Brooklyn Defender Services
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Brooklyn, NY
Incarcerated Parents Project (IPP)
Grants
The Sills Family Foundation typically makes grants between $10,000 and $25,000.
Grants Made in 2017
Families Impacted by Incarceration $615,000
Brooklyn Public Library
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Brooklyn, NY
TeleStory
Circle
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Barre, VT
General operating support
Community Justice Network of Vermont
Amount
$15,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Montpelier, VT
General operating support
Community Works West
Amount
$50,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Oakland, CA
Hunts Point Children’s Shakespeare Ensemble
Echoes of Incarceration (a project of Ibis Productions, Inc.)
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Brooklyn, NY
General operating support
Hour Children
Amount
$50,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Long Island City, NY
General operating support
HousingPlus
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2017
Location
New York, NY
General operating support
HowardCenter
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Burlington, VT
Northern Lights Program
Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Ossining, NY
General operating support
JustLeadershipUSA
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2017
Location
New York, NY
General operating support
Lund
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Burlington, VT
Kids-A-Part Program
Pernet Family Health Service, Inc.
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Worcester, MA
Engaging Incarcerated Fathers and Their Children Project
Rehabilitation Through The Arts
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Purchase, NY
General operating support
St. Mary’s Center for Women and Children
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Dorchester, MA
Bridge Home and St. Mary’s Home
The College and Community Fellowship, Inc.
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2017
Location
New York, NY
General operating support
The Osborne Association
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Bronx, NY
Osborne Center for Justice Across Generations (OCJAG)
The Osborne Association
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Bronx, NY
Youth Action Council (YAC)
The Prison Birth Project
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Holyoke, MA
General operating support
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2017
Location
New York, NY
Shared Healthy Alliances for Reflective Parenting (SHARP)
Voice of the Ex-Offender (VOTE)
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2017
Location
New Orleans , LA
General operating support
Volunteers of Legal Service
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2017
Location
New York, NY
Incarcerated Mothers Law Project
Women’s Prison Association
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2017
Location
New York, NY
General operating support
Program Total: $615,000
Communities in Need $250,000
Abraham House
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Communities in Need
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Bronx, NY
After School Program
Brooklyn Community Bail Fund
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Communities in Need
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Brooklyn, NY
General operating support
Community Connections for Youth
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Communities in Need
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Bronx, NY
General operating support
Edwin Gould Services for Children and Families/STEPS to End Family Violence
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Communities in Need
Grants Made in
2017
Location
New York , NY
Children’s Therapy Program
exalt youth
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Communities in Need
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Brooklyn, NY
General operating support
Julie’s Family Learning Program
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Communities in Need
Grants Made in
2017
Location
South Boston, MA
Adult and Children’s Services
Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service, Inc.
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Communities in Need
Grants Made in
2017
Location
East Harlem, NY
staff salaries for the Parenting and Child Development Program
The Trustees of Dartmouth College
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Communities in Need
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Hanover, NH
SEAD program’s Bronx School support
University Settlement Society of New York, Inc.
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Communities in Need
Grants Made in
2017
Location
New York , NY
Family Enrichment Program (FEP)
Youth Represent
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Communities in Need
Grants Made in
2017
Location
New York, NY
General operating support
Program Total: $250,000
Community Violence Reduction $100,000
Center for Court Innovation/Fund for the City of New York
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Community Violence Reduction
Grants Made in
2017
Location
New York, NY
General operating support for S.O.S. Crown Heights
Common Justice
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Community Violence Reduction
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Brooklyn, NY
General operating support
Roca, Inc.
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Community Violence Reduction
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Chelsea, MA
General operating support
Strategies for Youth, Inc.
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Community Violence Reduction
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Cambridge, MA
Hiring a public relations firm
Program Total: $100,000
Environmental Justice $100,000
Alternatives for Community & Environment
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Environmental Justice
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Roxbury, MA
REEP
Coming Clean, Inc.
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Environmental Justice
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Brattleboro, VT
General operating support
Mercury Policy Project/Tides Center
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Environmental Justice
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Montpelier, VT
General operating support
West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc. (WE ACT)
Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Environmental Justice
Grants Made in
2017
Location
New York, NY
General operating support
Program Total: $100,000
Arts and Culture $263,000
Artists Striving to End Poverty
Amount
$15,000
Grants Made to
Arts and Culture
Grants Made in
2017
Location
New York, NY
Workshops and general operating costs
ArtsWestchester
Amount
$34,500
Grants Made to
Arts and Culture
Grants Made in
2017
Location
White Plains, NY
Artist Residencies for Seniors and Westhab’s PEAK and Dayspring after school programs
Brooklyn Ballet
Amount
$20,000
Grants Made to
Arts and Culture
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Brooklyn, NY
Elevate Program
Brooklyn Museum
Amount
$53,000
Grants Made to
Arts and Culture
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Brooklyn, NY
African Arts Consulting Curator
Brooklyn Museum
Amount
$10,000
Grants Made to
Arts and Culture
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Brooklyn, NY
General operating support
Brooklyn Museum
Amount
$20,000
Grants Made to
Arts and Culture
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Brooklyn, NY
Pathways to Excellence Initiative
Brooklyn Public Library
Amount
$19,000
Grants Made to
Arts and Culture
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Brooklyn, NY
Creative Aging program
Brooklyn Youth Chorus Academy
Amount
$10,000
Grants Made to
Arts and Culture
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Brooklyn, NY
Pathways to Excellence Initiative
Community-Word Project
Amount
$20,000
Grants Made to
Arts and Culture
Grants Made in
2017
Location
New York, NY
To develop agency-wide goals, outcomes, and metrics for measuring impact
Girls Write Now
Amount
$10,000
Grants Made to
Arts and Culture
Grants Made in
2017
Location
New York, NY
General operating support
Groundswell
Amount
$10,000
Grants Made to
Arts and Culture
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Brooklyn, NY
Groundswell’s Core Public Artmaking Programs
North American Council for the legacy of Polish Jews
Amount
$15,000
Grants Made to
Arts and Culture
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Warsaw , Poland
Polin Museum
Prospect Park Alliance
Amount
$5,000
Grants Made to
Arts and Culture
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Brooklyn, NY
General operating support
The Public Theater (previously The Shakespeare Society)
Amount
$21,500
Grants Made to
Arts and Culture
Grants Made in
2017
Location
New York, NY
Hunts Point Children’s Shakespeare Ensemble
Program Total: $263,000
At Risk Youth $55,000
ASE Education Foundation
Amount
$10,000
Grants Made to
At Risk Youth
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Leesburg, VA
Scholarship for post-secondary training in automotive repair
Brooklyn Community Foundation
Amount
$15,000
Grants Made to
At Risk Youth
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Brooklyn, NY
Bridge-2-Success Youth Development Program (B2S)
Red Hook Initiative
Amount
$5,000
Grants Made to
At Risk Youth
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Brooklyn, NY
Elevate/Brooklyn Ballet in the Houses 2018 program
Safe Passages
Amount
$15,000
Grants Made to
At Risk Youth
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Oakland, CA
Family Resource Centers at Schools
Youth Shelter Program of Westchester, Inc
Amount
$10,000
Grants Made to
At Risk Youth
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Mount Vernon, NY
Salary for a vocational staff person
Program Total: $55,000
Climate Change Mitigation $53,500
350 Bay Area Climate Education Fund
Amount
$2,000
Grants Made to
Climate Change Mitigation
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Oakland, CA
To transition to an independent non-profit
GRID Alternatives
Amount
$15,000
Grants Made to
Climate Change Mitigation
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Oakland, CA
Solar Jobs and Second Pathways Pilot Program
New York Energy Democracy Alliance, fiscally sponsored by the Right to the City Alliance
Amount
$10,000
Grants Made to
Climate Change Mitigation
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Syracuse, NY
General operating support
Project Drawdown
Amount
$5,000
Grants Made to
Climate Change Mitigation
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Sausalito, CA
General operating support
Renewable Northwest
Amount
$11,500
Grants Made to
Climate Change Mitigation
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Portland, OR
PS 1 Partnership program
Wallowa Resources
Amount
$10,000
Grants Made to
Climate Change Mitigation
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Enterprise, OR
Wallowa Resources’ Youth Stewardship Education Program (YSEP)
Program Total: $53,500
Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth $25,000
Girls Educational and Mentoring Services
Amount
$10,000
Grants Made to
Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth
Grants Made in
2017
Location
New York, NY
General operating support
MISSSEY, Inc
Amount
$15,000
Grants Made to
Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Oakland, CA
Daily Drop-In Center
Program Total: $25,000
Immigration and Refugees $15,000
Refugee Transitions
Amount
$15,000
Grants Made to
Immigration and Refugees
Grants Made in
2017
Location
San Francisco, CA
ASTEP on STAGE! program and general operations
Program Total: $15,000
Youth Impacted by Community Violence $35,000
Community Initiatives/ RJOY
Amount
$10,000
Grants Made to
Youth Impacted by Community Violence
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Oakland, CA
General operating support
Make the Road New York
Amount
$10,000
Grants Made to
Youth Impacted by Community Violence
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Brooklyn, NY
Restorative Justice at the Bushwick Campus Community School
Youth ALIVE!
Amount
$15,000
Grants Made to
Youth Impacted by Community Violence
Grants Made in
2017
Location
Oakland, CA
General operating support
Program Total: $35,000
Annual Total: $1,511,500