Vermont · Public charity
Preservation Trust of Vermont Inc
To initiate, stimulate, and assist local and statewide efforts to preserve and use vermont's rich collection of historic, architectural, cultural, and community resources.
- $4.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 56
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 34
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 68%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $3.8M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $19,977
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,807,221
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 46
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $13M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 68% of the organizations Preservation Trust of Vermont Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 71% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $893k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Arts & CultureCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsEducationHousing & ShelterOther
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 year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 56 | $3.8M | 59% |
| FY2024 | 34 | $1.3M | 68% |
| FY2023 | 37 | $1.2M | 51% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $949k | 52% |
| FY2021 | 46 | $1.5M | 78% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $781k | 64% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $458k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $448k | 80% |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Arts & Culture$4.1MCommunity Improvement$1.5MEducation$377kHuman Services$254kReligion$237kHousing & Shelter$224kEnvironment$156kHealth$150kOther$0
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strafford Community Trust Inc | $1,807,221 | 1 | n/a |
| East Calais Community Trust | $567,145 | 4 | 62% |
| Albany Community Trust Inc | $438,035 | 5 | 84% |
| Elmore Community Trust Inc | $340,198 | 3 | 68% |
| North Calais Memorial Hall Association Inc | $329,617 | 4 | 32% |
| Rupert Village Trust Inc | $317,895 | 6 | 79% |
| St Johnsbury Academy | $262,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Preservation Realty Holdings Inc | $262,165 | 3 | 96% |
| Vermont Council on Rural Development Inc | $235,043 | 2 | 15% |
| Town of Lyndon | $178,107 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strafford Community Trust Inc | $1,807,221 | 1 | n/a |
| East Calais Community Trust | $567,145 | 4 | 62% |
| Albany Community Trust Inc | $438,035 | 5 | 84% |
| Elmore Community Trust Inc | $340,198 | 3 | 68% |
| North Calais Memorial Hall Association Inc | $329,617 | 4 | 32% |
| Rupert Village Trust Inc | $317,895 | 6 | 79% |
| St Johnsbury Academy | $262,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Preservation Realty Holdings Inc | $262,165 | 3 | 96% |
| Vermont Council on Rural Development Inc | $235,043 | 2 | 15% |
| Town of Lyndon | $178,107 | 2 | n/a |
| Bridgewater Area Community Foundation Inc | $175,000 | 2 | 21% |
| Shrewsbury Co-Op at Pierce's Store | $151,898 | 4 | n/a |
| Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium | $150,500 | 2 | 3% |
| Vermont Marble Museum Inc | $137,095 | 3 | 33% |
| City of Montpelier | $131,518 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Hardwick | $129,525 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of New Haven | $120,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Readsboro Hometown Redevelopment Inc | $115,714 | 4 | 76% |
| Broad Brook Community Center Inc | $106,471 | 3 | 14% |
| Braintree Historical Society | $106,363 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of the Union Meeting Hall Inc | $100,600 | 2 | 54% |
| Stone Valley Arts Inc | $100,500 | 2 | 68% |
| Southwestern Vermont Healthcare Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Gilman Housing Trust Inc | $88,937 | 4 | 0% |
| Vermont Community Loan Fund | $88,538 | 1 | 2% |
| Evernorth Loan Fund Inc | $87,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Benson Village Trust Inc | $83,254 | 1 | 49% |
| Town of Danville | $82,713 | 2 | n/a |
| Starksboro Meeting House | $82,565 | 1 | n/a |
| Gray Building Coalition Inc | $80,000 | 2 | 27% |
| Canaan VT School District | $80,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Arlington Arts & Enrichment Program dba Arlington Common | $80,000 | 1 | 22% |
| McIndoes Falls Academy | $77,912 | 3 | 13% |
| Haskell Free Library Inc | $77,751 | 2 | 8% |
| Rev George L Fox Memorial Chapel | $71,789 | 2 | n/a |
| Montpelier Downtown Community Assoc | $67,033 | 2 | 7% |
| Lamoille Housing Partnership Inc | $64,900 | 1 | 6% |
| Better Bennington Corporation | $60,000 | 2 | 25% |
| Town of Canaan VT | $60,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Fletcher Memorial Library LLC | $60,000 | 1 | 24% |
| Friends of Algiers Village Inc | $58,750 | 2 | 5% |
| Montgomery Center for the Arts Inc | $56,091 | 4 | n/a |
| Rural Arts Collaborative Inc | $52,420 | 2 | 7% |
| Chandler Center for the Arts Inc | $50,751 | 2 | 5% |
| Town of Wheelock Vermont | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Memphremagog Community Maritime Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Town of Athens | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Pick and Shovel | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hyde Park Gihon Valley Hall | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Circus Barn Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Friends of Vernon Center Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 73% |
| Barn Opera Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 25% |
| Northeast Kingdom Tasting Center LLC | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Dailey Memorial Library | $50,000 | 1 | 58% |
| St Johnsbury UCC | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Northern Counties Health Care Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Town of Conventry | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Craftsbury Community Care Center | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Northeast Kingdom Arts Council Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| AG Supermarkets Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Opera House at Enosburg Falls | $49,990 | 3 | 41% |
| Plymouth Congregational Church | $49,980 | 1 | n/a |
| Cooperation Vermont | $49,098 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Dog Mountain Inc | $47,382 | 1 | 7% |
| Town of Barnet | $47,257 | 1 | n/a |
| Essex County Courthouse | $47,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northeast Kingdom Human Services Inc | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sheldon Historical Society Inc | $43,538 | 2 | n/a |
| The Landmark Trust USA Inc | $40,018 | 2 | 3% |
| Town of Guildhall | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mater Dei Parish Charitable Trust | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Town of Peacham | $39,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lyndon Shores Museum | $37,363 | 2 | n/a |
| Orange County Diversion Program | $36,241 | 1 | 4% |
| Holland Historical Society Inc | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Johnsbury Athenaeum Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Sterling College | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Orleans County Historical Society | $34,750 | 3 | 3% |
| American Forests | $33,559 | 1 | 1% |
| East Peacham Schoolhouse Inc | $32,564 | 1 | n/a |
| Dario Vanegas | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bens Mill Trust Limited | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Barton United Church | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vermont Natural Resources Council Inc | $29,858 | 2 | 1% |
| Southern Vermont Health and Recreation Center Foundation Inc | $26,234 | 2 | 2% |
| Peacham Congregational Church | $26,224 | 2 | n/a |
| Craftsbury Academy Corporation Co Union Bank | $25,000 | 2 | 28% |
| Missisquoi Valley Historical Society | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Essex Junction Cemetery Association Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Space on Main | $25,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Shires Housing Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Peacham Childrens Center | $24,276 | 1 | 12% |
| Town of St Johnsbury | $23,779 | 1 | n/a |
| Lunenburg-Gilman Community Trust | $22,995 | 1 | n/a |
| Grass Roots Art & Community Effort | $22,439 | 2 | n/a |
| Bradford Public Library | $20,500 | 2 | 16% |
| United Church of Morgan | $20,426 | 1 | n/a |
| Caledonia Grange #9 | $20,317 | 2 | n/a |
| Wolcott United Methodist Church | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Richford | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Rockingham for Progress | $19,977 | 1 | 26% |
| St Albans Historical Society Inc | $19,625 | 2 | 4% |
| The Albany Academies Inc | $19,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Putney Historical Society Inc | $17,500 | 2 | 23% |
| Park McCullough House Assoc Inc | $16,651 | 2 | 4% |
| Derby Historical Society | $16,481 | 1 | n/a |
| Poultney United Baptist Church | $16,450 | 1 | n/a |
| Thetford Center Community Trust | $16,429 | 1 | 11% |
| Village of West Burke | $16,344 | 1 | n/a |
| Lower Waterford Congregational Church | $16,192 | 1 | n/a |
| Engineering Ventures PC | $16,137 | 1 | n/a |
| North Danville Brainerd Memorial Library | $15,687 | 1 | n/a |
| The Civic Standard Inc | $15,244 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Vergennes Opera House Inc | $15,050 | 1 | 14% |
| Barnard Community Trust Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Fund for North Bennington Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Oldcastle Productions | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brandon Congregational Church | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The First Congregational Church of Manchester | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| First Universalist Parish of Derby Line | $14,663 | 1 | n/a |
| Headwaters Community Trust Inc | $13,730 | 1 | n/a |
| Craftsbury Common Village Improvement Society Inc | $12,838 | 1 | n/a |
| Castleton Free Library | $12,725 | 1 | 7% |
| Bakersfield Historical Society Corp | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Goodenough Farmstead Trust Inc | $10,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Fairfield Community Center Associn | $10,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Westminster Historical Society Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Goethe Community Trust Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Brandon Free Public Library | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Londonderry Town Hall | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Foundation for a Resilient Montpelier Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 57% |
| Montgomery Historical Society | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Maclure Library Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Corner School Resource Center of Granville | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town Hall Theater Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Union Church of New Haven Mills | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Newport | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Retreat Farm Ltd | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Johnsbury History & Heritage Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Inn at Mountainview Farm | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Barre Community Relief Fund Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| East Monkton Church Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vermont State Grange Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Danville Vermont Historical Society Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Center for Arts & Learning Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Sheldon Art Museum Archaeological and Historical Society Inc | $9,763 | 1 | 2% |
| New England Conference of the United Methodist Church | $9,739 | 1 | n/a |
| Londonderry Arts & Historical Society Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Country Dance & Song Society Inc | $8,994 | 1 | n/a |
| Westford Common Hall Inc | $8,833 | 1 | 7% |
| Brattleboro Museum & Art Centerinc | $8,748 | 1 | 1% |
| Poultney Historical Society Inc | $8,525 | 1 | n/a |
| Green Timber Works | $8,100 | 1 | n/a |
| West Fairlee Community Trust Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Next Stage Arts Project Inc | $7,556 | 1 | n/a |
| West Rutland Free Library Corp | $7,500 | 1 | 5% |
| Rutland Regional Chamber of Commerc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America | $7,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Green River Village Preservation Trust Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Poultney | $6,975 | 1 | n/a |
| Adamant Community Arts Center Inc | $6,670 | 1 | n/a |
| Briggs Opera House Inc | $6,646 | 1 | n/a |
| Rutland Unitarian Universalist Church | $6,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Norwich Community Collaborative Inc | $6,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Rokeby Museum | $6,400 | 1 | 2% |
| Albany Historical Society | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Greensboro | $5,846 | 1 | n/a |
| Environmental Hazards Management Inc | $5,743 | 1 | n/a |
| Lost Shul Mural Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 3% |
| George Peabody Library in Post Mills | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Albany Vfd | $5,350 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Braintree | $5,255 | 1 | n/a |
| Middletown Springs Historical Society Inc | $5,050 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($120k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Preservation Trust of Vermont Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 19 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 81 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 81.
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 FoundationVT77.3× affinity50 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
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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.
About Preservation Trust of Vermont Inc
- How much does Preservation Trust of Vermont Inc give?
- Preservation Trust of Vermont Inc reported 56 itemized grants totaling $3,751,318, out of $4,070,508 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 46 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Preservation Trust of Vermont Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (57%), Community Improvement (21%), Education (5%).
- Who are Preservation Trust of Vermont Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Strafford Community Trust Inc ($1.8M), East Calais Community Trust ($567k), Albany Community Trust Inc ($438k).
- Does Preservation Trust of Vermont Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 68% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Preservation Trust of Vermont Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Vermont Community Foundation, Vermont Council on the Arts Inc, Vermont Humanities Council.
- Where is Preservation Trust of Vermont Inc based?
- Preservation Trust of Vermont Inc is based in VT.
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