Vermont · Public charity
Employees' Community Action Council
To act as a focal point for charitable giving through the ECAC, an association of the employees of General Dynamics OTS, at participating sites. This includes the disbursement of funds to deserving 501c3 or 4 charitable organizations in the members communities who participate in charitable and community service activities.
- $178k
- Granted FY2021
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2021
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Itemized, FY2021
- $15k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2021
- $8,500
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $8,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 1
- Total assets, FY2021
- $46k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 100% of the organizations Employees' Community Action Council funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 2 | $15k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $8k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $13k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $10k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Northwest Vermont Inc | $20,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Vermont Foodbank | $8,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The University of Vermont Health Network Home Health & Hospice | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Marthas Kitchen | $6,250 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($3k), not named here.
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
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About Employees' Community Action Council
- How much does Employees' Community Action Council give?
- Employees' Community Action Council reported 2 itemized grants totaling $14,750, out of $178,013 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Employees' Community Action Council fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Philanthropy (68%), Food & Nutrition (21%), Health (11%).
- Who are Employees' Community Action Council's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: United Way of Northwest Vermont Inc ($21k), Vermont Foodbank ($9k), The University of Vermont Health Network Home Health & Hospice ($8k).
- Does Employees' Community Action Council fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Employees' Community Action Council?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Employees' Community Action Council based?
- Employees' Community Action Council is based in VT.
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