Grants awarded
Who does Sally Mead Hands Foundation fund?
Sally Mead Hands Foundation has awarded $12 million across 299 grants to 124 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in environment. Its typical grant is $25,000, with most between $5,000 and $60,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $30,000 versus $15,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$12.2M
Typical grant
$25K
Grantees
124
Grants
299
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
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Citizens Climate Education Corp
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$1.4M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
World Wildlife Fund INC
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$885K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| E Environmental Law & Policy Center | $630K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin | $450K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $430K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$375K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
Project Drawdown
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$345K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
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$340K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| N Nature Conservancy of Wisconsin | $340K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Citizens Climate Education Corp | $320K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Transportation Riders United INC
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$298K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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$295K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
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$290K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
Maine Coast Heritage Trust
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$287K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
The Nature Conservancy
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$287K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | VA | |
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$280K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
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$270K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WI | |
| W Wisconsin Academy of Sciences | $265K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $260K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $244K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N Nature Conservancy of Illinois | $220K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Enterprise Community Partners INC
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$192K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MD | |
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$190K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| N Nature Conservancy of Maine | $183K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Renew Wisconsin INC
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$170K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WI | |
| R Rocky Mountain Institute | $148K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Planned Parenthood Great Plains
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$135K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | KS | |
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$120K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| P Project Drawdown | $100K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W World Wildlife Fund | $100K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Planned Parenthood of Michigan | $100K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Planned Parenthood of Northern New England | $100K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Ceres | $100K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Planned Parenthood of Illinois | $100K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Ceres INC
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$100K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| T Transportation Riders United | $90K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Michigan Environmental Council
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$90K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
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$85K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| M Maine Coast Heritage Trust | $78K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Ecology Center | $75K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| P Planned Parenthood of the Great Plains | $70K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Planned Parenthood of Mid & South Michigan | $70K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $60K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Savanna Institute | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Midwest Renewable Energy Association | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$49K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | ME | |
| R Rail Passengers Association | $48K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$40K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
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$40K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | WI | |
| I Individual recipient | $38K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Healthy Climate Wisconsin INC | $38K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | WI | |
Conway Area Humane Society
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$37K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NH | |
Appalachian Mountain Club
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$37K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MA | |
| C Center for Neighborhood Technology | $35K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Westover School INC
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$32K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CT | |
| I Individual recipient | $30K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $30K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| W Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism | $29K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Wispirg Foundation INC
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$25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | WI | |
| H High Speed Rail Association INC | $25K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| W Wisconsin Health Professionals for Climate Action | $24K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $22K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
University of Wisconsin Foundation
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$21K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | WI | |
Mikeroweworks Foundation
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$20K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | CA | |
| W Wisconsin Health Professinals for Climate Action | $20K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| L Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Public Broadcasting Corp | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Maine Community Foundation INC
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$20K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
| M Madison College Foundation | $20K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $19K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Breakthrough | $18K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Center for Knit and Crochet INC | $15K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | WI | |
| F Friends of PBS Wisconsin INC | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Habitat for Humanity of Dane County INC | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W Wisconsin Public Radio Association INC | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Inside Climate News INC
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$15K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| A Appalachian Mountain Club | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Centro Hispano INC | $14K | 2 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Through These Doors
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$13K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | ME | |
Network for Good INC
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$10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | DC | |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Conway Area Humane Society | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| 1 1000 Friends of Wisconsin | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| E Editorial Cartooning Initiative | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Michigan Environmental Council | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Maine Women's Fund | $10K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| G Galin Scholars INC | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Michael Fields Agricultural Institute (wisconsin Women in Conservation) | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $9K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Seeds of Peace INC
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$8K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| J Jen's Friends Cancer Foundation | $8K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Nature Conservancy | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Reachout Crestview
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$6K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
Atlantic Center for the Arts INC
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$5K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | FL | |
| S Sea Meadow Marine Foundation | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Breakthrough Urban Ministries | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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