Funding search · EIN 522029911 · Farmington, ME

The Sandy River Charitable Foundation

Name: The Sandy River Charitable Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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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.

122
grants reported: $5.2M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $25,000
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

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Abenaki Helping Abenaki4 grants · $585,000
Heifer International3 grants · $350,000
Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund4 grants · $300,000
Intervale Center3 grants · $300,000
Brac USA3 grants · $300,000
Good Shepherd Food Bank3 grants · $300,000
Philadelphia Zoo3 grants · $255,000
Hawthorne Valley Farm4 grants · $225,000
Salvation Farms4 grants · $200,000
New England Grassroots Environmental Fund3 grants · $152,500

Giving over time

$1.4M

2021

$1.2M

2022

$1.5M

2023

$1.1M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 122 grants.

$180,000
Abenaki Helping Abenaki · Shelburne, VT · 2024
Cultural and economic program
$180,000
Abenaki Helping Abenaki · Shelburne, VT · 2023
Cultural and economic program
$150,000
Heifer International · Little Rock, AR · 2023
Usa farm education program and guatamala green business
$150,000
Abenaki Helping Abenaki · Shelburne, VT · 2022
Cultural and economic program
$150,000
Heifer International · Little Rock, AR · 2022
Usa farm education program and guatamala green business
$100,000
Black Farmer Fund · New York City, NY · 2024
Technical assistance
$100,000
Intervale Center · Burlington, VT · 2024
General operating capacity building
$100,000
Brac USA · Nyc, NY · 2023
Flexibile matching funds
$100,000
Good Shepherd Food Bank · Auburn, ME · 2023
General operations
$100,000
High Peaks Alliance · Farmington, ME · 2023
General operations
$100,000
Intervale Center · Burlington, VT · 2023
General operating capacity building
$100,000
Brac USA · Nyc, NY · 2022
Flexibile matching funds
$100,000
Good Shepherd Food Bank · Auburn, ME · 2022
General operations
$100,000
Intervale Center · Burlington, VT · 2022
General operating capacity building
$100,000
Brac USA · Nyc, NY · 2021
Flexible matching funds
$100,000
Good Shepherd Food Bank · Portland, ME · 2021
General operating
$100,000
Heifers Project USA · Little Rock, AR · 2021
Project support - farmer education
$100,000
Interavle Center · Burlington, VT · 2021
General operating - capacity building
$85,000
Philadelphia Zoo · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General operations
$85,000
Philadelphia Zoo · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General operations
$85,000
Philadelphia Zoo · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General operating
$80,000
Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund · Montpelier, VT · 2023
General operations
$80,000
Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund · Montpelier, VT · 2022
General operations
$80,000
Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund · Montpelier, VT · 2021
General operating
$75,000
Abenaki Helping Abenaki · Shelburne, VT · 2021
Western alliance cultural and economic program
$75,000
Hawthorne Valley Farm · Ghent, NY · 2021
Project support - farmscape ecology program
$67,500
New England Grassroots Environmental Fund · Newmarket, NH · 2024
New england food resilence fund and maine grassroots climate
$67,500
New England Grassroots Environmental Fund · Newmarket, NH · 2022
New england food resilence fund and maine grassroots climate
$60,000
Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund · Montpelier, VT · 2024
Vermont sustainable job fund
$52,756
Holt International · Eugene, OR · 2021
Nutrition program
$50,000
Hawthorne Valley Farm · Ghent, NY · 2024
Farmscape ecology program
$50,000
Heifer International · Little Rock, AR · 2024
Usa farm education program and guatamala green business
$50,000
Oak Grove School · Augusta, ME · 2024
Central maine mimigrant program
$50,000
Salvation Farms · Morrisville, VT · 2024
Northeast vermont vision
$50,000
Hawthorne Valley Farm · Ghent, NY · 2023
Farmscape ecology program
$50,000
Oak Grove School · Augusta, ME · 2023
Central maine mimigrant program
$50,000
Salvation Farms · Morrisville, VT · 2023
Northeast vermont vision
$50,000
Wagner Free Institute of Science · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General operations
$50,000
Hawthorne Valley Farm · Ghent, NY · 2022
Farmscape ecology program
$50,000
Holt International Children'S Services · Eugene, OR · 2022
Nutrition program
$50,000
Oak Grove School · Augusta, ME · 2022
Central maine mimigrant program
$50,000
Salvation Farms · Morrisville, VT · 2022
Northeast vermont vision
$50,000
Heifer Project International · Little Rock, AR · 2021
Project support - guatemala green business belt
$50,000
Ne Grassroots Environment Foundation · Newmarket, NH · 2021
Project support - n.e. Food system resilience
$50,000
Oak Grove School Foundation · Augusta, ME · 2021
Central maine minigrant project
$50,000
Salvation Farms · Morrisville, VT · 2021
North west vermont food vision
$50,000
Wagner Free Institute of Science · Phila, PA · 2021
General operating
$46,000
Share Food Program · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General operations
$40,000
The Carrot Project · Boston, MA · 2024
Agricultural viability alliance
$40,000
The Village for Families and Children · Hartford, CT · 2023
Music and poetry program
$40,000
Center for An Angriculteral Economy · Hardwick, VT · 2022
General operations
$40,000
Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group · Providence, RI · 2022
General operations
$40,000
Maine Community Foundation · Portland, ME · 2021
Project support - broadband initiative
$40,000
Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group · Kingston, NY · 2021
General operating
$31,350
Confluence Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2024
Native leadership scholarship and rainmakers collaborative
$31,350
Confluence Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2022
Native leadership scholarship and rainmakers collaborative
$30,000
Waterfall Unity Allicance · Middleburgh, NY · 2024
The waterfall center project support
$30,000
Confluence Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2023
Native leadership scholarship and rainmakers collaborative
$30,000
Waterfall Unity Allicance · Middleburgh, NY · 2023
General operations
$30,000
Sterling College · Craftsbury, VT · 2021
Snafu abenakis college program
$25,000
Chester Agricultural Center · Chester, NY · 2024
Fair food project
$25,000
Cultivating Community · Portland, ME · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Maine Initiatives · Portland, ME · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Chester Agricultural Center · Chester, NY · 2023
General operations
$25,000
Cultivating Community · Portland, ME · 2023
General operations
$25,000
Maine Initiatives · Portland, ME · 2023
General operations
$25,000
Cultivating Community · Portland, ME · 2022
General operations
$25,000
Maine Initiatives · Portland, ME · 2022
General operations
$25,000
Cultivating Community · Portland, ME · 2021
General operating
$25,000
The Maine Initiatives · Portland, ME · 2021
General operating
$24,200
Tides Center · Providence, RI · 2023
Northeast sustainable agriculture working group
$22,880
Middle Country Library Foundation · Centereach, NY · 2024
Family place library northern new england
$22,880
Middle Country Library Foundation · Centereach, NY · 2023
Family place library northern new england
$22,880
Middle Country Library Foundation · Centereach, NY · 2022
Family place library northern new england
$22,880
Middle Country Library Foundation · Centerreach, NY · 2021
Project support - midddle country library north
$22,400
Urban Affairs Coalition · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
All together now programing
$20,000
Center for An Angriculteral Economy · Hardwick, VT · 2024
Infastructure gap
$20,000
Center for An Angriculteral Economy · Hardwick, VT · 2023
General operations
$20,000
Support Center for Child Advocates · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General operations
$20,000
The Carrot Project · Boston, MA · 2023
Agricultural viability alliance
$20,000
Common Future · Oakland, CA · 2022
General operations
$20,000
Support Center for Child Advocates · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General operations
$20,000
The Carrot Project · Boston, MA · 2022
Agricultural viability alliance
$20,000
The Village for Families and Children · Hartford, CT · 2022
Music and poetry program
$20,000
Center for An Angriculteral Economy · Hardwick, VT · 2021
General operating
$20,000
Common Future · Oakland, CA · 2021
General operating
$20,000
Confluence Philanthropy · Oakland, CA · 2021
Rainmakers investment project
$20,000
Support Center for Child Advocates · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General operating
$18,000
Maine Organic Farmers & Gardens · Unity, ME · 2021
Project support - maine harvest federal
$17,500
New England Grassroots Environmental Fund · Newmarket, NH · 2023
New england food resilence fund and maine grassroots climate
$17,500
Ne Grassroots Environment Foundation · Newmarket, NH · 2021
Project support - maine grassroots climate action
$15,800
Tides Center · Providence, RI · 2024
Northeast sustainable agriculture working group
$15,000
Oregon State Universotyniche Meat · Corvallis, OR · 2024
Niche meat processor assistance network
$15,000
Oregon State University Foundation · Corvallis, OR · 2023
Niche meat processor assistance network
$15,000
Oregon State University · Corvallis, OR · 2021
Nmpan operating support
$10,000
Food Connects · Brattleboro, VT · 2024
Food storage capacity
$10,000
Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2024
Long table harvest
$10,000
Food Connects · Brattleboro, VT · 2023
Food storage capacity
$10,000
Food Connects · Brattleboro, VT · 2022
Food storage capacity
$10,000
Confluence Philanthropy · Oakland, CA · 2021
General operating

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