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Millstein Foundation Inc

Naples, FL · EIN 45-5206429. Reported 130 grants totalling $314,740 to 64 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$800median grant
$314,740granted, 2021-2024
64recipients, as named on its returns
57%of grantees funded again the next year
$1,772,521assets, latest filing

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. Millstein Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $800. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $2,500; the smallest was $100 and the largest $17,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
66 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
39 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
14 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
11 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Canine CompanionsOrlando, FL$50,500442024
Friends of Falling WaterMill Run, PA$42,000332024
The Naples PlayersNaples, FL$35,000442024
Artis - NaplesNaples, FL$20,000442024
Jewish Federation Greater NaplesNaples, FL$16,000222023
The Immokalee FoundationNaples, FL$12,700332023
Harry Chapinn Food Bank of Southwest FloridaFort Myers, FL$12,500222023
Neighborhood Health ClinicNaples, FL$12,500442024
Gulf Shore PlayhouseNaples, FL$10,000112021
Shelter for Abused Women & ChildrenNaples, FL$9,500442024
Jewish Federation of Greater NaplesNaples, FL$8,000222024
Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest FloridaFort Myers, FL$7,500222024
University of Pittsburgh at GreensburgGreensburg, PA$6,000222023
Brevard Music CenterBrevard, NC$5,500222023
Planned ParenthoodNew York, NY$5,500442024
St Matthew's HouseNaples, FL$5,000222024
Community Foundation of Collier CountyNaples, FL$4,850442024
Pittsburgh Symphony OrchestraPittsburgh, PA$4,500442024
Congregation Emanu-El IsraelGreensburg, PA$3,200442024
Moorings Park FoundationNaples, FL$3,200112024
St Matthews HouseNaples, FL$3,000222023
University of Pittsburgh at Greensburguniversity of Pittsburgh at GreensburGreensburg, PA$3,000112024
Doctors Without BorderNew York, NY$2,500222023
Humane Society NaplesNaples, FL$2,250442024
Conservancy of Southwest FloridaNaples, FL$2,000332024
Doctors Without BordersNew York, NY$2,000222024
David Lawrence CenterNaples, FL$1,750222022
Penn State University DevelopmentState College, PA$1,515332024
ACLUNew York, NY$1,500442024
Baker Senior CenterNaples, FL$1,500222024
St Jude Children's Research HospitalMemphis, TN$1,500332024
The Studio PlayersNaples, FL$1,500222024
Frank Lloyd Wright Building ConservancyChicago, IL$1,250442024
Naples Botanical GardenNaples, FL$1,200332023
Anti-Defamaiton LeagueNew York, NY$1,000222023
Boston Children's Hospital TrustBoston, MA$1,000112024
Charity Navigator Giving BasketSaddle Brook, NJ$1,000112024
Collier Community FoundationNaples, FL$1,000112024
Fostering SuccessNaples, FL$1,000222024
Naples Children & Education FoudationNaples, FL$1,000112022
Wgcu Public MediaFort Myers, FL$550442024
Anti-Defamation LeagueNew York, NY$500112024
David Lawrence Centers for Behavioral HealthNaples, FL$500112024
Friends of Foster Children ForeverNaples, FL$500112022
Historic Savannah FoundationSavannah, GA$500112024
Hope for Haiti IncNaples, FL$500112021
Naples Senior CenterNaples, FL$500112022
North Carolina Central UniversityDurham, NC$500112023
St Jude Childrens Research HospitalMemphis, TN$500112021
World Central KitchenGreensburg, PA$500112021
Community Living & Support ServicesPittsburgh, PA$300112023
AdlNew York, NY$250112021
Avow HospiceNaples, FL$250112022
Folds of HonorTulsa, OK$250112023
Holocaust Museum and Cohen Education CenterNaples, FL$250112021
Liberation InstituteSan Francisco, CA$250112021
Naple Cat AllianceNaples, FL$250112023
Opera NaplesNaples, FL$250112023
Shy Wolfe SanctuaryNaples, FL$250112024
Temple Emanuel-El of GreensburgGreensburg, PA$250112023
Westmoreland Food BankDelmont, PA$250112024
World Central KithcenWashington, DC$250112022
United States Golf AssociationLiberty Corner, NJ$125112024
HadassahNew York, NY$100112024

34 of 64 (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 57%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 63 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Arts & Culture
17 grants
Health Care
9 grants
Food & Nutrition
5 grants
Education
5 grants
Human Services
5 grants
Animal Welfare
4 grants
Housing & Shelter
4 grants
Environment
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202128$63,050$750
202232$82,900$1,000
202334$82,800$900
202436$85,990$657

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

72% of its giving went to organizations in Florida. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Florida
$227K
Pennsylvania
$62K
New York
$13K
North Carolina
$6K
Tennessee
$2K
Illinois
$1K
New Jersey
$1K
Massachusetts
$1K

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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc23 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund22 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program19 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust19 shared recipientsAmerican Endowment Foundation18 shared recipientsCollier Community Foundation Inc16 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $800. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Florida.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 Millstein Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: 7478 Little Lane Ste 601, Naples, FL, 34105. 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.

EIN 45-5206429 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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