Iowa · Private foundation
Grace Bott Millar Charitable Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $32k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $835k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 42% of the organizations Grace Bott Millar Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $32k | 30% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $58k | 42% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $60k | 80% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $69k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $63k | 42% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $69k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $55k | 36% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $55k | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoerner Young Mens Christian Association of Keokuk Iowa Inc | $79,076 | 7 | 3% |
| Lake Cooper Foundation | $27,500 | 5 | 10% |
| Keokuk Parks Foundation | $22,100 | 4 | n/a |
| Keokuk Saddle Club | $20,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Camp Eastman Development Assn | $20,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Milestones Area Agency on Aging | $18,700 | 4 | 0% |
| Main Street Keokuk Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois Inc | $14,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Keokuk Community School Foundation | $12,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Keokuk Union Depot Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoerner Young Mens Christian Association of Keokuk Iowa Inc | $79,076 | 7 | 3% |
| Lake Cooper Foundation | $27,500 | 5 | 10% |
| Keokuk Parks Foundation | $22,100 | 4 | n/a |
| Keokuk Saddle Club | $20,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Camp Eastman Development Assn | $20,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Milestones Area Agency on Aging | $18,700 | 4 | 0% |
| Main Street Keokuk Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois Inc | $14,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Keokuk Community School Foundation | $12,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Keokuk Union Depot Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| First Christian Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lydias House | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Grand Theater Foundation Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kplay Playgrounds for All | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Keokuk Public Library Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Keokuk Community Child Development Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Rand Park Pavilion Commission | $5,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Acts 2-45 Closet | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Legion | $3,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Industrial Opportunities Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Western Illinois Threshers Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Holy Trinity Catholic Schools | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Fire Safety Council Inc | $400 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($210k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Grace Bott Millar Charitable Trust supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Howard Jackson Trust Foundation · Keokuk Area Community Foundation · Heartland Charitable Trust · Keokuk XII · Lee County Youth Services Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Grace Bott Millar Charitable Trust
- How much does Grace Bott Millar Charitable Trust give?
- Grace Bott Millar Charitable Trust reported 10 grants totaling $32,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Grace Bott Millar Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (27%), Human Services (22%), Recreation & Sports (12%).
- Who are Grace Bott Millar Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Hoerner Young Mens Christian Association of Keokuk Iowa Inc ($79k), Lake Cooper Foundation ($28k), Keokuk Parks Foundation ($22k).
- Does Grace Bott Millar Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Grace Bott Millar Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Grace Bott Millar Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Howard Jackson Trust Foundation, Keokuk Area Community Foundation, Heartland Charitable Trust.
- Where is Grace Bott Millar Charitable Trust based?
- Grace Bott Millar Charitable Trust is based in IA.
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