Grants

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

Grants Made in 2022

Families Impacted by Incarceration $300,000

Bronx Defenders

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Bronx, NY

Reentry Support

Circle

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Barre , VT

Support to DV survivors in the justice system

College and Community Fellowship

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2022
Location
New York, NY

General Operating Support

Drive Change

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Brooklyn, NY

General Operating Support

Echoes of Incarceration

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2022
Location
New York, NY

General Operating Support

Hour Children

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Long Island City, NY

General Operating Support

Housing Plus

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2022
Location
New York, NY

General Operating Support

Lund

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Burlington, VT

Kids-A-Apart

Providence House

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Brooklyn, NY

Women’s Justice Program

The Osborne Association

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2022
Location
New York, NY

Justice Across Generations

The Osborne Association

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2022
Location
New York, NY

Youth Action Council

Women’s Prison Association

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Families Impacted by Incarceration
Grants Made in
2022
Location
New York, NY

General Operating Support

Program Total: $300,000

Programs Inside Prison $125,000

Bard Prison Initiative

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Programs Inside Prison
Grants Made in
2022
Location
New York, NY

General Operating Support

Brooklyn Defender Services

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Programs Inside Prison
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Brooklyn, NY

General Opeating Support

Program Total: $125,000

Preventing Incarceration $300,000

Avenues for Justice

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Preventing Incarceration
Grants Made in
2022
Location
New York, NY

Services to Court Involved Youth

Center for Court Innovation

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Preventing Incarceration
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Brooklyn, NY

Brooklyn Justice Initiatives

Center for Court Innovation

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Preventing Incarceration
Grants Made in
2022
Location
New York, NY

Neighbors in Action- SOS

Common Justice

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Preventing Incarceration
Grants Made in
2022
Location
New York, NY

General Operating Support

Exalt Youth

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Preventing Incarceration
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Brooklyn, NY

General Operating Support

Liberty Fund

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Preventing Incarceration
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Brooklyn, NY

General Operating Support

Roca, Inc.

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Preventing Incarceration
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Chelsea, MA

Intervention for Young Parents

Strategies for Youth

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Preventing Incarceration
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Cambridge, MA

Police Reform

Youth Represent

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Preventing Incarceration
Grants Made in
2022
Location
New York, NY

General Operating Support

Program Total: $300,000

Criminal Justice Reform Advocacy $150,000

Center for Justice at CUSSW

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Criminal Justice Reform Advocacy
Grants Made in
2022
Location
New York, NY

Women Transcending

Correctional Association of NY

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Criminal Justice Reform Advocacy
Grants Made in
2022
Location
New York, NY

Responding to inquiries of families of incarcerated people

Just Leadership USA

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Criminal Justice Reform Advocacy
Grants Made in
2022
Location
New York, NY

Leadership Training

NY Women’s Foundation

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Criminal Justice Reform Advocacy
Grants Made in
2022
Location
New York, NY

The Justice Fund

Voice of the Experienced

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Criminal Justice Reform Advocacy
Grants Made in
2022
Location
New Orleans, LA

General Operating Support

Program Total: $150,000

Health and Education $150,000

Bronxworks

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Health and Education
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Bronx, NY

Home Instuction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters

Community Solutions

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Health and Education
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Brooklyn, NY

United for Brownsville

Power of Two

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Health and Education
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Brooklyn, NY

Po2 Community Programs

The Reading Team

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Health and Education
Grants Made in
2022
Location
New York, NY

General Operating Support

Program Total: $150,000

Support for Immigrants and Refugees $190,000

Brooklyn Community Foundation

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Support for Immigrants and Refugees
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Brooklyn, NY

Immigrant Rights Fund

Hearts and Homes for Refugees

Amount
$15,000
Grants Made to
Support for Immigrants and Refugees
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Mt Vernon, NY

ESOL for All

Make the Road NY

Amount
$15,000
Grants Made to
Support for Immigrants and Refugees
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Brooklyn, NY

Youth Power Project

Make the Road NY

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Support for Immigrants and Refugees
Grants Made in
2022
Location
New York, NY

Deportation Defense

Partnerships for Trauma Recovery

Amount
$20,000
Grants Made to
Support for Immigrants and Refugees
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Berkeley, CA

General Operating Support

Refugee and Immigrant Transitions

Amount
$20,000
Grants Made to
Support for Immigrants and Refugees
Grants Made in
2022
Location
San Francisco, CA

General Operating Support

Safe Passage Project

Amount
$20,000
Grants Made to
Support for Immigrants and Refugees
Grants Made in
2022
Location
New York, NY

General Operating Support

Volunteers of Legal Services

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Support for Immigrants and Refugees
Grants Made in
2022
Location
New York, NY

VOLS Immigration Project

Program Total: $190,000

Environmental Justice and Climate Change $195,000

Carbon Cycle Institute

Amount
$20,000
Grants Made to
Environmental Justice and Climate Change
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Petaluma , CA

General Operating Support

Climate Collaborative

Amount
$20,000
Grants Made to
Environmental Justice and Climate Change
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Hartland, VT

General Operating Support

Coming Clean

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Environmental Justice and Climate Change
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Brattleboro, VT

Networks in Action

Ecdysis Foundation

Amount
$20,000
Grants Made to
Environmental Justice and Climate Change
Grants Made in
2022
Location
St Estelline, SD

1000 Farms Initiative

Green Wave

Amount
$20,000
Grants Made to
Environmental Justice and Climate Change
Grants Made in
2022
Location
New Haven, CT

General Operating Support

GRID Alternatives

Amount
$20,000
Grants Made to
Environmental Justice and Climate Change
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Los Angeles, CA

Solar Career Pathways for Youh

Mercury Policy Project

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Environmental Justice and Climate Change
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Montpelier, VT

Mercury Exposure Reduction Campaign

Women’s Earth Alliance

Amount
$20,000
Grants Made to
Environmental Justice and Climate Change
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Berkeley, CA

US Grassroots Accelerator for Woman Climate Leaders

Program Total: $195,000

Rapid Response $55,000

Brooklyn Public Library

Amount
$10,000
Grants Made to
Rapid Response
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Brooklyn, NY

Books Unbanned Inititive

Choose Love

Amount
$5,000
Grants Made to
Rapid Response
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Oakland, CA

Choose Love Ukraine campaign

Hudson Link

Amount
$10,000
Grants Made to
Rapid Response
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Ossining, NY

Stipends for Program Alumni

Make The Road NY

Amount
$10,000
Grants Made to
Rapid Response
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Brooklyn, NY

Support for Asylum seekers deported from Texas

Power of Two

Amount
$10,000
Grants Made to
Rapid Response
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Brooklyn, NY

Diapers and other baby essentials

Witness to Mass Incarceration

Amount
$5,000
Grants Made to
Rapid Response
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Long Island City, NY

Hats and Gloves Campaign for Riker’s Island

Youth Represent

Amount
$5,000
Grants Made to
Rapid Response
Grants Made in
2022
Location
New York, NY

Paralegal Training

Program Total: $55,000

Arts and Culture $433,811

ArtsWestchester

Amount
$30,000
Grants Made to
Arts and Culture
Grants Made in
2022
Location
White Plains , NY

Arts residencies for Seniors and at Risk Youth

Bloomfeild College

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Arts and Culture
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Bloomfield, NJ

Scholartship for underresourced students

Brooklyn Ballet

Amount
$20,000
Grants Made to
Arts and Culture
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Brooklyn, NY

Elevate program- in school dance training

Brooklyn Museum

Amount
$250,000
Grants Made to
Arts and Culture
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Brooklyn, NY

Arts of Africa Curator and Gallery

Brooklyn Public Library

Amount
$20,000
Grants Made to
Arts and Culture
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Brooklyn, NY

Creative Aging Arts Residencies

Community Word Project

Amount
$23,811
Grants Made to
Arts and Culture
Grants Made in
2022
Location
New York, NY

Collaborative Arts Redidencies in schools

Manhattan Theater Club

Amount
$20,000
Grants Made to
Arts and Culture
Grants Made in
2022
Location
New York, NY

MTC Education program “Write on the Edge”

Polin Museum

Amount
$25,000
Grants Made to
Arts and Culture
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Warsaw, Poland

General Operating Support

Songcatchers

Amount
$20,000
Grants Made to
Arts and Culture
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Larchmont, NY

General Operating Support

Program Total: $433,811

At Risk Youth $115,000

ASE Education Foundation

Amount
$15,000
Grants Made to
At Risk Youth
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Leesburg, VA

Scholarship for Secondary Automotive Repair Training

Life Camp Inc

Amount
$20,000
Grants Made to
At Risk Youth
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Brooklyn, NY

General Operating Support

MISSSEY, Inc

Amount
$20,000
Grants Made to
At Risk Youth
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Oakland, CA

General Operating Support

Youth ALIVE!

Amount
$20,000
Grants Made to
At Risk Youth
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Oakland, CA

General Operating Support

Program Total: $115,000

Third Generation Grants $50,000

Baltimore Legal Action Fund

Amount
$12,500
Grants Made to
Third Generation Grants
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Baltimore, ME

general operating support

Black and Pink National

Amount
$12,500
Grants Made to
Third Generation Grants
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Omaha, NE

general operating support

Critical Resistance

Amount
$12,500
Grants Made to
Third Generation Grants
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Oakland, CA

general operating support

UPROSE

Amount
$12,500
Grants Made to
Third Generation Grants
Grants Made in
2022
Location
Brooklyn, NY

general operating support

Program Total: $50,000

Annual Total: $2,063,811