Vermont · Public charity
High Meadows Fund Inc
The high meadows fund promotes vibrant communities and a healthy, natural environment while encouraging long-term economic vitality in vermont.
- $7.5M
- Granted FY2021
- 43
- Grants FY2021
- 41
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $6,066,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 41
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 4
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 22% of the organizations High Meadows Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $140k 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 | 41 | $7.4M | 22% |
| FY2020 | 36 | $1.0M | 36% |
| FY2019 | 31 | $1.3M | 52% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $742k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 26 | $711k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont Land Trust Inc | $6,371,500 | 5 | 36% |
| Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund Inc | $475,000 | 5 | 15% |
| Intervale Center Inc | $323,500 | 4 | 6% |
| Food Connects | $265,250 | 4 | 12% |
| Center for an Agricultural Economy Inc | $222,500 | 3 | 8% |
| Vermont Natural Resources Council Inc | $214,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Conservation Law Foundation Inc | $192,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Energy Action Network Inc | $180,750 | 4 | 8% |
| Evernorth Loan Fund Inc | $145,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Windham Regional Commission | $131,750 | 5 | n/a |
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Where it is load-bearing
High Meadows Fund Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 63 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: The Vermont Community Foundation · Lintilhac Foundation Inc · Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc · Harris & Frances Block Foundation Inc · The Windham Foundation Inc · New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · Vermont Low Income Trust for Electricity Inc · National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc · Davis Conservation Foundation · Watersheds United Vermont Inc · Henry P Kendall Foundation · George W Mergens Foundation
How this is measured
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About High Meadows Fund Inc
- How much does High Meadows Fund Inc give?
- High Meadows Fund Inc reported 43 grants totaling $7,493,044 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 41 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does High Meadows Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Environment (76%), Food & Nutrition (10%), Community Improvement (6%).
- Who are High Meadows Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Vermont Land Trust Inc ($6.4M), Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund Inc ($475k), Intervale Center Inc ($324k).
- Does High Meadows Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as High Meadows Fund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Vermont Community Foundation, Lintilhac Foundation Inc, Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc.
- Where is High Meadows Fund Inc based?
- High Meadows Fund Inc is based in VT.
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