THE JACK MILLER CENTER FOR TEACHING
Annual Giving
$485K-41% YoY
Grants
19
Median Grant
$20K
Organizations Funded
50
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Foundation Overview
Mission
The Jack Miller Center's mission is to reinvigorate education in America's founding principles and history from K-12 through college; Their vision is for every student in America to learn about the nation's institutions, freedoms, and values. The organization aims to ignite a renaissance of civic purpose and awareness in American higher education with ripple effects in K-12 classrooms and beyond.
Focus Areas
Grant Types
Funded Initiatives
$1.7 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation to expand the Civics Foundations Graduate Consortium, a partnership designed to advance rigorous, content-rich graduate education for civics and U.S. history teachers. Supports 109 academic centers on college campuses with affiliations with 1,014 professors.
How to Apply
Various academic opportunities including Miller Fellows program, teaching excellence awards, academic job postings, and conference paper submissions. Different opportunities have specific deadlines and application processes rather than a centralized portal.
Does Not Fund
The Jack Miller Center is a nonpartisan 501(c)3 public foundation that does not engage in political advocacy on behalf of any party, political candidate, or policy.
Based on publicly available information from the foundation's 990 filings and website.
Giving History
$485K
Grants
19
Median
$20K
States
12
$817K
Grants
36
Median
$13K
States
21
$1.6M
Grants
50
Median
$15K
States
26
Grant Size Distribution
$20K
Typical Grant (Median)
$6K
Smallest
$13K
25th Pctile
$31K
75th Pctile
$66K
Largest
Excludes grants ≤ $5K. Half fall between $13K and $31K.
Largest Recent Grants
$66K
2024
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
WI · HISTORY/GOV'T EDUCAT
$61K
2024
COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
SC · HISTORY/GOV'T EDUCAT
$52K
2024
LEE UNIVERSITY
TN · HISTORY/GOV'T PROGRA
$50K
2024
XAVIER UNIVERSITY
OH · HISTORY/GOV'T EDUCAT
$34K
2024
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
AZ · CIVIC DISCOURSE PROJ
Geographic Focus
Top states by total grant dollars. Based on IRS filing data.
Financial Overview
Grants paid shown as percentage of total assets
Data sourced from IRS 990 and 990-PF filings and publicly available foundation websites. Grant data, financial figures, and organizational details reflect historical filings and may not represent current operations or funding priorities. Verify directly with the foundation before applying. See an issue? Let us know.