· Private foundation
Janet L Mills 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 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $200k
- $250k+1 grant · $250k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PETA | $250,000 |
| WILDCARE | $150,000 |
| PERFORMING ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY (PAWS) | $50,000 |
| MARIN AGRICULTURAL LAND TRUST (MALT) | $25,000 |
| ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND | $10,000 |
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 (FY17–23, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 68% 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
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 +67% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down.
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, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PFPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC9× · 2017–2025 · $3.0M · revenue +147%
- WWILDCARE3× · 2023–2025 · $300k · revenue +260%
- MAMARIN AGRICULTURAL LAND TRUST5× · 2017–2025 · $190k · revenue +33%
Funded once
- CFCENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY SCIENCES INCone grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue -64%
- NRNew Roots Institutegraduatedone grant, 2021 · $35k · revenue +133%
- HBHOMEWARD BOUNDone grant, 2021 · $10k
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 prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.
We exist to end the abuse of animals raised for food. this mission is executed by persuading companies and institutions to adopt animal welfare policies through negotiation and pressure campaigns, and then holding them accountable to their…
Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.
Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…
Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)
To pass animal protection laws, educate the public, and support humane candidates for office.
The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.
To ensure every companion animal has access to quality medical care, compassionate shelter, and a loving home.
HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…
To bring animals out of crisis and strengthen the bond between people and animals through emergency sheltering, disaster relief services, financial assistance and education. redrover accomplishes its mission by engaging volunteers and…
Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 20 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 PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC ↗
- Who funds WILDCARE ↗
- Who funds MARIN AGRICULTURAL LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY SCIENCES INC ↗
- Who funds SAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds New Roots Institute ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds FARM SANCTUARY INC ↗
- Who funds MARIN HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds BY THE BAY HEALTH ↗
- Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF VENTURA COUNTY ↗
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: Marin Community Foundation · Verla Regnery Foundation · Hobsonlucas Family Foundation · McNabb Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Janet L Mills Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Janet L Mills Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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