Miller Foundation Grants $1.6 Million to Local Nonprofits
(Long Beach, CA) The Earl B. and Loraine H. Miller Foundation board unanimously approved funding f...
July 24, 2024
The Miller Foundation’s mission is to provide support for organizations serving the Long Beach community with emphasis on the health and well-being of children in need.
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Since 2000, the Miller Foundation has committed over 30 million dollars to Long Beach organizations to grow and advance the youth in Long Beach…
PROGRAM AREAS
The Miller Foundation is committed to investing our resources to give children living within these high-need neighborhoods the opportunity to flourish…
APPLICATION PROCESS
Within each of our three program areas we have designated a primary focus for grant making. This approach will enable us to concentrate resources…
Featured Program
The SmartStart Art Program
Five years ago, the Miller Foundation provided grant funding for a unique program centered around building students’ ability to explore, innovate and apply new ideas. The SmartStart Art program at Stevenson Elementary, created and run by teacher Ms. Nica Rumion, began as a volunteer co-op in a vacant classroom and approached art in a way that allowed children to think critically, to connect with their environment and to view art as not only a medium of creativity but of change.
With the continued support of our foundation and others, the program expanded to the entire school, then to several elementary campuses, and is now a model art program for all Long Beach Unified elementary schools. With the passing of State Proposition 28 in November of 2022, funding was provided that allowed SmartStart to stand on its own. We are proud to have been a part of this phenomenal opportunity to increase access for all children to arts education.
“I hope that all the children who are patients within the walls will find healing and love; and that they may go out the door with hope renewed to meet the world of tomorrow.”
~ Mrs. Loraine Miller ~
May 16, 1968