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Mills Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Mills Family Charitable 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.

$139k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$48k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Philanthropy$218kHuman Services$174kEducation$103kFood & Nutrition$102kYouth Development$60kCrime & Legal$47kInternational$38kHousing & Shelter$17kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $32k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $108k
$5,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE AND WAUKESHA COUNTY INC$47,500
GRACE PLACE$15,000
HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC$15,000
YOUTH HAVEN INC$10,000
CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER$10,000
UNITED WAY OF COLLIER COUNTY INC$10,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF COLLIER COUNTY INC$6,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF COLLIER COUNTY$5,000
COLLIER RESOURCE CENTER$5,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA$4,000
WILLIAMS COLLEGE ALUMNI FUND$2,000
STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF EDUCATION$2,000
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF EDUCATION$2,000
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY$2,000
RONALD MCDONALD CHARITIES$1,000
02The need
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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 (FY20–25, $32k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 9% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE WOMEN'S CENTER: $5k → 5%THE WOMEN'S CENTER: $5k → 5%THE WOMEN'S CENTER: $5k → 5%THE WOMEN'S CENTER: $3k → 5%SOJOURNER TRUTH HOUSE: $3k → 17%GUADALUPE CENTER: $3k → 10%GUADALUPE CENTER: $3k → 10%COLLIER RESOURCE CENTER: $5k → 10%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
MI
MA
OR
CT
CA
MO
VA
MD
AZ
FL
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$734k · 34 repeat orgs$22k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.

34 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
6

Total granted

$734k
$12k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+33%

Still filing today

65%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationFood & NutritionInternationalHealthPhilanthropyOther
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

  • HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $70k · revenue +53%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF COLLIER AND THE KEYS INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $70k · revenue +231%
  • YH
    YOUTH HAVEN INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $47k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • VO
    VILLAGE OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
  • SOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +32%
  • CC
    CAPUCHIN COMMUNITY SERVICES
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
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
Community Care Health Plan Inc

Community care health plan's mission is to develop and demonstrate innovative, flexible, community-based approaches to care for at-risk adults, in order to optimize their quality of life and optimize the allocation of community resources.

Health
2
Cathedral Center Inc

Cathedral center's mission is to provide a safe environment for women and families, while working to end homelessness one life at a time. the cathedral center serves unaccompanied women and families with children who are homeless or…

Religion
3
Florida Community Health Centers Inc

Florida community health centers, inc. (fchc) is a federally qualified health center serving medically needy populations in south florida, with an emphasis on serving rural and farm worker communities.

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4
The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc

The medical college of wisconsin (mcw) is a distinguished leader and innovator in the education and development of the next generation of physicians, (continued in schedule o)

Education
5
Goodwill Industries of North Central Wisconsin Inc

Eliminating barriers to employment by providing pathways for those who are underserved, underrepresented and disadvantaged who have a goal of building skills that lead to sustained employment and improved financial stability.

Human Services
6
Management Sciences for Health Inc

(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

International
7
Waukesha Free Clinic Inc

The clinic's mission is to support the health care of uninsured and low-income residents of waukesha county. the clinic provides access to free or discounted services and medications.

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8
University of Chicago Medical Center

Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…

Health
9
Lifeworks Services Inc

Lifeworks' mission is to partner with people with disabilities to drive change by increasing opportunity and access in the community.

Human Services
10
Workforce Connections Inc

Wci empowers individuals through employment and training services, helping people of all backgrounds including low-skilled and unskilled adults enter the workforce. we provide economically disadvantaged individuals and those facing…

Employment
11
Pathfinder International

Pathfinder expands access to sexual and reproductive health services, opening the door to opportunities for women and all individuals to thrive-economically, educationally, and civically. driven by our country-led leadership and local…

International
12
Racine Kenosha Community Action Agency Inc

Stabilizing lives by providing supportive programs and access to community resources for individuals and families.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Collier Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Sojourner Foundation. 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

29 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 44 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
23/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE GRACE PLACE INC: $70,000 · OtherTHE GRACE PLACE INCCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $47,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTERYOUTH HAVEN INC: $47,000 · OtherYOUTH HAVEN INCCHAMPIONS FOR LEARNING: $25,000 · OtherCHAMPIONS FOR LEARNINGCOLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $21,000 · OtherCOLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INCSALVATION ARMY OF NAPLES: $20,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMY OF NAPLESTHE SALVATION ARMY OF MILWAUKEE COUNTY: $20,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY OF MILWAUKEE COUNTYNORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF EDUCATION: $14,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC: $13,000 · Other+17 more: $88,250 · Other+17 moreUNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC: $127,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAU…UNITED WAY OF COLLIER AND THE KEYS INC: $70,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF COLLIER AND TH…HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $70,000 · Food & NutritionHARRY CHAPIN …FEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC: $18,000 · Food & NutritionFEEDING AMERI…+1 more: $2,000 · Food & NutritionWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $17,000 · EducationWilliams College: $13,000 · EducationDR HOWARD FULLER COLLEGIATE ACADEMY INC: $6,000 · EducationLITERACY SERVICES OF WISCONSIN INC: $6,000 · EducationMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $24,000 · InternationalAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · InternationalMIRACLES IN ACTION INC: $4,000 · InternationalTHE WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $18,000 · Human ServicesGuadalupe Center Inc: $6,000 · Human ServicesCOLLIER RESOURCE CENTER INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesSOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesHOPE HOUSE OF MILWAUKEE INCORPORATED: $12,000 · Housing & ShelterHabitat for Humanity of Collier County Inc: $5,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$365,250Philanthropy$197,000Food & Nutrition$90,000Education$42,000International$34,000Human Services$32,000Housing & Shelter$17,000

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 budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC: $127,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $70,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF COLLIER AND THE KEYS INC: $70,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetYOUTH HAVEN INC: $47,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $24,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $21,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $18,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC: $18,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $17,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWilliams College: $13,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC: $13,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE HOUSE OF MILWAUKEE INCORPORATED: $12,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD PANTRY OF WAUKESHA COUNTY INC: $12,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMETA HOUSE INC: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGuadalupe Center Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDR HOWARD FULLER COLLEGIATE ACADEMY INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE AREA FREE CLINIC INC: $6,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLITERACY SERVICES OF WISCONSIN INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WISCONSIN INC: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Collier County Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIRACLES IN ACTION INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetGOLF FORE AFRICA INC: $3,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF COLLIER AND THE KEYS INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH HAVEN INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds COLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WOMEN'S CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Williams College ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE HOUSE OF MILWAUKEE INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds FOOD PANTRY OF WAUKESHA COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds META HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds SOJOURNER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Guadalupe Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds DR HOWARD FULLER COLLEGIATE ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LAKE AREA FREE CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds LITERACY SERVICES OF WISCONSIN INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WISCONSIN INC ↗
  • Who funds Habitat for Humanity of Collier County Inc ↗
  • Who funds COLLIER RESOURCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MIRACLES IN ACTION INC ↗
  • Who funds GOLF FORE AFRICA INC ↗
  • Who funds SOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗

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.

Baird Foundation IncUnited Way of Greater…Greater Milwaukee Fou…Herbert H Kohl Charit…Four-Four Foundation …Brewers Community Fou…Anon Charitable TrustRalph Evinrude Founda…Waukesha County Commu…Joseph and Vera Zilbe…Green Bay Packers Fou…American Endowment Fo…
Baird Foundation IncWI19.5× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baird Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Four-Four Foundation Inc · Brewers Community Foundation Inc · Anon Charitable Trust · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · Waukesha County Community Foundation · Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · American Endowment 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 Mills Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mills Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Williams College: 0% of income from government
  • Guadalupe Center Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get 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
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 44 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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