Vermont · Public charity
Cynosure Inc
To unify and coordinate public and private efforts directed toward the attraction, encouragement, financing and development of private industry and commerce within the greater burlington area and other municipalities of chittenden county for the purpose of promoting, increasing and stabilizing opportunities for gainful employment,…
- $608k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $608,033
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $608,033
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Cynosure Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 1 | $608k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $629k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $597k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $569k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $551k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $554k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $551k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $519k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Burlington Industrial Corp | $5,060,033 | 9 | 70% |
| Riverflow Community Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($13k), not named here.
About Cynosure Inc
- How much does Cynosure Inc give?
- Cynosure Inc reported 1 grants totaling $608,033 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Cynosure Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Employment (99%), Environment (0%), Human Services (0%).
- Who are Cynosure Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Greater Burlington Industrial Corp ($5.1M), Riverflow Community Inc ($10k).
- Does Cynosure Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Cynosure Inc based?
- Cynosure Inc is based in VT.
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