· Private foundation
L Z Francis Foundation Ima
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k9 grants · $44k
- $10k–50k17 grants · $334k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $232k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| VERMONT LAND TRUST | $119,000 |
| SHELBURNE FARMS | $63,000 |
| INTERVALE CENTER | $50,000 |
| THE NATURE CONSERVANCY VERMONT CHAPTER | $44,000 |
| OUTRIGHT VERMONT | $30,000 |
| FAIRBANKS MUSEUM & PLANETARIUM | $25,000 |
| ZENO MOUNTAIN FARM | $25,000 |
| NEW LEARNING JOURNEY | $25,000 |
| SOUTH HERO LAND TRUST INC | $25,000 |
| VERMONT SUSTAINABLE JOBS FUND | $25,000 |
| OXFAM AMERICA | $20,000 |
| TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND | $15,000 |
| FLYNN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS | $15,000 |
| LIVING CLASSROOMS | $15,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $15,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $204k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +35% for those funded once.
54 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2024, 28 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
VERMONT LAND TRUST INC7× · 2017–2024 · $680k · revenue +67%- ICINTERVALE CENTER INC4× · 2018–2024 · $340k · revenue +33%
SHELBURNE FARMS3× · 2022–2024 · $261k · revenue +19%
Funded once
- NMNew Moran Incone grant, 2017 · $37k · 91% of their budget
- CSCATHEDRAL SQUARE CORPORATIONgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +69%
- FMFAIRBANKS MUSEUMone grant, 2019 · $25k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Protect land along rivers, lakes and wetlands of vt; protect public access, wildlife habitat, scenic natural beauty, and ecological integrity.
Vermont public informs, educates, and entertains through public service journalism and enlightening content rooted in vermont. our storytelling enriches lives and fosters community connection and understanding.
The mission of cooperation vermont is to build thriving community economic and enviromental democracy.
To protect and enhance the natural resources of vermont in order to promote the well-being of present and future generations of vermonters and visitors; preserve and aid in the preservation of open land along rivers and lakes; protect and…
The mission of cooperation vermont community land trust is to reclaim the commons.
To sustain a sound economy and preserve vermont's unique quality of life by studying and making recommendations on statewide public policy issues.
Veic is a sustainable energy company on a mission to generate the energy solutions the world needs (continues in schedule o). (continued), working to combat the climate crisis, boost community resilience, and lower energy costs. for nearly…
The mission of alliance for vermont communities, inc. is to protect working farms, forests and communities of central vermont and to promote responsible development that will sustain the rural heritage and values for present and future…
Vermont woodlands association's (vwa) mission is to educate and advocate for the practices of productive stewardship, use, and enjoyment of vermont's woodlands. we achieve this mission by delivering educational programs and technical…
Sudbury valley trustees, inc. ("the organization") works to protect natural areas and farmland for wildlife and people in the 36 communities that surround the sudbury, assabet, and concord rivers. the organization cares for some of the…
To promote trails and greenways and to ensure that people will always have access to the landscape of vermont.
Vermont electric cooperative is a member owned not-for-profit whose mission is to provide safe, affordable, and reliable energy services to its members.
How this is measured
51 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 51 of the 79 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds VERMONT LAND TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds INTERVALE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds SHELBURNE FARMS ↗
- Who funds PRESERVATION TRUST OF VERMONT INC ↗
- Who funds FLYNN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS LTD ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds OXFAM-AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTH HERO LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds OUTRIGHT VERMONT ↗
- Who funds THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND ↗
- Who funds President and Fellows of Middlebury College ↗
- Who funds GREATER BURLINGTON YMCA INC ↗
- Who funds Northern Forest Center Inc ↗
- Who funds SOUTH HERO LAND TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds VERMONT SUSTAINABLE JOBS FUND INC ↗
- Who funds LAKE CHAMPLAIN LAND TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds BURLINGTON BICYCLE PROJECT CORP ↗
- Who funds 350ORG ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR AN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY INC ↗
- Who funds FAIRBANKS MUSEUM & PLANETARIUM ↗
- Who funds Vermont Community Garden Network Inc ↗
- Who funds SPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds THE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GENERATOR INC ↗
- Who funds COMMITTEE ON TEMPORARY SHELTER INC ↗
- Who funds BALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds New Moran Inc ↗
- Who funds THE CENTER FOR CARTOON STUDIES ↗
- Who funds LAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds LOCAL MOTION INC ↗
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 · Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc · Lintilhac Foundation Inc · The Windham Foundation Inc · Mascoma Bank Foundation · National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc · Trout Lily Foundation · High Meadows Fund Inc · The Waterwheel Foundation · The Argosy Foundation · The Onda Foundation Inc · The University of Vermont Medical Center
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization L Z Francis Foundation Ima funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from L Z Francis Foundation Ima. Bigger dots raise more.
- Cathedral Square Corporation: 73% of income from government
- Groundworks Collaborative Inc: 73% of income from government
- Committee On Temporary Shelter Inc: 52% of income from government
- Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund Inc: 51% of income from government
- Vermont Land Trust Inc: 42% of income from government
- Preservation Trust of Vermont Inc: 29% of income from government
- Vermont Community Garden Network Inc: 28% of income from government
- South Hero Library Foundation Inc: 28% of income from government
- Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity Inc: 23% of income from government
- Local Motion Inc: 19% of income from government
- Community Health Centers of Burlington Inc: 17% of income from government
- The Green Mountain Club Inc Debonis: 17% of income from government
- Champlain Housing Trust: 15% of income from government
- Outright Vermont: 13% of income from government
- Intervale Center Inc: 13% of income from government
- Center for an Agricultural Economy Inc: 12% of income from government
- Vermont Parks Forever Inc: 8% of income from government
- Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium: 7% of income from government
- Shelburne Farms: 3% of income from government
- South Hero Land Trust Inc: 1% of income from government
- Lake Champlain Land Trust Inc: 1% of income from government
- President and Fellows of Middlebury College: 1% of income from government
- Indian River Land Trust Inc: 0% of income from government
- Flynn Center for the Performing Arts Ltd: 0% of income from government
- The Vermont Community Foundation: 0% of income from government
- Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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