The Sills Family Foundation funds nonprofits that support early childhood education, environmental justice, arts and culture, and families in crisis, with a focus on families and communities impacted by the criminal justice system as well as refugees, migrants, and asylees.

Funding Criteria

The organizations we invest in support families and communities to overcome obstacles created by poverty, racism, and other forms of marginalization. The programs we support have passionate leaders, are community-based, and offer potential for systemic, sustained change, including the possibility of replication.

The Sills Family Foundation strives to support marginalized families as they overcome obstacles to success. We do this by giving grants to organizations that work on the front lines of providing:

• Comprehensive Services to struggling families with a special focus on families impacted by incarceration, as well as Migrants, Refugees, and Asylees.

• Support to Underserved Communities through access to early education and reduction of community violence.

• Environmental Justice with a concentration on reducing contaminants that harm babies and fetuses.

• Community-based Arts and Culture programs that support social justice ideals.

We seek to fund organizations for whom our grantmaking capacity will make an impact.

The Sills Family Foundation does not accept unsolicited applications and limits its grants to organizations that we invite to apply. However, we do not discourage you from sharing your ideas with us. If you would like the Sills Family Foundation to consider supporting a program that fits our goals and mission, please send a brief description of the project and contact information so we can learn more. 

Proposals submitted without a Letter of Inquiry will NOT be reviewed by the Foundation.