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Steven a and Marianne M Mills Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

$557k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
45
Grants FY2025
50
Organizations funded FY2024
26%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$4,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
36 to 50
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$96k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 26% of the organizations Steven a and Marianne M Mills Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $84k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthEducationCivil RightsHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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
FY2025still arriving43$556k26%
FY202450$471k26%
FY202345$591k27%
FY202242$460k24%
FY202136$286k28%
FY202038$297k47%
FY201946$271k30%
FY201840$179k45%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.2MPublic Safety & Disaster$605kHealth$323kCivil Rights$308kFood & Nutrition$236kPublic Benefit$210kEducation$161kInternational$146kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
MT
MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
IN
NJ
CT
CA
VA
KS
TN
DC
OK
AL
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 93 grantees
All grantees of Steven a and Marianne M Mills Charitable Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Sherwood Forestry Service$600,000429%
Manhattan Class Company Inc$405,31391%
Feeding Westchester Inc$190,00050%
Americares Foundation Inc$145,25770%
New York Civil Liberties Union Inc$145,00051%
The Voter Participation Center$140,00040%
Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc$122,81080%
New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation$100,00030%
New York Historical Society$84,00060%
The Second Stage Theatre Inc$70,00080%
Champlain College Incorporated$66,50070%
New York Shakespeare Festival$50,02080%
Lawrence Community Health Services$40,90050%
Pro Publica Inc$40,00090%
Tectonic Theater Project Inc$26,00070%
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc$25,50080%
Powerhouse Arts Inc$25,00010%
Democracy Matters Foundation$25,0001n/a
Berkeley Repertory Theatre$25,00010%
The New Group Inc$25,00011%
The Film Collaborative Inc$25,00010%
The Pasadena Playhouse State Theatre of California Inc$22,50050%
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Inc$20,55050%
The Brigid Alliance Inc$20,50030%
Full Spectrum Features NFP$20,00010%
Theatre Development Fund Inc$19,58080%
Manhattan Theatre Club Inc$18,00060%
Grace Notes Inc$16,0003n/a
Vet Voice Foundation Inc$15,00011%
Destination College$13,60051%
Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation$12,50020%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$11,00020%
New York Stage and Film Inc$10,35030%
Media Matters for America$10,00010%
Ronald McDonald House of New York Inc$10,00020%
The American Independent Foundation$10,00010%
Golden Valley Bank Community$10,00010%
Calvary Hospital Inc$9,65050%
The Doe Fund Inc$7,50040%
Multicultural Sonic Evolution (Muse)Inc$7,500111%
The Picture House Regional Film Center Inc$6,50020%
Rape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)$6,00030%
Ferrodonna Features Inc$5,000113%
Actblue Charities Inc$5,00010%
Civic Nation$5,00010%
Broadway Legacy Foundation$5,0001n/a
Your Kids Our Kids Inc$5,0001n/a
Heartsong Inc$4,10031%
Student Leadership Network Inc$4,10020%
Bronxville Historical Conservancy Inc$4,00080%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$3,50020%
Jtp Professional Service Corporation$3,50010%
Eastchester Volunteer Ambulance Corp$3,35090%
Rhinebeck Writers Retreat Inc$3,30041%
The Hunter College Foundation Inc$3,00010%
Concordia College$2,75010%
Westport Country Playhouse Inc$2,75020%
The Dramatists Guild Fund Inc$2,59910%
The New 42nd Street Inc$2,50010%
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations$2,50010%
Miracle Messages$2,5001n/a
The International Theatre Project Inc$2,27232%
Impact 100 NYC Inc$2,23220%
The Donaldson Adoption Institute Inc$2,00011%
The Players Foundation for Theatre Education$2,00011%
The Fortune Society Inc$2,00010%
Donorschooseorg$1,70320%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$1,61030%
Citizens Committee for Children of New York Inc$1,50010%
Women's Enterprise Development Center In$1,50020%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$1,24060%
Parkinsons Unity Walk Inc$1,00010%
Girl Scouts of Greater NY Inc$1,00010%
Theater Latte Da$1,00010%
Open Stage Project Inc$1,00012%
Church of the Magdalen$1,0001n/a
Recovery Move Inc$1,0001n/a
The Play Production Company Inc$1,00010%
Snack & Friends Inc$1,00010%
Virginia Episcopal School$1,0001n/a
Apollo Theater Foundation Inc$1,00010%
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$75010%
Children's Brain Tumor Project Foundation$6601n/a
Red Bull Theater Inc$65010%
Christian Herald Association Inc$60010%
Miracle on 22nd Street LLC$5001n/a
Businesses United in Investing Lending & Development$50010%
Gramatan Village Inc$50010%
Clearthelist Foundation Inc$50010%
Lupus la Co Emerge$50010%
American Heart Association Inc$25010%
The Playwrights Realm$20010%
S M a Fathers Inc$902n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 58 recipients with no EIN on record ($572k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Steven a and Marianne M Mills Charitable Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 82 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSherwood Forestry Service: $600,000 over 4y, 29% of budgetManhattan Class Company Inc: $405,313 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetFeeding Westchester Inc: $190,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAmericares Foundation Inc: $145,257 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Civil Liberties Union Inc: $145,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetThe Voter Participation Center: $140,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBroadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc: $122,810 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNew York Civil Liberties Union Foundation: $100,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNew York Historical Society: $84,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Second Stage Theatre Inc: $70,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetChamplain College Incorporated: $66,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Shakespeare Festival: $50,020 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLawrence Community Health Services: $40,900 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPro Publica Inc: $40,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTectonic Theater Project Inc: $26,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetLincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc: $25,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPowerhouse Arts Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBerkeley Repertory Theatre: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe New Group Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Film Collaborative Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Pasadena Playhouse State Theatre of California Inc: $22,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWoolly Mammoth Theatre Company Inc: $20,550 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Brigid Alliance Inc: $20,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFull Spectrum Features NFP: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTheatre Development Fund Inc: $19,580 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetManhattan Theatre Club Inc: $18,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetVet Voice Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDestination College: $13,600 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetPulmonary Fibrosis Foundation: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Stage and Film Inc: $10,350 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMedia Matters for America: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRonald McDonald House of New York Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Independent Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGolden Valley Bank Community: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCalvary Hospital Inc: $9,650 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Doe Fund Inc: $7,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMulticultural Sonic Evolution (Muse)Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 11% of budgetThe Picture House Regional Film Center Inc: $6,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetRape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN): $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFerrodonna Features Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetActblue Charities Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCivic Nation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHeartsong Inc: $4,100 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetStudent Leadership Network Inc: $4,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBronxville Historical Conservancy Inc: $4,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJtp Professional Service Corporation: $3,500 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 82.

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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 Shubert Foundation IncNY26.6× affinity11 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Shubert Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Marilynn and John Hill Foundation Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Lucille Lortel Foundation Inc · The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc · Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc · Tracy Flanigan McVey Family Foundation · The Nagle Family Foundation · Richenthal Foundation · Axe-Houghton Foundation · George K and Cynthia R Cooney Charitable 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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About Steven a and Marianne M Mills Charitable Foundation Inc

How much does Steven a and Marianne M Mills Charitable Foundation Inc give?
Steven a and Marianne M Mills Charitable Foundation Inc reported 45 grants totaling $556,567 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 36 and 50 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Steven a and Marianne M Mills Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (35%), Public Safety & Disaster (18%), Health (10%).
Who are Steven a and Marianne M Mills Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Sherwood Forestry Service ($600k), Manhattan Class Company Inc ($405k), Feeding Westchester Inc ($190k).
Does Steven a and Marianne M Mills Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Steven a and Marianne M Mills Charitable Foundation Inc 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 Steven a and Marianne M Mills Charitable Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Shubert Foundation Inc, Jewish Communal Fund, Marilynn and John Hill Foundation Inc.
Where is Steven a and Marianne M Mills Charitable Foundation Inc based?
Steven a and Marianne M Mills Charitable Foundation Inc is based in NY.

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 153 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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