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Cathedral Square Corporation

Creating healthy homes, caring communities, and positive aging environments.

$1.2M
Granted FY2023
11
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$182k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.

Housing & Shelter$3.8MHealth$428k
02FY2023 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $47k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $1.2M
$120,732
Median grant
1
States reached
$52M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BRATTLEBORO HOUSING AUTHORITY$181,800
WINDHAM AND WINDSOR HOUSING TRUST$176,064
WINOOSKI HOUSING AUTHORITY$160,976
ADDISON COUNTY COMMUNITY TRUST$160,976
CHAMPLAIN HOUSING TRUST$120,732
BURLINGTON HOUSING AUTHORITY$120,732
VT STATE HOUSING AUTHORITY$80,488
DOWNSTREET HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT$65,253
RURAL EDGE$62,236
RUTLAND HOUSING AUTHORITY$50,169
SHIRES HOUSING$47,152
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–22, $91k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CENTRAL VT HOME HEALTH AND HOS: $31k → 9%CENTRAL VT HOME HEALTH AND HOS: $31k → 9%CENTRAL VT HOME HEALTH AND HOS: $30k → 9%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.
$4.1M · 15 repeat orgs$185k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2023, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
1

Total granted

$4.1M
$9k

Still filing today

67%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $176k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
Housing & ShelterHuman ServicesHealthOther
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

  • AC
    ADDISON COUNTY COMMUNITY TRUST
    6× · 2020–2025 · $607k · revenue +23%
  • CH
    CHAMPLAIN HOUSING TRUST
    6× · 2020–2025 · $471k · revenue +57%
  • SH
    Shires Housing Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $222k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • MA
    Mt Ascutney Hospital Community Health Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $9k
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
Addison County Home Health Hospice Inc

The mission of Addison County Home Health & Hospice, Inc., a non-profit agency, is to provide high quality, comprehensive community health care to residents of Addison County.

Health
2
Housing Trust of Rutland County Inc

To promote safe, efficient and stable housing by transforming buildings and land into quality affordable homes, and supporting homeowners. We empower individuals and communities through education, technical assistance and financial…

Housing & Shelter
3
Visiting Nurse Home Care & Hospice of Carroll County

To provide exceptional home health care enabling independent living and quality of life for our clients and their families.

Human Services
4
Lake Sunapee Home Care and Hospice

Lake Sunapee Region VNA & Hospice provides health care and hospice services for individuals and families in homes and community settings, fostering continuity of care across settings and enabling people to stay in their homes as long as…

Health
5
Rutland West Neighborhood Housing Services Inc

To strengthen the development of a regional economy by promoting safe, efficient and stable housing and community projects through education, technical assistance, and financial services.

Housing & Shelter
6
Lake Sunapee Region Visiting Nurse Association

Lake Sunapee Region VNA & Hospice provides health care and hospice services for individuals and families in homes and community settings, fostering continuity of care across settings and enabling people to stay in their homes as long as…

Health
7
Northern Lights Housing Corporation

Develop, own and manage subsidized residential housing units and related facilities for qualified elderly and persons living with disabilities.

Housing & Shelter
8
Northern Counties Health Care Inc

Mission: To provide high-quality, accessible, patient-centered health care. Vision: NCHC is a key partner in building healthy families and thriving communities. Values: We pursue quality in all that we do and are committed to: Mutual…

Health
9
White Mountain Community Health Center

White Mountain Community Health Center provides the community with affordable access to high-quality, compassionate, individualized healthcare and support services needed to achieve wellness.

Health
10
Vernon Continuing Care Homes Inc

Continuing care for the elderly.

Human Services
11
Littleton Town & Country Family Housing Inc

To acquire, rehabilitate, operate, maintain, repair and lease a qualified low-income residential housing project in Littleton, New Hampshire.

Housing & Shelter
12
Oxbow Senior Independence Program

We own and operate three housing projects for the low income elderly and disabled, two of which are federally subsidized.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mt Ascutney Hospital & Health Ctr Auxiliary. 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

14 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. 14 of the 17 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
12/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WINOOSKI HOUSING AUTHORITY: $644,457 · OtherWINOOSKI HOUSING AUTHORITYBURLINGTON HOUSING AUTHORITY: $558,117 · OtherBURLINGTON HOUSING AUTHORITYVERMONT STATE HOUSING AUTHORITY: $391,472 · OtherVERMONT STATE HOUSING AUTHORITYBRATTLEBORO HOUSING AUTHORITY: $272,092 · OtherBRATTLEBORO HOUSING AUTHORITYShires Housing Inc: $221,672 · OtherShires Housing IncPREFERRED POPULATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT: $180,000 · OtherPREFERRED POPULATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT+3 more: $147,469 · Other+3 moreADDISON COUNTY COMMUNITY TRUST: $606,684 · Housing & ShelterADDISON COUNTY COMMUNITY TRUSTCHAMPLAIN HOUSING TRUST: $470,987 · Housing & ShelterCHAMPLAIN HOUSING TRUSTHOUSING INITIATIVES INC RUTLAND HOUSING AUTHORITY: $201,790 · Housing & ShelterHOUSING INITIATIVES INC RUTLAND HOUSING AUTHOR…WINDHAM & WINDSOR HOUSING TRUST INC: $176,064 · Housing & ShelterWINDHAM & WINDSOR HOUSING TRUST INCDOWNSTREET HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC: $137,879 · Housing & ShelterDOWNSTREET HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT I…Gilman Housing Trust Inc: $133,354 · Housing & ShelterGilman Housing Trust IncCentral Vermont Home Health & Hospice Inc: $91,269 · Human ServicesMt Ascutney Hospital Community Health Foundation Inc: $8,969 · Health
Other$2,415,279Housing & Shelter$1,726,758Human Services$91,269Health$8,969

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetADDISON COUNTY COMMUNITY TRUST: $606,684 over 6y, 4.7% of budgetCHAMPLAIN HOUSING TRUST: $470,987 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetShires Housing Inc: $221,672 over 6y, 5.2% of budgetWINDHAM & WINDSOR HOUSING TRUST INC: $176,064 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetDOWNSTREET HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC: $137,879 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetGilman Housing Trust Inc: $133,354 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetCentral Vermont Home Health & Hospice Inc: $91,269 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLamoille Home Health Agency Inc: $74,109 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetVNA & Hospice of the Southwest Region Inc: $59,906 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMt Ascutney Hospital & Health Ctr Auxiliary: $13,454 over 2y, 73% 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 ADDISON COUNTY COMMUNITY TRUST ↗
  • Who funds CHAMPLAIN HOUSING TRUST ↗
  • Who funds Shires Housing Inc ↗
  • Who funds HOUSING INITIATIVES INC RUTLAND HOUSING AUTHORITY ↗
  • Who funds WINDHAM & WINDSOR HOUSING TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds DOWNSTREET HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds Gilman Housing Trust Inc ↗
  • Who funds Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice Inc ↗
  • Who funds Lamoille Home Health Agency Inc ↗
  • Who funds VNA & Hospice of the Southwest Region Inc ↗
  • Who funds Mt Ascutney Hospital & Health Ctr Auxiliary ↗

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.

The Vermont Community FoundationVT28.9× affinity12 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Vermont Community Foundation · National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc · Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc · Td Charitable Foundation · Vermont Foodbank · Community Bank Na Foundation of New England Inc · Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Cathedral Square Corporation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cathedral Square Corporation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 16%
  • Windham & Windsor Housing Trust Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Shires Housing Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Gilman Housing Trust Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Addison County Community Trust: 16% of income from government
  • Champlain Housing Trust: 15% of income from government
  • Downstreet Housing and Community Development Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Vna & Hospice of the Southwest Region Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
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 17 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $2.0M of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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