Jack Miller Family Foundation (JMFF)

The Jack Miller Family Foundation (JMFF) is a private grantmaking organization that primarily supports nonprofit organizations with a focus on freedom and Jewish initiatives associated with the family of Chicago-area businessman Jack Miller. 1 Before the Jack Miller Family Foundation was organized in 2005, the Miller family’s philanthropy was conducted through the Audrey and Jack Miller Family Charitable Foundation, the Jack and Goldie Wolfe Miller Foundation, and the JM Freedom Foundation. 2

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At-A-Glance

Type: Non-profit, 501(c)(3), Private Foundation
Website: gojmff.org
Formation:

2005

President:

Jack Miller

President’s Salary (2022):

$0 3

Location: Buffalo Grove, IL View on map
Tax ID: 20-1930514
Most Recent Filing: 2024
Budget (2024): Assets: $936,301 Revenue: $5,472,076 Expenses: $4,875,328

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    The Jack and Goldie Wolfe Miller Fund is a fund related to the Jack Miller Family Foundation. 4

    Grantmaking

    The Jack Miller Family Foundation primarily provides grants to organizations with a focus on freedom and Jewish initiatives. JMFF’s grants supporting freedom initiatives are given to organizations focused on education, including those promoting, defending, and advocating America’s founding principles. 5 JMFF’s grants supporting Jewish initiatives are given to organizations focused on defending the State of Israel, strengthening Jewish identity in the U.S., combating antisemitism, and supporting the social welfare of Jews worldwide. 6

    The Jack Miller Family Foundation also provides grants to educational and training programs that support people becoming their best, organizations supporting medical research and treatment methods focused mainly on issues experienced by members of Jack Miller’s family, and community organizations primarily located in the Chicago metropolitan area and Palm Beach County, Florida. 7

    Projects and Partner Organizations

    The Jack Miller Family Foundation provides financial support to its partner organizations, which include the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy, the Goldie B. Wolfe Miller Women Leaders in Real Estate Initiative, and the Jack Miller Center for Teaching America’s Founding Principles and History. 8 Financial support to its partner, the Leading Edge Alliance, is provided by the Jack and Goldie Wolfe Miller Fund, a fund related to JMFF. 4

    The American Civics and History Initiative (ACHI) is a joint project of the Jack Miller Center, the Bill of Rights Institute, and the Ashbrook Center. ACHI is a multi-year project, first launched in Florida, that seeks to deepen the knowledge of social studies teachers at the middle and high school levels. ACHI aims to create patriotic citizens through civics education that teaches America’s founding principles and history while reversing education movements that have minimized, denigrated, or omitted these issues from civics curricula. 9

    Board of Directors

    Jack Miller is the president and chair of the board of JMFF. Miller is the founder of the Quill Corporation, the founder and chair emeritus of the Jack Miller Center, the chair emeritus of the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy, and a partner at the Benida Group. 1

    Goldie Wolfe Miller is the vice president and secretary of the board of JMFF. Miller is the president of Millbrook Corporate Real Estate Services, the founder of the Goldie B. Miller Women Leaders in Real Estate Initiative at Roosevelt University, and a member of the board of the Jack Miller Center. 10

    Eric Achepohl is the treasurer of the board of JMFF and the CEO of the Benida Group. 11

    Scott Hirsch is the assistant treasurer of the board of JMFF, the CFO of the Benida Group, and a member of the board of the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy. 12

    Other members of the board include Judith N. Joy, Alicia Oberman, Bethany Shiner, and Shoshanna Bernstein. 13

    Financial Statistics

    Total Assets

    Total Revenue

    Total Expenses

    YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
    2024 $936,301 $5,472,076 $4,875,328 View
    2023 $1,538,969 $2,840,243 $5,011,581 View
    2022 $1,959,739 $637,476 $4,626,916 View
    2021 $5,921,022 $6,356,724 $4,121,447 View
    2020 $3,649,797 $5,844,918 $4,492,572 View

    Prior year filings: 2019, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

    Expenses Detail

    Grant Activity

    All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:

    • Total Grant Value: $20,246,117
    • Number of Grants: 581
    • Number of Recipients: 233

    Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:

    AmountYearFunderSubject
    $1,600,0002022 Jack Miller Center for Teaching America's Founding Principles and HistoryGeneral Operating Support
    $275,0002022 Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan ChicagoGeneral Operating Support
    $213,0002022 The Goldie InitiativeGeneral Operating Support
    $140,0002022 Jack Miller Center for Teaching America's Founding Principles and HistoryProject Support
    $125,0002022 Foundation for Peripheral NeuropathyGeneral Operating Support
    $125,0002022 Jewish Funders NetworkProject
    $125,0002022 Leading Edge Alliance IncProject
    $100,0002022 Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan ChicagoProject Support
    $75,0002022 Foundation for the Defense of Democracies IncGeneral Operating Support
    $60,0002022 FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCESOther
    $50,0002022 Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois IncProject Support
    $50,0002022 Interfaithfamilycom IncGeneral Operating Support
    $48,0002022 The Shalem FoundationProject Support
    $30,0002022 Moving TraditionsGeneral Operating Support
    $30,0002022 Moving TraditionsProject Support
    $28,0002022 Reading In MotionGeneral Operating Support
    $27,5002022 Slingshot FundGeneral Operating Support
    $27,5002022 The Society of the Four Arts IncGeneral Operating Support
    $25,0002022 American Israel Education Foundation IncGeneral Operating Support
    $25,0002022 Ayn Rand Institute the Center for the Advancement of ObjectivismProject Support
    $25,0002022 Bradley Impact Fund IncGeneral Operating Support
    $25,0002022 Chicago Women in TradesGeneral Operating Support
    $25,0002022 Honeymoon Israel Foundation Inc.General Operating Support
    $25,0002022 Jewish Agency for Israel – North American CouncilGeneral Operating Support
    $25,0002022 Jewish Institute for Liberal Values IncGeneral Operating Support

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    References

    1. “Jack Miller.” Jack Miller Center. Accessed December 1, 2024. https://jackmillercenter.org/team/board/jack-miller.
    2.  “Donor Philosophy.” Jack Miller Family Foundation. Accessed December 1, 2024. https://gojmff.org/who-we-are/donor-philosophy/.
    3. Jack Miller Family Foundation, Return of Private Foundation (Form 990-PF), 2022, Part VII, Line 1.
    4. “Supporters.” Leading Edge. Accessed December 1, 2024. https://www.leadingedge.org/page/supporters.
    5. “Freedom Initiatives.” Jack Miller Family Foundation. Accessed December 1, 2024. https://gojmff.org/program-areas/freedom-initiatives/.
    6. “Jewish Initiatives.” Jack Miller Family Foundation. Accessed December 1, 2024. https://gojmff.org/program-areas/jewish-initiatives/.
    7. “Other Initiatives.” Jack Miller Family Foundation. Accessed December 1, 2024. https://gojmff.org/program-areas/other-initiatives/.
    8.  Jack Miller Family Foundation, Return of Private Foundation (Form 990-PF), 2019, Part XV report.
    9. “ACHI – American Civics and History Initiative.” Jack Miller Family Foundation. Accessed December 1, 2024. https://gojmff.org/partners-programs/achi-american-civics-and-history-initiative/.
    10. “Goldie Wolfe Miller.” Jack Miller Center. Accessed December 1, 2024. https://jackmillercenter.org/team/board/goldie-miller.
    11. “Eric Achepohl.” LinkedIn. Accessed December 1, 2024. https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-achepohl-a685a48/.
    12. “Leadership.” The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy. Accessed December 1, 2024. https://www.foundationforpn.org/leadership/.
    13. “Board of Directors.” Jack Miller Family Foundation. Accessed December 1, 2024. https://gojmff.org/who-we-are/board-of-directors/.