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Macgillis Family Foundation

Accepts applications Minneapolis, Minnesota · EIN 461416748

Macgillis Family Foundation is a private foundation in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In tax year 2025 it gave $27,000 in 8 grants; the typical grant was $1,500 and the largest $13,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2025 was the same as $27,000 the year before.

0% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$30,0009$185,230
2024$27,0009$179,992
2025$27,0008$167,318

How to apply

ContactMacgillis Family Foundation
310 4th Ave S, Ste 8000, Minneapolis, MN 55415-1000
Phone or email(612) 455-0503, jmacgillis@trepanierlaw.com
What to submitIn writing and purpose of organization
DeadlinesDecember 1

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Macgillis Family Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to Wisconsin.

StateGrantsAmount
Wisconsin4$20,000
Minnesota4$7,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 8 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
St Vincent de Paul Society
Milwaukee, WI
Food/shelter and life services$13,000
Prince of Peace School
Milwaukee, WI
Empower youth in milwaukee wi$5,000
Interfaith Action of Greater St Pau
St Paul, MN
After school progaming for youth$3,000
Womens's Advocates
St Paul, MN
Helping women w/domestic violence$2,000
Casa Romero Renewal Center
Milwaukee, WI
Empower youth/families in milwaukee$1,000
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School
Milwaukee, WI
Student support$1,000
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School
Minneapolis, MN
Student support at high school$1,000
Alliance Housing Inc
Minneapolis, MN
Affordable housing$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Macgillis Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: December 1.

How much does Macgillis Family Foundation give?

$27,000 in tax year 2025, across 8 grants, with a typical grant of $1,500.

Who runs Macgillis Family Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists James Macgillis (Manager), Alexander Macgillis (Manager) and Pierre Macgillis (Manager).

What does Macgillis Family Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly housing and homelessness, education and youth programs.

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