Oregon · Private foundation
Mills Family 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.
- $10k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 16
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $680k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Mills Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 | 6 | $10k | 83% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $50k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $25k | 31% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $29k | 62% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $23k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
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, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desert Song Community Church | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $17,000 | 4 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Medical Teams International | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Alameda County Community Food Bank | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Global Empowerment Mission Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Fellowship at Bend | $2,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Kids Intervention and Diagnostic Service Center | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Astoria Rescue Mission | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Brightside Project Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desert Song Community Church | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $17,000 | 4 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Medical Teams International | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Alameda County Community Food Bank | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Global Empowerment Mission Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Fellowship at Bend | $2,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Kids Intervention and Diagnostic Service Center | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Astoria Rescue Mission | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Brightside Project Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Bicycle Relief Nfp | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| International Justice Mission | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Resonate Church | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Cannon Beach Library | $1,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Central Oregon Veteran & Community Outreach Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| La Pine Community Kitchen | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Saving Grace | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Giving Plate | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Mercy Corps | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Deschutes Public Library Foundation Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($32k), 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.
Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · United Way of Deschutes County · The Anjulicia Foundation · St Charles Health System Inc · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · The Roundhouse Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About Mills Family Foundation
- How much does Mills Family Foundation give?
- Mills Family Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $10,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 16 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Mills Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (42%), International (20%), Public Safety & Disaster (15%).
- Who are Mills Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Desert Song Community Church ($50k), Samaritan's Purse ($17k), World Central Kitchen Inc ($8k).
- Does Mills Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% 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 The Oregon Community Foundation, First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc, United Way of Deschutes County.
- Where is Mills Family Foundation based?
- Mills Family Foundation is based in OR.
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