The David B Miller Family Foundation

• This foundation operates strictly by invitation only and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a speculative approach is unlikely to succeed.
• Its grants go overwhelmingly to preselected charitable organisations, mostly in Texas, and fund unrestricted support to a university, a church, charitable service organisations, medical foundations, a community organisation and a preschool.
• A realistic request would sit around the median grant of $1,000,000, though amounts have ranged from $37,500 to $3,250,000.
• With 85% of its grant dollars going to organisations it had already funded in prior filings, this looks like a relationship-led funder that favours continuing ties over new applicants, so building a connection matters more than submitting a cold proposal.
• Given it does not take unsolicited requests, nonprofits without an existing relationship or an invitation should not apply.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Southern Methodist University · Unrestricted Use BySouthern Methodist University
  $3,250,0002025 tax year
• Highland Park United Methodist Church · Unrestricted Highland Park United Methodist Church
  $1,000,0002025 tax year
• Make-A-Wish Foundation · Unrestricted Use ByMake a Wish Foundation
  $1,000,0002025 tax year
• Salvation Army · Unrestricted Use BySalvation Army
  $1,000,0002025 tax year
• Goodwill Industries · Unrestricted Use ByGoodwill Industries
  $500,0002025 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

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.