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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 FY2025still arriving
56
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$1.8M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Arts & Culture$4.1MCommunity Improvement$1.5MEducation$377kHuman Services$254kReligion$237kHousing & Shelter$224kEnvironment$156kHealth$150kOther$0
02FY2025 · 56 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 56 grants below total $3,751,318 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $4,070,508 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $319,190 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $96k
  • $10k–50k26 grants · $564k
  • $50k–250k16 grants · $1.3M
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.8M
$19,977
Median grant
1
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
STRAFFORD COMMUNITY TRUST INC$1,807,221
VERMONT COUNCIL ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT$181,489
CITY OF MONTPELIER$131,518
TOWN OF NEW HAVEN$100,000
VERMONT COMMUNITY LOAN FUND$88,538
BENSON VILLAGE TRUST INC$83,254
STARKSBORO MEETING HOUSE$82,565
BRAINTREE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC$80,626
ARLINGTON ARTS & ENRICHMENT PROGRAM$80,000
SHREWSBURY CO-OP AT PIERCE'S STORE$75,558
TOWN OF DANVILLE$70,535
FLETCHER MEMORIAL LINRARY LLC$60,000
FRIENDS OF ALGIERS VILLAGE INC$50,000
CRAFTSBURY COMMUNITY CARE CENTER$50,000
NORTHEAST KINGDOM ARTS COUNCIL INC$50,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–25, $435k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 60% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%BRIDGEWATER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100k → 9%BRIDGEWATER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $75k → 9%BROAD BROOK COMMUNITY CENTER: $85k → 11%Broad Brook Community Center Inc: $15k → 11%THETFORD CENTER COMMUNITY TRUST: $16k → 10%St Johnsbury History & Heritage Center Inc: $10k → 12%Broad Brook Community Center Inc: $6k → 11%CRAFTSBURY COMMUNITY CARE CENTER: $50k → 14%RURAL ARTS COLLABORATIVE: $39k → 14%Rural Arts Collaborative: $13k → 14%Peacham Children's Center: $24k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

55%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$6.0M · 58 repeat orgs$4.9M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +3% since the first grant, against +1% for the ones you funded once.

58 repeat relationships — 23 still active in FY2025, 35 since wound down; 33 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

58
87

Total granted

$6.0M
$2.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+1%

Still filing today

60%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.8M 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 & CultureCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterRecreation & SportsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • NC
    NORTH CALAIS MEMORIAL HALL ASSOCIATION INC
    4× · 2019–2023 · $330k · revenue +228% · 32% of their budget
  • SJ
    St Johnsbury Academy
    4× · 2018–2023 · $263k · revenue +24%
  • VC
    VERMONT COUNCIL ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $235k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • TO
    TOWN OF HARDWICK
    one grant, 2024 · $130k
  • SV
    SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue +21%
  • LH
    LAMOILLE HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $65k · revenue +69%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Cooperation Vermont Community Land Trust

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

Community Improvement
2
The Windham Foundation Inc
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3
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
4
Barre Opera House Inc

The mission of the barre opera house inc. is to restore, preserve and operate the historic barre opera house as a center for the performing arts serving the entire central vermont community.

Arts & Culture
5
Pierce Hall Community Center Inc

Community Center - Restoring Pierce Hall Building to accomodate and serve the artistic, cultural, recreational and educational activities of the Upper White River Valley Vermont communities.

Recreation & Sports
6
Vermont Granite Museum of Barre

Located within an authentic turn-of-the-century granite manufacturing plant, the museums mission is to create stimulating, interactive environments for learning about the geology, technology, history, and art of vermonts unique granite…

Arts & Culture
7
Hadley Historical Society Inc

Preservation of historical memorabilia - town of Hadley MA

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8
Penacookhistoricalsociety

Historical preservation for the town of Penacook and restoration of historical buildings

Arts & Culture
9
Manchester Historical Society

To collect, preserve, interpret , and present the story of manchester, vermont through research, collection, exhibitions, programs and publications.

—
10
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…

—
11
Dorset Historical Society

The mission is to develop and preserve the history of dorset, its evirons and its people

—
12
Addison County Chamber of Commerce Inc

The Addison County Chamber of Commerce mission is to enhance the economic vitality of Addison County.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Fund for North Bennington Inc and the most unlike its peers is McIndoes Falls Academy. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCriminal Justice & Legal Re…Rural Healthcare & HousingWinter Sports Youth ProgramsAffordable Housing Developm…Fraternal Service Organizat…Early Childhood Education C…Community Arts EducationVermont Land & Agriculture …Outdoor Recreation & Land S…Vermont Education & Youth D…Veterans Social ClubsHealth System NetworksSenior Residential Care
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 24 years old; the field is 22. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number16%10%<5yr12%16%5–10yr19%19%10–20yr20%25%20–35yr16%14%35–55yr17%17%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value16%25%<5yr12%28%5–10yr19%11%10–20yr20%18%20–35yr16%7%35–55yr17%11%55yr+

The field is 16% startups (under 5 years old) — 10% of your grantees by number, and just 25% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.6% lost their exemption, against 8% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.6%1/174
the rest of the field
8%
376/4,553

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

92 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 92 of the 179 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

19
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
87/92
Grantees still filing
44/92
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Strafford Community Trust Inc — $1,807,221 · Community ImprovementStrafford Community Trust IncEAST CALAIS COMMUNITY TRUST — $567,145 · Community ImprovementEAST CALAIS COMMUNITY TRUSTALBANY COMMUNITY TRUST INC — $438,035 · Community ImprovementALBANY COMMUNITY TRUST INCELMORE COMMUNITY TRUST INC — $340,198 · Community ImprovementELMORE COMMUNITY TRUST INCVERMONT COUNCIL ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT INC — $235,043 · Community ImprovementVERMONT COUNCIL ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN…+10 more — $434,346 · Community Improvement+10 morePRESERVATION REALTY HOLDINGS INC — $262,165 · OtherPRESERVATION REALTY HOLDINGS INCTOWN OF LYNDON — $178,107 · OtherSHREWSBURY CO-OP AT PIERCE'S STORE — $151,898 · OtherCITY OF MONTPELIER — $131,518 · Other+108 more — $3,187,028 · Other+108 moreNORTH CALAIS MEMORIAL HALL ASSOCIATION INC — $329,617 · Arts & CultureNORTH CALAIS MEM…FAIRBANKS MUSEUM & PLANETARIUM — $150,500 · Arts & CultureFAIRBANKS MUSEUM…VERMONT MARBLE MUSEUM INC — $137,095 · Arts & CultureVERMONT MARBLE M…READSBORO HOMETOWN REDEVELOPMENT INC — $115,714 · Arts & CultureREADSBORO HOMETO…FRIENDS OF THE UNION MEETING HALL INC — $100,600 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF THE U…STONE VALLEY ARTS INC — $100,500 · Arts & CultureSTONE VALLEY ART…Better Bennington Corporation — $60,000 · Arts & Culture+24 more — $576,395 · Arts & Culture+24 moreSt Johnsbury Academy — $262,500 · EducationArlington Arts & Enrichment Program dba Arlington Common — $80,000 · EducationDailey Memorial Library — $50,000 · EducationSTERLING COLLEGE — $35,000 · Education+2 more — $22,725 · EducationBRIDGEWATER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $175,000 · Human ServicesBROAD BROOK COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $106,471 · Human ServicesRURAL ARTS COLLABORATIVE INC — $52,420 · Human ServicesCRAFTSBURY COMMUNITY CARE CENTER — $50,000 · Human ServicesPEACHAM CHILDRENS CENTER — $24,276 · Human ServicesTHETFORD CENTER COMMUNITY TRUST — $16,429 · Human Services+1 more — $10,000 · Human ServicesRUPERT VILLAGE TRUST INC — $317,895 · Recreation & SportsFRIENDS OF DOG MOUNTAIN INC — $47,382 · Recreation & Sports+2 more — $18,833 · Recreation & SportsGilman Housing Trust Inc — $88,937 · Housing & ShelterVERMONT COMMUNITY LOAN FUND — $88,538 · Housing & ShelterEVERNORTH LOAN FUND INC — $87,500 · Housing & ShelterLAMOILLE HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC — $64,900 · Housing & Shelter
Community Improvement$3,821,988Other$3,910,716Arts & Culture$1,570,421Education$450,225Human Services$434,596Recreation & Sports$384,110Housing & Shelter$329,875

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetEAST CALAIS COMMUNITY TRUST — $567,145 over 4y, 62% of budgetALBANY COMMUNITY TRUST INC — $438,035 over 5y, 84% of budgetELMORE COMMUNITY TRUST INC — $340,198 over 3y, 68% of budgetNORTH CALAIS MEMORIAL HALL ASSOCIATION INC — $329,617 over 4y, 32% of budgetRUPERT VILLAGE TRUST INC — $317,895 over 6y, 79% of budgetSt Johnsbury Academy — $262,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetPRESERVATION REALTY HOLDINGS INC — $262,165 over 3y, 96% of budgetVERMONT COUNCIL ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT INC — $235,043 over 2y, 15% of budgetBRIDGEWATER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $175,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetFAIRBANKS MUSEUM & PLANETARIUM — $150,500 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetVERMONT MARBLE MUSEUM INC — $137,095 over 3y, 33% of budgetREADSBORO HOMETOWN REDEVELOPMENT INC — $115,714 over 4y, 76% of budgetBROAD BROOK COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $106,471 over 3y, 14% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE UNION MEETING HALL INC — $100,600 over 2y, 54% of budgetSTONE VALLEY ARTS INC — $100,500 over 2y, 68% of budgetSOUTHWESTERN VERMONT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC — $100,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetGilman Housing Trust Inc — $88,937 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetVERMONT COMMUNITY LOAN FUND — $88,538 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetEVERNORTH LOAN FUND INC — $87,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetBENSON VILLAGE TRUST INC — $83,254 over 1y, 49% of budgetArlington Arts & Enrichment Program dba Arlington Common — $80,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetGRAY BUILDING COALITION INC — $80,000 over 2y, 27% of budgetMcIndoes Falls Academy — $77,912 over 3y, 13% of budgetHASKELL FREE LIBRARY INC — $77,751 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetMONTPELIER DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY ASSOC — $67,033 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetLAMOILLE HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC — $64,900 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetFletcher Memorial Library LLC — $60,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetBetter Bennington Corporation — $60,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetFRIENDS OF ALGIERS VILLAGE INC — $58,750 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetRURAL ARTS COLLABORATIVE INC — $52,420 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetCHANDLER CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC — $50,751 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetNorthern Counties Health Care Inc — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF VERNON CENTER INC — $50,000 over 1y, 73% of budgetCRAFTSBURY COMMUNITY CARE CENTER — $50,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetBARN OPERA INC — $50,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetTHE CIRCUS BARN INC — $50,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetDailey Memorial Library — $50,000 over 1y, 58% of budgetMEMPHREMAGOG COMMUNITY MARITIME INC — $50,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE OPERA HOUSE AT ENOSBURG FALLS — $49,990 over 3y, 41% of budgetFRIENDS OF DOG MOUNTAIN INC — $47,382 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetNORTHEAST KINGDOM HUMAN SERVICES INC — $45,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LANDMARK TRUST USA INC — $40,018 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetORANGE COUNTY DIVERSION PROGRAM — $36,241 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetSTERLING COLLEGE — $35,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetST JOHNSBURY ATHENAEUM INC — $35,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetORLEANS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $34,750 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetAmerican Forests — $33,559 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetVERMONT NATURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL INC — $29,858 over 2y, 0.7% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Vermont Community…Vermont Council on th…Vermont Humanities Co…Ben & Jerry's Foundat…The Windham Foundatio…National Life Group C…Community Bank Na Fou…Turrell FundVermont Afterschool I…Tulgey Wood FoundationHigh Meadows Fund IncPrice Chopper's Golub…
The Vermont Community FoundationVT77.3× affinity50 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Vermont Community Foundation · Vermont Council on the Arts Inc · Vermont Humanities Council · Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc · The Windham Foundation Inc · National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc · Community Bank Na Foundation of New England Inc · Turrell Fund · Vermont Afterschool Inc · Tulgey Wood Foundation · High Meadows Fund Inc · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Preservation Trust of Vermont Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 250%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Shires Housing Inc — 100% of income from government
  • The Landmark Trust Usa Inc — 100% of income from government
  • Friends of the Vergennes Opera House Inc — 100% of income from government
  • Rupert Village Trust Inc — 79% of income from government
  • Lamoille Housing Partnership Inc — 73% of income from government
  • St Albans Historical Society Inc — 32% of income from government
  • Vermont Natural Resources Council Inc — 30% of income from government
  • Retreat Farm Ltd — 25% of income from government
  • Better Bennington Corporation — 24% of income from government
  • Vermont Council On Rural Development Inc — 17% of income from government
  • Gilman Housing Trust Inc — 17% of income from government
  • Fairfield Community Center Associn — 14% of income from government
  • Northern Counties Health Care Inc — 14% of income from government
  • Sterling College — 10% of income from government
  • Memphremagog Community Maritime Inc — 9% of income from government
  • Northeast Kingdom Human Services Inc — 8% of income from government
  • Friends of Dog Mountain Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium — 7% of income from government
  • Castleton Free Library — 4% of income from government
  • Evernorth Loan Fund Inc — 3% of income from government
  • St Johnsbury Academy — 3% of income from government
  • Chandler Center for the Arts Inc — 2% of income from government
  • St Johnsbury Athenaeum Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Norwich Community Collaborative Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Bradford Public Library — 1% of income from government
  • Brattleboro Museum & Art Centerinc — 1% of income from government
  • Dailey Memorial Library — 1% of income from government
  • Friends of Vernon Center Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Center for Arts & Learning Inc — 0% of income from government
  • The Vermont Community Foundation — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
25get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
5rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 179 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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