Funding search · EIN 320263007 · Madison, WI

Sally Mead Hands Foundation

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 20222025. 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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Top recipients

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  • 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

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  • $310,000

    Citizens Climate Education Corp · Coronado, CA · 2022

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  • $220,000

    Citizens Climate Education Corp · Coronado, CA · 2024

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  • $220,000

    World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

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  • $212,000

    Citizens Climate Education Corp · Coronado, CA · 2023

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  • $160,000

    The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024

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  • $160,000

    World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

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  • $150,000

    World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    Operating funds

  • $147,500

    Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2025

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  • $120,000

    Nature Conservancy of Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2023

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  • $120,000

    Environmental Law & Policy Center · Chicago, IL · 2022

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  • $110,000

    Environmental Law & Policy Center · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Operating funds

  • $110,000

    Environmental Law & Policy Center · Chicago, IL · 2024

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  • $110,000

    Environmental Law & Policy Center · Chicago, IL · 2023

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  • $102,000

    The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022

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  • $100,000

    Ceres · Boston, MA · 2025

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  • $100,000

    Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2025

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  • $100,000

    Planned Parenthood of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2025

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  • $100,000

    Planned Parenthood of Northern New England · Colchester, VT · 2025

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  • $100,000

    Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2025

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  • $100,000

    Project Drawdown · New York, NY · 2025

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  • $100,000

    World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2025

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  • $100,000

    Project Drawdown · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Operating funds

  • $100,000

    Nature Conservancy of Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2022

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  • $100,000

    Project Drawdown · San Francisco, CA · 2022

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  • $90,000

    Transportation Riders United · Detroit, MI · 2025

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  • $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

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  • $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

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  • $70,000

    Planned Parenthood of the Great Plains · Overland Park, KS · 2025

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  • $70,000

    Center for Neighborhood Technology · Chicago, IL · 2024

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  • $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

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  • $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

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  • $60,000

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2025

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  • $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

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  • $60,000

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2022

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  • $60,000

    Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2022

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  • $55,000

    Wisconsin Academy of Sciences · Madison, WI · 2024

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  • $55,000

    1000 Friends of Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2023

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  • $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

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  • $50,000

    Midwest Renewable Energy Association · Custer, WI · 2025

    Operating funds

  • $50,000

    Renew Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2025

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  • $50,000

    Savanna Institute · Madison, WI · 2025

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  • $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

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  • $50,000

    Ceres · Boston, MA · 2023

    Operating funds

  • $50,000

    Midwest Renewable Energy · Custer, WI · 2023

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  • $50,000

    Renew Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2023

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  • $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

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  • $40,000

    Wisconsin Academy of Sciences · Madison, WI · 2025

    Operating funds

  • $40,000

    Neighborhood House Community Center · Madison, WI · 2024

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  • $40,000

    World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    Operating funds

  • $40,000

    Grid Alternatives · Oakland, CA · 2023

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  • $40,000

    World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2023

    Operating funds

  • $40,000

    Grid Alternatives · Oakland, CA · 2022

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  • $40,000

    Wisconsin Academy of Sciences · Madison, WI · 2022

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  • $40,000

    World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

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  • $38,000

    Healthy Climate Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2025

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  • $38,000

    Healthy Climate Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2024

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  • $36,720

    Appalachian Mountain Club · Boston, MA · 2022

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  • $35,000

    Center for Neighborhood Technology · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Operating funds

  • $35,000

    Elevate Energy · Chicago, CA · 2024

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  • $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

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  • $30,000

    Michigan Environmental Council · Lansing, MI · 2024

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  • $30,000

    Planned Parenthood of the Great Plains · Overland Park, KS · 2024

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  • $30,000

    Renew Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2024

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  • $30,000

    Michigan Environmental Council · Lansing, MI · 2022

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  • $30,000

    Renew Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2022

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  • $27,500

    Rail Passengers Association · Washington, DC · 2024

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  • $25,000

    Field Museum of Natural History · Chicago, IL · 2024

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  • $25,000

    The Ecology Center · San Juan Capistrano, CA · 2024

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  • $25,000

    Elevate Energy · Chicago, CA · 2023

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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.