Funding search · EIN 306000363 · Northbrook, IL
Mills Family Charitable Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 110
- grants reported
- $1.9M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $5,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Isgap - Breaking Through1 grant · $250,000
- Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago3 grants · $235,000
- Zacharias Center3 grants · $146,000
- Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center1 grant · $143,000
- John Howard Association4 grants · $115,000
- Highland Park Community Foundation3 grants · $90,000
- Joint Distribution Committee2 grants · $80,000
- Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County2 grants · $73,000
- Northwestern University - Holocaust Education Foundation1 grant · $50,000
- Our Place of New Trier1 grant · $50,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 110 grants.
- $250,000
Isgap - Breaking Through · New York, NY · 2025
General funding
- $143,000
Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center · Gurnee, IL · 2022
General funding
- $104,000
Zacharias Center · Gurnee, IL · 2024
General funding
- $85,000
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General funding
- $75,000
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General funding
- $75,000
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General funding
- $50,000
Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2024
General funding
- $50,000
Northwestern University - Holocaust Education Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2024
General funding
- $50,000
Our Place of New Trier · Wilmette, IL · 2024
General funding
- $50,000
Sga Youth and Family Services Donation (Scholarship and Guidance) · Chicago, IL · 2024
General funding
- $50,000
Lake Forest College · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
General funding
- $40,000
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County · West Palm Beach, FL · 2025
General funding
- $35,000
John Howard Association · Chicago, IL · 2025
General funding
- $33,000
Zacharias Center · Gurnee, IL · 2025
General funding
- $33,000
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
General funding
- $30,000
Our Place of New Trier Township · Wilmette, IL · 2025
General funding
- $30,000
Highland Park Community Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2024
General funding
- $30,000
John Howard Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
General funding
- $30,000
Highland Park Community Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2023
General funding
- $30,000
Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2023
General funding
- $30,000
Highland Park Community Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2022
General funding
- $25,000
North Chicago Community Partners · Lake Bluff, IL · 2025
General funding
- $25,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2025
General funding
- $25,000
John Howard Association · Chicago, IL · 2023
General funding
- $25,000
John Howard Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
General funding
- $20,000
Holocaust Education Foundation · Newport News, VA · 2023
General funding
- $20,000
Friends of Israel Defense Forces · New York, NY · 2022
General funding
- $20,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022
General funding
- $20,000
Scholarship & Guidance (Sga Youth and Family Services) · Chicago, IL · 2022
General funding
- $15,000
Citizenship Counts · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
General funding
- $15,000
Paideia US · New York, NY · 2025
General funding
- $15,000
Sga Youth and Family Services Donation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Scholarship & guidance
- $15,000
Aloha Medical Mission · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General funding
- $15,000
Citizenship Counts · Voorhees, NJ · 2022
General funding
- $10,000
American Friends of the Hebrew University · New York, NY · 2025
General funding
- $10,000
Case Western Reserve University · Cleveland, OH · 2025
General funding
- $10,000
Chicago Youth Programs · Chicago, IL · 2025
General funding
- $10,000
Frenchman'S Creek Charities Foundation · Palm Beach Gardens, FL · 2025
General funding
- $10,000
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces · New York, NY · 2025
General funding
- $10,000
International Documentary Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General funding
- $10,000
Israel Tennis Center Foundation · Deerfield Beach, FL · 2025
General funding
- $10,000
American Friends of the Hebrew University · New York, NY · 2024
General funding
- $10,000
Noble Network of Charter Schools · Chicago, IL · 2024
General funding
- $10,000
North Chicago Community Partners · Lake Bluff, IL · 2024
General funding
- $10,000
Invest in Kids · Denver, CO · 2023
General funding
- $10,000
American Friends of the Hebrew University · New York, NY · 2022
General funding
- $10,000
North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic · Teaneck, NJ · 2022
General funding
- $9,000
Zacharias Center · Gurnee, IL · 2023
General funding
- $8,000
Israel Tennis Center Foundation · Deerfield Beach, FL · 2024
General funding
- $8,000
King'S College · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2024
General funding
- $8,000
Friends of Israel Defense Forces · New York, NY · 2023
General funding
- $7,500
Frenchman'S Creek Charities Foundation · Palm Beach Gardens, FL · 2024
General funding
- $5,000
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2025
General funding
- $5,000
Briarwood Scholarship Foundation · Deerfield, IL · 2025
General funding
- $5,000
Our Place · Wilmette, IL · 2024
General funding
- $5,000
American Friends of the Hebrew University · New York, NY · 2023
General funding
- $5,000
Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network · Bethesda, MD · 2023
General funding
- $5,000
Concern Worldwide US · New York, NY · 2023
General funding
- $5,000
King'S College · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2023
General funding
- $5,000
Our Place · Wilmette, IL · 2023
General funding
- $5,000
The Peace House · Park City, UT · 2023
General funding
- $5,000
Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network · Bethesda, MD · 2022
General funding
- $5,000
International Documentary Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General funding
- $4,000
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network · Manhattan Beach, CA · 2024
General funding
- $4,000
Israel Tennis Center Foundation · Deerfield Beach, FL · 2023
General funding
- $4,000
The New York Foundling · New York, NY · 2023
General funding
- $4,000
Insight Though Education · Lake Worth, FL · 2022
General funding
- $3,000
Sterling Donor Advised Fund (Endo Collective) · Reston, VA · 2025
General funding
- $3,000
San Diego Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2024
General funding
- $3,000
Briarwood Scholarship Foundation · Deerfield, IL · 2023
General funding
- $3,000
Frenchman'S Creek Charities Foundation · Palm Beach Gardens, FL · 2023
General funding
- $3,000
United Way of Lake County · Gurnee, IL · 2023
General funding
- $3,000
United Way of Lake County · Gurnee, IL · 2022
General funding
- $2,850
Frenchman'S Creek Charities Foundation · Palm Beach Gardens, FL · 2022
General funding
- $2,500
Jupiter Medical Center · Jupiter, FL · 2025
General funding
- $2,500
Osa Conservation · Washington, DC · 2025
General funding
- $2,500
Briarwood Scholarship Foundation · Deerfield, IL · 2024
General funding
- $2,500
Jupiter Medical Center · Jupiter, FL · 2024
General funding
- $2,500
Amy Krouse Rosenthal Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General funding
- $2,500
Planned Parenthood of Sev Fla · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
General funding
- $2,500
Families Helping Families Chicagoland · Northbrook, IL · 2022
General funding
- $2,000
Furry Friends Humane · Jupiter, FL · 2025
General funding
- $2,000
Insight Through Education · Lake Worth, FL · 2025
General funding
- $2,000
Loyola Academy · Wilmette, IL · 2025
General funding
- $2,000
Peace House · Park City, UT · 2025
General funding
- $2,000
The Washington Institute for Near East Policies · Washington, DC · 2025
General funding
- $2,000
Classic Car Museum · St Augustine, FL · 2023
General funding
- $2,000
Israel Tennis Center Foundation · Deerfield Beach, FL · 2022
General funding
- $2,000
Kind Kitchen of Palm Beach · North Palm Beach, FL · 2022
General funding
- $2,000
King'S College · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2022
General funding
- $2,000
Sharsheret · Teaneck, NJ · 2022
General funding
- $1,800
Jupiter Medical Center · Jupiter, FL · 2023
General funding
- $1,500
Planned Parenthood · Chicago, IL · 2023
General funding
- $1,500
Briarwood Scholarship Foundation · Deerfield, IL · 2022
General funding
- $1,500
Jupiter Medical Center · Jupiter, FL · 2022
General funding
- $1,500
Planned Parenthood · Chicago, IL · 2022
General funding
- $1,200
Funmi Adewole Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General funding
- $1,000
Fistula Foundation · San Jose, CA · 2024
General funding
- $1,000
Funmi Adewole Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General funding
- $1,000
Jewish National Fund · New York, NY · 2024
General funding
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- The Chicago Community Trust14,939 grants · $5.82B
- The Big Ten Conference60 grants · $3.91B
Similar purposes
- Lyman Fund71 grants · $211,300
- Faith Hope and Love Foundation45 grants · $853,166
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Similar grant size
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- Seattle Foundation14,012 grants · $457.3M
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