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Mildred Miller Fort Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Columbus, Georgia · EIN 581991612

Mildred Miller Fort Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Columbus, Georgia. In tax year 2025 it gave $5.4 million in 15 grants; the typical grant was $160,000 and the largest $1.8 million. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $1.4 million the year before.

80% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$4.5 million12$40.6 million
2024$1.4 million7$43.2 million
2025$5.4 million15$44.3 million

How to apply

ContactAlan F Rothschild Jr
PO Box 2665, Columbus, GA 31902
Phone or email(706) 341-6662
What to submitOn request
RestrictionsUnsolicited grants are restricted to the columbus, Georgia region.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Mildred Miller Fort Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Georgia.

StateGrantsAmount
Georgia15$5.4 million

Grants paid in 2025

All 15 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley
Columbus, GA
Improvement of the lives of the underserved.$1.8 million
Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley
Columbus, GA
General charitable purposes & use.$901,437
Columbus Technical College
Columbus, GA
Arts, humanities, world culture, and education.$500,000
Pastoral Institute
Columbus, GA
Community health and wellbeing$500,000
Columbus State University Foundation
Columbus, GA
Arts, humanities, world culture, and education.$375,000
Mercy Med of Columbus Inc
Columbus, GA
Community health and wellbeing$300,000
Valley Rescue Mission
Columbus, GA
Improvement of the lives of the underserved$250,000
Feeding the Valley
Midland, GA
Improvement of the lives of the underserved.$160,000
Columbus Ga Pickleball Association
Columbus, GA
Community health and wellbeing$150,000
Historic Columbus Foundation
Columbus, GA
Historic preservation and community awareness.$150,000
Standing Boy Inc
Columbus, GA
Historic preservation and community awareness.$150,000
Columbus Scholars Inc
Columbus, GA
Educational opportunities for the underserved$100,000
YMCA of Metropolitan Columbus Ga
Columbus, GA
Improvement of the lives of the underserved$50,000
Columbus Symphony Orchestra
Columbus, GA
Arts and humanities.$15,000
Rivercenter for the Performing Arts
Columbus, GA
Arts and humanities.$15,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Mildred Miller Fort Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Mildred Miller Fort Foundation Inc give?

$5.4 million in tax year 2025, across 15 grants, with a typical grant of $160,000.

Who runs Mildred Miller Fort Foundation Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists Alan F Rothschild Jr (Trustee/President As Requi), Warner Neal (Trustee/Vice President As), William C Woolfolk III (Trustee/Treasurer As Requi) and Sara H Dismuke (Trustee/ As Required) among 5 officers and trustees.

What does Mildred Miller Fort Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly arts and culture, education and health.

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