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Cy Miller Foundation

Accepts applications Omaha, Nebraska · EIN 363818158

Cy Miller Foundation is a private foundation in Omaha, Nebraska. In tax year 2025 it gave $31,600 in 7 grants; the typical grant was $5,000 and the largest $6,500. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $30,000 the year before.

0% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$28,1008$427,125
2024$30,0008$441,609
2025$31,6007$442,336

How to apply

ContactFirst National Bank of Omaha
121 W Lincoln Hwy, Dekalb, IL 60115
Phone or email(630) 553-6128
What to submitCompletion of application provided by foundation
DeadlinesDecember 15th
RestrictionsGrants only provided to 501(c)3 organizations located in dekalb or sycamore, Illinois

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Cy Miller Foundation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Illinois.

StateGrantsAmount
Illinois7$31,600

Grants paid in 2025

All 7 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Childrens Learning Center
Dekalb, IL
Unrestricted grant$6,500
The Growing Place
Dekalb, IL
Unrestricted grant$6,500
ADVENTURE WORKS Of DEKALB COUNTY
Dekalb, IL
Charitable contribution$5,000
Kishwaukee Family YMCA
Sycamore, IL
Unrestricted grant$5,000
Boy Scouts of America Three Fires Council
St Charles, IL
Unrestricted grant$3,500
Ellwood House Association
Dekalb, IL
Unrestricted grant$3,100
Tails Humane Society Michelle Groeper
Dekalb, IL
Unrestricted grant$2,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Cy Miller Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: December 15th.

How much does Cy Miller Foundation give?

$31,600 in tax year 2025, across 7 grants, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs Cy Miller Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists First National Bank of Omaha (Trustee), Vincent A Boone (Director) and Brian Rosenow (Director).

What does Cy Miller Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly youth programs.

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