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Private foundation (trust)EIN 223483828Est. 1997-05

George H and Estelle M Sands Foundation

Princeton, NJ 08540

Total Assets

$85.8M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$4.0M

FY 2024

Grants Made

80

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$50K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$1K–$380K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$8.7M

Total Expenses

$6.6M

Qualifying Distributions

$4.0M

Distributable Amount

$4.1M

Min. Investment Return

$4.2M

Undistributed Income

$4.1M

Payout rate 96%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.96%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

80 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $1K through median $25K to maximum $380K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

5 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $4.2M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

378 grants

KINDERSMILE FOUNDATION - TRENTON
$2.3M
5 grants
THE WATERSHED INSTITUTE
$1.4M
5 grants
HOME FRONT NJ
$892K
5 grants
Princeton Area Community Foundation
$850K
5 grants
Princeton Senior Resource Center
$800K
4 grants
MERCER STREET FRIENDS
$776K
5 grants
PRINCETON FIRST AID RESCUE SQUAD
$750K
5 grants
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
$547K
5 grants

Grant Size Distribution

378 grants

<$10K
96
grants
$10–50K
186
grants
$50–250K
83
grants
$250K–1M
13
grants
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

10 states

New Jersey
$16.6M
84% of total
Pennsylvania
$1.0M
5% of total
Colorado
$916K
5% of total
Florida
$502K
3% of total
California
$245K
1% of total
Virginia
$185K
1% of total
Nebraska
$143K
1% of total
New York
$50K
0% of total
Texas
$40K
0% of total
Illinois
$1K
0% of total

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