Vermont · Public charity
Stern Center for Language and Learning
The STERN CENTER FOR LANGUAGE AND LEARNING is a nonprofit educational center dedicated to helping children and adults reach their full potential through high-quality direct services and professional learning. We are committed to enriching the lives of learners
- $377k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $89k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $27,551
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $54,245
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $10M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Stern Center for Language and Learning funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $89k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $67k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $102k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $91k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $253k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $78k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $135k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $77k | 75% |
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington Public Schools | $312,115 | 8 | n/a |
| Vermont Dairy Promo Council | $100,737 | 2 | n/a |
| Addison Northwest School District | $68,700 | 4 | n/a |
| Missisquoi Valley School District | $57,920 | 3 | n/a |
| Windham Northeast Supervisory Union | $36,790 | 2 | n/a |
| South Burlington School District | $36,592 | 3 | n/a |
| Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union | $35,330 | 3 | n/a |
| Community College of Vermont - Montpelier | $30,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Champlain Valley School District | $28,245 | 2 | n/a |
| Capstone Community Action Inc | $27,551 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington Public Schools | $312,115 | 8 | n/a |
| Vermont Dairy Promo Council | $100,737 | 2 | n/a |
| Addison Northwest School District | $68,700 | 4 | n/a |
| Missisquoi Valley School District | $57,920 | 3 | n/a |
| Windham Northeast Supervisory Union | $36,790 | 2 | n/a |
| South Burlington School District | $36,592 | 3 | n/a |
| Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union | $35,330 | 3 | n/a |
| Community College of Vermont - Montpelier | $30,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Champlain Valley School District | $28,245 | 2 | n/a |
| Capstone Community Action Inc | $27,551 | 1 | 0% |
| Winooski School District | $23,690 | 2 | n/a |
| Caledonia Central Supervisory Union | $20,361 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington Central Supervisory | $19,393 | 2 | n/a |
| White River Valley Supervisory Union | $19,158 | 2 | n/a |
| Addison Central School District | $18,770 | 1 | n/a |
| The Dorset School | $15,385 | 2 | n/a |
| Essex Westford School District | $13,312 | 1 | n/a |
| Two Rivers Supervisory Union | $10,760 | 1 | n/a |
| Wolcott Town School | $8,303 | 1 | n/a |
| Maple Run Unified School District | $7,128 | 1 | n/a |
| Albany Community School | $6,880 | 1 | n/a |
| Lake Champlain Waldorf School | $5,200 | 1 | 0% |
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: Vermont Energy Investment Corporation · The Vermont Community Foundation · Vermont Afterschool Inc · Vermont Academy of Science and Engineering Inc · Let's Grow Kids Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Stern Center for Language and Learning
- How much does Stern Center for Language and Learning give?
- Stern Center for Language and Learning reported 3 itemized grants totaling $88,676, out of $377,060 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Stern Center for Language and Learning fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (76%), Youth Development (11%), Employment (10%).
- Who are Stern Center for Language and Learning's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Burlington Public Schools ($312k), Vermont Dairy Promo Council ($101k), Addison Northwest School District ($69k).
- Does Stern Center for Language and Learning fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Stern Center for Language and Learning?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vermont Energy Investment Corporation, The Vermont Community Foundation, Vermont Afterschool Inc.
- Where is Stern Center for Language and Learning based?
- Stern Center for Language and Learning is based in VT.
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