Frank and Brinna Sands Foundation
Private foundation · East Thetford, VT · EIN 04-3342111 · reported 2023–2025
59grants reported
$2,000median award
$750lower quartile
$125smallest grant
$175Ktotal paid
5states reached
3years giving
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
319 Cadwell RD
East Thetford, VT 05043-9526
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Upper Valley Agricultural Association Campaign for Norwich Farmers Market | Norwich, VT | $25,000 |
| Village Health Works | New York, NY | $10,000 |
| Wildlands Network SUPPORT FOR KAREN BEAZLEY'S TRAVEL FOR THE NORTHEASTERN NORTH AMERICA CONNECTIVITY SUMMIT AND FOR GE | Salt Lake City, UT | $7,500 |
| Upper Valley Trails Alliance SUPPORT FOR UPPER VALLEY TRAIL CORPS' 2023 PROJECT IN UNION VILLAGE DAM | Norwich, VT | $6,000 |
| Dartmouth College Dartmouth College Fund | Hanover, NH | $5,800 |
| Dartmouth College Fund CONTRIBUTION TO DARTMOUTH COLLEGE FUND | Hanover, NH | $5,800 |
| Dartmouth College Fund CONTRIBUTION TO DARTMOUTH COLLEGE FUND | Hanover, NH | $5,800 |
| Darmouth-Hitchcock Health Friends of Dartmouth Cancer Center | Lebanon, NH | $5,500 |
| Friends of Darmouth Cancer Center - Dartmouth Hitchcock Health | Lebanon, NH | $5,500 |
| NH Public Radio | Concord, NH | $5,000 |
| Upper Valley Haven | White River Junction, VT | $5,000 |
| Upper Valley Trails Alliance $3,500 unrestricted; $1,500 Thetford Trails Team | Norwich, VT | $5,000 |
| Vermont Public | Colchester, VT | $5,000 |
| Wildlands Network Fall 2025 Three-Borders workshop | Salt Lake City, UT | $5,000 |
| Friends of Dartmouth Cancer Center | Lebanon, NH | $5,000 |
| Middlebury College GIFT AS A CONTRIBUTION TO THE ANNUAL FUND | Middlebury, VT | $4,500 |
| Middlebury College | Middlebury, VT | $4,000 |
| Middlebury College GIFT AS A CONTRIBUTION TO THE ANNUAL FUND | Middlebury, VT | $4,000 |
| Upper Valley Trails Alliance SUPPORT FOR UPPER VALLEY TRAIL CORPS' 2023 PROJECT IN UNION VILLAGE DAM | Norwich, VT | $4,000 |
| Upper Valley Haven | White River Junction, VT | $4,000 |
| Mountain Lake PBS | Plattsburgh, NY | $3,500 |
| Upper Valley Haven | White River Junction, VT | $3,500 |
| New Hampshire Public Radio UNRESTRICTED SUPPPORT | Concord, NH | $3,000 |
| University of Vermont Foundation Center for Sustainable Agriculture Fund | Burlington, VT | $2,500 |
| Upper Valley Music Center | Lebanon, NH | $2,500 |
| University of Vermont Foundation CONTRIBUTION TO GUND INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE GUND GLOBAL IMPACT FUND | Burlington, VT | $2,500 |
| University of Vermont Foundation CONTRIBUTION TO RUBENSTEIN SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES IN SUPPORT OF THE FOREST ECOS | Burlington, VT | $2,500 |
| Vermont Natural Resources Council POLICY WORK RELATED TO MAINTAINING FOREST INTEGRITY AND A RESILIENT CONNECTED LANDSCAPE IN VERMONT | Montpelier, VT | $2,500 |
| Vermont Public | Colchester, VT | $2,500 |
| Willing Hands | Norwich, VT | $2,000 |
| Willing Hands | Norwich, VT | $2,000 |
| Maynard House | Hanover, NH | $1,500 |
| Northern Forest Center | Concord, NH | $1,500 |
| Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium | St Johnsbury, VT | $1,000 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | New York, NY | $1,000 |
| Vermont Institute of Natural Science | Quechee, VT | $1,000 |
| Vermont Land Trust | Montpelier, VT | $1,000 |
| Northern Forest Center | Concord, NH | $1,000 |
| Thetford Library Federation SUPPORT FOR THE LATHAM LIBRARY LIFT PROJECT | Thetford, VT | $1,000 |
| Vermont Institute of Natural Science | Quechee, VT | $1,000 |
| Vermont Land Trust UNRESTRICTECD SUPPORT | Montpelier, VT | $1,000 |
| Vermont Institute of Natural Science | Quechee, VT | $1,000 |
| Vermont Land Trust UNRESTRICTECD SUPPORT | Montpelier, VT | $1,000 |
| Vermont Law and Graduate School | South Royalton, VT | $750 |
| Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT FOR TANG SCIENCE ANNEX | St Johnsbury, VT | $750 |
| Vermont Law School | South Royalton, VT | $750 |
| Gulf of Maine Research Institute | Portland, ME | $500 |
| Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT FOR TANG SCIENCE ANNEX | St Johnsbury, VT | $500 |
| Gulf of Maine Research Institute | Portland, ME | $500 |
| Vermont Law School | South Royalton, VT | $500 |
| Lucy Makenzie Humane Society | Brownsville, VT | $250 |
| Upper Valley Humane Society | Lebanon, NH | $250 |
| Audubon Seabird Instutute | Rockland, ME | $250 |
| Upper Valley Humane Society | Enfield, NH | $250 |
| Lucy MacKenzie Humane Society | West Windsor, VT | $250 |
| Norwich Public Library Association | Norwich, VT | $150 |
| Thetford Library Federation | Thetford, VT | $150 |
| Norwich Public Library UNRESTRICTED SUPPPORT | Norwich, VT | $150 |
| Norwich Public Library UNRESTRICTED SUPPPORT | Norwich, VT | $125 |
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