Lou and Connie Miller Charitable Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Its recorded giving centres on scholarships and education, with support also for arts education, museums, food-bank services and senior citizens, so work in those areas fits its pattern best.
- Its typical grant runs from $5,000 to $200,000, with about 8 in 10 of its 53 grants in that band and a median of $20,000, so a request near the middle is a realistic starting point; its largest grant was $700,000, so the band is not a ceiling.
- Repeat giving is strong, with 99% of its grant dollars going to organisations it had already funded, so a first-time applicant should expect a harder route and may want an existing connection before writing.
- Send a letter for the trustees with your name, address, taxpayer identification number and type, a copy of your Form 990 and your IRS letter of exempt status; no deadlines are given, so you can write whenever your request is ready.
- The filing shows grants mainly in Oklahoma, but no geographic focus is stated, so do not assume it is closed to organisations elsewhere.
Overview
Lou and Connie Miller Charitable Foundation is a US private foundation based in Tulsa, OK.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation’s grants have supported scholarship endowments and scholarships, as well as law professors’ library provision and university courses. Its giving also includes support for a national ballet company, alternative secondary education, a museum, arts education, public parks and a botanical garden. Other grants have supported food-bank services, prison outreach, services for senior citizens and people with physical challenges, churches and residential support for young people. Overall, the recorded grants combine education-related awards with operating and project support for cultural, community and social-service organisations.
Themes
From its grants, not stated by the foundation:
- Scholarships
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Oklahoma.
How to apply
Send a letter with information for the trustees to decide the request, including the organisation’s name, address, taxpayer identification number and type, a copy of its filed Form 990, and the IRS letter approving its exempt status.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 99% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 53 grants to organisations were $20,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 27% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 99% of grant dollars went to organisations Lou and Connie Miller Charitable Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 17 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $10,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- University of Oklahoma Foundation · Endowed Scholarship$700,0002024 tax year
- Oklahoma State University Foundation · Endowed Scholarship$300,0002024 tax year
- Tulsa Ballet Theatre · Support of National Ballet Company$75,0002024 tax year
- Street School · General Operations for Alternative Secondary Education$50,0002024 tax year
- First Americans Museum · General Operations$30,0002024 tax year
- University of Oklahoma College of Law · Faculty Center$25,0002024 tax year
- Tulsa River Parks Authority · Turkey Mountain Improvements$25,0002024 tax year
- Tulsa Girls Art School · General Operations$15,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Madeline K Gilmore — Secretary / Treasurer
- W Kirk Clausing — Vice-President
- Max R Vowel — President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $929,967 | $838,000 | $21,530,935 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $884,341 | $813,800 | $22,297,829 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $1,367,351 | $1,295,000 | $23,150,877 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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Applying to Lou and Connie Miller Charitable Foundation?
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- (918) 745-0417
- clausing@swbell.net
- Tulsa, OK
Applying to Lou and Connie Miller Charitable Foundation?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- (918) 745-0417
- clausing@swbell.net
- Tulsa, OK