Katherine Wells MacMillan Foundation

• This Minneapolis-based private foundation states that it makes grants solely to other public charities qualified under section 501(c)(3), and its recipients include community foundations, United Way organisations, a community centre and a children's shelter, so a group that is not such a charity falls outside its stated activity.
• It states that it does not accept unsolicited requests, so the sensible first step is to seek an introduction or invitation rather than send a cold proposal.
• Its typical grants fall between $35,000 and $3,000,000, with a median of $500,000 and half its grants at $500,000 or less, so a modest request sized towards the lower end fits its record best.
• No geographic focus is stated, though its grants have been mainly in the United States and Florida, which describes its pattern rather than a limit on who may apply.
• About 48% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, so repeat support is a real pattern worth knowing about.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• United Way of Collier and the Keys · Unrestricted
  $1,487,5002024 tax year
• Community Foundation of the Florida Keys · Unrestricted
  $1,487,5002024 tax year
• Communities Foundation of Oklahoma · Unrestricted
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · Unrestricted
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Grace Jones Community Center · Unrestricted
  $500,0002024 tax year
• Florida Keys Children's Shelter · Unrestricted
  $250,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.