Vermont · Private foundation
Marier Cunningham 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.
- $268k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,335
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $184,995
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Marier Cunningham Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 5 | $268k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $354k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $519k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $226k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $162k | 45% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $218k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $92k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rice Memorial High School | $1,086,543 | 5 | n/a |
| Hands Together Inc | $195,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Mater Christi School | $126,910 | 3 | n/a |
| Vermont Youth Orchestra Association Inc | $90,000 | 6 | 4% |
| The University of Georgia Foundation | $60,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Primary Source Inc | $52,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Adirondack Mountain Club Inc | $41,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Battenkill Valley Health Center Inc | $36,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Gunsensevt | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Four Winds Nature Institute Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 4% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rice Memorial High School | $1,086,543 | 5 | n/a |
| Hands Together Inc | $195,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Mater Christi School | $126,910 | 3 | n/a |
| Vermont Youth Orchestra Association Inc | $90,000 | 6 | 4% |
| The University of Georgia Foundation | $60,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Primary Source Inc | $52,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Adirondack Mountain Club Inc | $41,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Battenkill Valley Health Center Inc | $36,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Gunsensevt | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Four Winds Nature Institute Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 4% |
| The Charlie Cart Project | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Bishopaccountabilityorg | $6,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Ethan Allen Institute | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Edmunds Middle School PTO | $4,492 | 2 | n/a |
| Edmunds Elementary PTO Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Club of Burlington Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($116k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Marier Cunningham 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: The Vermont Community Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Marier Cunningham Foundation
- How much does Marier Cunningham Foundation give?
- Marier Cunningham Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $268,330 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Marier Cunningham Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (72%), International (10%), Arts & Culture (5%).
- Who are Marier Cunningham Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Rice Memorial High School ($1.1M), Hands Together Inc ($195k), Mater Christi School ($127k).
- Does Marier Cunningham Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Marier Cunningham 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 Marier Cunningham Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Vermont Community Foundation, Ge Aerospace Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is Marier Cunningham Foundation based?
- Marier Cunningham Foundation is based in VT.
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