Funders › VT › Frank and Brinna Sands Foundation › 2018
Grants paid by Frank and Brinna Sands Foundation, tax year 2018
EIN 04-3342111 · East Thetford, VT · Form 990-PF, Part XV · NTEE T22J
In tax year 2018, Frank and Brinna Sands Foundation (EIN 04-3342111) reported 65 grants paid totaling $305,950. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2018
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Thetford Academy Thetford, VT | C | $25,000 | paid | INSTALLMENT OF A FIVE-YEAR, $100,000 PLEDGE FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND OUTDOOR | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Vermont Public Radio Colchester, VT | C | $22,500 | paid | PAYMENT OF A FIVE-YEAR, $75,000 PLEDGE IN SUPPORT OF VPR NEXT CAMPAIGN | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | University of Vermont Extension Burlington, VT | U | $20,000 | paid | SUPPORT FOR THE WHO FARMS PROJECT. INSTALLMENT OF 2 YEAR PLEDGE FOR A TOTAL OF $25,000 | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Vermont Pbs Colchester, VT | U | $20,000 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Upper Valley Haven White River Junction, VT | B | $20,000 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Village Health Works New York, NY | B | $15,000 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Southern Poverty Law Center Montgomery, AL | B | $10,000 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Upper Valley Land Trust Hanover, NH | B | $10,000 | paid | UNRESTRICTED ANNUAL GIFT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Vermont Land Trust Montpelier, VT | B | $10,000 | paid | UNRESTRICTECD SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Vermont Natural Resources Council Montpelier, VT | B | $10,000 | paid | SUPPORT TO BOLSTER FOREST AND WILDLIFE CONNECTIVITY CONSERVATION AND TO AMPLIFY EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN ACT 250 TO ADDRESS FOREST FRAGMENTATION | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Upper Valley Trails Alliance Norwich, VT | B | $10,000 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Vermont Institute of Natural Science Quechee, VT | B | $9,000 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | American Civil Liberties Union Foundation New York, NY | B | $8,500 | paid | UNRESTRICTED ANNUAL SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Vermont Foodbank Barre, VT | B | $8,000 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | New Hampshire Public Radio Concord, NH | B | $7,500 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | The Nature Conservancy New Hampshire Chapter Concord, NH | U | $6,000 | paid | SUPPORT FOR KIMBALL HILL CONSERVATION | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Dartmouth College Fund Hanover, NH | U | $6,000 | paid | GIFT AS A CONTRIBUTION TO THE CLASS OF 1958 SCHOLARSHIP FUND | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Surfin' Sato Inc Norwich, VT | U | $5,300 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Northern Forest Center Concord, NH | C | $5,000 | paid | SUPPORT FOR THE CENTER'S PROPOSAL TO EXPAND MODERN WOOD HEAT USE IN THE UPPER VALLEY | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Audubon Vermont Huntington, VT | U | $5,000 | paid | SUPPORT FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE BIRD-FRIENDLY MAPLE PILOT PROJECT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Trust for Conservation Innovation Oakland, CA | U | $5,000 | paid | UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION TO THE SINGITA GRUMETI FUND | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Mountain Lake Pbs Plattsburg, NY | D | $5,000 | paid | UNRESTRICTED ANNUAL SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Partners in Health Boston, MA | U | $5,000 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Middlebury College Middlebury, VT | B | $4,000 | paid | GIFT AS A CONTRIBUTION TO THE ANNUAL FUND | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Upper Valley Humane Society Enfield, NH | C | $4,000 | paid | UNRESTRICTED GIFT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Kids in Need of Defense Washington, DC | C | $3,500 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Hubbard Brook Research Foundation N Woodstock, NH | C | $3,000 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Upper Valley Habitat for Humanity White River Junction, VT | B | $3,000 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Northern Woodlands Corinth, VT | U | $2,750 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Montshire Mueseum of Science Norwich, VT | C | $2,500 | paid | SUPPORT TO UNDERWRITE AFFORDABLE FIELD TRIP EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS IN CASH-STRAPPED SCHOOLS | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Doctors Without Bordersmedecins Sans Frontieres (msf) New York, NY | U | $2,500 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Cover Home Repair Inc White River Junction, VT | B | $2,250 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Willing Hands Lebanon, NH | U | $2,000 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Upper Valley Aquatic Center White River Junction, VT | D | $2,000 | paid | SUPPORT OF THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND LYMPHEDMA EXERCISE PROGRAM | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Visiting Nurse and Hospice of Vermont and New Hampshire White River Junction, VT | U | $2,000 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Vermont Journalism Trust Montpelier, VT | B | $1,500 | paid | UNRESTRICTED GRANT IN SUPPORT OF VTDIGGER | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Vermont Law School South Royalton, VT | B | $1,500 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Alaska Wilderness League Washington, DC | B | $1,500 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Hartford Dismas House Hartford, VT | U | $1,500 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Open Space Institute New York, NY | B | $1,500 | paid | A CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY FOREST FUND | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Gulf of Maine Research Institute Portland, ME | B | $1,500 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences East Boothbay, ME | B | $1,000 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Hias Silver Sprint, MD | B | $1,000 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Sanibel Sea School Sanibel, FL | U | $1,000 | paid | ANNUAL SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Project Puffin and the Seabird Restoration Program Ithaca, NY | U | $1,000 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Northern Stage White River Junction, VT | D | $1,000 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | North Valley Community Foundation Chico, CA | B | $1,000 | paid | SUPPORT FOR THE CAMP FIRE EVACUATION RELIEF FUND | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Upper Valley Music Center Lebanon, NH | B | $1,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF LIAN AND SEBASTIAN KITCHEL'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE PLAY-A-THON | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Humane Society of Ventura County Ojia, CA | B | $1,000 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT IN RESPONSE TO FALL 2018 WILDFIRES | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Social Good Fund Richmond, CA | B | $1,000 | paid | A DONATION TO TORUS TEENS | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Headrest Lebanon, NH | B | $1,000 | paid | GIFT IN MEMORY OF AIDAN CHARLES NAGLE | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Union of Concerned Scientists Cambridge, MA | B | $1,000 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Family Place Norwich, VT | B | $750 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Northeast Kingdom Astronomy Foundation Inc Barnet, VT | C | $500 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Midcoast Conservancy Edgecomb, ME | C | $500 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Medomak Valley Land Trust Waldoboro, ME | D | $500 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Vital Communities of the Upper Valley White River Junction, VT | U | $500 | paid | SUPPORT FOR ENERGY PROGRAMS | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Lebanon Opera House Lebanon, NH | D | $450 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | David's House Lebanon, NH | B | $300 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Norwich Public Library Norwich, VT | C | $250 | paid | ANNUAL SUPPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Safeline Chelsea, VT | B | $250 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Parish Players Thetford, VT | B | $225 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Norwich Historical Society Norwich, VT | B | $225 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Lobster Institute Orono, ME | U | $100 | paid | UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT | 201930509349100603 |
| 2018 | Vermont Woodlands Association Rutland, VT | C | $100 | paid | MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL | 201930509349100603 |
Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.
Recipient matching for this dataset version has not yet completed its independent precision check. Tier A rows carry the EIN the filer reported; tiers B–D are the matcher's inference and should be read as leads until the check is published on the methodology page.
Derived from IRS Form 990-PF e-file XML. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03. All years for this funder.
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