Vermont · Private foundation
Frederick M Peyser Jr 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.
- $17k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 21
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $322k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Frederick M Peyser Jr Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 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 | 13 | $16k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $14k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $14k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $12k | 53% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $26k | 21% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $20k | 52% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $14k | 14% |
| FY2017 | 20 | $14k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williams College | $26,000 | 7 | 0% |
| University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc | $5,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Emma Willard School | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Albany Law School | $5,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Dana Hall School | $4,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The University of Vermont Medical Center | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Committee on Temporary Shelter Inc | $3,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Prevent Child Abuse Vermont | $3,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Literacy Network of South Berkshire Inc | $3,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Conservation Law Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williams College | $26,000 | 7 | 0% |
| University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc | $5,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Emma Willard School | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Albany Law School | $5,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Dana Hall School | $4,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The University of Vermont Medical Center | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Committee on Temporary Shelter Inc | $3,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Prevent Child Abuse Vermont | $3,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Literacy Network of South Berkshire Inc | $3,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Conservation Law Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Charlotte Fire and Rescue Services Inc | $2,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Friends of the Walter Irish Senior Community Center Inc | $2,250 | 4 | 2% |
| President and Fellows of Middlebury College | $1,950 | 5 | 0% |
| Peace and Justice Center | $1,600 | 4 | 0% |
| 350 Vermont Inc | $700 | 2 | n/a |
| Berkshire Pulse Inc | $500 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($56k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Frederick M Peyser Jr Foundation 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.
Open a dossier: Ge Aerospace Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Frederick M Peyser Jr Foundation
- How much does Frederick M Peyser Jr Foundation give?
- Frederick M Peyser Jr Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $17,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Frederick M Peyser Jr Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (63%), Crime & Legal (7%), Health (7%).
- Who are Frederick M Peyser Jr Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Williams College ($26k), University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc ($6k), Emma Willard School ($5k).
- Does Frederick M Peyser Jr Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Frederick M Peyser Jr 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 Frederick M Peyser Jr Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ge Aerospace Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Frederick M Peyser Jr Foundation based?
- Frederick M Peyser Jr Foundation is based in VT.
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