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Frances Goll Mills Fund at a glance

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Frances Goll Mills Fund

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$220k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Religion$491kCommunity Improvement$281kHuman Services$245kHealth$225kEducation$170kPhilanthropy$119kHousing & Shelter$100kYouth Development$85kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $4k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $42k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $174k
$20,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GREAT LAKES BAY HEALTH CENTERS$100,000
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH$74,300
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO$20,000
SAGINAW COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$12,065
UNITED WAY OF BAY COUNTY$10,000
DELTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION$4,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–23, $65k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE DIAPER ALLIANCE: $10k → 9%GREAT LAKES BAY FOUNDATION: $15k → 14%YWCA GREAT LAKES BAY REGION: $15k → 14%GREAT LAKES BAY FOUNDATION: $15k → 14%YWCA- GREAT LAKE BAY REGION: $10k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 15 repeat orgs$430k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
18

Total granted

$1.3M
$410k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+23%

Still filing today

73%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • GL
    Great Lakes Bay Health Centers
    2× · 2022–2025 · $200k · revenue +60%
  • SF
    SAGINAW FUTURE INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $150k · revenue +36%
  • CA
    COVENANT ACADEMIES FOUNDATION
    2× · 2018–2021 · $130k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • FW
    First Ward Community Servicegraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +32%
  • FC
    FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF KALAMAZOO
    one grant, 2024 · $75k
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE GREAT LAKES BAY REGION
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +23%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Saginaw County Chamber of Commerce

To be a catalyst for economic and community progress within the great lakes bay region.

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2
Great Lakes Community Action Partnership

The mission of great lakes community action partnership is to create partnerships and opportunites to help individuals, families and communities thrive.

Human Services
3
Bay Area Chamber of Commerce

To faciliatate and collaborate on programs that support a thriving community and economic growth in bay county and the great lakes bay region.

—
4
Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance

To champion and support regional collaboration and initiatives that help grow the great lakes bay region.

Community Improvement
5
Greater Sandusky Partnership

To improve the region's quality of life and economic competitiveness in order to position it as the greatest destination on the great lakes to live, work, and invest.

—
6
Saginaw County Business & Education Partnership Inc

The mission of the partnership is driving workforce solutions through community partnership. the partnership plans to accomplish its mission by facilitating activities for career preparation, school-to-work and school improvement.

Employment
7
Barry County United Way

None

Philanthropy
8
Great Lakes Bay Region Quality of Life Council

Identifying, promoting, and creating awareness for projects to improve the quality of life for citizens of the great lakes bay area.

Environment
9
Greater Green Bay Chamber of Commerce Inc

To strengthen member businesses, enhance economic and workforce development, and improve the quality of life in our community and region.

—
10
Business Leaders for Michigan

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

—
11
United Way of Greater Central Michigan

United way provides leadership and resources to improve the quality of life in our community by generating revenue, creating awareness and engaging volunteers.

—
12
Business Leaders for Michigan Foundation

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bay Area Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Antique Toy and Firehouse Museum. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

28 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 28 of the 38 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
17/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH UCC: $260,944 · OtherFIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH UCCFIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH: $150,465 · OtherFIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHSAGINAW-SHIAWASSEE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $100,000 · OtherSAGINAW-SHIAWASSEE HABITAT FOR HUMANITYFirst Ward Community Service: $100,000 · OtherFirst Ward Community ServiceYMCA OF SAGINAW: $90,000 · OtherYMCA OF SAGINAWFIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF KALAMAZOO: $75,000 · OtherFIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF KALAMAZOOBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE GREAT LAKES BAY REGION: $50,000 · Other+15 more: $200,500 · Other+15 moreGreat Lakes Bay Health Centers: $200,000 · HealthGreat Lakes B…LIFECLINIC COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $25,000 · HealthLIFECLINIC CO…SAGINAW FUTURE INC: $150,000 · EducationSAGINAW FU…READ Association of Saginaw County: $9,745 · EducationREAD Assoc…DELTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $8,000 · EducationCOVENANT ACADEMIES FOUNDATION: $130,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOVENANT …GIRL SCOUTS HEART OF MICHIGAN: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOU…Saginaw Community Foundation: $79,065 · PhilanthropyBAY AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTHE FRANKENMUTH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyBAY FUTURE INC: $60,000 · Community ImprovementPRIDE IN SAGINAW INC: $25,500 · Community ImprovementGREAT LAKES BAY FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Human ServicesYWCA GREAT LAKES BAY REGION: $25,000 · Human ServicesTHE DIAPER ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 · Human Services
Other$1,026,909Health$225,000Education$167,745Youth Development$150,000Philanthropy$104,065Community Improvement$85,500Human Services$65,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGreat Lakes Bay Health Centers: $200,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAGINAW FUTURE INC: $150,000 over 2y, 9.3% of budgetCOVENANT ACADEMIES FOUNDATION: $130,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetSAGINAW-SHIAWASSEE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $100,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetFirst Ward Community Service: $100,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetSaginaw Community Foundation: $79,065 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetBAY FUTURE INC: $60,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE GREAT LAKES BAY REGION: $50,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetGREAT LAKES BAY FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetPRIDE IN SAGINAW INC: $25,500 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetYWCA GREAT LAKES BAY REGION: $25,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetLIFECLINIC COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $25,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS HEART OF MICHIGAN: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO: $20,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSAGINAW BASIN LAND CONSERVANCY: $15,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BAY COUNTY: $15,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFISH TALES: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetBAY AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetANTIQUE TOY AND FIREHOUSE MUSEUM: $10,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetTHE DIAPER ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREAD Association of Saginaw County: $9,745 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetDELTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBAY AREA WOMEN'S CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FRANKENMUTH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN: $5,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetBAY SAIL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetBAY COMMUNITY TENNIS ASSOCIATION: $3,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Bay Area Community Fo…Consumers Energy Foun…Saginaw Community Fou…Boutell Memorial FundBierlein Companies Fo…Harvey Randall Wickes…Allen E & Marie A Nic…Dow Company FoundationWm McNally Family Fou…Morley FoundationRussell H & Maxine E …Wickson-Link Memorial…
Bay Area Community FoundationMI36.7× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bay Area Community Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Saginaw Community Foundation · Boutell Memorial Fund · Bierlein Companies Foundation · Harvey Randall Wickes Foundation · Allen E & Marie A Nickless Memorial Foundation · Dow Company Foundation · Wm McNally Family Foundation · Morley Foundation · Russell H & Maxine E Smith Charitable Foundation · Wickson-Link Memorial Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Frances Goll Mills Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Frances Goll Mills Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 38 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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