Ted and Cookie Miller Foundation

• The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests and contributes only to preselected charitable organisations, so organisations without an existing connection to it should not send a request.
• Its filings show that 92% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in one of its two earlier filings, so a relationship that leads to an invitation matters more than a cold approach.
• Its grants to organisations have mostly been modest: about 8 in 10 fall between $550 and $200,000, which is a typical band rather than a limit, the median grant was $5,000, and half of its 24 grants were $5,000 or less.
• The filing shows grants mainly in Michigan and Florida, but no geographic focus is stated, so other areas are not ruled out.
• Its recorded purposes are described simply as charitable, and its grants include a school and organisations working in cancer support, the performing arts and environmental activity, alongside other education and community bodies.

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

• Regina High School · Charitable
  $200,0002024 tax year
• Pediatric Oncology Support Team · Charitable
  $15,0002024 tax year
• Extraordinary Charities · Charitable
  $7,2032024 tax year
• Kravis Center · Charitable
  $6,5482024 tax year
• Rosarian Academy · Charitable
  $5,2502024 tax year
• Extraordinary Charities · Charitable
  $3,5002024 tax year
• Sea Turtle Adventures · Charitable
  $2,9072024 tax year
• Connections Education Center · Charitable
  $2,5502024 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.