Vermont · Public charity
The Fund for North Bennington Inc
The organization promotes activities, conservation, agricultural land use, education, and community participation to help the community of north bennington, vermont maintain its independence and small scale character.
- $124k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2026
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2025
Read this first · the figures below need context
79% of The Fund for North Bennington Inc’s FY2026 grant dollars went to The Vermont Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2026 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Itemized, FY2026
- $92k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2026
- $13,500
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $72,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Total assets, FY2026
- $3.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 0% of the organizations The Fund for North Bennington Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 2 | $20k | 0% |
| FY2025 | 4 | $47k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $19k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $19k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $16k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $17k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $46k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $7k | 0% |
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 FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paran Recreations Inc | $92,240 | 10 | 11% |
| Vermont Community Foundation | $29,510 | 2 | n/a |
| John G McCullough Free Library Inc | $28,913 | 3 | 10% |
| The Village School of North Bennington | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Living Room Theatre | $22,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Park McCullough House Assoc Inc | $19,500 | 2 | 4% |
| Friends of Hiland Hall Garden Inc | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vermont Arts Exchange Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 2% |
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 · Vermont Council on the Arts Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Fund for North Bennington Inc
- How much does The Fund for North Bennington Inc give?
- The Fund for North Bennington Inc reported 3 itemized grants totaling $91,500, out of $123,715 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does The Fund for North Bennington Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Environment (53%), Recreation & Sports (20%), Arts & Culture (12%).
- Who are The Fund for North Bennington Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Paran Recreations Inc ($92k), Vermont Community Foundation ($30k), John G McCullough Free Library Inc ($29k).
- Does The Fund for North Bennington Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Fund for North Bennington Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Vermont Community Foundation, Vermont Council on the Arts Inc, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is The Fund for North Bennington Inc based?
- The Fund for North Bennington Inc is based in VT.
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