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Oakland Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Oakland Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$231k
Granted FY2025still arriving
80
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$429kEducation$251kEnvironment$198kFood & Nutrition$170kRecreation & Sports$135kHuman Services$117kHealth$90kEmployment$72kOther$0
02FY2025 · 80 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k79 grants · $221k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$2,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WV UNIVERSITY PARKERSBURG FOUNDATIO$10,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD NORTHRN NEW ENG$5,250
MTN LAUREL LEARNING COOPERATIVE$5,120
APPALACHIAN EXPEDITIONS$5,000
SHELBURNE FARMS$5,000
ACTIVE SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA$5,000
MT MANSFIELD WINTER ACADEMY$5,000
SHELBURNE MUSEUM$5,000
ST FRANCIS XAVIER CHURCH$5,000
ALPINE HERITAGE PRESERVATION$5,000
SARANAM RETREAT CENTER$5,000
HIGH ROCKS EDUCATIONAL CORP$5,000
HEART OF THE HIGHLANDS$5,000
PARKERSBURG ART CENTER$5,000
WEST VIRGINIA DIVISION OF FORESTRY$4,960
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $70k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 15% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CAPSTONE COMMUNITY ACTION: $3k → 9%CHANGING PERSPECTIVES: $1k → 10%FLORENCE CRITTENTION PROGRAM: $3k → 15%NEIGHBORS IN ACTION: $3k → 12%NEIGHBORS IN ACTION: $3k → 12%FLORENCE CRITTENTION PROGRAM: $561 → 15%LUND FAMILY CENTER: $2k → 10%SPECTRUM YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 10%CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF WV: $2k → 19%SPECTRUM YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $4k → 10%SPECTRUM YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $4k → 10%HOWARD CENTER: $3k → 10%SPECTRUM YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $3k → 10%SPECTRUM YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $3k → 10%SPECTRUM YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $3k → 10%STEPS TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $3k → 10%SPECTRUM YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $3k → 10%NECK OF THE WOODS: $2k → 9%SPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 10%VERMONT INTERFAITH ACTION: $1k → 10%VERMONT AFGHAN ALLIANCE: $1k → 10%VERMONT INTERFAITH ACTION: $1k → 10%RESOURCE: $3k → 10%RESOURCE: $3k → 10%RESOURCE: $3k → 10%VERMONT FAMILY NETWORK: $3k → 10%VERMONT FAMILY NETWORK: $2k → 10%RESOURCE: $2k → 10%RESOURCE: $2k → 10%RESOURCE: $2k → 10%LIVING WELL GROUP: $1k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 8% of Oakland Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Oakland Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 2.3% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 118 repeat orgs$291k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

118 repeat relationships: 58 still active in FY2025, 60 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

118
109

Total granted

$1.5M
$243k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+22%

Still filing today

58%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • WA
    WVU AT PARKERSBURG FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $50k · revenue ×12
  • SM
    SHELBURNE MUSEUM INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $49k · revenue +261%
  • TH
    THE HIGH ROCKS EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $41k · revenue +393%

Funded once

  • PH
    POTOMAC HIGHLANDS FOOD & FARM INITI
    one grant, 2019 · $6k
  • MD
    MONTPELIER DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY ASSOC
    one grant, 2023 · $6k · revenue -26%
  • PH
    PARKERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Cooperation Vermont

The mission of cooperation vermont is to build thriving community economic and enviromental democracy.

Community Improvement
2
Vermont Public Co

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.

Arts & Culture
3
Alliance for Vermont Communities Inc

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…

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4
The Vermont River Conservancy Inc

Protect land along rivers, lakes and wetlands of vt; protect public access, wildlife habitat, scenic natural beauty, and ecological integrity.

Human Services
5
Southern Vermont Arts Center Inc Po Box 617

As one of New Englands leading visual and performing arts institutions, SVAC's mission is to promote and nurture the arts.

Arts & Culture
6
Mt Ascutney Outdoors Inc

Mt. Ascutney Outdoors, Inc's mission is to promote vitality within the community by providing affordable and unique recreational, cultural and educational activities to local residents and visitors from the Upper Valley region of Vermont…

Recreation & Sports
7
Cooperation Vermont Community Land Trust

The mission of cooperation vermont community land trust is to reclaim the commons.

Community Improvement
8
Vermont Wilderness School

Provide nature-based education and mentoring to youth and adults in southern vermont and western massachusetts.

Environment
9
Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility Research & Edu Fdn

To provide research and education on issues of importance to the natural, human, and economic environments of vermont citizens.

Education
10
Vermont Riverlands Llc

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…

Environment
11
Vermont Woodlands Association

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…

Environment
12
Voices for Vermonts Children

To promote public policy that enhances the lives of children and youth in vermont.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Vermont Center for Ecostudies Inc; the most unlike its peers is Interact Childrens Museum. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

124 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 124 of the 247 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
49
Early backer (in before they grew)
117/124
Grantees still filing
89/124
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WVU AT PARKERSBURG FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · OtherST FRANCIS XAVIER CHURCH: $48,000 · OtherTUCKER COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL: $42,000 · OtherWV UNIVERSITY PARKERSBURG FOUNDATIO: $40,000 · OtherTHE HIGH ROCKS EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION: $41,000 · Other+133 more: $764,008 · Other+133 moreSHELBURNE MUSEUM INC: $49,000 · Arts & CultureSHELBURNE MUSEUM…Alpine Heritage Preservation Inc: $32,000 · Arts & CultureAlpine Heritage …THE CURRENT INC: $27,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CURRENT INCMID-OHIO VALLEY MULTI-CULTURAL FESTIVAL: $26,500 · Arts & CultureMID-OHIO VALLEY …Yestermorrow Inc: $16,500 · Arts & CultureYestermorrow IncFLYNN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS LTD: $14,500 · Arts & CultureFLYNN CENTER FOR…Parkersburg Art Center Inc: $10,000 · Arts & CultureAurora Project Inc: $9,320 · Arts & CultureVERMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION INC: $9,000 · Arts & Culture+12 more: $51,088 · Arts & Culture+12 moreSHELBURNE FARMS: $40,000 · EnvironmentSHELBURNE F…FRIENDS OF THE CHEAT INC: $21,910 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF …THE WEST VIRGINIA LAND TRUST INC: $20,000 · EnvironmentTHE WEST VI…THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $18,500 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST F…NORTH BRANCH NATURE CENTER INC: $14,500 · EnvironmentNORTH BRANC…STOWE LAND TRUST: $12,850 · EnvironmentSTOWE LAND …THE VERMONT CENTER FOR ECOSTUDIES INC: $12,000 · EnvironmentTHE VERMONT…Appalachian Expeditions Inc: $9,215 · EnvironmentAppalachian…VERMONT YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS INC: $8,000 · Environment+3 more: $10,500 · Environment+3 moreMountain Laurel Learning Cooperative: $58,566 · Youth DevelopmentYoung Writers Project Inc: $20,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BURLINGTON INC: $9,000 · Youth DevelopmentLET'S GROW KIDS INC: $8,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS CLUB OF PARKERSBURG INC: $4,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentBLACKWATER MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION: $36,080 · Food & NutritionCommon Roots Inc: $23,000 · Food & NutritionSalvation Farms Inc: $14,500 · Food & NutritionVERMONT FOODBANK: $8,000 · Food & NutritionVERMONT FARM-TO-SCHOOL INC: $5,500 · Food & NutritionMIGRANT JUSTICE INC: $4,500 · Food & NutritionSPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $24,500 · Human ServicesRESOURCE A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE INC: $13,000 · Human ServicesFaith in Action Northern Com Partner Inc: $5,500 · Human ServicesSTEPS TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesVERMONT FAMILY NETWORK INC: $4,500 · Human ServicesFLORENCE CRITTENTON PROGRAMS INC: $3,561 · Human ServicesHowardCenter Inc: $3,000 · Human ServicesCAPSTONE COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $3,000 · Human Services+2 more: $4,000 · Human ServicesACTIVE SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA INC: $27,500 · HealthPlanned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: $10,000 · HealthSTERN CENTER FOR LANGUAGE AND LEARNING: $7,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS OF BURLINGTON INC: $3,000 · HealthWATERBURY AMBULANCE SERVICE INC: $3,000 · HealthVERMONTS CAMP TA-KUM-TA: $2,800 · HealthCANCER PATIENT SUPPORT PROGRAM: $2,000 · Health
Other$985,008Arts & Culture$244,908Environment$167,475Youth Development$102,566Food & Nutrition$91,580Human Services$66,061Health$55,300

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMountain Laurel Learning Cooperative: $58,566 over 9y, 10% of budgetWVU AT PARKERSBURG FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetSHELBURNE MUSEUM INC: $49,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HIGH ROCKS EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION: $41,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetSHELBURNE FARMS: $40,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBLACKWATER MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION: $36,080 over 9y, 5.9% of budgetAlpine Heritage Preservation Inc: $32,000 over 4y, 8.2% of budgetACTIVE SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA INC: $27,500 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetTHE CURRENT INC: $27,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetMID-OHIO VALLEY MULTI-CULTURAL FESTIVAL: $26,500 over 7y, 10% of budgetSPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $24,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCommon Roots Inc: $23,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetVERMONT WORKS FOR WOMEN INC: $23,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHEAT INC: $21,910 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetYoung Writers Project Inc: $20,500 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetTHE WEST VIRGINIA LAND TRUST INC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetCANAAN VALLEY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INCER PROGRAM INC: $18,850 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $18,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRIVER CITIES SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $18,000 over 4y, 8.1% of budgetYestermorrow Inc: $16,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNORTH COUNTRY ANIMAL LEAGUE INC: $16,250 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetFLYNN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS LTD: $14,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH BRANCH NATURE CENTER INC: $14,500 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetSalvation Farms Inc: $14,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetVERMONT ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED INC: $13,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetRESOURCE A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE INC: $13,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFOLSOM VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC: $12,889 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetSTOWE LAND TRUST: $12,850 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTHE VERMONT CENTER FOR ECOSTUDIES INC: $12,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetGOVERNOR'S INSTITUTES OF VERMONT: $11,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetARTHURDALE HERITAGE INC: $11,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetVERMONT HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $10,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMONONGAHELA RIVER TRAILS CONSERVANCY LIMITED: $10,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetParkersburg Art Center Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAurora Project Inc: $9,320 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetAppalachian Expeditions Inc: $9,215 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BURLINGTON INC: $9,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetVERMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetLET'S GROW KIDS INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetVERMONT FOODBANK: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVERMONT YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS INC: $8,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetINTERACT CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $7,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetOLD OPERA HOUSE THEATRE COMPANY INC: $7,239 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetSTERN CENTER FOR LANGUAGE AND LEARNING: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWOOD COUNTY HIST & PRES SOC INC: $7,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetVERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $7,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budget
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 Mountain Laurel Learning Cooperative ↗
  • Who funds WVU AT PARKERSBURG FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SHELBURNE MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HIGH ROCKS EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds SHELBURNE FARMS ↗
  • Who funds BLACKWATER MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Alpine Heritage Preservation Inc ↗
  • Who funds ACTIVE SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CURRENT INC ↗
  • Who funds MID-OHIO VALLEY MULTI-CULTURAL FESTIVAL ↗
  • Who funds SPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds Common Roots Inc ↗
  • Who funds VERMONT WORKS FOR WOMEN INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CHEAT INC ↗
  • Who funds Young Writers Project Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE WEST VIRGINIA LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds CANAAN VALLEY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INCER PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND ↗
  • Who funds RIVER CITIES SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds Yestermorrow Inc ↗
  • Who funds NORTH COUNTRY ANIMAL LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds FLYNN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS LTD ↗
  • Who funds NORTH BRANCH NATURE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Salvation Farms Inc ↗
  • Who funds VERMONT ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED 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.

The Vermont Community…National Life Group C…Ben & Jerry's Foundat…The Windham Foundatio…George W Mergens Foun…Lintilhac Foundation …Turrell FundVermont Council on th…Harris & Frances Bloc…Bernard McDonough Fou…James E Robison Found…Richard E and Deborah…
The Vermont Community FoundationVT101.3× affinity64 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Vermont Community Foundation · National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc · Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc · The Windham Foundation Inc · George W Mergens Foundation · Lintilhac Foundation Inc · Turrell Fund · Vermont Council on the Arts Inc · Harris & Frances Block Foundation Inc · Bernard McDonough Foundation Inc · James E Robison Foundation · Richard E and Deborah L Tarrant Foundation Inc

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Oakland Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Oakland Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 200%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Lamoille Community House Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Vermont Folklife Center: 90% of income from government
  • Capstone Community Action Inc: 84% of income from government
  • Vermont Family Network Inc: 81% of income from government
  • Vermont Afghan Alliance: 79% of income from government
  • Steps to End Domestic Violence Inc: 71% of income from government
  • Vermont Humanities Council: 67% of income from government
  • Good Samaritan Haven Inc: 63% of income from government
  • Lamoille Restorative Center Inc: 58% of income from government
  • Mentor Vermont Inc: 58% of income from government
  • Vermont Works for Women Inc: 52% of income from government
  • Vermont Historical Society: 51% of income from government
  • Vermont Youth Conservation Corps Inc: 47% of income from government
  • Dismas of Vermont Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Lund Family Center Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Cross Vermont Trail Assocation Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Catamount Film & Arts Company: 27% of income from government
  • Salvation Farms Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Neck of the Woods Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Hunger Free Vermont Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Essex Chips Inc: 21% of income from government
  • Elderly Services Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Vermont Council On Rural Development Inc: 17% 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
  • Boys and Girls Club of Burlington Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Governor's Institutes of Vermont: 15% of income from government
  • Vermont Foodbank: 13% of income from government
  • Vermont Symphony Orchestra Association Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports: 11% of income from government
  • Stowe Land Trust: 10% of income from government
  • Catamount Trail Association: 10% of income from government
  • Shelburne Museum Inc: 9% of income from government
  • HowardCenter Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Vermont Farm-to-School Inc: 7% of income from government
  • The Vermont Center for Ecostudies Inc: 4% of income from government
  • North Branch Nature Center Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Vermont Energy Education Program Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Norwich University: 4% of income from government
  • Waterbury Ambulance Service Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Stowe Story Labs Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Shelburne Farms: 3% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Resource a Nonprofit Community Enterprise Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Vermont Studio Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • South Hero Land Trust Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Living Well Group Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The University of Vermont Medical Center: 1% of income from government
  • Flynn Center for the Performing Arts Ltd: 0% of income from government
  • Craftsbury Public Library Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Inclusive Arts Vermont Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Common Roots Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Migrant Justice Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Stern Center for Language and Learning: 0% of income from government
  • Vermont Institute of Natural Science Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
20get no government money at all
19report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
12rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 247 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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