Miller Family Foundation

OVERVIEW: The Miller Family Foundation supports health, medical research, Jewish causes, and women and children in New Jersey and the Greater Tri-State Area.

FUNDING AREAS: Health, medical research, Jewish causes, women and children

IP TAKE: This funder lacks transparency and awards small, locally focused grants.

PROFILE: The Miller Family Foundation is the foundation of Susan and Michael Miller of South Orange, New Jersey. It’s an independent foundation that focuses on local issues in New Jersey. Susan Miller is the foundation president, Michael Miller serves as treasurer, while Andrew Miller of Livingston, New Jersey, is the vice president. Grantmaking areas of interest include health, medical research, Jewish causes, and women and children’s causes.

The foundation does not have a website to guide grantseekers. However, it often provides general operating support to local causes in its region of focus. Past support includes health organizations such as the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Jewish organizations such as the Jewish Federation of New Jersey and the National Council of Jewish Women in Livingston, New Jersey.

Foundation grants range between $100 and $2,000. Review the funder’s recent tax records to learn more about its local giving. The foundation’s giving is largely focused on the New Jersey communities of South Orange, Livingston and Morristown. Major medical institutions in New York also receive this funder’s support. It rarely awards grants outside the tri-state area. Also, the foundation does not publicly share its grantmaking guidelines.

This foundation does not accept unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits. The phone number to reach the foundation staff is 973-761-1084.

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