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Millsdavis Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$693k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
29
Grants FY2024
25
Organizations funded FY2023
24%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
21 to 30
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
4
Total assets, FY2024
$11M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 24% of the organizations Millsdavis Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $116k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
EducationEnvironmentHousing & ShelterArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving28$693k18%
FY202325$630k24%
FY202226$713k38%
FY202121$570k24%
FY202026$605k31%
FY201930$621kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Environment$953kHealth$594kEducation$382kYouth Development$329kHousing & Shelter$287kHuman Services$244kRecreation & Sports$217kArts & Culture$216kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 54 grantees
All grantees of Millsdavis Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Oslc Developments Inc$307,06362%
Lomakatsi Restoration Project$215,00061%
Western Regional Advocacy Project$190,000514%
Springfield Public Library Foundation$169,789639%
National Tropical Botanical Garden$165,00050%
Operation Nightwatch - Portland$154,224417%
St Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County Inc$150,00050%
Carry It Forward$146,975330%
Kwiaht Center for Salish Sea$133,246622%
Washington Trails Association$115,00060%
Pogo Park$102,00022%
Community Supported Shelters$94,68242%
Cascadia Wildlands$90,00062%
Mt Adams Resource Stewards$72,65029%
Cascade Forest Conservancy$70,00033%
Medical Teams International$70,00020%
Rural Development Initiatives Inc$70,00041%
Children's Healing Art Project Inc$67,50048%
Seattle Children's Foundation$65,00020%
Hood River County School District$65,0002n/a
OSLC Community Programs dba Oregon Community Programs$64,52631%
Incight Company$62,00036%
Wordcrafters in Eugene$60,000410%
Street Books$57,640314%
Lavender Youth Recreation & Information Center Inc Lyric$50,00011%
Sisters of the Road Inc$45,00022%
Ecotrust$41,23420%
Columbia Land Trust$40,00030%
University of Oregon Foundation$38,35910%
Wallowa Resources Inc$36,00021%
Shepherd's House Ministries$35,68011%
World Salmon Council$35,000222%
Union Gospel Mission$35,0002n/a
Forest History Society Inc$25,04811%
Doernbecher Children's Hospital Foundation$25,0041n/a
White Bird Clinic$25,0001n/a
The Pacific Forest Trust Incorporated$25,00010%
The Watershed Research & Training Center$25,00010%
When We Shine Foundation$25,000124%
Chaplains on the Harbor$25,0002n/a
Springfield Education Foundation$20,00015%
Bark$15,00014%
Little Hands Can$13,0003n/a
Oregon Health & Science University Foundation$5,00010%
Attitudinal Healing Connection Inc dba The Center for ArtEsteem$5,00010%
Gofundmeorg$5,00010%
Bridgeway House$5,00010%
Translifeline DBA Trans Lifeline$5,00010%
Sexual Assault Support Services$2,50010%
Food for Lane County$2,50010%
Friends and Foundation of the San Francisco Public Library$2,00010%
Catholic Community Services of Lane County Inc$1,00010%
Ophelia's Place$1,00010%
Nearby Nature$1,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($461k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Millsdavis Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 47 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOslc Developments Inc: $307,063 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetLomakatsi Restoration Project: $215,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetWestern Regional Advocacy Project: $190,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetSpringfield Public Library Foundation: $169,789 over 6y, 39% of budgetNational Tropical Botanical Garden: $165,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetOperation Nightwatch - Portland: $154,224 over 4y, 17% of budgetSt Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County Inc: $150,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCarry It Forward: $146,975 over 3y, 30% of budgetKwiaht Center for Salish Sea: $133,246 over 6y, 22% of budgetWashington Trails Association: $115,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetPogo Park: $102,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetCommunity Supported Shelters: $94,682 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetCascadia Wildlands: $90,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetMt Adams Resource Stewards: $72,650 over 2y, 8.7% of budgetCascade Forest Conservancy: $70,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetMedical Teams International: $70,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRural Development Initiatives Inc: $70,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetChildren's Healing Art Project Inc: $67,500 over 4y, 8.0% of budgetSeattle Children's Foundation: $65,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOSLC Community Programs dba Oregon Community Programs: $64,526 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetIncight Company: $62,000 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetWordcrafters in Eugene: $60,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetStreet Books: $57,640 over 3y, 14% of budgetLavender Youth Recreation & Information Center Inc Lyric: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSisters of the Road Inc: $45,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetEcotrust: $41,234 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetColumbia Land Trust: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Oregon Foundation: $38,359 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWallowa Resources Inc: $36,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetShepherd's House Ministries: $35,680 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWorld Salmon Council: $35,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetForest History Society Inc: $25,048 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetThe Pacific Forest Trust Incorporated: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Watershed Research & Training Center: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWhen We Shine Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetSpringfield Education Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetBark: $15,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetOregon Health & Science University Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAttitudinal Healing Connection Inc dba The Center for ArtEsteem: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGofundmeorg: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBridgeway House: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTranslifeline DBA Trans Lifeline: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSexual Assault Support Services: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFood for Lane County: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends and Foundation of the San Francisco Public Library: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCatholic Community Services of Lane County Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOphelia's Place: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 47.

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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.

The Oregon Community FoundationOR48.9× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · The Collins Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · The Ford Family Foundation · United Way of Lane County · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Chambers Family Foundation · Juan Young Trust · Weyerhaeuser Family Foundationinc · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · The Reser Family 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.

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How do I get to Millsdavis Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Millsdavis Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Millsdavis Foundation

How much does Millsdavis Foundation give?
Millsdavis Foundation reported 29 grants totaling $693,161 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 30 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Millsdavis Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (25%), Health (15%), Education (10%).
Who are Millsdavis Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Oslc Developments Inc ($307k), Lomakatsi Restoration Project ($215k), Western Regional Advocacy Project ($190k).
Does Millsdavis Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Millsdavis Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Millsdavis Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust, The Collins Foundation.
Where is Millsdavis Foundation based?
Millsdavis Foundation is based in MN.

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 64 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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