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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 27-4186996

The Mills Foundation

A private foundation in Athens, GA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 4 grants and $320,400 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

    $320,400

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $0

  • Tax year 2024

    $5,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $57,557

  • Tax year 2023

    $5,500

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $38,349

  • Tax year 2022

    $6,625

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $44,881

  • Tax year 2021

    $6,001

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $60,132

  • Tax year 2020

    $6,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $60,020

  • Tax year 2019

    $1,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $66,044

  • Tax year 2018

    $6,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $37,505

Grants paid in 2025

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Athens Area Community FoundationAthens, GA

    Community outreach

    $293,650
  2. Alsacst Jude Children's HospitalAtlanta, GA

    Medical research

    $25,000
  3. Nuci's SpaceAthens, GA

    Mental health

    $1,500
  4. St Mary on the HillAugusta, GA

    Education

    $250

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $293,650100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Georgia4 grants $320,400

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Thomas W Scott IIITRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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