Millsdavis Foundation
Saint Paul, MN · EIN 81-3141868. Reported 106 grants totalling $2,606,578 to 49 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Millsdavis Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $15,000 and $30,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $50,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Regional Advocacy Project | San Francisco, CA | $170,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lomakatsi Restoration Project | Ashland, OR | $165,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Oslc Developments Inc | Eugene, OR | $121,412 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Tropical Botanical Garden | Kalaheo, HI | $115,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Springfield Public Library Foundation | Springfield, OR | $105,952 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pogo Park | Richmond, CA | $102,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Operation Nightwatch | Portland, OR | $91,512 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Vincent De Paul Society of Lane County Inc | Eugene, OR | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kwiaht Center for the Historical Ecology of the Salish Sea | Lopez Island, WA | $87,943 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lavender Youth Recreation and Information | San Francisco, CA | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Supported Shelters | Eugene, OR | $84,682 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Washington Trails Association | Seattle, WA | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Arts in Education of the Gorge (aieg) | Hood River, OR | $70,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hood River County School District | Hood River, OR | $65,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Seattle Children's Hospital Foundation | Seattle, WA | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Oregon Community Programs | Eugene, OR | $64,526 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Oslc Deelopments Inc | Eugene, OR | $63,688 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Incight Company | Portland, OR | $62,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cascadia Wildlands | Eugene, OR | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wordcrafters in Eugene | Eugene, OR | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Street Books | Portland, OR | $57,640 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rural Development Initiatives | Coburg, OR | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Eugene Peaceworks | Eugene, OR | $52,162 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cascade Forest Conservancy | Vancouver, WA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Diocese of Olympia Inc | Montesano, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lavender Youth Recreation and Information Center | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Columbia Land Trust | Vancouver, WA | $40,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Oregon Foundation | Eugene, OR | $38,359 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Shepherds House | Bend, OR | $35,680 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Carry It Forward | Eugene, OR | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Union Gospel Mission | Portland, OR | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Children's Healing Project | Portland, OR | $34,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Medical Teams International | Tigard, OR | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wallowa Resources | Enterprise, OR | $26,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Forest History Society | Durham, NC | $25,048 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Doernbecher Childrens Hospital Foundation | Portland, OR | $25,004 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pacific Forest Trust Inc | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Watershed Research and Training Center | Hayfork, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| When We Shine | Kula, HI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Springfield Education Foundation | Springfield, OR | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| World Salmon Council | Portland, OR | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bark | Portland, OR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oregon Social Learning Center Community Programs | Eugene, OR | $8,470 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Attitudinal Healing Connection | Oakland, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gofundmeorg | West Hollywood, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oregon Health & Science University Foundation | Portland, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Translifeline | Oakland, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Little Hands Can | Springfield, OR | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of the San Francisco Public Library | San Francisco, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
26 of 49 (53%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 67%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Lomakatsi Restoration Project
INTER-TRIBAL ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION PARTNERSHIP - National Tropical Botanical Garden
SUPPORTING THE CRITICAL MISSION OF THE NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN - Western Regional Advocacy Project
HOUSE KEYS NOT SWEEPS: ORGANIZING PEOPLE LIVING UNHOUSED - Hood River County School District
STEM MOBILE CLASSROOM: EXPANDING STEM ACTIVITIES FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS - Lavender Youth Recreation and Information Center
HOLISTIC LEADERSHIP & CAREER DEVELOPMENT FOR LGTBQQ+ YOUTH - Pogo Park
HIGH QUALITY ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS AT ELM PLAYLOT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 80 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 | $570,246 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 26 | $713,010 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 28 | $630,161 | $20,452 |
| 2024 | 29 | $693,161 | $25,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 61% of this one's giving went to organizations in Oregon. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $25,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Oregon.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Millsdavis Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 30 East Seventh Street 2000, Saint Paul, MN, 55101. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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