Robert Mills Foundation
The Robert Mills Foundation is a private foundation based in Saint Louis, Missouri. Its 2025 filing lists grants to charitable organizations in New Jersey, including organizations addressing hunger, health care, social services, education, and the arts.
Robert Mills Foundation at a glance
In short: Robert Mills Foundation gave $65K across 13 grants in 2025 (avg $5K), mostly in New Jersey. 69% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $65,000
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 13
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $5,000
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $5,000
- Total assets
- $1,228,405
- -1.6% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 69% first-time grantees (9 of 13, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- New Jersey (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Robert Mills Foundation
- Accepts unsolicited proposals
- No
- How to Apply
-
The foundation states that it makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.
- Contact
Mailing address: PO Box 505 Mac H0006-092, Saint Louis, MO 63166
Phone: (888) 730-4933
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Open Grants
1 open opportunity from Robert Mills Foundation
Who Robert Mills Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative Inc ($5K). Together the top 10 received $50K.
Grant Size Distribution
51 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 51 grants of 51 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
All grant dollars reported for 2025 went to recipients in New Jersey.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 13 itemized grants.
Cities
Is Robert Mills Foundation open to new grantees?
69%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 9 of 13 grantees (69%) were first-time recipients. With only 13 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 8 points. First grants averaged $5K; repeat grants $5K. How we count
Medians: $5K first-time, $5K repeat.
- 8% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−7%). Method
- In 2025 it paid out 97% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Foundations have until the end of the next year to meet it. Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990-PF filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $50K (2019) to $70K (2023). In 2025 it made 13 grants totaling $65K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative Inc Hackensack, NJ | General Operating | $5,000 |
| Mercer Street Friends Center Trenton, NJ | General Operating | $5,000 |
| Meals on Wheels of Mercer County Inc Ewing, NJ | General Operating | $5,000 |
| Center for Food Action Englewood, NJ | General Operating | $5,000 |
| Bessie Green Community Inc Newark, NJ | General Operating | $5,000 |
| Tri-County Scholarship Fund Mendham, NJ | General Operating | $5,000 |
| Down Syndrome Association of Central NJ Ewing, NJ | General Operating | $5,000 |
| Food Bank of South Jersey Pennsauken, NJ | General Operating | $5,000 |
| Cumac Echo Inc Paterson, NJ | General Operating | $5,000 |
| Caregiver Volunteers of Central Jersey Toms River, NJ | General Operating | $5,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,228,405 | $70,300 | $90,054 | $65,000 | 13 | $70,324 | $51,396 | $72,549 |
| 2024 | $1,247,872 | $60,270 | $88,506 | $65,000 | 13 | $72,051 | $44,161 | $69,318 |
| 2023 | $1,277,194 | $42,301 | $91,397 | $70,000 | 9 | $76,194 | $28,820 | $65,816 |
| 2022 | $1,325,528 | $49,715 | $96,143 | $70,000 | 8 | $76,594 | $32,889 | $71,496 |
| 2021 | $1,371,785 | $144,137 | $90,745 | $65,000 | 8 | — | $124,253 | $79,047 |
| 2020 | $1,312,451 | $89,341 | $80,975 | $54,000 | 7 | — | $72,880 | $69,533 |
| 2019 | $1,309,756 | $155,496 | $73,776 | $50,000 | 10 | — | $139,502 | $65,377 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Robert Mills Foundation reported a distributable amount of $73K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The available filing information does not state a mission for the foundation. Its 2025 grants included support for organizations whose own missions address food insecurity, volunteer health care, services for older adults and people with disabilities, youth programs, homelessness, education, and dance.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, the foundation reported 13 grants totaling $65,000. Each grant was $5,000. Recipients included Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative Inc, Mercer Street Friends Center, Meals on Wheels of Mercer County Inc, Center for Food Action, Bessie Green Community Inc, Tri-County Scholarship Fund, Down Syndrome Association of Central NJ, Food Bank of South Jersey, CUMAC ECHO Inc, Caregiver Volunteers of Central Jersey, New Jersey Ballet, and Greater Life Inc; each received $5,000.
The Food Bank of South Jersey describes its mission as providing food to people in need, nutrition education, and help finding sustainable ways to improve their lives. Caregiver Volunteers of Central Jersey says it recruits volunteers to provide supportive home care services to frail, elderly, disabled, and homebound people. Greater Life Inc describes its work as educating and inspiring at-risk and behaviorally challenged youth and their families. These are descriptions of the grantees’ missions, not the foundation’s.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Wells Fargo Bank N A as trustee.
Robert Mills Foundation's only listed officer is Wells Fargo Bank N A, Trustee on every filing since 2020 (compensated).
Officers on the 2025 filing
Wells Fargo Bank N A
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
$21K (2020) → $16K (2025)
Former officers (1)
- Former: Wells Fargo Bank (2019) — Trustee
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $16K, to Wells Fargo Bank N a (Trustee).
Frequently asked questions about Robert Mills Foundation
How much does Robert Mills Foundation give each year?
Robert Mills Foundation gave $65K across 13 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $65K across 13 grants.
What is Robert Mills Foundation's typical grant size?
Robert Mills Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $5,000, and its average grant was $5,000, across 13 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Organizations receiving their first grant from Robert Mills Foundation that year got $5K on average.
Where does Robert Mills Foundation give grants?
Robert Mills Foundation gives mostly in New Jersey: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Ewing, NJ (2 grants) and Newark, NJ (2 grants).
Does Robert Mills Foundation give general operating support?
Yes: 100% of Robert Mills Foundation's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (13 of 13) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
Who are Robert Mills Foundation's largest grantees?
Robert Mills Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative Inc ($5,000), Mercer Street Friends Center ($5,000) and Meals on Wheels of Mercer County Inc ($5,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Together they received 23% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Robert Mills Foundation?
Robert Mills Foundation reported $1.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $70K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $73K (roughly 5% of its investment assets). Falling short in one year is not a violation: foundations have until the end of the next year to meet the minimum.
What does Robert Mills Foundation fund?
The available filing information does not state a mission for the foundation. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Robert Mills Foundation?
The foundation states that it makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is Robert Mills Foundation's EIN?
Robert Mills Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 22-6311439. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Does Robert Mills Foundation accept unsolicited proposals?
No, according to Grantable's research on the foundation's published guidelines. See how to apply ↑
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 7, 2021)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 7, 2023)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 11, 2020)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 7, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 5, 2024)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 3, 2025)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 8, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025
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Grantable. (2026). Robert Mills Foundation funder profile. GrantGraph. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://grantable.co/funders/robert-mills-foundation-morg_f48e15919ca54b0e8c8520e2105bbde1
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