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J Warren and Lois McClure Foundation

To support broad charitable purposes, primarily in the state of vermont.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
7
Itemized grants FY2024
6
Organizations funded FY2023
67%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$1.0M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$25,410
Largest grant, FY2024
$883,383
Organizations funded a year
4 to 16
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$7.9M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 67% of the organizations J Warren and Lois McClure Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $95k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationPublic BenefitYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving7$1.0M14%
FY20236$1.0M67%
FY20224$422k25%
FY202116$646k38%
FY20208$986k50%
FY201914$618k43%
FY201813$500k38%
FY201711$396kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$4.3MEmployment$587kYouth Development$227kReligion$130kCrime & Legal$90kPublic Benefit$79kPhilanthropy$60kCommunity Improvement$53kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Community College of Vermont - Montpelier$4,144,3948n/a
Vermont Student Assistance Corp$270,0106n/a
Careers CLiC$163,000614%
Vermont School Counselor Association$130,0002n/a
Vermont Afterschool Inc$89,93835%
Vermont Youth Conservation Corps Inc$85,61731%
Vermont Rural Education Collaborative Inc$85,000233%
Spectrum Youth and Family Services Inc$70,00041%
Vermont Works for Women Inc$60,00042%
Vermont Principals Association Inc$40,00031%
Show all 37 grantees
All grantees of J Warren and Lois McClure Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Community College of Vermont - Montpelier$4,144,3948n/a
Vermont Student Assistance Corp$270,0106n/a
Careers CLiC$163,000614%
Vermont School Counselor Association$130,0002n/a
Vermont Afterschool Inc$89,93835%
Vermont Youth Conservation Corps Inc$85,61731%
Vermont Rural Education Collaborative Inc$85,000233%
Spectrum Youth and Family Services Inc$70,00041%
Vermont Works for Women Inc$60,00042%
Vermont Principals Association Inc$40,00031%
Orange Southwest Supervisory Union$38,0002n/a
Brattleboro Development Credit Corp$35,00030%
Public Assets Institute Inc$32,60017%
Windham Regional Career Center$30,0001n/a
Great Schools Partnership Inc$30,00020%
Burlington Public Schools$25,0001n/a
Unleashing the Power of Partnership for Learning Inc$24,00022%
Governor's Institutes of Vermont$24,00021%
Vermont Adult Learning Inc$20,00020%
Vermont Journalism Trust Ltd$20,00021%
Vermont Business Roundtable Inc$20,00022%
The Dream Program Inc$15,00011%
Vermont Professionals of Color Network$15,00015%
Springfield School District$15,0001n/a
Bennington County Regional Commission$15,0002n/a
Vermont School Boards Association$10,00011%
Patricia a Hannaford Career Center$10,0001n/a
MENTOR Vermont Inc$10,0001n/a
Vbr Research and Education Foundation Inc$10,00013%
Community Engagement Lab Inc$10,00013%
Vermont Humanities Council$10,00010%
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc$8,60010%
Synergy Learning International Inc$7,50017%
Region VI Workforce Investment Board Inc$7,50010%
Rutland Region Education Corp$7,50015%
Windsor Schools$7,5001n/a
Shelburne Farms$5,00010%

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($9k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

J Warren and Lois McClure Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 26 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCareers CLiC: $163,000 over 6y, 14% of budgetVermont Afterschool Inc: $89,938 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetVermont Youth Conservation Corps Inc: $85,617 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetVermont Rural Education Collaborative Inc: $85,000 over 2y, 33% of budgetSpectrum Youth and Family Services Inc: $70,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetVermont Works for Women Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetVermont Principals Association Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetBrattleboro Development Credit Corp: $35,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPublic Assets Institute Inc: $32,600 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetGreat Schools Partnership Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetUnleashing the Power of Partnership for Learning Inc: $24,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetGovernor's Institutes of Vermont: $24,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetVermont Adult Learning Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetVermont Journalism Trust Ltd: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetVermont Business Roundtable Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetThe Dream Program Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetVermont Professionals of Color Network: $15,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetVermont School Boards Association: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetVbr Research and Education Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetCommunity Engagement Lab Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetVermont Humanities Council: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUniversity of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc: $8,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSynergy Learning International Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetRegion VI Workforce Investment Board Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRutland Region Education Corp: $7,500 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetShelburne Farms: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 26.

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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.

The Vermont Community FoundationVT56.4× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Vermont Community Foundation · Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc · Alchemist Foundation Inc · The Bay and Paul Foundations Inc · The Windham Foundation Inc · National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc · George W Mergens Foundation · United Way of Northwest Vermont Inc · Harris & Frances Block Foundation Inc · Let's Grow Kids Inc · Vermont Afterschool Inc · Francis T & Louis T Nichols Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About J Warren and Lois McClure Foundation

How much does J Warren and Lois McClure Foundation give?
J Warren and Lois McClure Foundation reported 7 itemized grants totaling $1,024,793, out of $1,085,927 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does J Warren and Lois McClure Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (75%), Employment (10%), Youth Development (4%).
Who are J Warren and Lois McClure Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Community College of Vermont - Montpelier ($4.1M), Vermont Student Assistance Corp ($270k), Careers CLiC ($163k).
Does J Warren and Lois McClure Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as J Warren and Lois McClure Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Vermont Community Foundation, Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc, Alchemist Foundation Inc.
Where is J Warren and Lois McClure Foundation based?
J Warren and Lois McClure Foundation is based in VT.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 39 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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