Vermont · Private foundation
M&C Somewhere 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.
- $107k
- Granted FY2020
- 7
- Grants FY2020
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
56% of M&C Somewhere Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The Vermont Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year M&C Somewhere Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $107k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $5,875
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 7
- FY2019 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 5
- Total assets, FY2020
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 29% of the organizations M&C Somewhere Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 7 | $107k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $107k | 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, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middlebury Studio School | $522,075 | 5 | 57% |
| Fractured Atlas Inc | $157,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Human Relations Service Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 3% |
| The Stronghold Fund | $85,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Karl Stirner Arts Trail | $80,000 | 4 | 19% |
| B Team Headquarters Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Wild Salmon Center | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Middlebury Underground Inc | $31,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Shelburne Farms | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Homeward Bound | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middlebury Studio School | $522,075 | 5 | 57% |
| Fractured Atlas Inc | $157,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Human Relations Service Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 3% |
| The Stronghold Fund | $85,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Karl Stirner Arts Trail | $80,000 | 4 | 19% |
| B Team Headquarters Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Wild Salmon Center | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Middlebury Underground Inc | $31,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Shelburne Farms | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Homeward Bound | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Ripton School Friends of Ripton Students | $5,000 | 1 | 39% |
| Miano Academy of Art Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($4k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
M&C Somewhere Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About M&C Somewhere Foundation
- How much does M&C Somewhere Foundation give?
- M&C Somewhere Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $106,875 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 7 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2020.
- What does M&C Somewhere Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (77%), Education (11%), Arts & Culture (5%).
- Who are M&C Somewhere Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Middlebury Studio School ($522k), Fractured Atlas Inc ($157k), Human Relations Service Inc ($150k).
- Does M&C Somewhere Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does M&C Somewhere 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 M&C Somewhere Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is M&C Somewhere Foundation based?
- M&C Somewhere Foundation is based in VT.
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