Contact
Letters of inquiry are accepted by email or postal mail on a rolling basis throughout the year. Please do not send duplicates.
Mailing Address:
Sand Hill Foundation
3000 Sand Hill Road, 1-120
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Attn: Ash McNeely,
Executive Director
Email Address:
ash@sandhillfoundation.org
Fax:
650.854.8031
Sand Hill Foundation is proud to partner with Pacific Foundation Services in its grantmaking activities.
Sand Hill Foundation 3000 Sand Hill Road, 1-120 Menlo Park, CA 94025
How to Apply: General Guidelines for All Applicants
To be eligible for funding, your organization must work within our geographic and programmatic focus areas and be a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. We will accept proposals for project support or seed funding for new programs at established organizations. For organizations that have received previous grants from the Sand Hill Foundation, we will from time to time also consider capital, capacity building and general operating support.
Proposals in the focus areas of Alleviating Poverty, Preserving and Protecting the Environment and Capital Needs are accepted at any time. There are no proposal deadlines. The Sand Hill Foundation's grant amounts vary, depending on the specific project and the applicant organization's needs. Instructions for how to submit a request for funding in these areas is detailed below.
In 2010, we launched the Out-of-School-Time Collaborative in partnership with SV2 and the David & Lucile Packard Foundation. Click on New Initiative to access a description of this program. We are not accepting any unsolicited applications in the out-of-school-time field at this time.
The Sand Hill Foundation does not provide loans or fund individuals, deficit funding, medical research, or efforts designed to influence legislation or elect public officers. The Foundation will only support organizations with strong and consistently applied non-discrimination policies.
How To Submit a Request For Funding
In the effort to streamline the funding process, all prospective grantees that fall within the Sand Hill Foundation's focus areas are asked to submit a one page letter of inquiry by email or U.S. Postal mail. This letter will be reviewed generally within three weeks and should include the following information:
1. Amount requested, intended use of funding, timeframe and total cost to achieve stated goals.
2. How the request fits the Sand Hill Foundation's focus areas.
3. Amount of organization's operating budget.
4. A copy of your organization's nonprofit status certification letter and non-discrimination policies.
After your letter of inquiry is reviewed, you will be notified as to whether you are eligible for funding and, if so, a full proposal will be requested. We regret that we cannot fund every worthy request that we receive.
The photo above features one of Opportunity Fund's microfinance clients who received a small business loan.
