Open Foundations · Vermont

The Sid and Cecelia Lance Family Foundation

Northfield, Vermont · EIN 953738539. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $120K across 9 grants in 2025, a median of $10K each.

All Vermont foundations · All states

$120K
paid in 2025
9
grants paid
$10K
median grant
67%
to first-time recipients
$1.5M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
THE SID AND CECELIA LANCE FAMILY FO
Address
PO BOX 305, NORTHFIELD, VT, 05663
Phone
8024853888
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
NONE
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
NONE

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202601149349101415. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

youth

Biggest grants in 2025

All 9 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Saddleback Medical FoundationCA$50,000NURSING EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS
2Vermont Youth Conservation CorpsVT$20,000YOUTH SERVICE AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
3Partners in Adventure IncVT$13,000ADAPTABLE AND ACCESSIBLE PROGRAMS FOR DISABLED YOUTH
4King Street CenterVT$10,000YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS
5Studio Place Arts IncVT$10,000ARTS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND ART EXHIBITS
6Justice and Mercy InternationalTN$5,500SERVE AND STUDY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM
7Sun City Firefighter's CharitiesAZ$5,000COMMUNITY CHARITABLE PROGRAMS
8Warrior Foundation Freedom StationCA$3,500VETERAN'S RECOVERY SERVICES AND TRANSITIONAL PROGRAMS
9Brown Public LibraryVT$3,200READING IS FUNDAMENTAL PROGRAM, PURCHASE BOOKS

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
20213$18K
20223$20K
20234$43K
202411$89K
2025 (partial year)9$120K

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Vermont56%
California22%
Tennessee11%
Arizona11%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Cecelia LancePRESIDENT UNTIL JULY 2025 · 2025
Debra L MillerPRESIDENT · 2025
Paula F WheelerVICE PRESIDENT · 2025
Randy G MillerSECRETARY & TREASURER · 2025

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

Get matched against every grant these foundations actually paid

One foundation is a start. Civly Grant Matching reads your own filings, matches your programs against millions of paid grants by purpose, geography and grant size, and hands back every funder like this one with the deadline, the restrictions and the named trustees attached.

See Grant Matching