Funding search · EIN 521547070 · Ellicott City, MD

The Miller Family Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

116
grants reported
$568,468
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$2,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Top recipients

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  • First Lutheran Church2 grants · $105,000
  • First Lutheran Church2 grants · $89,500
  • Linwood Center2 grants · $52,000
  • Howard County Conservancy1 grant · $25,000
  • The Village of Augsberg1 grant · $25,000
  • Community Fndn of Howard County1 grant · $25,000
  • Lutheran Diaster Response2 grants · $11,000
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer2 grants · $8,500
  • Maryland Food Bank1 grant · $8,500
  • Mayo Clinic2 grants · $8,000

Giving over time

$165,750
2022
$99,152
2023
$125,066
2024
$178,500
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 116 grants.

  • $100,000

    First Lutheran Church · Ellicott City, MD · 2025

    Firm foundations

  • $75,000

    First Lutheran Church · Ellicott City, MD · 2024

    Foundation

  • $27,000

    Linwood Center · Ellicott City, MD · 2023

    Greenhouse project

  • $25,000

    Community Fndn of Howard County · Columbia, MD · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Howard County Conservancy · Woodstock, MD · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Linwood Center · Columbia, MD · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    The Village of Augsberg · Gwynn Oak, MD · 2022

    Memory care kitchen

  • $14,500

    First Lutheran Church · Ellicott City, MD · 2022

    Phase 1

  • $8,500

    Maryland Food Bank · Halethorpe, MD · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $6,000

    Christian Appalachan Projecyt · Lexington, KY · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $6,000

    Lutheran Diaster Response · Merrifield, VA · 2022

    Ukraine

  • $6,000

    Meals On Wheels Central Md · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,700

    Salvation Army · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,500

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer · New York, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    First Lutheran Church · Ellicott City, MD · 2025

    Christmas Baskets

  • $5,000

    Friends in Need Foundation · New York, NY · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    US Flooding Lutheran Diaster Relief · Merrifield, VA · 2025

    Diaster relief

  • $5,000

    Lutheran Diaster Response · Merrifield, VA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Alzeiimers Association · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    American Humane Society · Washington, DC · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Free Bikes 4 Kidz Ma · Columbia, MD · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    International Rescue Committee · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    St Judes Children Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    St Mathews House · Fort Myers, FL · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    United Lutheran Seminary · Gettysburg, PA · 2022

    Advancement

  • $5,000

    University of Cumberlands · Williamsburg, KY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Wounded Warrior · Topeka, KS · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $4,000

    A Home of Our Own Howard · Simpsonville, MD · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $4,000

    Lupus Foundation of America · Washington, DC · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $3,500

    Aspca · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $3,300

    Alzheimers Disease Research · Clarksburg, MD · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Amercian Cancer Society · Hagerstown, MD · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Macular Degeneration Research · Clarksburg, MD · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    United Luthern Seminary · Gettysburg, PA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Howard Comm College Foundation · Columbia, MD · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Howard County Conservancy · Woodstock, MD · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Santa Claus Anonymous · Parkville, MD · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $2,502

    National Federation for the Blind · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Howard County Medicalcenter · Columbia, MD · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Alzheimers Disease Research · Clarksburg, MD · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Grassroots Crisis Center · Columbia, MD · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Lutheran World Relief · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    American Institute for Cancer Resea · Washington, DC · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Boy Scouts of America · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Special Olympics Maryland · Halethorpe, MD · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Ctr · New York, NY · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Trader Fndn for Md Burial Sites · Gaithersburg, MD · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Alzheimers Disease Research · Clarksburg, MD · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Coalition To Protect Md Cemeteries · Ellicott City, MD · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Habitat for Humanity · Columbia, MD · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Home of Our Own Howard · Simpsonville, MD · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    St Judes Childrens Research Hospi · Memphis, TN · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Y of Central Marylan · Towson, MD · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Free Bikes 4 Kidz Md · Columbia, MD · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Howardeco Works · Columbia, MD · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Johns Hopkins Ho Co Medical Center · Columbia, MD · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Meals On Wheels Central Md · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Salvation Army · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Disaster Aid USA · Lanham, MD · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Grassroots Crisis Center · Columbia, MD · 2022

    Cold weather program

  • $2,000

    Habitat for Humanity · Halethorpe, MD · 2022

    Covid care

  • $2,000

    National Federation for the Blind · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Y of Central Maryland · Towson, MD · 2022

    Y open doors

  • $1,600

    Macular Degeneration Research · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,600

    Doctors Without Borders USA · Hagerstown, MD · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,500

    Evangelical Lutheran Church in Amer · Merrifield, VA · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $1,500

    United Lutheran Seminary · Gettysburg, PA · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $1,500

    Mercy Ships · Garden Valley, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,500

    Guideposts Foundation · Danbury, CT · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,500

    Johns Hopkins Melanoma · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,500

    Santa Claus Anonymous · Parkville, MD · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,500

    Childrens Natl Hosp Fdntn · Silver Spring, MD · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    America Institute for Cancer Resear · Washington, DC · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    University of Cumberlands · Williamsburg, KY · 2025

    Office of development

  • $1,000

    Arc of Howard County · Ellicott City, MD · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Boy Scouts of America · Washington, DC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Fuel Fund of Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Lupus Foundation of America · Pikesville, MD · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Salvation Army of Central Md · Santa Monica, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    The Rotary Foundation · Port Chester, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Aid for Starving Childen · Windsor, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    American Kidney Fund · Rockville, MD · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Ecla World Hunger · Merrifield, VA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Habitat for Humanity · Halethorpe, MD · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Howard County Autism Society · Columbia, MD · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Howard County Conservancy · Woodstock, MD · 2023

    Water damage

  • $1,000

    Living Classrooms Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Lutheran Home Augsberg · Gwynn Oak, MD · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Parkinson Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Prosate Cancer Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Salem Lutheran Church · Catonsville, MD · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    St Mathews House · Fort Myers, FL · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    The Leukemia Lymphoma Society · Port Chester, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    The Rotary Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    University of Sumberlands · Williamsburg, KY · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Food for the Poor of Md · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Living Classrooms Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2022

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.