The Mill Foundation is a not-for-profit organization that provides funding to those programs and organizations which benefit the Rockford region’s disadvantaged youth, ultimately giving them the values, behaviors and life skills that will lead to responsible and productive lives.
Please complete a grant application for consideration, and attach any additional sheets as necessary. Grant applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. The application deadlines are January 1 and July 1, each year.
Recent grants include:
Spring, 2013
- Rockford Reachout Jail Ministry - $12,500
- Rockford MELD - $10,000
- Northwest Community Center - $10,000
- Northern Illinois Food Bank - $10,000
- Remedies Renewing Lives - $10,000
- Family Counseling Service - $10,000
Spring, 2012
- Rockford Day Nursery Early Learning Center - $1,472
- Blackhawk Area Council, Boy Scouts of America - $7,500
- Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois - $10,000
- Winnebago County CASA - $10,000
- Big Brothers Big Sisters - $16,000
Fall, 2011
- Barbara Olson Center of Hope - $1,747
- Family Counseling Services of Northern Illinois - $8,000
- Remedies Renewing Lives - $8,000
- Northern Illinois Food Bank - $8,000
- Lutheran Social Services of Illinois - $10,000
- Rockford MELD - $10,000
Spring, 2011
- Children’s Safe Harbor - $1,728
- Children’s Home and Aid - $5,000
- Midway Village Museum - $5,620
- Ken-Rock Community Center - $8,000
- YMCA Community Outreach - $11,430
- Northwest Community Center - $12,000
- Patriots’ Gateway Community Center - $15,000
Fall, 2010
- Gigi’s Playhouse - Rockford: $10,000
- Golden Apple Foundation of Rockford: $5,000
- Reaching and Inspiring Students for Education (RAISE): $6,500
- Rosie’s Birthday Club: $1,000
- MAYA’S House: $1,129
Spring, 2010
- Lutheran Social Services of Illinois/Buddy House: $20,000
- Rockford Sexual Assault Counseling: $10,000
- University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford: $10,000
- RAMP: $1,000
Fall, 2009
- Rockford MELD: $12,500
- Northwest Community Center: $12,500
- Teen REACH of YMCA: $10,000
- PHASE/WAVE: $10,000
- CASA: $9,500
- Rockford Rescue Mission: $5,000
- MAPS of Illinois: $1,000
Spring, 2009
- Rockford Park District Foundation: $5,000
- Youth Achievers Program: $6,000
- Big Brothers/Big Sisters: $12,500
- Booker Washington Community Center: $14,200
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*Organizations awarded a grant must wait two cycles before The MILL Foundation will consider additional grant requests.
The Mill Foundation in each fiscal year(July 1
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