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The Mill Foundation Ltd

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.

$990k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
36
Grants FY2024
27
Organizations funded FY2023
11%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$240,000
Organizations funded a year
27 to 47
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
11
Total assets, FY2024
$2.7M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 11% of the organizations The Mill Foundation Ltd funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $207k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Arts & CultureYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsOther
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 arriving36$990k6%
FY202327$876k11%
FY202240$660k10%
FY202145$1.3M13%
FY202047$957kn/a
92% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$948kYouth Development$905kPhilanthropy$555kEnvironment$493kArts & Culture$491kCrime & Legal$325kReligion$175kEmployment$153kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NH
MN
NY
MA
CT
CA
UT
CO
MD
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Chill Foundation$470,0002n/a
Chill Foundation$440,000212%
Chill Global Inc$440,000220%
Protect Our Winters$425,00053%
Prevent Child Abuse Vermont$250,00055%
Kingdom County Productions Inc$185,000410%
Project Als Inc$125,00051%
Camber Outdoors$125,00028%
Love Your Brain Foundation Inc$110,00044%
The American Independent Foundation$100,00010%
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All grantees of The Mill Foundation Ltd by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Chill Foundation$470,0002n/a
Chill Foundation$440,000212%
Chill Global Inc$440,000220%
Protect Our Winters$425,00053%
Prevent Child Abuse Vermont$250,00055%
Kingdom County Productions Inc$185,000410%
Project Als Inc$125,00051%
Camber Outdoors$125,00028%
Love Your Brain Foundation Inc$110,00044%
The American Independent Foundation$100,00010%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$100,00010%
Have Justice-Will Travel Inc$75,00049%
Stowe Land Trust$55,00052%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$50,00040%
Marvelwood School Inc$50,00050%
United States Ski Team Foundation$40,00030%
Peter Westbrook Foundation Inc$25,00051%
North Central Vermont Recovery Center Inc$25,00041%
The National Museum of Women in the Arts$25,00040%
Champlain College Incorporated$25,00040%
Brooks School$25,00050%
Vermont Journalism Trust Ltd$20,00020%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$20,0002n/a
Vermont Works for Women Inc$12,50040%
Kelly Clark Foundation Inc$12,5005100%
Vermont Land Trust Inc$12,50050%
North Country Animal League Inc$10,00050%
Mdrc$10,00020%
Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation$7,50040%
The Current Inc$6,00040%
Vermont Parks Forever Inc$5,00051%
Fresh Air Fund$5,00050%
New York Public Radio$5,00040%
Mountain Institute Inc$5,0001n/a
Flynn Center for the Performing Arts Ltd$5,00040%
Bikes Not Bombs Inc$5,00010%
Stowe Performing Arts Inc$2,50011%
Steps to End Domestic Violence Inc$2,00020%
Londonderry Arts & Historical Society Inc$2,0001n/a
Lawrence Woodmere Academy$1,00010%
Laraway Youth and Family Services Inc$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Mill Foundation Ltd supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 37 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChill Foundation: $440,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetChill Global Inc: $440,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetProtect Our Winters: $425,000 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetPrevent Child Abuse Vermont: $250,000 over 5y, 5.4% of budgetKingdom County Productions Inc: $185,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetProject Als Inc: $125,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetCamber Outdoors: $125,000 over 2y, 8.4% of budgetLove Your Brain Foundation Inc: $110,000 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetThe American Independent Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHave Justice-Will Travel Inc: $75,000 over 4y, 9.3% of budgetStowe Land Trust: $55,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research: $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMarvelwood School Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUnited States Ski Team Foundation: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPeter Westbrook Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetNorth Central Vermont Recovery Center Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetThe National Museum of Women in the Arts: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetChamplain College Incorporated: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBrooks School: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVermont Journalism Trust Ltd: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetVermont Works for Women Inc: $12,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetKelly Clark Foundation Inc: $12,500 over 5y, 100% of budgetVermont Land Trust Inc: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Country Animal League Inc: $10,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMdrc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVermont Childrens Trust Foundation: $7,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetThe Current Inc: $6,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetVermont Parks Forever Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetFresh Air Fund: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Public Radio: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFlynn Center for the Performing Arts Ltd: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBikes Not Bombs Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetStowe Performing Arts Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSteps to End Domestic Violence Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLawrence Woodmere Academy: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLaraway Youth and Family Services Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 37.

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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.

Ben & Jerry's Foundation IncVT29.2× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc · The Vermont Community Foundation · National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc · The Waterwheel Foundation · Oakland Foundation Inc · George W Mergens Foundation · Lucy D Nisbet Charitable Fund · The Jerry Greenfield & Elizabeth Skarie Foundation · Francis T & Louis T Nichols Foundation · Lintilhac Foundation Inc · Vermont Afterschool Inc · The Windham Foundation Inc

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 The Mill Foundation Ltd

How much does The Mill Foundation Ltd give?
The Mill Foundation Ltd reported 36 grants totaling $989,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 47 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does The Mill Foundation Ltd fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (20%), Youth Development (19%), Philanthropy (11%).
Who are The Mill Foundation Ltd's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The Chill Foundation ($470k), Chill Foundation ($440k), Chill Global Inc ($440k).
Does The Mill Foundation Ltd fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Mill Foundation Ltd 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 The Mill Foundation Ltd?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc, The Vermont Community Foundation, National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc.
Where is The Mill Foundation Ltd based?
The Mill Foundation Ltd is based in VT.

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 63 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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