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 20222025. 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

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  • 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

$498,550
2022
$268,300
2023
$530,750
2024
$581,000
2025

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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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.