· Private foundation
Howard & Mary Eliza McMillan Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| AD FONTEST EDUCATIONAL TRUST | $6,000 |
| PRESBYTERIAN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | $4,000 |
| KEEP JACKSON BEAUTIFUL | $3,000 |
| CENTREVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH | $3,000 |
| CANOPY CHILDRENS SOLUTIONS | $2,000 |
| TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| PALMER HOME FOR CHILDREN | $1,000 |
| FRIENDS OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | $1,000 |
| SHOWER POWER | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $500 |
| MS FOOD NETWORK | $500 |
| MS CHILDREN'S MUSEUM | $300 |
| ANDREW JACKSON COUNCIL | $300 |
| ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL | $300 |
| STEWPOT COMMUNITY SERVICES INC | $300 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 56% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 7% of Howard & Mary Eliza McMillan Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +15% since the first grant, against -3% for those funded once.
54 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 43 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LCLiteracy Council of Highlands Inc6× · 2017–2024 · $12k · revenue +103%
- HLHighlands-Cashiers Land Trust Inc7× · 2017–2024 · $7k · revenue +97%
- UOUNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION3× · 2017–2019 · $6k · revenue +57%
Funded once
- NBNORTHMINSTER BAPTIST CHURCHone grant, 2022 · $5k
- PAPerforming Arts Center Incone grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -53%
- HUHIGHLANDS UNITED METHODIST CHURCHone grant, 2021 · $2k
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.
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.
To conserve the unique character of tennessee's natural and historic landscapes and sites for future generations.
The foundation exists to cultivate and administer current and deferred gifts for the benefit of ms united methodist related institutions, agencies, local churches, and other ministries for charitable purposes and support and to educate…
In response to the love of god, the methodist rehabilitation center, is dedicated to the restoration and enhancement of the lives of those we serve. we are committed to excellence and leadership in the delivery of comprehensive…
To build relationships with alumni and friends in order to secure private funds and other resources for the benefit of the university of southern mississippi (usm). the foundation receives, invests and distributes private gifts in support…
To encourage and demonstrate grace in the body of christ across racial lines, so that communities throughout mississippi can see practical evidence of the gospel message.
The missouri historical society (mhs) is a missouri pro forma decree, not-for-profit corporation whose primary functions are educational and community programs; collections and conservation; library and research; and exhibitions.…
Deep south today is a nonprofit network of local newsrooms comprising mississippi today and verite news. with its regional scale and scope, deep south today is providing critical journalism in underserved areas and ensuring its long-term…
The mission of the mississippi main street association is to be a catalyst for the preservation and economic revitalization of mississippi's historic downtowns and districts.
Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.
The mrc foundation supports mrc and its affiliates in accomplishing their commitment to quality living for senior adults in faith-based environments.
Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.
Mississippi methodist senior services is dedicated to providing housing and personal care services to the elderly or disabled in the spirit of christian love.
How this is measured
55 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. 55 of the 97 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds Literacy Council of Highlands Inc ↗
- Who funds Millsaps College ↗
- Who funds AD FONTES EDUCATIONAL TRUST ↗
- Who funds Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust Inc ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FONDREN RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WAKEFIELD SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds Performing Arts Center Inc ↗
- Who funds The Mustard Seed Inc ↗
- Who funds KEEP JACKSON BEAUTIFUL ↗
- Who funds PRESBYTERIAN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds ANC HIGHLANDS-CASHIERS HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds YOUTH FOR TOMORROW-NEW LIFE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds SHOWER POWER INC ↗
- Who funds MISSISSIPPI CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds GATEWAY RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds STEWPOT COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI ↗
- Who funds FRENCH CAMP ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
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: Community Foundation for Mississippi · Ergon Foundation Inc · Walker Foundation · Van Devender Family Foundation William Van Devender Trustee · T H Etheridge Trust · Selby and Richard McRae Foundation · Wesley a Caldwell Foundation Inc · Kathryn & Julian Wiener Fund · Feild Co-Operative Association · Elmer & Gladys Ferguson Charitable Trust · Henry & Martha Hederman Charitable Foundation · Old Ladies Home Association
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Howard & Mary Eliza McMillan Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Howard & Mary Eliza McMillan Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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