Grants

The Sills Family Foundation typically makes grants between $10,000 and $25,000.

Grants Made in 2012

Families Impacted by Incarceration $359,000

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

Circle

Amount
$5,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2012
Location
Barre, VT

Challenge grant

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

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
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2012
Location
Long Island City, 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

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

Osborne Association

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2012
Location
Bronx, NY

Children & Youth Services

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

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2012
Location
Worcester, MA

Incarcerated Fathers Program

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: $359,000

Communities in Need $105,000

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

Coming Clean

Amount
$20,000
Grants Made to
Environmental Justice
Grants Made in
2012
Location
Brattleboro, VT

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 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

American Friends of Jamaica

Amount
$10,000
Grants Made to
At Risk Youth
Grants Made in
2012
Location
Jamaica, West Indies

Pediatric Ward of Cornwall Regional Hospital

Centerforce

Amount
$6,800
Grants Made to
At Risk Youth
Grants Made in
2012
Location
San Rafael, CA

Centerforce/Oakland Children’s Hospital Collaboration

Program Total: $33,400

Climate Change Mitigation $7,600

Program Total: $7,600

Families Impacted by Incarceration $9,000

Program Total: $9,000

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