JM Foundation

Jeremiah Milbank created The JM Foundation in 1924. Originally its mission was to help integrate people with disabilities from WWI into American life at a time where they were quite stigmatizing. He proponent of limited government and the "independent liberty" of Social Darwinist thought popular around universities like Yale during his age. "To realize his vision, The JM Foundation Directors support activities that foster self-sufficiency, personal responsibility, and private initiative." [1]

Milbank helped Herbert Hoover found the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, and served as their treasurer for 25 years.

The Foundation’s current philanthropic goals are to encourage market-oriented public policy solutions; to enhance America’s unique system of free enterprise, entrepreneurship, private property ownership, and voluntarism; and to strengthen American families.he JM Foundation reports $29 million in assets for 1999, with $1.2 million in giving.

According to Media Transparency between 1995 and 2004 the Foundation contributed $ 9,285,243 to the following groups (with those that received most at the top of the list).

Notable Giving

Some of the more notable groups include:

• Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace
• Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Inc.
• Independent Women's Forum
• Heritage Foundation, The
• Heartland Institute
• Goldwater Institute
• Hudson Institute, Inc.
• Cato Institute
• Center for Security Policy
• Competitive Enterprise Institute
• American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
• Institute for Humane Studies
• Cascade Policy Institute
• Institute of World Politics
• Freedom House, Inc.
• Layalina Productions
• Wildlife Conservation Society
• Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation, The
• Center for Media and Public Affairs, Inc.
• Empowerment Network Foundation, The
• American Studies Center, The
• Mountain States Legal Foundation

2010 Giving

According to the Foundation's website [2], grants for 2010 included:

• American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research $40,000
• American Spectator Foundation $25,000
• America's Future Foundation $20,000 To expand state chapters
• Atlas Economic Research Foundation $30,000
• Boys & Girls Clubs of America $150,000 Toward The Executive Leadership Development Initiative
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Virginia $5,000 For youth services
• Boys & Girls Clubs of the Lowcountry $25,000 To support the Jasper County Boys & Girls Clubs
• Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions $25,000 To increase economic freedom and entrepreneurship
• Common Sense Institute of New Jersey $30,000 For research on educational choice and government transparency
• [[Donors Trust $60,000]] To promote patient-centered health care and assist emerging young journalists

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History]] $30,000 To support high school programs

• The Heritage Foundation $25,000 For coalition building
• Herbert Hoover Presidential Library $2,500 To support the Uncommon Awards Program]]

Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace]] $40,000 For the Task Force On Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity

• Illinois Policy Institute $30,000 Toward economic reform
• Institute for Humane Studies $30,000 For internships at state think tanks
• Institute for Responsible Citizenship $25,000 To support summer programs for college students
• Intercollegiate Studies Institute $25,000 For the Lehrman American Studies Center
• LCU Foundation $5,000 Toward an educational video
• Manhattan Institute $50,000 To launch the Centerfor Start and Local Leadership
• Mississippi Center for Public Policy $30,000 To reduce the size and scope of state government
• National Taxpayers Union Foundation $25,000 For entitlement reform
• Philanthropy Roundtable $25,000 To support the Alliance for Charitable Reform
• South Carolina Policy Council $25,000 Toward a statewide marketing campaign
• State Policy Network $75,000 To strengthen state think tanks
• Vincent Memorial Hospital $10,000 For research fellowships
• Young America's Foundation $25,000 For the Reagan 100 Initiative

Directors

• Jeremiah Milbank, Jr., President Emeritus
• Jeremiah M. Bogert, Vice President
• Wm. Lee Hanley, Jr., Treasurer
• Jeremiah Milbank III, President
• Peter C. Morse, Secretary
• Mary Caslin Ross

Staff

• Carl Helstrom, Executive Director and Assistant Treasurer
• Carmel Mazzola, Administrative Assistant
• Chris Olander, Executive Director Emeritus and Assistant Secretary
• Vicki Puluso, Administrative Assistant
• Jack Brauntuch, Special Counselor

Source

Contact Details

JM Foundation
Chris K. Olander, Executive Director
60 E. 42nd Street, Room 1651
New York, NY 10165
Phone: 212 687-7735
FAX: 212 697-5495
URL: http://www.foundationcenter.org/grantmaker/jm/history_jm.html