Funding search · EIN 043342111 · East Thetford, VT

Frank and Brinna Sands Foundation

Name: Frank and Brinna Sands Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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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.

70
grants reported: $206,485
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $2,105
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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

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Top recipients

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Upper Valley Agricultural Association1 grant · $25,000
Dartmouth College Fund3 grants · $17,400
Middlebury College3 grants · $12,500
Friends of Dartmouth Cancer Center2 grants · $10,000
Upper Valley Trails Alliance2 grants · $10,000
Village Health Works1 grant · $10,000
Upper Valley Haven2 grants · $7,500
Wildlands Network1 grant · $7,500
Dartmouth College1 grant · $5,800
Darmouth-Hitchcock Health1 grant · $5,500

Giving over time

$31,010

2021

$32,675

2022

$51,600

2023

$91,200

2024

Grant history

All 70 reported grants, largest first.

$25,000
Upper Valley Agricultural Association · Norwich, VT · 2024
Campaign for Norwich Farmers Market
$10,000
Village Health Works · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted Support
$7,500
Wildlands Network · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
Support for karen beazley's travel for the northeastern north america connectivity summit and for general support
$6,000
Upper Valley Trails Alliance · Norwich, VT · 2023
Support for upper valley trail corps' 2023 project in union village dam
$5,800
Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2024
Dartmouth College Fund
$5,800
Dartmouth College Fund · Hanover, NH · 2023
Contribution to dartmouth college fund
$5,800
Dartmouth College Fund · Hanover, NH · 2022
Contribution to dartmouth college fund
$5,800
Dartmouth College Fund · Hanover, NH · 2021
Contribution to dartmouth college fund
$5,500
Darmouth-Hitchcock Health · Lebanon, NH · 2024
Friends of Dartmouth Cancer Center
$5,500
Friends of Darmouth Cancer Center - Dartmouth Hitchcock Health · Lebanon, NH · 2023
Unrestricted support
$5,500
Two Countries One Forest · East Thetford, VT · 2021
Support for future forests reimagined initiative
$5,000
Nh Public Radio · Concord, NH · 2024
Unrestricted Support
$5,000
Upper Valley Haven · White River Junction, VT · 2024
Unrestricted Support
$5,000
Upper Valley Trails Alliance · Norwich, VT · 2024
$3,500 unrestricted; $1,500 Thetford Trails Team
$5,000
Vermont Public · Colchester, VT · 2024
Unrestricted Support
$5,000
Wildlands Network · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
Fall 2025 Three-Borders workshop
$5,000
Friends of Dartmouth Cancer Center · Lebanon, NH · 2022
Unrestricted support
$5,000
Friends of Dartmouth Cancer Center · Lebanon, NH · 2021
Unrestricted support
$5,000
Upper Valley Aquatic Center · White River Junction, VT · 2021
Support of the physical activity and lymphedma exercise program
$4,500
Middlebury College · Middlebury, VT · 2023
Gift as a contribution to the annual fund
$4,000
Middlebury College · Middlebury, VT · 2024
Unrestricted Support
$4,000
Upper Valley Haven · White River Junction, VT · 2023
Unrestricted support
$4,000
Middlebury College · Middlebury, VT · 2022
Gift as a contribution to the annual fund
$4,000
Upper Valley Trails Alliance · Norwich, VT · 2022
Support for upper valley trail corps' 2023 project in union village dam
$4,000
Middlebury College · Middlebury, VT · 2021
Gift as a contribution to the annual fund
$3,500
Mountain Lake Pbs · Plattsburgh, NY · 2024
Unrestricted Support
$3,500
Upper Valley Haven · White River Junction, VT · 2022
Unrestricted support
$3,000
New Hampshire Public Radio · Concord, NH · 2023
Unrestricted suppport
$2,500
University of Vermont Foundation · Burlington, VT · 2024
Center for Sustainable Agriculture Fund
$2,500
Upper Valley Music Center · Lebanon, NH · 2024
Unrestricted Support
$2,500
University of Vermont Foundation · Burlington, VT · 2023
Contribution to rubenstein school of environment and natural resources in support of the forest ecosystem
$2,500
Vermont Natural Resources Council · Montpelier, VT · 2023
Policy work related to maintaining forest integrity and a resilient connected landscape in vermont
$2,500
Vermont Public · Colchester, VT · 2023
Unrestricted support
$2,500
University of Vermont Foundation · Burlington, VT · 2022
Contribution to gund institute for environment in support of the gund global impact fund
$2,210
Town of Thetford · Thetford, VT · 2021
Support for outreach activities of trail planning and development around thetford hill
$2,000
Willing Hands · Norwich, VT · 2023
Unrestricted support
$2,000
Willing Hands · Norwich, VT · 2022
Unrestricted support
$1,500
Maynard House · Hanover, NH · 2024
Unrestricted Support
$1,500
Northern Forest Center · Concord, NH · 2023
Unrestricted support
$1,000
Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium · St Johnsbury, VT · 2024
Unrestricted Support
$1,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted Support
$1,000
Vermont Institute of Natural Science · Quechee, VT · 2024
Unrestricted Support
$1,000
Vermont Land Trust · Montpelier, VT · 2024
Unrestricted Support
$1,000
Vermont Institute of Natural Science · Quechee, VT · 2023
Unrestricted support
$1,000
Vermont Land Trust · Montpelier, VT · 2023
Unrestrictecd support
$1,000
Northern Forest Center · Concord, NH · 2022
Unrestricted support
$1,000
Thetford Library Federation · Thetford, VT · 2022
Support for the latham library lift project
$1,000
Vermont Institute of Natural Science · Quechee, VT · 2022
Unrestricted support
$1,000
Vermont Land Trust · Montpelier, VT · 2022
Unrestrictecd support
$1,000
Humane Society International · Washington, DC · 2021
Support for rescue of animals in ukraine
$1,000
Moving Windmills Project · New York, NY · 2021
Support for translating literature into malawi dialect
$1,000
Vermont Volunteer Service for Animals · Burlington, VT · 2021
Unrestricted support
$750
Vermont Law and Graduate School · South Royalton, VT · 2024
Unrestricted Support
$750
Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium · St Johnsbury, VT · 2023
Unrestricted support for tang science annex
$750
Vermont Law School · South Royalton, VT · 2023
Unrestricted support
$500
Gulf of Maine Research Institute · Portland, ME · 2024
Unrestricted Support
$500
Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium · St Johnsbury, VT · 2022
Unrestricted support for tang science annex
$500
Gulf of Maine Research Institute · Portland, ME · 2022
Unrestricted support
$500
Vermont Law School · South Royalton, VT · 2022
Unrestricted support
$250
Lucy Makenzie Humane Society · Brownsville, VT · 2024
Unrestricted Support
$250
Upper Valley Humane Society · Lebanon, NH · 2024
Unrestricted Support
$250
Lucy MacKenzie Humane Society · West Windsor, VT · 2023
Unrestricted support
$250
Upper Valley Humane Society · Enfield, NH · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$250
Audubon Seabird Instutute · Rockland, ME · 2022
Unrestricted support
$250
Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium · St Johnsbury, VT · 2021
Unrestricted support for tang science annex
$250
Lebanon Opera House · Lebanon, NH · 2021
To help meet a matching grant challenge
$150
Norwich Public Library Association · Norwich, VT · 2024
Unrestricted Support
$150
Norwich Public Library · Norwich, VT · 2023
Unrestricted suppport
$150
Thetford Library Federation · Thetford, VT · 2023
Unrestricted support
$125
Norwich Public Library · Norwich, VT · 2022
Unrestricted suppport

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