Funding search · EIN 201034607 · Dedham, MA

Sands Family Foundation

Name: Sands Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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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.

63
grants reported: $125,729
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $350
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.

What they fund

gift

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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.

Memorial Hermann Foundation2 grants · $35,000
West End House4 grants · $19,189
Sinai Hospital4 grants · $15,000
Bilh Philanthropy2 grants · $15,000
The Julie Fund4 grants · $12,400
Mhhs Foundation1 grant · $10,000
Edward Foundation3 grants · $4,570
Jefferson Foundation3 grants · $3,000
Temple Beth Shalom1 grant · $2,652
Thomas Jefferson University1 grant · $1,000

Giving over time

$32,055

2022

$47,585

2023

$13,947

2024

$32,142

2025

Grant history

All 63 reported grants, largest first.

$20,000
Memorial Hermann Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$15,000
Memorial Hermann Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$10,000
Mhhs Foundation · Kent, WA · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$10,000
Bilh Philanthropy · Burlington, MA · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$6,000
West End House · Allston, MA · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$5,300
The Julie Fund · Newton Lower Falls, MA · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$5,100
The Julie Fund · Newton Lower Falls, MA · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$5,080
West End House · Allston, MA · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
Bilh Philanthropy · Burlington, MA · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
Sinai Hospital · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
West End House · Allston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
Sinai Hospital · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$3,109
West End House · Allston, MA · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$2,652
Temple Beth Shalom · Needham Heights, MA · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$2,500
Sinai Hospital · Baltimore, MD · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$2,500
Sinai Hospital · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$2,500
Edward Foundation · Naperville, IL · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$1,035
Edward Foundation · Naperville, IL · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$1,035
Edward Foundation · Naperville, IL · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$1,000
Jefferson Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$1,000
Jefferson Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$1,000
The Julie Fund · Newton Lower Falls, MA · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$1,000
Jefferson Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$1,000
The Julie Fund · Newton Lower Falls, MA · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$1,000
Thomas Jefferson University · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$800
St Jude Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$700
Home for Little Wanderers · Boston, MA · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$600
Make-a-Wish Foundation · Dedham, MA · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$500
Action for Boston · Boston, MA · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$350
Autism Speaks · Princeton, NJ · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$350
Cataldo Ambulance · Somerville, MA · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$350
Cataldo Ambulance · Somerville, MA · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$255
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation · Norwalk, CT · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$250
Greater Hartford Community Foundation Dba the Travelers Championshp · Hartford, CT · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$205
American Heart Association · Dedham, MA · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$200
Boston Childrens · South Boston, MA · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$200
Dana Farber Jimmy Fund · Brookline, MA · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$200
Feed the Hungry Family · Lawrence, MA · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$200
Shriners Hospital · Tampa, FL · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$200
Tunnels To Towers · Statem Island, NY · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$200
Act Blue · Somerville, MA · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$200
Boston Childrens · South Boston, MA · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$155
Safe Passage · Northampton, MA · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$103
Pan-Mass Challenge · Needham, MA · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$100
American Cancer Society · Dedham, MA · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$100
American Red Cross · Boston, MA · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$100
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America · Tampa, FL · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$100
Disabled American Veterans · Dedham, MA · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$100
Feed the Children · Oklahoma City, OK · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$100
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$100
Food for the Poor · Coconut Creek, FL · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$100
Greater Boston Food Bank · Boston, MA · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$100
Habitat for Humanity · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$100
Humane Society of the United States · Washington, DC · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$100
Lazarus House Ministries · Lawrence, MA · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$100
March of Dimes Foundation · White Plaines, NY · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$100
Salvation Army · Alexandria, VA · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$100
Save the Children Federation · Fairfield, CT · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$100
Scholarhsip America · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$100
Smile Train · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$100
Special Olympics · Washington, DC · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$100
United Service Organization · Washington, DC · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$100
New York Road Runner · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted gift

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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.