Georgia · Private foundation
The Mills 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.
- $320k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
92% of The Mills Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Athens Area Community Foundation Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $293,650
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 4
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 75% of the organizations The Mills Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 45% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 3 | $27k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $6k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $6k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $7k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $6k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $6k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $6k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys & Girls Club of Athens Inc | $6,167 | 2 | 0% |
| Roper St Francis Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Athens Area Homeless Shelter Inc | $4,167 | 2 | 0% |
| The Nuci Phillips Memorial Foundation Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Athens Area Humane Society of Clarke County and Spca Inc | $1,167 | 1 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fantasy Cares | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Katahdin Woods & Waters | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Center for Investigative Reporting formrly Foundation for National Progress | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys & Girls Club of Athens Inc | $6,167 | 2 | 0% |
| Roper St Francis Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Athens Area Homeless Shelter Inc | $4,167 | 2 | 0% |
| The Nuci Phillips Memorial Foundation Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Athens Area Humane Society of Clarke County and Spca Inc | $1,167 | 1 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fantasy Cares | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Katahdin Woods & Waters | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Center for Investigative Reporting formrly Foundation for National Progress | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Outpost Neighborhood Association | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($39k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Mills 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: Athens Area Community Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Mills Foundation
- How much does The Mills Foundation give?
- The Mills Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $320,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 4 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Mills Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (85%), Health (9%), Youth Development (2%).
- Who are The Mills Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Boys & Girls Club of Athens Inc ($6k), Roper St Francis Foundation ($5k), Athens Area Homeless Shelter Inc ($4k).
- Does The Mills Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Mills 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 The Mills Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Athens Area Community Foundation Inc, Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund, Paypal Charitable Giving Fund.
- Where is The Mills Foundation based?
- The Mills Foundation is based in GA.
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