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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 13-2622775

Mills Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Skillman, NJ. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 16 grants and $222,000 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Nov 30, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $222,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $2,995,599
  • Tax year 2023

    $153,000

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $2,924,465
  • Tax year 2022

    $173,526

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $2,694,467
  • Tax year 2021

    $172,331

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $2,692,556
  • Tax year 2020

    $193,400

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $2,618,908
  • Tax year 2019

    $145,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $2,666,387
  • Tax year 2018

    $145,394

    Grants listed
    33
    Assets, end of year
    $2,872,502
  • Tax year 2017

    $183,762

    Grants listed
    67
    Assets, end of year
    $2,945,147

Grants paid in 2024

16 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Individual

    Charitable Contribution

    $56,000
  2. DR Greenway Land Trust IncPrinceton, NJ

    Charitable Contribution

    $56,000
  3. Manomet Conservation ServicesPlymouth, MA

    Charitable Contribution

    $50,000
  4. Epilepsy FoundationBowie, MD

    Charitable Contribution

    $18,000
  5. Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

    Charitable Contribution

    $6,000
  6. Individual

    Charitable Contribution

    $6,000
  7. Individual

    Charitable Contribution

    $3,000
  8. Individual

    Charitable Contribution

    $3,000
  9. Individual

    Charitable Contribution

    $3,000
  10. Captains for Clean WaterFort Myers, FL

    Charitable Contribution

    $3,000
  11. St Jude's HospitalMemphis, TN

    Charitable Contribution

    $3,000
  12. Individual

    Charitable Contribution

    $3,000
  13. Pennsylvania Horticultural SocietyPhiladelphia, PA

    Charitable Contribution

    $3,000
  14. Human Rights CampaignWashington, DC

    Charitable Contribution

    $3,000
  15. Center for New American SecurityWashington, DC

    Charitable Contribution

    $3,000
  16. Chatham House IncWashington, DC

    Charitable Contribution

    $3,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education1 grant $6,00033% of the total
  2. Environment2 grants $6,00033% of the total
  3. Civil rights1 grant $3,00017% of the total
  4. International aid1 grant $3,00017% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts2 grants $56,000
  2. New Jersey1 grant $56,000
  3. Maryland1 grant $18,000
  4. District of Columbia3 grants $9,000
  5. Florida1 grant $3,000
  6. Pennsylvania1 grant $3,000
  7. Tennessee1 grant $3,000

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Elizabeth M HardiePresident Hours 2Pay $0
  • Bradford A MillsTreasurer Hours 2Pay $0
  • Barbara M HenaganSecretary Hours 2Pay $0
  • Taybrook MillsTrustee Hours 2Pay $0
  • Michael PetersonTrustee Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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