Funding search · EIN 810751295 · Rochester, NY
Sands Family Supporting Foundation
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 44
- grants reported
- $58.3M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $45,000
- 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.
What they fund
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
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- Pace University2 grants · $25.0M
- Education Success Foundation4 grants · $13.5M
- Ymca of Greater Rochester2 grants · $12.5M
- Skidmore College3 grants · $5.0M
- Rochester Community Squash2 grants · $400,000
- Memorial Art Gallery at the University of Rochester1 grant · $300,000
- Nyu Langone Medical Center3 grants · $300,000
- New York Kitchen2 grants · $200,000
- Measures for Justice Institute1 grant · $183,333
- Measures of Justice Institute1 grant · $183,333
Giving over time
Grant history
All 44 reported grants, largest first.
- $25.0M
Pace University · Boston, MA · 2023
Establish a new college of performing arts
- $12.0M
Ymca of Greater Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2021
Construction of the new ymca
- $4.0M
Education Success Foundation · Rochester, NY · 2021
Success learning communities, whole child initiative
- $3.3M
Education Success Foundation · Rochester, NY · 2022
For sf2 possibilities for tomorrow grant
- $3.3M
Education Success Foundation · Rochester, NY · 2024
Sf2 possibilities for tomorrow grant
- $2.9M
Education Success Foundation · Rochester, NY · 2023
Sf2 possibilities for tomorrow grant
- $2.6M
Skidmore College · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2022
Sands family initiative for creativity, innovation & entrepreneurship
- $1.4M
Skidmore College · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2023
Sands family initiative for creativity, innovation & entrepreneurship
- $1.1M
Skidmore College · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2024
Sands family initiative for creativity, innovation & entrepreneurship
- $500,000
Ymca of Greater Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2023
Expansion deficit funding
- $300,000
Memorial Art Gallery at the University of Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2022
For general support
- $200,000
Rochester Community Squash · Pittsford, NY · 2024
General purposes
- $200,000
Rochester Community Squash · Pittsford, NY · 2023
General purposes
- $183,333
Measures of Justice Institute · Rochester, NY · 2024
General purposes
- $183,333
Measures for Justice Institute · Rochester, NY · 2023
General purposes
- $175,000
New York Kitchen · Canandaigua, NY · 2021
General support & construction of the sandy parker terrace
- $100,000
Nyu Langone Medical Center · New York, NY · 2024
Stamp out cancer brooklyn
- $100,000
Nyu Langone Medical Center · New York, NY · 2023
Stamp out cancer brooklyn
- $100,000
Nyu Langone Medical Center · New York, NY · 2022
For program "stamp out cancer brooklyn"
- $100,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2021
2022 overseas ukraine support
- $60,000
Deep Arts · Rochester, NY · 2021
Create and enhance programming
- $50,000
Canandaigua Emergency Squad · Canandaigua, NY · 2021
New building
- $40,000
Stephen Gaynor School · New York, NY · 2024
General purposes
- $40,000
Stephen Gaynor School · New York, NY · 2023
General purposes
- $40,000
Stephen Gaynor School · New York, NY · 2021
General support
- $35,000
The Harley School · Rochester, NY · 2021
Climate curriculum sustainability project
- $30,000
Intervol · Rochester, NY · 2022
For intervol invitational golf tournament
- $30,000
The Berkeley Carroll School · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
For general support
- $25,000
Artisanworks · Rochester, NY · 2022
For general support
- $25,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2022
For ukraine and refugees relief effort
- $25,000
New York Kitchen · Canandaigua, NY · 2022
For general support
- $25,000
Pace University · New York, NY · 2022
For general support
- $25,000
The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp Fund · New Haven, CT · 2022
For general support
- $16,667
The Bushwick Starr · New York, NY · 2024
General purposes
- $16,667
The Brushwich Starr · New York, NY · 2023
General purposes
- $16,667
The Bushwick Starr · Brooklyn, NY · 2021
General support
- $10,000
Junior Achievement of Central Upstate New York · Rochester, NY · 2024
General purposes
- $10,000
Junior Achievement of Central Upstate New York · Rochester, NY · 2023
General purposes
- $10,000
Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce Foundation · Rochester, NY · 2022
For the sandy parker scholarship
- $10,000
Isaiah House · Rochester, NY · 2022
For general support
- $10,000
Pioneer Works Art Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
For general support
- $10,000
Finger Lakes Opera · Rochester, NY · 2021
Finger lakes opera 2022 summer season
- $10,000
Junior Achievement of Central Upstate New York · Rochester, NY · 2021
General support
- $7,000
Monroe Community College Foundation · Rochester, NY · 2022
For general support
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