Mills Family Charitable Foundation
Northbrook, IL · EIN 30-6000363. Reported 141 grants totalling $2,405,450 to 77 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". Mills Family Charitable Foundation checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
5 of the organizations Mills Family Charitable Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 15 grants totalling $537,000 to them. That is 29% of the $1,857,500 of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | federated giving programme | Illinois | $310,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Highland Park Community Foundation | community foundation | Illinois | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc | federated giving programme | Florida | $95,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
| United Way of Lake County Inc | federated giving programme | Illinois | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| The San Diego Foundation | community foundation | California | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $18,000; the smallest was $150 and the largest $250,000.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center | Gurnee, IL | $333,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | Chicago, IL | $310,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Isgap - Breaking Through | New York, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Zacharias Center | Gurnee, IL | $146,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| John Howard Association | Chicago, IL | $140,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Highland Park Community Foundation | Highland Park, IL | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lake Forest College | Lake Forest, IL | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County | West Palm Beach, FL | $95,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Joint Distribution Committee | New York, NY | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Friends of Israel Defense Forces | New York, NY | $54,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Northwestern University - Holocaust Education Foundation | Evanston, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Our Place of New Trier | Wilmette, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sga Youth and Family Services Donation (scholarship and Guidance) | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Friends of the Hebrew University | New York, NY | $40,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| North Chicago Community Partners | Lake Bluff, IL | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Citizenship Counts | Voorhees, NJ | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Our Place of New Trier Township | Wilmette, IL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Scholarship & Guidance (sga Youth and Family Services) | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Israel Tennis Center Foundation | Deerfield Beach, FL | $26,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Frenchman's Creek Charities Foundation | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | $25,350 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Holocaust Education Foundation | Newport News, VA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Memory Care Home Solutions | St Louis, MO | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aloha Medical Mission | Honolulu, HI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network | Bethesda, MD | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Citizenship Counts | Phoenix, AZ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| International Documentary Association | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| King's College | Wilkesbarre, PA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Paideia US | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sga Youth and Family Services Donation | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Briarwood Scholarship Foundation | Deerfield, IL | $13,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Case Western Reserve University | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Chicago Youth Programs | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| College Bound Opportunities | Riverwoods, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Invest in Kids | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Noble Network of Charter Schools | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic | Teaneck, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Our Place | Wilmette, IL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jupiter Medical Center | Jupiter, FL | $9,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| United Way of Lake County | Gurnee, IL | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Peace House | Park City, UT | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Center for Enriched Living | Riverwoods, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Concern Worldwide US | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Keshet | Northbrook, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Planned Parenthood | Chicago, IL | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sharsheret Inc | Teaneck, NJ | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Insight Though Education | Lake Worth, FL | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jane Addams Senior Caucus | Chicago, IL | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Morselife Foundation Inc | West Palm Beach, FL | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pancreatic Cancer Action Network | Manhattan Beach, CA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The New York Foundling | New York, NY | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Funmi Adewole Foundation | Chicago, IL | $3,700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| LIVE4LALI | Lake Zurich, IL | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| San Diego Foundation | San Diego, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sterling Donor Advised Fund (endo Collective) | Reston, VA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Amy Krouse Rosenthal Foundation | Chicago, IL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Families Helping Families Chicagoland | Northbrook, IL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Libman Family Foundation | Evanstone, IL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Osa Conservation | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Planned Parenthood of Sev Fla | West Palm Beach, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Classic Car Museum | St Augustine, FL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Furry Friends Humane Inc | Jupiter, FL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Insight Through Education | Lake Worth, FL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kind Kitchen of Palm Beach | North Palm Beach, FL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Loyola Academy | Wilmette, IL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Washington Institute for Near East Policies | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Operation Smile Inc | Virginia Beach, VA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fistula Foundation | San Jose, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Furry Friends | Vancouver, WA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jewish National Fund | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Peoples Music School | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Place to Gather Community Center (ptg) | Spring Grove, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Va West Palm Beach | West Palm Beach, FL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| West Palm Beach Foundation | West Palm Beach, FL | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
30 of 77 (39%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 52%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 86 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 31 | $526,850 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 28 | $498,550 | $4,500 |
| 2023 | 28 | $268,300 | $4,500 |
| 2024 | 27 | $530,750 | $8,000 |
| 2025 | 27 | $581,000 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
65% of its giving went to organizations in Illinois.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Mills Family Charitable Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Co Crc 2460 Dundee Rd 1247, Northbrook, IL, 60062. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
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