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Bergeron Family Foundation at a glance

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Bergeron Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$95k
Granted FY2025still arriving
29
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$453kHealth$114kReligion$114kFood & Nutrition$91kHuman Services$71kHousing & Shelter$58kYouth Development$51kArts & Culture$11kOther$0
02FY2025 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k27 grants · $65k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
$2,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAINT MICHAEL'S COLLEGE$20,000
HOWARD MENTAL HEALTH$10,000
COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF VERMONT$7,000
Individual grant recipient$6,000
COTS$5,000
BISHOP'S FUND$5,000
END 68 HOURS OF HUNGER$5,000
SPECTRUM YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES$5,000
YMCA CAMP BELKNAP$3,500
ST SEBASTIAN'S SCHOOL$3,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF BURLINGTON$3,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC$2,500
OPERATION UNDERGROUND RAILROAD$2,500
THE CLARA MARTIN CENTER$2,000
SOUTH BURLINGTON SCHOOLS FOUNDATION$2,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $61k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%YMCA CAMP BELKNAP: $4k → 9%YMCA CAMP BELKNAP: $3k → 9%WESTON METCO SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $2k → 8%YMCA CAMP BELKNAP: $2k → 9%YMCA CAMP BELKNAP: $2k → 9%PATHWAY TO POSSIBLE: $1k → 8%YMCA CAMP BELKNAP: $1k → 9%WESTON METCO SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $1k → 8%HOMESHARE VERMONT: $2k → 10%HOME SHARE VERMONT: $1k → 10%HOMESHARE VERMONT: $1k → 10%HOMESHARE VERMONT: $1k → 10%HOME SHARE VERMONT: $1k → 10%HOME SHARE VERMONT: $1k → 10%HOME SHARE VERMONT: $1k → 10%SHELBURNE FOOD SHELF INC: $500 → 10%SPECTRUM YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 10%SPECTRUM YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 10%SPECTRUM YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 10%SPECTRUM YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 10%SPECTRUM YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 10%SPECTRUM YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 10%SPECTRUM YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 10%THE LUND FAMILY CENTER: $1k → 10%THE LUND FAMILY CENTER: $1k → 10%THE LUND FAMILY CENTER: $1k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 45 repeat orgs$37k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against -5% for those funded once.

45 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

45
13

Total granted

$1.0M
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
-5%

Still filing today

42%
31%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesRecreation & SportsHealthHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CO
    COMMITTEE ON TEMPORARY SHELTER INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $35k · revenue +190%
  • SY
    SPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $35k · revenue +70%
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BURLINGTON INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $31k · revenue +90%

Funded once

  • CV
    CHAMPLAIN VALLEY OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY INC
    one grant, 2024 · $6k · revenue -8%
  • UH
    UVM HOME HEALTH & HOSPICE
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • TENACITY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue -5%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Vermont Foodbank

To gather and share quality food and nurture partnerships so that no one in vermont will go hungry.

Food & Nutrition
2
Vermont Public Co

Vermont public informs, educates, and entertains through public service journalism and enlightening content rooted in vermont. our storytelling enriches lives and fosters community connection and understanding.

Arts & Culture
3
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
4
Vermont Family Network Inc

Vfn's mission is to empower and support all vermont families of children with special needs.

Human Services
5
Governor's Institutes of Vermont

Giv empowers young people with intensive, hands-on learning experiences in college settings which inspire their academic and creative passions, build confidence and leadership, and expand their sense of possibility.

—
6
United Children's Services of Bennington County Inc

Children's services

Human Services
7
Voices for Vermonts Children

To promote public policy that enhances the lives of children and youth in vermont.

—
8
New Hampshire Children's Health Foundation
Health
9
Vermont Achievement Center Inc

Through flexible, diverse and responsive programs, vermont achievement center, inc. (vac) provides a foundation of life skills to prepare individuals to reach their full potential as contributing members of society. all people are capable…

Education
10
The University of Vermont Medical Center

To improve the health of the people in the communities we serve by integrating patient care, education, and research in a caring environment.

Health
11
Berkshire Medical Center Inc

The mission of berkshire medical center is to advance health and wellness for everyone in our community in a welcoming, inclusive, and personalized environment.

Health
12
Ywca of Vermont Inc

Ywca vermont is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Vermont; the most unlike its peers is Weston Metco Scholarship Fund Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 64 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
17/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF VERMONT: $112,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY COLLEGE OF VERMONTCHITTENDEN EMERGENCY FOOD SHELF: $70,000 · OtherCHITTENDEN EMERGENCY FOOD SHELFST MARK CATHOLIC PARISH: $61,000 · OtherST MARK CATHOLIC PARISHIndividual grant recipient: $47,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHOWARD MENTAL HEALTH: $36,000 · OtherHOWARD MENTAL HEALTHBISHOP'S FUND: $35,000 · OtherBISHOP'S FUNDRICE MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL: $28,000 · OtherTURNING POINT CENTER: $25,000 · Other+40 more: $206,500 · Other+40 moreSAINT MICHAEL'S COLLEGE: $260,000 · EducationSAINT MICHAEL'S COLLEGESPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesYMCA CAMP BELKNAP INC: $10,500 · Human ServicesHOMESHARE VERMONT INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesWESTON METCO SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesLund Family Center Inc: $3,000 · Human Services+2 more: $1,500 · Human ServicesCOMMITTEE ON TEMPORARY SHELTER INC: $35,000 · Housing & ShelterFamilies in Transition: $15,000 · Housing & ShelterBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BURLINGTON INC: $31,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CAPE COD INC: $3,500 · Youth DevelopmentEND 68 HOURS OF HUNGER: $14,000 · Food & NutritionST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $8,000 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $5,000 · HealthTHE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK HOME HEALTH & HOSPICE: $500 · Health
Other$621,000Education$260,000Human Services$60,500Housing & Shelter$50,000Youth Development$34,500Food & Nutrition$14,000Health$13,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSAINT MICHAEL'S COLLEGE: $260,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMITTEE ON TEMPORARY SHELTER INC: $35,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $35,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BURLINGTON INC: $31,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetFamilies in Transition: $15,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEND 68 HOURS OF HUNGER: $14,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetYMCA CAMP BELKNAP INC: $10,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOUR RESCUE: $10,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOMESHARE VERMONT INC: $7,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetCLARA MARTIN CENTER INC: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHAMPLAIN VALLEY OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN ADVENTURE INC: $5,500 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHUNGER FREE VERMONT INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CAPE COD INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWESTON METCO SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $3,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetLund Family Center Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS ON THE BALL INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTENACITY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT CENTER OF CHITTENDEN COUNTY INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPATHWAY TO POSSIBLE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPENACOOK COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF VERMONT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHELBURNE FOOD SHELF INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK HOME HEALTH & HOSPICE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds SAINT MICHAEL'S COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds COMMITTEE ON TEMPORARY SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BURLINGTON INC ↗
  • Who funds Families in Transition ↗
  • Who funds END 68 HOURS OF HUNGER ↗
  • Who funds YMCA CAMP BELKNAP INC ↗
  • Who funds OUR RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds HOMESHARE VERMONT INC ↗
  • Who funds CLARA MARTIN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CHAMPLAIN VALLEY OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY INC ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS IN ADVENTURE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds HUNGER FREE VERMONT INC ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Ben & Jerry's Foundat…The Vermont Community…Antonio B and Rita M …United Way of Northwe…National Life Group C…The Kelsey TrustFrancis T & Louis T N…The University of Ver…The Morris & Bessie A…George W Mergens Foun…Agnes M Lindsay TrustThe Onda Foundation I…
Ben & Jerry's Foundation IncVT25.4× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc · The Vermont Community Foundation · Antonio B and Rita M Pomerleau Foundation Inc · United Way of Northwest Vermont Inc · National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc · The Kelsey Trust · Francis T & Louis T Nichols Foundation · The University of Vermont Medical Center · The Morris & Bessie Altman Foundation · George W Mergens Foundation · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · The Onda Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Bergeron Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bergeron Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 24%
  • Pathway to Possible Inc: 84% of income from government
  • Committee On Temporary Shelter Inc: 52% of income from government
  • Lund Family Center Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Homeshare Vermont Inc: 32% of income from government
  • Hunger Free Vermont Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Boys and Girls Club of Burlington Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Clara Martin Center Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Saint Michael's College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 64 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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