Funding search · EIN 810368589 · Havre, MT

Sands Memorial Foundation

Name: Sands Memorial Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

69
grants reported: $411,500
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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

animal operation welfare

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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.

Butte Spayneuter Task Force4 grants · $55,000
Pintler Pets4 grants · $38,000
Helena Area Friends of Pets4 grants · $31,000
Paws Organization4 grants · $29,000
The Dedman Foundation4 grants · $25,500
Kootenai Pets for Life4 grants · $24,000
Spay Montana3 grants · $24,000
Lewis and Clark Humane Society4 grants · $23,000
Spay Neuter Project of Park County4 grants · $21,000
Quailwings Rescue4 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$92,500

2022

$85,000

2023

$118,000

2024

$116,000

2025

Grant history

All 69 reported grants, largest first.

$16,000
Butte Spayneuter Task Force · Butte, MT · 2025
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$15,000
Butte Spayneuter Task Force · Butte, MT · 2024
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$14,000
Butte Spayneuter Task Force · Butte, MT · 2022
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$11,000
Spay Montana · Helena, MT · 2025
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$10,000
Pintler Pets · Anaconda, MT · 2025
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$10,000
The Dedman Foundation · Fort Benton, MT · 2025
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$10,000
Arlee Rehabilitation Center · Missoula, MT · 2024
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$10,000
Pintler Pets · Anaconda, MT · 2024
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$10,000
Spay Montana · Helena, MT · 2024
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$10,000
The Dedman Foundation · Fort Benton, MT · 2024
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$10,000
Butte Spayneuter Task Force · Butte, MT · 2023
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$10,000
Paws Organization · Chinook, MT · 2022
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$10,000
Pintler Pets · Anaconda, MT · 2022
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$8,000
Helena Area Friends of Pets · Helena, MT · 2025
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$8,000
Lewis and Clark Humane Society · Helena, MT · 2025
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$8,000
Paws Organization · Chinook, MT · 2025
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$8,000
Helena Area Friends of Pets · Helena, MT · 2024
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$8,000
Friends of Havre Animal Shelter · Havre, MT · 2023
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$8,000
Helena Area Friends of Pets · Helena, MT · 2023
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$8,000
Pintler Pets · Anaconda, MT · 2023
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$7,000
Kootenai Pets for Life · Libby, MT · 2025
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$7,000
Kootenai Pets for Life · Libby, MT · 2024
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$7,000
Lewis and Clark Humane Society · Helena, MT · 2024
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$7,000
Helena Area Friends of Pets · Helena, MT · 2022
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$6,000
Spay Neuter Project of Park County · Livingston, MT · 2025
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$6,000
Paws Organization · Chinook, MT · 2024
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$6,000
Pad for Paws · Helena, MT · 2022
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$5,000
Beartooth Humane Alliance · Redlodge, MT · 2025
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$5,000
Pad for Paws · Helena, MT · 2025
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$5,000
Pet Paw-See · Great Falls, MT · 2025
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$5,000
Quailwings Rescue · Cut Bank, MT · 2025
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$5,000
Wild About Cats · Clancy, MT · 2025
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$5,000
Life Savers Animal Rescues · Polson, MT · 2024
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$5,000
Pad for Paws · Helena, MT · 2024
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$5,000
Pet Paw-See · Great Falls, MT · 2024
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$5,000
Quailwings Rescue · Cut Bank, MT · 2024
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$5,000
Spay Neuter Project of Park County · Livingston, MT · 2024
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$5,000
Wild About Cats · Clancy, MT · 2024
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$5,000
Arlee Rehabilitation Center · Missoula, MT · 2023
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$5,000
Kootenai Pets for Life · Libby, MT · 2023
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$5,000
Paws Organization · Chinook, MT · 2023
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$5,000
Quailwings Rescue · Cut Bank, MT · 2023
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$5,000
Spay Neuter Project of Park County · Livingston, MT · 2023
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$5,000
Wild About Cats · Clancy, MT · 2023
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$5,000
Friends of Havre Animal Shelter · Havre, MT · 2022
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$5,000
Kootenai Pets for Life · Libby, MT · 2022
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$5,000
Lewis and Clark Humane Society · Helena, MT · 2022
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$5,000
Life Savers Animal Rescues · Polson, MT · 2022
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$5,000
Quailwings Rescue · Cut Bank, MT · 2022
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$5,000
Spay Neuter Project of Park County · Livingston, MT · 2022
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$5,000
Wild About Cats · Clancy, MT · 2022
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$4,500
Beaverhead Animal Shelter · Dillon, MT · 2022
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$4,000
Pad for Paws · Helena, MT · 2023
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$3,000
Humane Society of Western Montana · Missoula, MT · 2025
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$3,000
Life Savers Animal Rescues · Polson, MT · 2025
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$3,000
Beartooth Humane Alliance · Redlodge, MT · 2024
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$3,000
Beartooth Humane Alliance · Redlodge, MT · 2023
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$3,000
Lewis and Clark Humane Society · Helena, MT · 2023
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$3,000
Life Savers Animal Rescues · Polson, MT · 2023
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$3,000
Spay Montana · Helena, MT · 2023
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$3,000
The Dedman Foundation · Fort Benton, MT · 2023
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$2,500
Pet Paw-Se · Great Falls, MT · 2022
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$2,500
The Dedman Foundation · Fort Benton, MT · 2022
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$1,000
Humane Society of Northwest Montana · Kalispell, MT · 2025
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$1,000
Humane Society of Northwest Montana · Kalispell, MT · 2024
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$1,000
Humane Society of Western Montana · Missoula, MT · 2024
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$1,000
Humane Society of Northwest Montana · Kalispell, MT · 2023
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$1,000
Pet Paw-See · Great Falls, MT · 2023
Operation of an animal welfare organization
$1,000
Humane Society of Northwest Montana · Kalispell, MT · 2022
Operation of an animal welfare organization

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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.