Circle
Amount
$5,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2012
Location
Barre, VT
Challenge grant
Grants
The Sills Family Foundation typically makes grants between $10,000 and $25,000.
Grants Made in 2012
Families Impacted by Incarceration $368,000
Circle
Amount
$20,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2012
Location
Barre, VT
Housing options & programming for battered women charged with crimes
Community Works West
Amount
$19,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2012
Location
Oakland, CA
Nell Bernstein Book
Community Works West
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2012
Location
Oakland, CA
One Family/Parenting Inside Out
Family Services of Westchester
Amount
$9,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2012
Location
Port Chester, NY
EMERGE
Greenhope
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2012
Location
New York, NY
General operating support
Hour Children
Amount
$10,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2012
Location
Long Island City, NY
Hour Friend in Deed (HFID) program
Hour Children, Inc.
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2012
Location
Long Island City, NY
General operating support
HousingPlus
Amount
$20,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2012
Location
New York, NY
Drew House Family Alternative to Incarceration Program
Lund
Amount
$20,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2012
Location
Burlington, VT
Outcomes Capacity Building Project
Northern Lights Program (HowardCenter, Inc.)
Amount
$20,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2012
Location
Burlington, VT
Northern Lights Program
Osborne Association
Amount
$10,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2012
Location
Bronx, NY
Children & Youth Services and measurement
Pernet Family Health Service, Inc.
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2012
Location
Worcester, MA
Incarcerated Fathers Program
St. Mary’s Women and Children’s Center
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2012
Location
Dorchester, MA
Incarceration Intervention/ Prevention Initiative
The Center for Children and Families, Columbia University School of Nursing
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2012
Location
New York, NY
Shared Parenting at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility and Chittenden County Correctional Facility
The Children’s Center at Bedford Hills
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2012
Location
Long Island City, NY
General operating support
The Osborne Association
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2012
Location
Bronx, NY
Children & Youth Services
Women’s Prison Association
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2012
Location
New York, NY
General operating support
Women’s Prison Association
Amount
$10,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2012
Location
New York, NY
Staff and organizational development
Program Total: $368,000
Communities in Need $105,000
Community Connections for Youth
Amount
$20,000
Grants Made to
Communities in Need
Grants Made in
2012
Location
Bronx, NY
South Bronx Community Connections
Julie’s Family Learning Program
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Communities in Need
Grants Made in
2012
Location
South Boston, MA
Adult and Children’s Services
Julie’s Family Learning Program
Amount
$10,000
Grants Made to
Communities in Need
Grants Made in
2012
Location
South Boston, MA
Salary increases for staff
STEPS to End Family Violence/Edwin Gould Services for Children and Families
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Communities in Need
Grants Made in
2012
Location
New York , NY
Children’s Therapy Program
Visiting Nurse Service of New York
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Communities in Need
Grants Made in
2012
Location
Bronx, NY
VNSNY Bronx Nurse-Family Partnership Mental Health Services
Program Total: $105,000
Community Violence Reduction $25,000
Vera Institute of Justice
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Community Violence Reduction
Grants Made in
2012
Location
Brooklyn, NY
Common Justice
Program Total: $25,000
Environmental Justice $105,000
Advocates for Environmental Human Rights
Amount
$20,000
Grants Made to
Environmental Justice
Grants Made in
2012
Location
New Orleans, LA
General operating support
Alternatives for Community and Environment
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Environmental Justice
Grants Made in
2012
Location
Roxbury, MA
Roxbury Environmental Empowerment Project (REEP)
Coming Clean
Amount
$20,000
Grants Made to
Environmental Justice
Grants Made in
2012
Location
Brattleboro, VT
General operating support
Community In-power and Development Association
Amount
$10,000
Grants Made to
Environmental Justice
Grants Made in
2012
Location
Port Arthur, TX
General operating support
MEAN-Mossville Environmental Action Now, Inc.
Amount
$10,000
Grants Made to
Environmental Justice
Grants Made in
2012
Location
Westlake, LA
General operating support
Mercury Policy Project/Tides Center
Amount
$20,000
Grants Made to
Environmental Justice
Grants Made in
2012
Location
Montpelier, VT
Zero Mercury Campaign-Exposure Awareness and Reduction
Program Total: $105,000
Arts and Culture $50,000
ArtsWestchester
Amount
$10,000
Grants Made to
Arts and Culture
Grants Made in
2012
Location
White Plains, NY
Artists Residency Program for Senior Citizens
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)
Amount
$10,000
Grants Made to
Arts and Culture
Grants Made in
2012
Location
Brooklyn, NY
African Dance Program
Brooklyn Museum
Amount
$10,000
Grants Made to
Arts and Culture
Grants Made in
2012
Location
Brooklyn, NY
School Partnership Program with PS1
Community Word Project
Amount
$10,000
Grants Made to
Arts and Culture
Grants Made in
2012
Location
New York, NY
Collaborative Arts Residency Program
Groundswell
Amount
$10,000
Grants Made to
Arts and Culture
Grants Made in
2012
Location
Brooklyn, NY
Merit Badge System of Achievement
Program Total: $50,000
At Risk Youth $33,400
Centerforce
Amount
$6,800
Grants Made to
At Risk Youth
Grants Made in
2012
Location
San Rafael, CA
Centerforce/Oakland Children’s Hospital Collaboration
Communities In Schools of Auburn
Amount
$16,600
Grants Made to
At Risk Youth
Grants Made in
2012
Location
Auburn, WA
Site coordinator salary and students in need
The American Friends of Jamaica, Inc.
Amount
$10,000
Grants Made to
At Risk Youth
Grants Made in
2012
Location
Jamaica, West Indies
Pediatric Ward of Cornwall Regional Hospital
Program Total: $33,400
Climate Change Mitigation $7,600
Green Chimneys Children’s Services
Amount
$7,600
Grants Made to
Climate Change Mitigation
Grants Made in
2012
Location
Brewster, NY
Nature-based Career Training
Program Total: $7,600
Youth Impacted by Community Violence $10,000
Community Works West
Amount
$10,000
Grants Made to
Youth Impacted by Community Violence
Grants Made in
2012
Location
Oakland, CA
Project WHAT!
Program Total: $10,000
Annual Total: $704,000