Our Mission
The Jack Miller Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to reinvigorating education in America’s founding principles and history, an education vital to thoughtful and engaged citizenship.
Our Work
We have four strategies:
- Renew the serious study of America’s founding principles and history in higher education.
- Transform K-12 teacher education for civics and history teachers.
- Build the premier online American tradition library and learning tool.
- Grow the nationwide movement to strengthen American civic education.
Jack Miller, along with a team of academic and nonprofit foundation experts, began working with scholars in 2004 in response to mounting evidence that college graduates— the future leaders of our country—lacked the knowledge of America’s founding principles and history necessary to be informed and engaged citizens. The Jack Miller Center for Teaching America’s Founding Principles and History became an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan 501(c)(3) operating foundation in October 2007. In 2010 the IRS granted the Jack Miller Center advanced ruling as a public charity. Today, there are more than 1,000 JMC Fellows at over 300 college campuses across the country.