Jerome B Miller Family Foundation
Overland Park, KS · EIN 73-1438698. Reported 69 grants totalling $1,864,250 to 44 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Jerome B Miller Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $210,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage Hall | Overland Park, KS | $280,300 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| B H Foxy Foundation | Van Nuys, CA | $250,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Heritage Hall | Oklahoma City, OK | $188,020 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trombone Shorty Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $145,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Philadelphia Fight | Overland Park, KS | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Philadelphia Fight | Philadelphia, PA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sarcoma Foundation of America | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc | Norman, OK | $91,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Mount of Angels | Van Nuys, CA | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Oklahoma City | Oklahoma City, OK | $68,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ou Foundation | Norman, OK | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oklahoma City Public Schools Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | $43,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Positive Tomorrows | Oklahoma City, OK | $36,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sarcoma Foundation of America | Damascus, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oklahoma K-Life Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | $20,750 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Citizens Caring for Children | Oklahoma City, OK | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cleats for Kids | Oklahoma City, OK | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| East Carolina University Medical and Health Sciences Foundation Inc | Greenville, NC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Archuleta County | Pagosa Springs, CO | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Homeless Alliance | Oklahoma City, OK | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Angels Foster Family Network | San Diego, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Oklahome K-Life Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| On Call Project | Oklahoma City, OK | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Team Rubicon | Los Angeles, CA | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bethany Public School Foundation | Bethany, OK | $10,100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Edmond Cpaaa | Edmond, OK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hope Center | Kansas City, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kimmel Center Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Make a Wish Foundation | Phoenix, AZ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mann Center for Performing Arts | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Project 66 | Edmond, OK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Make a Wish Foundation | Ballwin, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Make a Wish of Oklahoma | Oklahoma City, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oklahoma Youth Literacy Program | Oklahoma City, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sunbeam Family Services | Oklahoma City, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma | Oklahoma City, OK | $4,880 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nocc - Boston | Boston, MA | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kids Across America | Branson, MO | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bethany High School | Bethany, OK | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kids Joining Eternity | Edmond, OK | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oklahoma Crisis Nursery Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Patriot Project | North Canton, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Swcs Patriot Project | Yukon, OK | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
17 of 44 (39%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 60%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- B H Foxy Foundation
GENERAL OPERATING AND SUPPORT FOR THE MOUNT OF ANGELS INITIATIVE - Heritage Hall
GENERAL OPERATING AND SUPPORT - East Carolina University Medical and Health Sciences Foundation Inc
FUNDING OF THE JASPER L. LEWIS JR. PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY COLLABORATIVE ENDOWMENT FUND - Oklahoma K-Life Foundation
EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE AND GENERAL SUPPORT - University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc
OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PEDIATRIC DENTRISTY - JEROME B. MILLER ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 33 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | $6,250 | $3,125 |
| 2021 | 5 | $36,500 | $3,000 |
| 2022 | 6 | $171,500 | $8,000 |
| 2023 | 29 | $700,000 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 27 | $950,000 | $10,100 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 34% of this one's giving went to organizations in Oklahoma. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Oklahoma.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Jerome B Miller Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 7700 Shawnee Mission Parkway 101, Overland Park, KS, 66202. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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