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The Mcgue Millhiser Family Trust

Richmond, VA · EIN 30-6068869. Reported 200 grants totalling $3,970,000 to 72 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$10,000median grant
$3,970,000granted, 2021-2025
72recipients, as named on its returns
78%of grantees funded again the next year
$22.4Massets, 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. The Mcgue Millhiser Family Trust 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $138,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
5 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
35 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
38 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
62 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
30 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
25 grants
$100,000 and Up
5 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
The Hill SchoolPottstown, PA$518,000552025
Virginia Museum of Fine ArtsRichmond, VA$250,000442025
Roots and WingsDelray Beach, FL$235,000552025
Washington & Lee University Law SchLexington, VA$225,000552025
Goochland CaresGoochland, VA$220,000552025
The Joyce TheaterNew York, NY$200,000332023
Bates CollegeLewiston, ME$165,000552025
Riverside SchoolNorth Chesterfield, VA$165,000442025
Monmouth County Historical AssocFreehold, NJ$145,000332025
New York City BalletNew York, NY$130,000552025
Georgetown UniversityWashington, DC$125,000552025
The Joyce Theater FoundationNew York, NY$125,000222025
Christ Church SchoolChristchurch, VA$115,000442025
Bethesda HospitalBoynton Beach, FL$100,000112021
Mount Sinai Hospital FoundationMontreal, Quebec$100,000222025
Duke UniversityDurham, NC$65,000222025
American Institute for StutteringNew York, NY$55,000332023
Parker Family Health CenterRed Bank, NJ$55,000552025
Battery ConservancyNew York, NY$50,000552025
Duke University Medical CenterDurham, NC$50,000112021
Art for Refugees in TransitionNew York, NY$45,000552025
Virginia Horse Center FoundationLexington, VA$45,000332024
Mercy Center NjAsbury Park, NJ$42,000552025
Allen-Stevenson SchoolNew York, NY$40,000552025
American Red CrossNew York, NY$40,000552025
The Little Club Scholarship Foundation IncDelray Beach, FL$40,000222025
Holy Cross AcademyFredericksburg, VA$35,000332025
Monmouth County Historical AssnFreehold, NJ$35,000112021
Westminster Canterbury FoundationRichmond, VA$35,000442025
Riverdale Country SchoolBronx, NY$32,000442025
Berkshire SchoolSheffield, MA$30,000552025
Monmouth Medical Center FoundationLong Branch, NJ$30,000332025
Riverview Medical Center FoundationRed Bank, NJ$30,000332025
The Headstrong ProjectNew York, NY$30,000332025
Global Connections for ChangeDurham, NC$25,000112025
Northstar AcademyRichmond, VA$25,000112021
Rockville School Park FoundationRockville, VA$25,000112025
Count Basie Theater Cap CampaignRed Bank, NJ$20,000222022
Planned Parenthood Federation of AmericaNew York, NY$20,000222022
St Paul's Episcopal ChurchDelray Beach, FL$20,000442025
The Richmond BalletRichmond, VA$20,000222025
Boys & Girls Clubs of Monmouth CounAsbury Park, NJ$15,000222025
Planned Parenthood FederationNew York, NY$15,000332025
Boys & Girls Club of Palm BeachWest Palm Beach, FL$13,000442024
St Andrew's SchoolRichmond, VA$12,000442025
Tunnel to Towers FoundationStaten Island, NY$12,000332025
Henrico Christmas MotherHenrico, VA$11,000442025
Art WorksRichmond, VA$10,000222025
Deep Run Horse Show AssociationManakin Sabot, VA$10,000112024
Hunger and Health CoalitionBoone, NC$10,000112024
Partners for World HealthPortland, ME$10,000112023
Signature TheatreArlington, VA$10,000222022
Two River TheaterRed Bank, NJ$10,000112022
Feed MoreRichmond, VA$9,000442025
Um Ear InstituteCoral Gables, FL$8,000442024
Volunteer Florida FoundationTallahassee, FL$7,000112022
Boys & Girls Club of MonmouthRed Bank, NJ$6,000222022
Sportsman Alliance FoundationColumbus, OH$6,000222024
Bethesda Hospital FoundationCincinnati, OH$5,000112024
Mcpherson CollegeMcpherson, KS$5,000112023
Shore HouseLong Branch, NJ$5,000112022
The Society of the Four ArtsPalm Beach, FL$5,000112025
The ValentineRichmond, VA$3,000222025
Patton Veteran's Project IncNew York, NY$2,500112024
Convent of the Sacred HeartNew York, NY$2,000222024
Friends of Hollywood CemeteryRichmond, VA$2,000442025
Harry J Kegelman V Memorial FundRumson, NJ$2,000112023
Lstef One Love TennisWilmington, NC$2,000112021
Stjohn's Church FoundationRichmond, VA$2,000222024
Valentine Richmond History MuseumRichmond, VA$2,000222022
Family LifelineRcihmond, VA$1,000112021
Sisters of Mercy of AmericasWatchung, NJ$500112025

52 of 72 (72%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 78%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 117 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.

Education
33 grants
Human Services
28 grants
Arts & Culture
23 grants
Health Care
16 grants
Recreation & Sports
5 grants
Food & Nutrition
5 grants
Environment
4 grants
International Affairs
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202135$713,000$7,000
202236$731,000$10,000
202338$778,500$10,000
202448$836,500$10,000
202543$911,000$10,000

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

31% of its giving went to organizations in Virginia. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Virginia
$1.2M
New York
$798K
Pennsylvania
$518K
Florida
$428K
New Jersey
$396K
Maine
$175K
North Carolina
$152K
District of Columbia
$125K

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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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund35 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc29 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc26 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust25 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program21 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc20 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. 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 Virginia.
  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 The Mcgue Millhiser Family Trust's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). 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: 3206 Noble Ave, Richmond, VA, 23222. 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 30-6068869 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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