Funding search · EIN 223483828 · Princeton, NJ

George H and Estelle M Sands Foundation

Name: George H and Estelle M Sands Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

244
grants reported: $12.3M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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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Kindersmile Foundation - Trenton3 grants · $1.3M
The Watershed Institute3 grants · $983,333
Princeton Public Library3 grants · $450,000
Bucks County Playhouse3 grants · $425,000
Princeton Senior Resource Center2 grants · $400,000
Princeton First Aid Rescue Squad3 grants · $390,000
Mercer Street Friends3 grants · $376,000
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania3 grants · $360,000
Princeton Family Ymca3 grants · $315,000
We Dont Waste3 grants · $308,423

Giving over time

$4.2M

2022

$4.1M

2023

$4.0M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 244 grants.

$520,000
Kindersmile Foundation - Trenton · Trenton, NJ · 2022
General
$415,000
Kindersmile Foundation - Trenton · Trenton, NJ · 2023
General
$383,333
The Watershed Institute · Pennington, NJ · 2023
General
$383,333
The Watershed Institute · Pennington, NJ · 2022
General
$380,000
Kindersmile Foundation - Trenton · Trenton, NJ · 2024
General
$225,000
Bucks County Playhouse · New Hope, PA · 2024
General
$225,000
Princeton Public Library · Princeton, NJ · 2023
General
$223,250
We Dont Waste · Denver, CO · 2023
General
$216,667
The Watershed Institute · Pennington, NJ · 2024
General
$201,000
Mercer Street Friends · Trenton, NJ · 2022
General
$200,000
Princeton Public Library · Princeton, NJ · 2024
General
$200,000
Princeton Senior Resource Center · Princeton, NJ · 2023
General
$200,000
Princeton Senior Resource Center · Princeton, NJ · 2022
General
$130,000
Princeton First Aid Rescue Squad · Princeton, NJ · 2024
General
$130,000
Princeton First Aid Rescue Squad · Princeton, NJ · 2023
General
$130,000
Princeton First Aid Rescue Squad · Princeton, NJ · 2022
General
$125,000
Home Front Nj · Lawrenceville, NJ · 2022
General
$125,000
Weecycle · Fredericksburg, VA · 2022
General
$125,000
Young Audiences of New Jersey · Princeton, NJ · 2022
General
$122,950
Warren Village · Denver, CO · 2024
General
$120,000
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General
$120,000
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General
$120,000
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General
$115,000
Princeton Medical Center Foundation · Plainsboro Township, NJ · 2024
General
$105,000
Princeton Family Ymca · Princeton, NJ · 2024
General
$105,000
Princeton Family Ymca · Princeton, NJ · 2023
General
$105,000
Princeton Family Ymca · Princeton, NJ · 2022
General
$100,000
Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum · Sanibel, FL · 2024
General
$100,000
Boys and Girls Club · Trenton, NJ · 2024
General
$100,000
Climate Central · Princeton, NJ · 2024
General
$100,000
Boys and Girls Club · Trenton, NJ · 2023
General
$100,000
Bucks County Playhouse · New Hope, PA · 2023
General
$100,000
Climate Central · Princeton, NJ · 2023
General
$100,000
Mercer Street Friends · Trenton, NJ · 2023
General
$100,000
Boys and Girls Club · Trenton, NJ · 2022
General
$100,000
Bucks County Playhouse · New Hope, PA · 2022
General
$100,000
Climate Central · Princeton, NJ · 2022
General
$92,500
Sustainable Princeton · Princeton, NJ · 2024
General
$90,000
Sustainable Princeton · Princeton, NJ · 2023
General
$85,000
Sourland Conservacy · Hopewell, NJ · 2023
General
$80,000
Project Worthmore · Aurora, CO · 2024
General
$76,750
We Dont Waste · Denver, CO · 2024
General
$76,000
Sustainable Princeton · Princeton, NJ · 2022
General
$75,000
C-Change Conversations · Princeton, NJ · 2024
General
$75,000
Ding Darling Wildlife Society · Sanibel, FL · 2024
General
$75,000
Home Front Nj · Lawrenceville, NJ · 2024
General
$75,000
Mercer Street Friends · Trenton, NJ · 2024
General
$75,000
Millhill Child and Family Development · Trenton, NJ · 2024
General
$75,000
Princeton Area Community Foundation · Lawrenceville, NJ · 2024
General
$75,000
C-Change Conversations · Princeton, NJ · 2023
General
$75,000
Ding Darling Wildlife Society · Sanibel, FL · 2023
General
$75,000
Fisherman'S Mark · Lambertville, NJ · 2023
General
$75,000
Home Front Nj · Lawrenceville, NJ · 2023
General
$75,000
Millhill Child and Family Development · Trenton, NJ · 2023
General
$75,000
Princeton Area Community Foundation · Lawrenceville, NJ · 2023
General
$75,000
C-Change Conversations · Princeton, NJ · 2022
General
$75,000
Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife · Sanibel, FL · 2022
General
$75,000
Ding Darling Wildlife Society · Sanibel, FL · 2022
General
$75,000
Millhill Child and Family Development · Trenton, NJ · 2022
General
$75,000
Princeton Area Community Foundation · Lawrenceville, NJ · 2022
General
$75,000
Trinity Counseling Services · Princeton, NJ · 2022
General
$70,000
Lawrence Hopewell Trail Corporation · Pennington, NJ · 2024
General
$65,000
Warren Village · Denver, CO · 2023
General
$65,000
Young Audiences of New Jersey · Princeton, NJ · 2023
General
$60,000
Trenton Area Soup Kitchens · Trenton, NJ · 2024
General
$50,000
Catholic Youth Organization · Newark, NJ · 2024
General
$50,000
McCarter Theatre Center (Annual Fund) · Princeton, NJ · 2024
General
$50,000
National Junior Tennis & Learning of Trenton · Trenton, NJ · 2024
General
$50,000
Nj Coalition To End Homelessness · Princeton, NJ · 2024
General
$50,000
Ridgeview Conservancy · Princeton, NJ · 2024
General
$50,000
Trenton Circus Squad · Trenton, NJ · 2024
General
$50,000
Catholic Youth Organization · Newark, NJ · 2023
General
$50,000
McCarter Theatre Center (Annual Fund) · Princeton, NJ · 2023
General
$50,000
National Junior Tennis & Learning of Trenton · Trenton, NJ · 2023
General
$50,000
Trenton Circus Squad · Trenton, NJ · 2023
General
$50,000
Capital Harmony Works · Trenton, NJ · 2022
General
$50,000
Catholic Youth Organization · Newark, NJ · 2022
General
$50,000
Friends of Princeton Open Space · Princeton, NJ · 2022
General
$50,000
Henry J Austin Health Center · Trenton, NJ · 2022
General
$50,000
Latin American Legal Defense & Education · Trenton, NJ · 2022
General
$50,000
McCarter Theatre Center (Annual Fund) · Princeton, NJ · 2022
General
$50,000
National Junior Tennis & Learning of Trenton · Trenton, NJ · 2022
General
$50,000
The Petey Green Program · Princeton, NJ · 2022
General
$50,000
Trenton Circus Squad · Trenton, NJ · 2022
General
$50,000
Warren Village · Denver, CO · 2022
General
$48,000
Jrh Arts · Trenton, NE · 2024
General
$40,000
Capital Harmony Works · Trenton, NJ · 2024
General
$40,000
Nj Agricultural Society · Bordentown, NJ · 2024
General
$40,000
Sourland Conservacy · Hopewell, NJ · 2024
General
$40,000
Young Audiences of New Jersey · Princeton, NJ · 2024
General
$40,000
Capital Harmony Works · Trenton, NJ · 2023
General
$40,000
Nj Agricultural Society · Bordentown, NJ · 2023
General
$40,000
Nj Agricultural Society · Bordentown, NJ · 2022
General
$40,000
Sourland Conservacy · Hopewell, NJ · 2022
General
$35,000
Heart and Hand Center · Denver, CO · 2023
General
$35,000
Jrh Arts · Trenton, NE · 2023
General
$35,000
Sun Valley Youth Center · Denver, CO · 2023
General
$35,000
Jrh Arts · Trenton, NE · 2022
General
$30,000
Isles · Trenton, NJ · 2024
General
$30,000
Rescue Mission of Trenton · Trenton, NJ · 2024
General

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.