The Jack Miller Center for Teaching
Bala Cynwyd, PA · EIN 26-1147689. Reported 194 grants totalling $5,259,243 to 85 organizations across tax years 2021-2025, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For The Jack Miller Center for Teaching, the IRS classifies it as a private operating foundation (NTEE T23).
- How spread out its giving is. 85 distinct organizations, with 9% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 62% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 56% median for grantmaking charities -- lower than the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $15,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $26,100; the smallest was $5,021 and the largest $445,570. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Miller Center Foundation | Charlottesvle, VA | $486,760 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Utah Valley University | Orem, UT | $453,570 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| University of Texas-Austin University of Texas-Austin | Austin, TX | $276,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison University of Wisconsin-Madison | Madison, WI | $253,214 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Baylor University | Waco, TX | $235,872 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sefaria Inc | New York, NY | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | $183,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Coastal Carolina University Cincinnatus Center | Conway, SC | $173,245 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $154,095 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Lee University | Cleveland, TN | $145,935 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI | $111,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Miami University | Oxford, OH | $109,080 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trustees of Tufts College | Medford, MA | $107,502 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| University of West Florida University of West Florida | Pensacola, FL | $106,848 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Arizona State University Arizona State University | Tempe, AZ | $93,410 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American University | Washington, DC | $86,559 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Christopher Newport University Educational Foundation Inc | Newport News, VA | $85,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| University of North Texas University of North Texas | Denton, TX | $80,654 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Xavier University | Cincinnati, OH | $79,248 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Nebraska-Omaha University of Nebraska-Omaha | Omaha, NE | $75,956 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | Washington, DC | $71,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Boston College Trustees | Chestnut Hill, MA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Houston University of Houston | Houston, TX | $59,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Belmont Abbey College | Belmont, NC | $57,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| James Madison University | Harrisonburg, VA | $57,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Assumption University | Worcester, MA | $54,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education | Reno, NV | $54,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Jacksonville State University Foundation | Jacksonville, AL | $52,365 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Villanova University | Villanova, PA | $52,250 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | $48,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Samford University | Birmingham, AL | $48,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Yeshiva University Straus Center | New York, NY | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Benedictine College | Atchison, KS | $38,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Foundation Inc | Eau Claire, WI | $37,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Americas Future Foundation | Washington, DC | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Alaska | Fairbanks, AK | $33,539 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Linfield University | Mcminnville, OR | $33,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Regent University | Virginia Bch, VA | $33,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Toledo University of Toledo | Toledo, OH | $32,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| President & Fellows of Middlebury College | Middlebury, VT | $32,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Museum of the American Revolution | Philadelphia, PA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Providence | Great Falls, MT | $29,720 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of West Florida University of West Florida | Pensacola, FL | $29,375 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Admiral Farragut Academy Inc | St Petersburg, FL | $29,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Catholic University of America | Washington, DC | $27,800 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| State University of New York-Genesc SUNY-Genesco | Genesco, NY | $27,760 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| North Greenville University | Tigerville, SC | $27,266 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Institute of World Politics | Washington, DC | $26,850 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| University of Wisconsin-Stout University of Wisconsin-Stout | Menomonie, WI | $26,100 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Louisiana State University Lousiana State | Baton Rouge, LA | $26,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Regents of the University of California | Oakland, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Ohio State University | Columbus, OH | $23,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Emory University | Atlanta, GA | $22,300 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ave Maria University Inc | Ave Maria, FL | $21,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Dallas | Irving, TX | $20,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Ohio University of Ohio | Athens, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Texas State University Texas State Dept of Political Scie | San Marcos, TX | $19,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Oklahoma University of Oklahoma | Norman, OK | $19,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Georgia American Founding Group | Athens, GA | $17,870 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Carthage College | Kenosha, WI | $16,700 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Christendom Educational Corporation | Front Royal, VA | $16,450 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Oglethorpe University Inc | Brookhaven, GA | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | Denver, CO | $15,475 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| City College of New York City College Dept of Political Sci | New York, NY | $15,021 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Boise State University Boise State University | Boise, ID | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for American Progress | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Montana Foundation | Missoula, MT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Great Questions Foundation | Austin, TX | $13,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Claremont Mckenna College | Claremont, CA | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of Florida | Gainesville, FL | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Trustees of Purdue University | West Lafayette, IN | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Bellarmine University | Louisville, KY | $10,700 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| George Fox University | Newberg, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hudson Institute Inc | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Saint Vincent College | Latrobe, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| United States Military Academy at W Unites States Military Academy at W | West Point, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St Marys College of California | Moraga, CA | $9,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Clemson University Clemson Institute- Study Capitilism | Clemson, SC | $7,717 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Knox College | Galesburg, IL | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Seton Hill University | Greensburg, PA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Bipartisan Policy Center Inc | Washington, DC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Skidmore College | Saratoga Spgs, NY | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Philosophical Society | Philadelphia, PA | $5,037 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
54 of 85 (64%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 52 of 85 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 44 | $1,107,979 | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 50 | $1,590,353 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 36 | $817,422 | $13,241 |
| 2024 | 19 | $485,384 | $20,000 |
| 2025 | 45 | $1,258,105 | $13,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
13% of its giving went to organizations in Texas. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
Down to the city
Foundations that fund only organizations they pick gave to this one
8 private foundations that told the IRS they contribute only to organizations they select themselves reported 12 grants totalling $3,226,132 to The Jack Miller Center for Teaching. That is 23% of the 35 funders we can see giving to it. Those 8 foundations do not take unsolicited requests -- their own returns say so. The IRS classifies this organization as a grantmaking organization.
3 of them gave in more than one tax year, which is the only durability signal the filings carry.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application here reaches that money. A grant from a closed foundation is often a designated gift or a donor-advised fund earmarked by whoever gave it, and has nothing to do with any open programme this organization runs. Neither tax return says which, so neither do we. The list below is who put money in. It is not a route to it.
| Foundation | State | Reported | Grants | Years | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Uihlein Family Foundation | Illinois | $3,100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Red Bird Hollow Foundation | Illinois | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Dunn Foundation | Pennsylvania | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Considine Family Foundation | Colorado | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Satell Family Foundation | Pennsylvania | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Beach Foundation | Pennsylvania | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation | Illinois | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Washington | $132 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
A linked name has a page of its own. We publish one for a foundation that takes no unsolicited requests only when a real share of its giving goes to organizations that make grants themselves, and that page opens by saying it does not take requests.
Both the count and the total are floors. A foundation appears here only where its return named this organization clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows. There are more; we cannot name them.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $15,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Texas.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Jack Miller Center for Teaching's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 45 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 3 Bala Plaza West Suite 401, Bala Cynwyd, PA, 19004.
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