Vermont · Public charity
Craft Emergency Relief Fund Inc
The craft emergency relief fund (cerf+) provides craft artists with support and resources for disaster and emergency relief, education programs, and readiness grants to strengthen preparedness. Committing to generosity, inclusion, and care, we advocate for the thriveability of craft artists and craft as an art form.
- $5.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $72k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $32,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 6
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Craft Emergency Relief Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $72k | 75% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $161k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $211k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $65k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $259k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $395k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States Artists Inc | $500,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge Inc | $161,500 | 4 | 3% |
| Artist Trust | $161,500 | 5 | 3% |
| National Performance Network Inc | $128,250 | 2 | 3% |
| Association of Tribal Archives Libraries & Museums | $64,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Centro de Economia Creativa Inc | $31,400 | 1 | 1% |
| Springboard for the Arts | $25,786 | 1 | 1% |
| Asheville Area Arts Council | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Center for Craft Creativity & Design Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States Artists Inc | $500,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge Inc | $161,500 | 4 | 3% |
| Artist Trust | $161,500 | 5 | 3% |
| National Performance Network Inc | $128,250 | 2 | 3% |
| Association of Tribal Archives Libraries & Museums | $64,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Centro de Economia Creativa Inc | $31,400 | 1 | 1% |
| Springboard for the Arts | $25,786 | 1 | 1% |
| Asheville Area Arts Council | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Center for Craft Creativity & Design Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| River Arts District Artists Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Craft Emergency Relief Fund Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
About Craft Emergency Relief Fund Inc
- How much does Craft Emergency Relief Fund Inc give?
- Craft Emergency Relief Fund Inc reported 4 itemized grants totaling $72,000, out of $5,048,616 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Craft Emergency Relief Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (51%), Public Safety & Disaster (46%), Community Improvement (3%).
- Who are Craft Emergency Relief Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: United States Artists Inc ($500k), Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge Inc ($162k), Artist Trust ($162k).
- Does Craft Emergency Relief Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Craft Emergency Relief Fund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Craft Emergency Relief Fund Inc based?
- Craft Emergency Relief Fund Inc is based in VT.
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