California · Private foundation
Mills Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $24k
- Granted FY2021
- 26
- Grants FY2021
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
63% of Mills Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Vipassana Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 8 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Mills Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 10 organizations, $24k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $250
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 25 to 26
- FY2020 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 10
- Total assets, FY2021
- $319k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 40% of the organizations Mills Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 67% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 25 | $19k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $24k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pariyatti | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Thousand Currents | $2,250 | 5 | 0% |
| The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Yosemite Foundation | $1,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Project Open Hand | $1,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $1,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Finca International Inc | $1,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $1,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pariyatti | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Thousand Currents | $2,250 | 5 | 0% |
| The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Yosemite Foundation | $1,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Project Open Hand | $1,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $1,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Finca International Inc | $1,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $1,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Flockworks | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| California Fire Foundation | $350 | 1 | 0% |
| Physicians for Social Responsibility - San Francisco Bay Area Chapter | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Physicians for Social Responsibility | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($54k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mills Family Foundation 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.
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How this is measured
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About Mills Family Foundation
- How much does Mills Family Foundation give?
- Mills Family Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $24,000 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 26 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2021.
- What does Mills Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (46%), Health (16%), Environment (5%).
- Who are Mills Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Pariyatti ($4k), Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc ($3k), Thousand Currents ($2k).
- Does Mills Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mills Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Mills Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Mills Family Foundation based?
- Mills Family Foundation is based in CA.
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