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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-3972275

Mills Family Foundation

A private foundation in Chicago, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 6 grants and $120,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 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 2025

    $120,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $901,756

  • Tax year 2024

    $30,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $988,277

  • Tax year 2023

    $148,050

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $978,714

  • Tax year 2022

    $944,625

    Grants listed
    42
    Assets, end of year
    $376,702

  • Tax year 2021

    $2,524,500

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $689,873

  • Tax year 2020

    $680,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,471,378

  • Tax year 2019

    $3,143,433

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $1,666,546

  • Tax year 2018

    $2,542,100

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $2,709,905

Grants paid in 2025

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Starkey Foundation IncWichita, KS

    General support

    $100,000
  2. Lake Forest Chapter of the Infant Welfare Society of ChicagoChicago, IL

    General support

    $10,000
  3. CPS Lives NFP DBA Artists in Public SchoolsChicago, IL

    General support

    $2,500
  4. Friends of Northside College Preparatory High SchoolChicago, IL

    General support

    $2,500
  5. Loyola University of ChicagoChicago, IL

    General support

    $2,500
  6. New York Road Runners IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $2,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services1 grant $100,00098% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $2,5002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Kansas1 grant $100,000
  2. Illinois4 grants $17,500
  3. New York1 grant $2,500

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Charles MillsTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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