaking, glass art and ceramic painting. In 2024, the organization offered critical assistance to the depaul university art museum in support of its retrospective exhibition on edgar miller, which attracted thousands of visitors during its run from september 2024 through february 2025.

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $14,750.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($183k) Expenses 100 ($201k) Net assets 100 ($47k)2019 Revenue 60 ($110k) Expenses 62 ($125k) Net assets 69 ($32k)2020 Revenue 66 ($121k) Expenses 50 ($101k) Net assets 110 ($52k)2021 Revenue 55 ($101k) Expenses 50 ($101k) Net assets 110 ($51k)2022 Revenue 13 ($25k) Expenses 23 ($45k) Net assets 65 ($30k)2023 Revenue 4 ($7k) Expenses 10 ($20k) Net assets 39 ($18k)2024 Revenue 43 ($79k) Expenses 17 ($33k) Net assets 136 ($64k)2025 Revenue 8 ($14k) Expenses 12 ($25k) Net assets 113 ($53k)
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Revenue (8)Expenses (12)Net assets (113)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $19k to $69k (+260%).

$49k
$35k
$67k
$52k
$32k
$19k
$69k
$56k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

69% of EDGAR MILLER LEGACY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 18,808 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$18k
’18
−$15k
’19
$20k
’20
−$347
’21
−$21k
’22
−$12k
’23
$45k
’24
−$10k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2022: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $76k → $3k.

2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 92% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of EDGAR MILLER LEGACY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

EDGAR MILLER LEGACY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

92% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund EDGAR MILLER LEGACY.

86%
largest funder
95%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 99% · 2018 80% · 2019 99% · 2020 85% · 2021 74% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

33% of EDGAR MILLER LEGACY's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 38% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2022, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

92% of EDGAR MILLER LEGACY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $21k that is directly attributable, 95% of it comes from Illinois funders.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Illinois out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $234k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

EDGAR MILLER LEGACY's revenue fell 92% between 2018 and 2025.

Operating margin−72% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−30% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IL

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Questions and answers

Who funds EDGAR MILLER LEGACY?
EDGAR MILLER LEGACY (Illinois) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $254,319 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($219,019). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does EDGAR MILLER LEGACY have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $254,319 in grants to EDGAR MILLER LEGACY, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of EDGAR MILLER LEGACY?
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $219,019 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like EDGAR MILLER LEGACY find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 8 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing