Frank And Brinna Sands Foundation | Foundation Profile

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EIN: 04-3342111

Foundation Overview

Based in East Thetford, VT, Frank And Brinna Sands Foundation has awarded 432 grants totaling $1,420,705 to organizations in New Hampshire, Vermont and 11 other states across the US. Individual grants range from $100 to $30,000, with a median award of $1,250.

Latest Tax Year
2024
Total Giving (all years)
$1,420,705
Total Assets
$2,076,772
Median Grant (all grants)
$1,250

Latest Form 990-PF Snapshot

Total Grants
23
Median Grant
$2,500
% Median Grant Growth
+11% (vs previous year)
Data extracted from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Last filing year: May 2026

Foundation Intelligence

Advanced analytics and strategic insights to help nonprofit organizations assess grant opportunities and optimize their application strategies

New Applicant Friendliness
Balanced Approach: 39%

9 of 23 recipients (39%) were new grantees. Foundation maintains loyal partnerships while remaining open to qualified new applicants with strong proposals.

Geographic Focus
Vermont

57% of grants are awarded in Vermont, with additional funding distributed across 12 other locations. The foundation balances regional focus with broader geographic diversity. Within Vermont, funding concentrates in Norwich (19%), White River Junction (17%), Montpelier (10%).

Funding Trajectory
-63%

Declining funding trend with 63% decrease over 9 years may indicate reduced grant opportunities or shifting foundation priorities. This trajectory suggests more competitive application environment.

Program Areas
Community Projects + 4 others

Diversified giving across multiple program areas with primary emphasis on community projects (47%). This broad approach suggests openness to various causes and innovative cross-sector solutions.

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Grants & Funding

Analyzing past grantees provides valuable insights into Frank And Brinna Sands Foundation's funding preferences, organizational priorities, and grant making patterns. This historical data helps potential applicants understand the foundation's strategic focus and identify successful funding approaches.

Name Amount Location Purpose Year
Darmouth-hitchcock Health $5,500 Lebanon, NH, US Friends Of Dartmouth Cancer Center 2024
Dartmouth College $5,800 Hanover, NH, US Dartmouth College Fund 2024
Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium $1,000 St Johnsbury, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2024
Gulf Of Maine Research Institute $500 Portland, ME, US Unrestricted Support 2024
Lucy Makenzie Humane Society $250 Brownsville, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2024
Maynard House $1,500 Hanover, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2024
Middlebury College $4,000 Middlebury, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2024
Mountain Lake Pbs $3,500 Plattsburgh, NY, US Unrestricted Support 2024
Nh Public Radio $5,000 Concord, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2024
Norwich Public Library Association $150 Norwich, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2024
Planned Parenthood Federation Of America Inc $1,000 New York, NY, US Unrestricted Support 2024
University Of Vermont Foundation $2,500 Burlington, VT, US Center For Sustainable Agriculture Fund 2024
Upper Valley Agricultural Association $25,000 Norwich, VT, US Campaign For Norwich Farmers Market 2024
Upper Valley Haven $5,000 White River Junction, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2024
Upper Valley Humane Society $250 Lebanon, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2024
Upper Valley Music Center $2,500 Lebanon, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2024
Upper Valley Trails Alliance $5,000 Norwich, VT, US $3,500 Unrestricted; $1,500 Thetford Trails Team 2024
Vermont Institute Of Natural Science $1,000 Quechee, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2024
Vermont Land Trust $1,000 Montpelier, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2024
Vermont Law And Graduate School $750 South Royalton, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2024
Vermont Public $5,000 Colchester, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2024
Village Health Works $10,000 New York, NY, US Unrestricted Support 2024
Wildlands Network $5,000 Salt Lake City, UT, US Fall 2025 Three-borders Workshop 2024
Thetford Library Federation $150 Thetford, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2023
Dartmouth College Fund $5,800 Hanover, NH, US Contribution To Dartmouth College Fund 2023
Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium $750 St Johnsbury, VT, US Unrestricted Support For Tang Science Annex 2023
Friends Of Darmouth Cancer Center - Dartmouth Hitchcock Health $5,500 Lebanon, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2023
Middlebury College $4,500 Middlebury, VT, US Gift As A Contribution To The Annual Fund 2023
New Hampshire Public Radio $3,000 Concord, NH, US Unrestricted Suppport 2023
Northern Forest Center $1,500 Concord, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2023
Norwich Public Library $150 Norwich, VT, US Unrestricted Suppport 2023
University Of Vermont Foundation $2,500 Burlington, VT, US Contribution To Rubenstein School Of Environment And Natural Resources In Support Of The Forest Ecosystem 2023
Upper Valley Haven $4,000 White River Junction, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2023
Upper Valley Humane Society $250 Enfield, NH, US Unrestricted Gift 2023
Upper Valley Trails Alliance $6,000 Norwich, VT, US Support For Upper Valley Trail Corps' 2023 Project In Union Village Dam 2023
Vermont Institute Of Natural Science $1,000 Quechee, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2023
Vermont Land Trust $1,000 Montpelier, VT, US Unrestrictecd Support 2023
Vermont Law School $750 South Royalton, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2023
Vermont Natural Resources Council $2,500 Montpelier, VT, US Policy Work Related To Maintaining Forest Integrity And A Resilient Connected Landscape In Vermont 2023
Vermont Public $2,500 Colchester, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2023
Willing Hands $2,000 Norwich, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2023
Wildlands Network $7,500 Salt Lake City, UT, US Support For Karen Beazley's Travel For The Northeastern North America Connectivity Summit And For General Support 2023
Lucy Mackenzie Humane Society $250 West Windsor, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2023
Thetford Library Federation $150 Thetford, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2023
Dartmouth College Fund $5,800 Hanover, NH, US Contribution To Dartmouth College Fund 2023
Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium $750 St Johnsbury, VT, US Unrestricted Support For Tang Science Annex 2023
Friends Of Darmouth Cancer Center - Dartmouth Hitchcock Health $5,500 Lebanon, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2023
Middlebury College $4,500 Middlebury, VT, US Gift As A Contribution To The Annual Fund 2023
New Hampshire Public Radio $3,000 Concord, NH, US Unrestricted Suppport 2023
Northern Forest Center $1,500 Concord, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2023
Norwich Public Library $150 Norwich, VT, US Unrestricted Suppport 2023
University Of Vermont Foundation $2,500 Burlington, VT, US Contribution To Rubenstein School Of Environment And Natural Resources In Support Of The Forest Ecosystem 2023
Upper Valley Haven $4,000 White River Junction, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2023
Upper Valley Humane Society $250 Enfield, NH, US Unrestricted Gift 2023
Upper Valley Trails Alliance $6,000 Norwich, VT, US Support For Upper Valley Trail Corps' 2023 Project In Union Village Dam 2023
Vermont Institute Of Natural Science $1,000 Quechee, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2023
Vermont Land Trust $1,000 Montpelier, VT, US Unrestrictecd Support 2023
Vermont Law School $750 South Royalton, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2023
Vermont Natural Resources Council $2,500 Montpelier, VT, US Policy Work Related To Maintaining Forest Integrity And A Resilient Connected Landscape In Vermont 2023
Vermont Public $2,500 Colchester, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2023
Willing Hands $2,000 Norwich, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2023
Wildlands Network $7,500 Salt Lake City, UT, US Support For Karen Beazley's Travel For The Northeastern North America Connectivity Summit And For General Support 2023
Lucy Mackenzie Humane Society $250 West Windsor, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2023
Audubon Seabird Instutute $250 Rockland, ME, US Unrestricted Support 2022
Dartmouth College Fund $5,800 Hanover, NH, US Contribution To Dartmouth College Fund 2022
Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium $500 St Johnsbury, VT, US Unrestricted Support For Tang Science Annex 2022
Friends Of Dartmouth Cancer Center $5,000 Lebanon, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2022
Gulf Of Maine Research Institute $500 Portland, ME, US Unrestricted Support 2022
Middlebury College $4,000 Middlebury, VT, US Gift As A Contribution To The Annual Fund 2022
Northern Forest Center $1,000 Concord, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2022
Norwich Public Library $125 Norwich, VT, US Unrestricted Suppport 2022
Thetford Library Federation $1,000 Thetford, VT, US Support For The Latham Library Lift Project 2022
University Of Vermont Foundation $2,500 Burlington, VT, US Contribution To Gund Institute For Environment In Support Of The Gund Global Impact Fund 2022
Upper Valley Haven $3,500 White River Junction, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2022
Upper Valley Trails Alliance $4,000 Norwich, VT, US Support For Upper Valley Trail Corps' 2023 Project In Union Village Dam 2022
Vermont Institute Of Natural Science $1,000 Quechee, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2022
Vermont Land Trust $1,000 Montpelier, VT, US Unrestrictecd Support 2022
Vermont Law School $500 South Royalton, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2022
Willing Hands $2,000 Norwich, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2022
Audubon Seabird Instutute $250 Rockland, ME, US Unrestricted Support 2022
Dartmouth College Fund $5,800 Hanover, NH, US Contribution To Dartmouth College Fund 2022
Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium $500 St Johnsbury, VT, US Unrestricted Support For Tang Science Annex 2022
Friends Of Dartmouth Cancer Center $5,000 Lebanon, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2022
Gulf Of Maine Research Institute $500 Portland, ME, US Unrestricted Support 2022
Middlebury College $4,000 Middlebury, VT, US Gift As A Contribution To The Annual Fund 2022
Northern Forest Center $1,000 Concord, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2022
Norwich Public Library $125 Norwich, VT, US Unrestricted Suppport 2022
Thetford Library Federation $1,000 Thetford, VT, US Support For The Latham Library Lift Project 2022
University Of Vermont Foundation $2,500 Burlington, VT, US Contribution To Gund Institute For Environment In Support Of The Gund Global Impact Fund 2022
Upper Valley Haven $3,500 White River Junction, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2022
Upper Valley Trails Alliance $4,000 Norwich, VT, US Support For Upper Valley Trail Corps' 2023 Project In Union Village Dam 2022
Vermont Institute Of Natural Science $1,000 Quechee, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2022
Vermont Land Trust $1,000 Montpelier, VT, US Unrestrictecd Support 2022
Vermont Law School $500 South Royalton, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2022
Willing Hands $2,000 Norwich, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2022
Audubon Seabird Instutute $250 Rockland, ME, US Unrestricted Support 2022
Dartmouth College Fund $5,800 Hanover, NH, US Contribution To Dartmouth College Fund 2022
Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium $500 St Johnsbury, VT, US Unrestricted Support For Tang Science Annex 2022
Friends Of Dartmouth Cancer Center $5,000 Lebanon, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2022
Gulf Of Maine Research Institute $500 Portland, ME, US Unrestricted Support 2022
Middlebury College $4,000 Middlebury, VT, US Gift As A Contribution To The Annual Fund 2022
Northern Forest Center $1,000 Concord, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2022
Norwich Public Library $125 Norwich, VT, US Unrestricted Suppport 2022
Thetford Library Federation $1,000 Thetford, VT, US Support For The Latham Library Lift Project 2022
University Of Vermont Foundation $2,500 Burlington, VT, US Contribution To Gund Institute For Environment In Support Of The Gund Global Impact Fund 2022
Upper Valley Haven $3,500 White River Junction, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2022
Upper Valley Trails Alliance $4,000 Norwich, VT, US Support For Upper Valley Trail Corps' 2023 Project In Union Village Dam 2022
Vermont Institute Of Natural Science $1,000 Quechee, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2022
Vermont Land Trust $1,000 Montpelier, VT, US Unrestrictecd Support 2022
Vermont Law School $500 South Royalton, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2022
Willing Hands $2,000 Norwich, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2022
Dartmouth College Fund $5,800 Hanover, NH, US Contribution To Dartmouth College Fund 2021
Friends Of Dartmouth Cancer Center $5,000 Lebanon, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2021
Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium $250 St Johnsbury, VT, US Unrestricted Support For Tang Science Annex 2021
Humane Society International $1,000 Washington, DC, US Support For Rescue Of Animals In Ukraine 2021
Lebanon Opera House $250 Lebanon, NH, US To Help Meet A Matching Grant Challenge 2021
Moving Windmills Project $1,000 New York, NY, US Support For Translating Literature Into Malawi Dialect 2021
Middlebury College $4,000 Middlebury, VT, US Gift As A Contribution To The Annual Fund 2021
Upper Valley Aquatic Center $5,000 White River Junction, VT, US Support Of The Physical Activity And Lymphedma Exercise Program 2021
Town Of Thetford $2,210 Thetford, VT, US Support For Outreach Activities Of Trail Planning And Development Around Thetford Hill 2021
Two Countries One Forest $5,500 East Thetford, VT, US Support For Future Forests Reimagined Initiative 2021
Vermont Volunteer Service For Animals $1,000 Burlington, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2021
Dartmouth College Fund $5,800 Hanover, NH, US Contribution To Dartmouth College Fund 2021
Friends Of Dartmouth Cancer Center $5,000 Lebanon, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2021
Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium $250 St Johnsbury, VT, US Unrestricted Support For Tang Science Annex 2021
Humane Society International $1,000 Washington, DC, US Support For Rescue Of Animals In Ukraine 2021
Lebanon Opera House $250 Lebanon, NH, US To Help Meet A Matching Grant Challenge 2021
Moving Windmills Project $1,000 New York, NY, US Support For Translating Literature Into Malawi Dialect 2021
Middlebury College $4,000 Middlebury, VT, US Gift As A Contribution To The Annual Fund 2021
Upper Valley Aquatic Center $5,000 White River Junction, VT, US Support Of The Physical Activity And Lymphedma Exercise Program 2021
Town Of Thetford $2,210 Thetford, VT, US Support For Outreach Activities Of Trail Planning And Development Around Thetford Hill 2021
Two Countries One Forest $5,500 East Thetford, VT, US Support For Future Forests Reimagined Initiative 2021
Vermont Volunteer Service For Animals $1,000 Burlington, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2021
Dartmouth College Fund $5,800 Hanover, NH, US Contribution To Dartmouth College Fund 2021
Friends Of Dartmouth Cancer Center $5,000 Lebanon, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2021
Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium $250 St Johnsbury, VT, US Unrestricted Support For Tang Science Annex 2021
Humane Society International $1,000 Washington, DC, US Support For Rescue Of Animals In Ukraine 2021
Lebanon Opera House $250 Lebanon, NH, US To Help Meet A Matching Grant Challenge 2021
Moving Windmills Project $1,000 New York, NY, US Support For Translating Literature Into Malawi Dialect 2021
Middlebury College $4,000 Middlebury, VT, US Gift As A Contribution To The Annual Fund 2021
Upper Valley Aquatic Center $5,000 White River Junction, VT, US Support Of The Physical Activity And Lymphedma Exercise Program 2021
Town Of Thetford $2,210 Thetford, VT, US Support For Outreach Activities Of Trail Planning And Development Around Thetford Hill 2021
Two Countries One Forest $5,500 East Thetford, VT, US Support For Future Forests Reimagined Initiative 2021
Vermont Volunteer Service For Animals $1,000 Burlington, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2021
Dartmouth College Fund $5,800 Hanover, NH, US Contribution To Dartmouth College Fund 2020
Good Neighbor Health Clinic $2,000 White River Junction, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2020
Middlebury College $4,000 Middlebury, VT, US Gift As A Contribution To The Annual Fund 2020
Mountain Lake Pbs $1,000 Plattsburg, NY, US Unrestricted Support 2020
New Hampshire Public Radio $2,500 Concord, NH, US Unrestricted Suppport 2020
Northern Forest Center $1,000 Concord, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2020
Northern Woodlands $750 Corinth, VT, US Support For This Week In The Woods 2020
Norwich Public Library $125 Norwich, VT, US Unrestricted Suppport 2020
Partners In Health $7,500 Boston, MA, US Support For Cope And Its Collaboration With The Navajo Area Indian Health Service And The Navajo Nation 2020
Sterling College $2,500 Craftsbury Common, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2020
The Nature Conservancy New Hampshire Chapter $1,500 Concord, NH, US Support For Kimball Hill Conservation 2020
Thetford Academy $5,000 Thetford, VT, US Installment Of A Five-year, $100,000 Pledge For The Environmental Science And Outdoor 2020
Trust For Public Land $1,000 San Francisco, CA, US Gift In Honor Of Zion National Park To Keep Open To Public 2020
University Of Vermont Extension $5,000 Burlington, VT, US Support For The Who Farms Project. Installment Of 3 Year Pledge For A Total Of $25,000 2020
Upper Valley Haven $7,500 White River Junction, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2020
Upper Valley Humane Society $1,000 Enfield, NH, US Unrestricted Gift 2020
Upper Valley Land Trust $1,000 Hanover, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2020
Upper Valley Music Center $10,000 Lebanon, NH, US Support For The Tuition Assistance Program 2020
Upper Valley Trails Alliance $3,750 Norwich, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2020
Vermont Foodbank $7,500 Barre, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2020
Vermont Institute Of Natural Science $1,000 Quechee, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2020
Vermont Journalism Trust $2,500 Montpelier, VT, US Unrestricted Support For Vtdigger 2020
Vermont Land Trust $1,000 Montpelier, VT, US Unrestrictecd Support 2020
Vermont Pbs $3,500 Colchester, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2020
Vermont Public Radio $2,500 Colchester, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2020
Vermont Woodlands Association $100 Rutland, VT, US Annual Membership Renewal 2020
Village Health Works $30,000 New York, NY, US Unrestricted Support & $15,000 As 3rd Payment Of $60,000 Pledge 2020
Visiting Nurse And Hospice Of Vermont And New Hampshire $1,000 White River Junction, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2020
Willing Hands $3,500 Lebanon, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2020
Showing Up For Racial Justice $1,000 Buffalo, NY, US Unrestricted Support 2020
Dhh Friends Of Norris Cotton Cancer Center $1,500 Lebanon, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2020
Dartmouth College Fund $5,800 Hanover, NH, US Contribution To Dartmouth College Fund 2019
Dartmouth-hitchcockgeisel School Of Medicine $6,000 Lebanon, NH, US Support For Covid-19 Community Relief Fund And Personal Protective Equipment Fund 2019
Kilham Bear Center $1,000 Lyme, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2019
Middlebury College $4,000 Middlebury, VT, US Gift As A Contribution To The Annual Fund 2019
Montshire Mueseum Of Science $500 Norwich, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2019
Mountain Lake Pbs $1,000 Plattsburg, NY, US Unrestricted Support 2019
New Hampshire Public Radio $2,500 Concord, NH, US Unrestricted Suppport 2019
Northern Forest Center $1,000 Concord, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2019
Northern Woodlands $750 Corinth, VT, US Support For This Week In The Woods 2019
Norwich Public Library $125 Norwich, VT, US Unrestricted Suppport 2019
Partners In Health $1,000 Boston, MA, US Support For Cope And Its Collaboration With The Navajo Area Indian Health Service And The Navajo Nation 2019
Thetford Academy $25,000 Thetford, VT, US Installment Of A Five-year, $100,000 Pledge For The Environmental Science And Outdoor 2019
Upper Valley Haven $7,500 White River Junction, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2019
Upper Valley Land Trust $1,000 Hanover, NH, US Unrestricted Supportunrestricted Support 2019
Upper Valley Music Center $500 Lebanon, NH, US Support For The Tuition Assistance Program 2019
Upper Valley Trails Alliance $3,750 Norwich, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2019
Vermont Foodbank $6,000 Barre, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2019
Vermont Institute Of Natural Science $1,000 Quechee, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2019
Vermont Journalism Trust $2,500 Montpelier, VT, US Unrestricted Support For Vtdigger 2019
Vermont Land Trust $1,000 Montpelier, VT, US Unrestrictecd Support 2019
Vermont Pbs $3,500 Colchester, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2019
Vermont Public Radio $2,500 Colchester, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2019
Vermont Woodlands Association $500 Rutland, VT, US Annual Membership Renewal 2019
Village Health Works $20,000 New York, NY, US Unrestricted Support & $15,000 As 3rd Payment Of $60,000 Pledge 2019
Visiting Nurse And Hospice Of Vermont And New Hampshire $1,000 White River Junction, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2019
Willing Hands $3,500 Lebanon, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2019
Florida Rights Restoration Coalition Education Fund $1,000 San Francisco, CA, US Unrestricted Support 2019
Good Neighbor Health Clinic $1,000 White River Junction, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2019
Sterling College $250 Craftsbury Common, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2019
Audubon Vermont $1,000 Huntington, VT, US Support For The Continuation Of The Bird-friendly Maple Pilot Project 2018
Cover Home Repair Inc $500 White River Junction, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2018
Dartmouth College Fund $5,800 Hanover, NH, US Contribution To Dartmouth College Fund 2018
David's House $150 Lebanon, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2018
Doctors Without Bordersmedecins Sans Frontieres (msf) $2,500 New York, NY, US Support For Relief Efforts In Yemen 2018
Family Place $150 Norwich, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2018
Headrest $1,000 Lebanon, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2018
Hubbard Brook Research Foundation $750 N Woodstock, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2018
Lebanon Opera House $250 Lebanon, NH, US Contribution To 88 Keys Campaign For Steinway Piano 2018
Middlebury College $4,000 Middlebury, VT, US Gift As A Contribution To The Annual Fund 2018
Montshire Mueseum Of Science $500 Norwich, VT, US Support To Underwrite Affordable Field Trip Experiences For Students In Cash-strapped Schools 2018
Mountain Lake Pbs $1,000 Plattsburg, NY, US Unrestricted Support 2018
New Hampshire Public Radio $2,500 Concord, NH, US Unrestricted Suppport 2018
Norwich Public Library $125 Norwich, VT, US Unrestricted Suppport 2018
Thetford Academy $25,000 Thetford, VT, US Installment Of A Five-year, $100,000 Pledge For The Environmental Science And Outdoor 2018
University Of Vermont Extension $5,000 Burlington, VT, US Support For The Who Farms Project. Installment Of 3 Year Pledge For A Total Of $25,000 2018
Upper Valley Haven $7,500 White River Junction, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2018
Upper Valley Land Trust $1,000 Hanover, NH, US Unrestricted Supportunrestricted Support 2018
Upper Valley Trails Alliance $3,500 Norwich, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2018
Vermont Foodbank $2,500 Barre, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2018
Vermont Institute Of Natural Science $1,000 Quechee, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2018
Vermont Journalism Trust $2,500 Montpelier, VT, US Unrestricted Support For Vtdigger 2018
Vermont Land Trust $1,000 Montpelier, VT, US Unrestrictecd Support 2018
Vermont Pbs $3,500 Colchester, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2018
Vermont Public Radio $17,500 Colchester, VT, US $15,000 As Final Payment Of Five-year, $75,000 Pledge In Support Of Vpr Next Campaign 2018
Vermont Woodlands Association $100 Rutland, VT, US Annual Membership Renewal 2018
Village Health Works $20,000 New York, NY, US Unrestricted Support & $15,000 As 2nd Payment Of $60,000 Pledge 2018
Visiting Nurse And Hospice Of Vermont And New Hampshire $1,000 White River Junction, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2018
Willing Hands $1,000 Lebanon, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2018
Dartmouth-hitchcockgeisel School Of Medicine $5,000 Lebanon, NH, US Support For Research At Norris Cotton Cancer Center 2018
Kilham Bear Center $250 Lyme, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2018
Student Rescue Project Inc $25,000 White River Junction, VT, US Support For Establishment Of Puppy Junction 2018
Trust For Public Land $500 San Francisco, CA, US Gift In Honor Of Zion National Park To Keep Open To Public 2018
Alaska Wilderness League $1,500 Washington, DC, US Unrestricted Support 2017
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation $8,500 New York, NY, US Unrestricted Annual Support 2017
Audubon Vermont $5,000 Huntington, VT, US Support For The Continuation Of The Bird-friendly Maple Pilot Project 2017
Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences $1,000 East Boothbay, ME, US Unrestricted Support 2017
Cover Home Repair Inc $2,250 White River Junction, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2017
Dartmouth College Fund $6,000 Hanover, NH, US Gift As A Contribution To The Class Of 1958 Scholarship Fund 2017
David's House $300 Lebanon, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2017
Doctors Without Bordersmedecins Sans Frontieres (msf) $2,500 New York, NY, US Unrestricted Support 2017
Family Place $750 Norwich, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2017
Gulf Of Maine Research Institute $1,500 Portland, ME, US Unrestricted Support 2017
Hartford Dismas House $1,500 Hartford, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2017
Headrest $1,000 Lebanon, NH, US Gift In Memory Of Aidan Charles Nagle 2017
Hias $1,000 Silver Sprint, MD, US Unrestricted Support 2017
Hubbard Brook Research Foundation $3,000 N Woodstock, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2017
Humane Society Of Ventura County $1,000 Ojia, CA, US Unrestricted Support In Response To Fall 2018 Wildfires 2017
Kids In Need Of Defense $3,500 Washington, DC, US Unrestricted Support 2017
Lebanon Opera House $450 Lebanon, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2017
Lobster Institute $100 Orono, ME, US Unrestricted Support 2017
Midcoast Conservancy $500 Edgecomb, ME, US Unrestricted Support 2017
Middlebury College $4,000 Middlebury, VT, US Gift As A Contribution To The Annual Fund 2017
Montshire Mueseum Of Science $2,500 Norwich, VT, US Support To Underwrite Affordable Field Trip Experiences For Students In Cash-strapped Schools 2017
Mountain Lake Pbs $5,000 Plattsburg, NY, US Unrestricted Annual Support 2017
New Hampshire Public Radio $7,500 Concord, NH, US Unrestricted Suppport 2017
North Valley Community Foundation $1,000 Chico, CA, US Support For The Camp Fire Evacuation Relief Fund 2017
Northeast Kingdom Astronomy Foundation Inc $500 Barnet, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2017
Northern Forest Center $5,000 Concord, NH, US Support For The Center's Proposal To Expand Modern Wood Heat Use In The Upper Valley 2017
Northern Stage $1,000 White River Junction, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2017
Northern Woodlands $2,750 Corinth, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2017
Norwich Historical Society $225 Norwich, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2017
Norwich Public Library $250 Norwich, VT, US Annual Suppport 2017
Open Space Institute $1,500 New York, NY, US A Contribution To The Community Forest Fund 2017
Parish Players $225 Thetford, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2017
Partners In Health $5,000 Boston, MA, US Unrestricted Support 2017
Project Puffin And The Seabird Restoration Program $1,000 Ithaca, NY, US Unrestricted Support 2017
Safeline $250 Chelsea, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2017
Sanibel Sea School $1,000 Sanibel, FL, US Annual Support 2017
Social Good Fund $1,000 Richmond, CA, US A Donation To Torus Teens 2017
Southern Poverty Law Center $10,000 Montgomery, AL, US Unrestricted Support 2017
Surfin' Sato Inc $5,300 Norwich, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2017
The Nature Conservancy New Hampshire Chapter $6,000 Concord, NH, US Support For Kimball Hill Conservation 2017
Thetford Academy $25,000 Thetford, VT, US Installment Of A Five-year, $100,000 Pledge For The Environmental Science And Outdoor 2017
Trust For Conservation Innovation $5,000 Oakland, CA, US Unrestricted Contribution To The Singita Grumeti Fund 2017
Union Of Concerned Scientists $1,000 Cambridge, MA, US Unrestricted Support 2017
University Of Vermont Extension $20,000 Burlington, VT, US Support For The Who Farms Project. Installment Of 2 Year Pledge For A Total Of $25,000 2017
Upper Valley Aquatic Center $2,000 White River Junction, VT, US Support Of The Physical Activity And Lymphedma Exercise Program 2017
Upper Valley Habitat For Humanity $3,000 White River Junction, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2017
Upper Valley Haven $20,000 White River Junction, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2017
Upper Valley Humane Society $4,000 Enfield, NH, US Unrestricted Gift 2017
Upper Valley Land Trust $10,000 Hanover, NH, US Unrestricted Annual Gift 2017
Upper Valley Music Center $1,000 Lebanon, NH, US In Support Of Lian And Sebastian Kitchel's Involvement In The Play-a-thon 2017
Upper Valley Trails Alliance $10,000 Norwich, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2017
Vermont Foodbank $8,000 Barre, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2017
Vermont Institute Of Natural Science $9,000 Quechee, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2017
Vermont Journalism Trust $1,500 Montpelier, VT, US Unrestricted Grant In Support Of Vtdigger 2017
Vermont Land Trust $10,000 Montpelier, VT, US Unrestrictecd Support 2017
Vermont Law School $1,500 South Royalton, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2017
Vermont Natural Resources Council $10,000 Montpelier, VT, US Support To Bolster Forest And Wildlife Connectivity Conservation And To Amplify Efforts To Strengthen Act 250 To Address Forest Fragmentation 2017
Vermont Pbs $20,000 Colchester, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2017
Vermont Public Radio $22,500 Colchester, VT, US Payment Of A Five-year, $75,000 Pledge In Support Of Vpr Next Campaign 2017
Vermont Woodlands Association $100 Rutland, VT, US Membership Renewal 2017
Village Health Works $15,000 New York, NY, US Unrestricted Support 2017
Visiting Nurse And Hospice Of Vermont And New Hampshire $2,000 White River Junction, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2017
Vital Communities Of The Upper Valley $500 White River Junction, VT, US Support For Energy Programs 2017
Willing Hands $2,000 Lebanon, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2017
Medomak Valley Land Trust $500 Waldoboro, ME, US Unrestricted Support 2017
Atlantic Salmon Federation $150 Calais, ME, US Unrestricted Support 2016
Cornell Lab Of Ornithology $250 Ithaca, NY, US Unrestricted Support 2016
Dartmouth College Fund $5,800 Hanover, NH, US Gift As A Contribution To The Class Of 1958 Scholarship Fund 2016
Doctors Without Bordersmedecins Sans Frontieres (msf) $2,000 New York, NY, US Unrestricted Support 2016
League Of New Hampshire Arts And Crafts Hanover Branch $5,000 Hanover, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2016
Lebanon Opera House $-50 Lebanon, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2016
Middlebury College $3,500 Middlebury, VT, US Gift As A Contribution To The Annual Fund 2016
Montshire Museum Of Science $2,500 Norwich, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2016
Natural Resources Defense Council $250 New York, NY, US Support For Campaign Against Neonicitoids 2016
Norwich Public Library $125 Norwich, VT, US Annual Suppport 2016
Thetford Academy $25,000 Thetford, VT, US Installment Of A Five-year, $100,000 Pledge For The Environmental Science And Outdoor 2016
Upper Valley Music Center $20,000 Lebanon, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2016
Upper Valley Trails Alliance $10,000 Norwich, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2016
Vermont Public Radio $22,500 Colchester, VT, US Payment Of A Five-year, $75,000 Pledge In Support Of Vpr Next Campaign 2016
Vermont Woodlands Association $250 Rutland, VT, US Annual Unrestricted Gift 2016
Village Health Works $10,000 New York, NY, US Unrestricted Support 2016
Greater Houston Community Foundation $1,500 Houston, TX, US Unrestricted Support 2016
Hispanic Federation $2,500 New York, NY, US Unrestricted Support 2016
Houston Humane Society $1,500 Houston, TX, US Unrestricted Support 2016
Norwich Fire Department $1,000 Norwich, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2016
Afs-usa $250 New York, NY, US Unrestricted Grant 2015
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation $5,000 New York, NY, US Unrestricted Annual Support 2015
American Precision Museum $500 Windsor, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Atlantic Salmon Federation $150 Calais, ME, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Audubon Vermont $3,000 Huntington, VT, US Support For The Continuation Of The Bird-friendly Maple Pilot Project 2015
Bremen Volunteer Fire Departmentbremen First Responders $250 Bremen, ME, US Unrestricted Grant 2015
Central Vermont Adult Basic Education Inc $250 Barre, VT, US Unrestricted Grant 2015
Central Vermont Adult Basic Education Inc $250 Barre, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Conservation Law Foundation Vermont $300 Montpelier, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Cornell Lab Of Ornithology $250 Ithaca, NY, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Cover Home Repair Inc $1,250 White River Junction, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Cover Home Repair Inc $1,250 White River Junction, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Dartmouth College Fund $5,800 Hanover, NH, US Gift As A Contribution To The Class Of 1958 Scholarship Fund 2015
David's House $150 Lebanon, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Doctors Without Bordersmedecins Sans Frontieres (msf) $1,000 New York, NY, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Dress For Success $250 Burlington, VT, US Unrestriced Support 2015
Dress For Success $250 Burlington, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Environmental Defense Fund $100 New York, NY, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium $250 St Johnsbury, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Family Place $250 Norwich, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Family Place $250 Norwich, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Good Neighbor Health Clinic $1,000 White River Junction, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Hartford Dismas House $250 Hartford, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Hartford Dismas House $1,000 Hartford, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Harvard Business School $150 Boston, MA, US Unrestricted Annual Support 2015
Hubbard Brook Research Foundation $1,500 N Woodstock, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Island Institute $350 Rockland, ME, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Landmark College $250 Putney, VT, US A Contribution To The Annual Fund 2015
League Of New Hampshire Arts And Crafts Hanover Branch $1,000 Hanover, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Lebanon Opera House $150 Lebanon, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Lebanon Opera House $200 Lebanon, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Listen Community Services $300 Lebanon, NH, US Unrestricted Annual Support 2015
Lobster Institute $100 Orono, ME, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Lobster Institute $100 Orono, ME, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Medomak Valley Land Trust $500 Waldoboro, ME, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Medomak Valley Land Trust $500 Waldoboro, ME, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Middlebury College $3,500 Middlebury, VT, US Gift As A Contribution To The Annual Fund 2015
Montshire Museum Of Science $1,500 Norwich, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Mountain Lake Pbs $2,000 Plattsburg, NY, US Unrestricted Annual Support 2015
Mountain Lake Pbs $2,500 Plattsburg, NY, US Unrestricted Annual Support 2015
National Outdoor Leadership School $250 Lander, WY, US Unrestricted Support 2015
National Outdoor Leadership School $250 Lander, WY, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Natural Resources Defense Council $250 New York, NY, US Support For Campaign Against Neonicitoids 2015
New Hampshire Public Radio $3,500 Concord, NH, US Unrestricted Suppport 2015
New Hampshire Public Radio $3,500 Concord, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Northeast Kingdom Astronomy Foundation Inc $500 Barnet, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Northern Forest Center $4,000 Concord, NH, US Support For The Center's Proposal To Expand Modern Wood Heat Use In The Upper Valley 2015
Northern Forest Center $7,500 Concord, NH, US Support For The Center's Proposal To Expand Modern Wood Heat Use In The Upper Valley 2015
Northern Stage $500 White River Junction, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Northern Stage $500 White River Junction, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Northern Woodlands $350 Corinth, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Northern Woodlands $350 Corinth, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Norwich Historical Society $100 Norwich, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Norwich Historical Society $125 Norwich, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Norwich Public Library $250 Norwich, VT, US Annual Suppport 2015
Norwich Public Library $125 Norwich, VT, US Annual Support 2015
Oxfam $1,000 Boston, MA, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Parish Players $100 Thetford, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Partners In Health $1,000 Boston, MA, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Partners In Health $5,000 Boston, MA, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Planned Parenthood Of Northern New England $1,000 Colchester, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Planned Parenthood Of Northern New England $1,500 Colchester, VT, US Unrestricted Suppport 2015
Project Bread $100 East Boston, MA, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Project Puffin And The Seabird Restoration Program $500 Ithaca, NY, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Public Assets Institute $250 Montpelier, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Public Assets Institute $250 Montpelier, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Root District Game Club $500 Norwich, VT, US Support For The Root Schoolhouse Project 2015
Safeline $250 Chelsea, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Sanibel Sea School $5,000 Sanibel, FL, US Annual Support 2015
Sanibel Sea School $500 Sanibel, FL, US Annual Support 2015
Southern Poverty Law Center $5,000 Montgomery, AL, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Sterling College $250 Craftsbury Common, VT, US Unrestricted Annual Support 2015
The Nature Conservancy New Hampshire Chapter $1,500 Concord, NH, US Support For Flood Plain Restoration With Elm Trees 2015
Thetford Academy $25,000 Thetford, VT, US Installment Of A Five-year, $100,000 Pledge For The Environmental Science And Outdoor 2015
Twin Pines Housing Trust $250 White River Junction, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Union Of Concerned Scientists $1,000 Cambridge, MA, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Union Of Concerned Scientists $1,000 Cambridge, MA, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Unitarian Universalist Congregation Of The Upper Valley $100 Norwich, VT, US Support For Capital Campaign 2015
University Of Vermont Extension $5,000 Burlington, VT, US Gift To The University Of Vermont Foundation In Support Of The Center For Sustainable Agriculture's Grass 2015
University Of Vermont Extension $5,000 Burlington, VT, US Gift To The University Of Vermont Foundation In Support Of The Center For Sustainable Agriculture's Pasture 2015
Upper Valley Habitat For Humanity $500 White River Junction, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Upper Valley Haibtat For Humanity $750 White River Junction, VT, US Unrestricted Suppport 2015
Upper Valley Haven $10,000 White River Junction, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Upper Valley Haven $10,000 White River Junction, VT, US Unrestricted Suppport 2015
Upper Valley Humane Society $1,000 Enfield, NH, US Unrestricted Gift 2015
Upper Valley Land Trust $5,000 Hanover, NH, US Unrestricted Annual Gift 2015
Upper Valley Music Center $250 Lebanon, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Upper Valley Trails Alliance $8,500 Norwich, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Vermont Folklife Center $150 Middlebury, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Vermont Foodbank $1,500 Barre, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Vermont Foodbank $4,000 Barre, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Vermont Humanities Council $100 Montpelier, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Vermont Institute Of Natural Science $7,500 Quechee, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Vermont Institute Of Natural Science $5,000 Quechee, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Vermont Land Trust $3,500 Montpelier, VT, US Unrestrictecd Annual Gift 2015
Vermont Natural Resources Council $7,500 Montpelier, VT, US Support To Continue Collaboration With Forest, Parks And Recreation 2015
Vermont Natural Resources Council $7,500 Montpelier, VT, US Support 2015
Vermont Pbs $5,000 Colchester, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Vermont Pbs $7,500 Colchester, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Vermont Public Radio $22,500 Colchester, VT, US Payment Of A Five-year, $75,000 Pledge In Support Of Vpr Next Campaign 2015
Vermont Woodlands Association $250 Rutland, VT, US Annual Unrestricted Gift 2015
Veterans' Place Inc $500 Northfield, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Village Health Works $10,000 New York, NY, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Visiting Nurse And Hospice Of Vermont And New Hampshire $1,000 White River Junction, VT, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Visiting Nurse And Hospice Of Vermont And New Hampshire $5,000 White River Junction, VT, US Special Grant 2015
Visiting Nurse And Hospice Of Vermont And New Hampshire $1,000 White River Junction, VT, US Unrestricted Annual Support 2015
Vital Communities Of The Upper Valley $250 White River Junction, VT, US Support For The Transition Of Serg Into Vital Communities' Energy Program 2015
Vital Communities Of The Upper Valley $500 White River Junction, VT, US Support For Energy Programs 2015
Willing Hands $1,000 Lebanon, NH, US Unrestricted Support 2015
Zen Hospice Project $1,000 San Francisco, CA, US Unrestricted Support 2015

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Contact Information

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EIN 04-3342111
Website N/A
Address CO CONRAD REINING 319 CADWELL ROA E Thetford, VT 05043-0000

Key People (3)

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Director/manager Conrad Reining
President & Director Brinna B Sands
V. President/secretary/director Frank E Sands Ii

Forms 990-PF

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