Funding search · EIN 320263007 · Madison, WI

Sally Mead Hands Foundation

Name: Sally Mead Hands Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

200
grants reported: $8.4M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Citizens Climate Education Corp4 grants · $1.1M
World Wildlife Fund4 grants · $630,000
Environmental Law & Policy Center4 grants · $450,000
Rocky Mountain Institute4 grants · $332,500
Planned Parenthood of Illinois4 grants · $325,000
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin4 grants · $310,000
Planned Parenthood of Michigan4 grants · $310,000
Climate Xchange4 grants · $300,000
Project Drawdown3 grants · $300,000
The Nature Conservancy4 grants · $294,500

Giving over time

$2.2M

2022

$2.0M

2023

$2.0M

2024

$2.2M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 200 grants.

$320,000
Citizens Climate Education Corp · Coronado, CA · 2025
Operating funds
$310,000
Citizens Climate Education Corp · Coronado, CA · 2022
Operating funds
$220,000
Citizens Climate Education Corp · Coronado, CA · 2024
Operating funds
$220,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Operating funds
$212,000
Citizens Climate Education Corp · Coronado, CA · 2023
Operating funds
$160,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
Operating funds
$160,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Operating funds
$150,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Operating funds
$147,500
Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2025
Operating funds
$120,000
Nature Conservancy of Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2023
Operating funds
$120,000
Environmental Law & Policy Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
Operating funds
$110,000
Environmental Law & Policy Center · Chicago, IL · 2025
Operating funds
$110,000
Environmental Law & Policy Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating funds
$110,000
Environmental Law & Policy Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Operating funds
$102,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022
Operating funds
$100,000
Ceres · Boston, MA · 2025
Operating funds
$100,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2025
Operating funds
$100,000
Planned Parenthood of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2025
Operating funds
$100,000
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England · Colchester, VT · 2025
Operating funds
$100,000
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Operating funds
$100,000
Project Drawdown · New York, NY · 2025
Operating funds
$100,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
Operating funds
$100,000
Project Drawdown · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Operating funds
$100,000
Nature Conservancy of Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2022
Operating funds
$100,000
Project Drawdown · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Operating funds
$90,000
Transportation Riders United · Detroit, MI · 2025
Operating funds
$80,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2024
Operating funds
$77,500
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2025
Operating funds
$75,000
Climate Xchange · Boston, MA · 2025
Operating funds
$75,000
Climate Xchange · Boston, MA · 2024
Operating funds
$75,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating funds
$75,000
Climate Xchange · Boston, MA · 2023
Operating funds
$75,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2023
Operating funds
$75,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
Operating funds
$75,000
Climate Xchange · Boston, MA · 2022
Operating funds
$75,000
Nature Conservancy of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022
Operating funds
$75,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022
Operating funds
$70,000
Planned Parenthood of the Great Plains · Overland Park, KS · 2025
Operating funds
$70,000
Center for Neighborhood Technology · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating funds
$70,000
Planned Parenthood of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Operating funds
$70,000
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating funds
$70,000
Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2024
Operating funds
$70,000
Transportation Riders United · Detroit, MI · 2024
Operating funds
$70,000
Center for Neighborhood Technology · Chicago, IL · 2023
Operating funds
$70,000
Planned Parenthood of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Operating funds
$70,000
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operating funds
$70,000
Center for Neighborhood Technology · Chicago, IL · 2022
Operating funds
$70,000
Planned Parenthood of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Operating funds
$70,000
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating funds
$68,000
Transportation Riders United · Detroit, MI · 2023
Operating funds
$63,000
Transportation Riders United · Detroit, MI · 2022
Operating funds
$60,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2025
Operating funds
$60,000
1000 Friends of Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2024
Operating funds
$60,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating funds
$60,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2023
Operating funds
$60,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2022
Operating funds
$60,000
Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2022
Operating funds
$55,000
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences · Madison, WI · 2024
Operating funds
$55,000
1000 Friends of Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2023
Operating funds
$55,000
Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2023
Operating funds
$55,000
1000 Friends of Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2022
Operating funds
$50,000
Grid Alternatives · Oakland, CA · 2025
Operating funds
$50,000
Midwest Renewable Energy Association · Custer, WI · 2025
Operating funds
$50,000
Renew Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2025
Operating funds
$50,000
Savanna Institute · Madison, WI · 2025
Operating funds
$50,000
Ceres · Boston, MA · 2024
Operating funds
$50,000
Grid Alternatives · Oakland, CA · 2024
Operating funds
$50,000
Midwest Renewable Energy · Custer, WI · 2024
Operating funds
$50,000
Ceres · Boston, MA · 2023
Operating funds
$50,000
Midwest Renewable Energy · Custer, WI · 2023
Operating funds
$50,000
Renew Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2023
Operating funds
$50,000
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences · Madison, WI · 2023
Operating funds
$50,000
Enterprise Community Partners · Columbia, MD · 2022
Operating funds
$50,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2022
Operating funds
$50,000
Midwest Renewable Energy · Custer, WI · 2022
Operating funds
$40,000
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences · Madison, WI · 2025
Operating funds
$40,000
Neighborhood House Community Center · Madison, WI · 2024
Operating funds
$40,000
World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Operating funds
$40,000
Grid Alternatives · Oakland, CA · 2023
Operating funds
$40,000
World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Operating funds
$40,000
Grid Alternatives · Oakland, CA · 2022
Operating funds
$40,000
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences · Madison, WI · 2022
Operating funds
$40,000
World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Operating funds
$38,000
Healthy Climate Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2025
Operating funds
$38,000
Healthy Climate Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2024
Operating funds
$36,720
Appalachian Mountain Club · Boston, MA · 2022
Operating funds
$35,000
Center for Neighborhood Technology · Chicago, IL · 2025
Operating funds
$35,000
Elevate Energy · Chicago, CA · 2024
Operating funds
$35,000
Planned Parenthood of the Great Plains · Overland Park, KS · 2023
Operating funds
$35,000
Planned Parenthood of the Great Plains · Overland Park, KS · 2022
Operating funds
$30,000
Enterprise Community Partners · Columbia, MD · 2024
Operating funds
$30,000
Michigan Environmental Council · Lansing, MI · 2024
Operating funds
$30,000
Planned Parenthood of the Great Plains · Overland Park, KS · 2024
Operating funds
$30,000
Renew Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2024
Operating funds
$30,000
Michigan Environmental Council · Lansing, MI · 2022
Operating funds
$30,000
Renew Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2022
Operating funds
$27,500
Rail Passengers Association · Washington, DC · 2024
Operating funds
$25,000
Field Museum of Natural History · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating funds
$25,000
The Ecology Center · San Juan Capistrano, CA · 2024
Operating funds
$25,000
Elevate Energy · Chicago, CA · 2023
Operating funds

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