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Christina Heroy Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$38k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
23
Grants FY2025
24
Organizations funded FY2024
42%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$5,000
Organizations funded a year
21 to 26
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$1.0M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 42% of the organizations Christina Heroy Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalEnvironmentPublic BenefitArts & CultureCrime & LegalHuman ServicesOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving22$38k27%
FY202424$62k42%
FY202326$58k46%
FY202221$55k14%
FY202122$60k18%
FY202023$56k30%
FY201925$59k52%
FY201824$54k71%
87% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Food & Nutrition$76kHealth$66kPublic Benefit$57kEnvironment$56kInternational$38kEducation$25kCrime & Legal$24kArts & Culture$24kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
NY
MA
OR
CT
CA
VA
MD
NM
AR
DC
AL
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Christina Heroy Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc$50,00090%
Shelburne Farms$47,00090%
Vermont Public Interest Research & Education Fund Inc$29,00071%
Dismas of Vermont Inc$20,25070%
Peace and Justice Center$19,00051%
Common Cause Education Fund$18,00080%
Rural Education Action Project$16,70081%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$16,00050%
Migrant Justice Inc$14,00061%
Lake Champlain Land Trust Inc$11,00071%
Greenpeace Fund Inc$11,00030%
350 Vermont Inc$10,5001n/a
Pittsford Village Farm Dba Pittsford Preservation Corporation$10,00022%
Vermont Foodbank$9,00050%
Spectrum Youth and Family Services Inc$7,00060%
Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity Inc$7,00050%
Truthout$5,50050%
Direct Relief$5,00010%
Isle Au Haut Boat Services$5,00010%
Champlain Housing Trust$5,00010%
Save The Children Federation Inc$5,00010%
Water Protector Legal Collective$3,00011%
Vermont Public Radio$3,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$3,00020%
Democracy Now Productions Inc$3,00020%
Age Well Inc$2,00030%
Greenpeace Inc$2,00010%
Alnobaiwi$2,0001n/a
Cradle to Grave Arts Inc$2,0001n/a
Our Children's Trust$2,00010%
Shelburne Food Shelf Inc$2,00011%
Island Institute$2,00020%
Leahy Center for Lake Champlain Inc$2,00010%
Climate Emergency Fund$2,0001n/a
Common Roots Inc$2,00010%
Sierra Club Foundation$2,00010%
Friends of Isle Au Haut Lighthouse$2,0002n/a
Baba Tree International$2,00021%
United States Fund for Unicef$1,50020%
Vermont Journalism Trust Ltd$1,50020%
Common Dreams Inc$1,00010%
Sterling College$1,00010%
The Rich Earth Institute Inc$1,00010%
Citizens Climate Lobby$1,00010%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$1,00010%
Sunrise Movement Education Fund$1,00010%
Distributive Education Clubs of America Inc$1,00010%
Sustainable Markets Foundation$1,00010%
Heifer Project International$1,00010%
All Souls Interfaith Gathering Inc$1,0001n/a
Burlington Bicycle Project Corp$1,00010%
Vital Communities Inc$1,00010%
Local Motion Inc$90020%
Friends of the Light House Inc$50010%
United States Association for UNHCR$50010%
Center for Ecological Teaching Dba Cetl$5001n/a
Ecova Mali$5001n/a
United Way of Northwest Vermont Inc$50010%
Sierra Club$50010%
National Geographic Society$5001n/a
Center for Northern Woodlands Education Inc$50010%
Women Make Movies Inc$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($116k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Christina Heroy Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPlanned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: $50,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetShelburne Farms: $47,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetVermont Public Interest Research & Education Fund Inc: $29,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetDismas of Vermont Inc: $20,250 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetPeace and Justice Center: $19,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetCommon Cause Education Fund: $18,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRural Education Action Project: $16,700 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $16,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMigrant Justice Inc: $14,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetLake Champlain Land Trust Inc: $11,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetGreenpeace Fund Inc: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPittsford Village Farm Dba Pittsford Preservation Corporation: $10,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetVermont Foodbank: $9,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSpectrum Youth and Family Services Inc: $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetChamplain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity Inc: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTruthout: $5,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDirect Relief: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIsle Au Haut Boat Services: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetChamplain Housing Trust: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWater Protector Legal Collective: $3,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetVermont Public Radio: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDemocracy Now Productions Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAge Well Inc: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGreenpeace Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOur Children's Trust: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetShelburne Food Shelf Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetIsland Institute: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLeahy Center for Lake Champlain Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommon Roots Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSierra Club Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBaba Tree International: $2,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVermont Journalism Trust Ltd: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommon Dreams Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSterling College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Rich Earth Institute Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCitizens Climate Lobby: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSunrise Movement Education Fund: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDistributive Education Clubs of America Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSustainable Markets Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHeifer Project International: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBurlington Bicycle Project Corp: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVital Communities Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLocal Motion Inc: $900 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the Light House Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 53.

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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 FoundationVT46.4× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Vermont Community Foundation · Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc · Harris & Frances Block Foundation Inc · Lintilhac Foundation Inc · The Windham Foundation Inc · The Morris & Bessie Altman Foundation · High Meadows Fund Inc · L Z Francis Foundation Ima · Seventh Generation Foundation Inc · The Waterwheel Foundation · National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc · Maine Community 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.

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About Christina Heroy Foundation

How much does Christina Heroy Foundation give?
Christina Heroy Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $38,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Christina Heroy Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (15%), Health (13%), Public Benefit (11%).
Who are Christina Heroy Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc ($50k), Shelburne Farms ($47k), Vermont Public Interest Research & Education Fund Inc ($29k).
Does Christina Heroy Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Christina Heroy Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Christina Heroy Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Vermont Community Foundation, Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc, Harris & Frances Block Foundation Inc.
Where is Christina Heroy Foundation based?
Christina Heroy Foundation is based in VT.

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 92 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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