Vermont · Private foundation
Sills Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
99% of Sills Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Boston Foundation Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 6 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,400,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 15
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $11M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 75% of the organizations Sills Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 47% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $15k | 83% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $11k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $1.0M | 40% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $1.0M | 87% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $2.4M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $2.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences | $1,750,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Artswestchester Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Friends of Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Bloomfield College of Montclair State University Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Philanthropy New York Inc | $21,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Community-Word Project Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Brooklyn Balletinc | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Songcatchers Inc | $18,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Groundswell Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Creative Arts Workshops for Kids Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences | $1,750,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Artswestchester Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Friends of Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Bloomfield College of Montclair State University Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Philanthropy New York Inc | $21,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Community-Word Project Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Brooklyn Balletinc | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Songcatchers Inc | $18,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Groundswell Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Creative Arts Workshops for Kids Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| New York Shakespeare Festival | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Doula Project Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 25% |
| Bennington College Corporation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dreamorg | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Purpose Dignity Action | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Rochelle Council on the Arts | $4,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Our Children's Trust | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Witness to Mass Incarceration Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Uprose Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| West Harlem Environmental Action Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Westhab Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Neighbors Partnership Association | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sills Family Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · The New York Community Trust · Td Charitable Foundation · American Express Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About Sills Family Foundation
- How much does Sills Family Foundation give?
- Sills Family Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $1,415,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 15 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Sills Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (51%), Human Services (24%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are Sills Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences ($1.8M), Artswestchester Inc ($40k), American Friends of Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews Inc ($25k).
- Does Sills Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sills Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Sills Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, The Hyde and Watson Foundation, The New York Community Trust.
- Where is Sills Family Foundation based?
- Sills Family Foundation is based in VT.
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