Funding Amount

Approximately US $5,000

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

Can we apply?

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Geography

  • Located in the New Jersey area

Required status

  • 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status

Overview

The Robert A. Mills Foundation Grant supports 501(c)(3) organizations in New Jersey, focusing on charitable, religious, scientific, literary, humanitarian, scholarship, and educational initiatives. Established by Robert A. Mills, the foundation encourages specificity in proposals to enhance their effectiveness. Program areas include arts, education, health, and public benefit, among others. Preference is given to local organizations, fostering community support and development in the region.

The Robert A. Mills Foundation was established under the Will of Robert A. Mills as a perpetual trust, the income of which is distributed for charitable purposes. Mr. Mills lived in the city of Paterson, New Jersey, and was affiliated with an industrial supplies and equipment business known as H.W. Mills & Company.
The Robert A. Mills Foundation makes grants to organizations supporting charitable, religious, scientific, literary, humanitarian, scholarship, or educational purposes. Specificity regarding the need, practicability, and usefulness of each proposed grant is encouraged.
To provide grants to qualified 501(c)(3) organizations supporting charitable, religious, scientific, literary, humanitarian, scholarship, or educational purposes.
Program areas
Arts, culture, and humanitiesEducationEnvironment, animalsHealthHuman servicesPublic/society benefitReligion

Eligibility

To be eligible, organizations must qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.There are no geographic restrictions; however, the Foundation has a practice of supporting organizations located in the New Jersey area.

What Robert Mills Foundation actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2025

Grants in 2025
13
Total given
$65K
Median grant
$5,000
  • By dollars: New Jersey 100%. Top recipient cities: Ewing, NJ; Newark, NJ; Hackensack, NJ.
  • 100% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
  • 69% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

Example grants

  • 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

IRS Form 990-PF, 2025. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

  • Nonprofits
  • Foundation
  • Arts
  • Education
  • Healthcare
  • Human services
  • Religious

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