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The Jerry Greenfield & Elizabeth Skarie Foundation at a glance

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The Jerry Greenfield & Elizabeth Skarie Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$152k
Granted FY2022
63
Grants FY2022
11
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of The Jerry Greenfield & Elizabeth Skarie Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to American Endowment Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year The Jerry Greenfield & Elizabeth Skarie Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 50 organizations, $152k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

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Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$1.8MHealth$30kCommunity Improvement$16kCivil Rights$14kEnvironment$13kPublic Benefit$10kHuman Services$8kEducation$7kOther$0
02FY2022 · 63 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 63 grants below total $130,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $151,620 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $21,120 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k60 grants · $86k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $45k
$1,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$55k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation$25,000
Rights and Democracy Education Fund$10,000
B Lab$10,000
Vermont Journalism Trust$7,500
Vt Public Interest Research Education Fund$6,000
Vermont Natural Resources Council$5,000
Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility$5,000
Oberlin College$5,000
Resource$5,000
Prevent Child Abuse Vermont$3,000
Conservation Law Foundation$3,000
Haymarket People's Fund$2,000
Seva$2,000
Vermont Worker's Center$2,000
Peace and Justice Center$2,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 66% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%American Endowment Foundation: $1.1M → 13%SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE: $176k → 10%American Endowment Foundation: $300k → 13%see attached schedule: $165k → 10%American Endowment Foundation: $258k → 13%SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE: $158k → 10%AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $100k → 13%SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE: $157k → 10%AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $39k → 13%SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE: $152k → 10%SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE: $121k → 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.
03Its 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.

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The Vermont Community Foundation

The vermont community foundation helps to build philanthropic resources to sustain healthy and vital vermont communities. the foundation connects and mobilizes people through giving to multiply the impact of philanthropy.

Philanthropy
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Vermont Energy Investment Corporation

Veic is a sustainable energy company on a mission to generate the energy solutions the world needs (continues in schedule o). (continued), working to combat the climate crisis, boost community resilience, and lower energy costs. for nearly…

Environment
3
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
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Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund Inc

We nurture the economic prosperity, ecological health, and social connectivity of people, businesses, organizations and communities in vermont for the benefit and well-being of all who live here.

Employment
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Vermont Electric Cooperative Inc

Vermont electric cooperative is a member owned not-for-profit whose mission is to provide safe, affordable, and reliable energy services to its members.

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Alliance for a Better Vermont

Conducts and coordinates research of critical issues affecting vermonters. also conducts public opinion research.

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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
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Vermont Business Roundtable Inc

To sustain a sound economy and preserve vermont's unique quality of life by studying and making recommendations on statewide public policy issues.

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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
10
Cooperation Vermont

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

Community Improvement
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Vermont Public Interest Research Group Inc

Founded in 1972, the vermont public interest research group (vpirg) is the largest nonprofit consumer and environmental advocacy organization in vermont. for five decades, vpirg has brought the voices of everyday vermonters to public…

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Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies Inc

Vcet's purpose is to accelerate innovation and entrepreneurship across vermont. this is accomplished by providing expert mentoring and technical assistance, the operation of coworking/incubation facilities and the operation of early stage…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Vermont Natural Resources Council Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Barred Rock Fund Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

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

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 51 of the 64 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
51/51
Grantees still filing
34/51
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $1,824,332 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION+2 more: $1,500 · PhilanthropyVt Public Interest Research Education Fund: $6,000 · OtherVERMONT BUSINESSES FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY INC: $5,000 · OtherPREVENT CHILD ABUSE VERMONT: $3,000 · OtherVermont Worker's Center: $2,000 · OtherSeva: $2,000 · OtherHAYMARKET PEOPLE'S FUND INC: $2,000 · OtherACLU Foundation of Vermont: $2,000 · OtherRESOURCE A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE INC: $5,000 · OtherOberlin College: $5,000 · OtherPeace and Justice Center: $2,000 · Other+27 more: $21,000 · OtherHAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION: $25,000 · HealthGROUNDS FOR HEALTH INC: $1,000 · HealthMULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES INC: $1,000 · Health+2 more: $750 · HealthVERMONT NATURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL INC: $5,000 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · EnvironmentSHELBURNE FARMS: $1,000 · EnvironmentTINY SEED PROJECT INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentGREENPEACE FUND INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentVERMONT LAND TRUST INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentReal Organic Project Inc: $1,000 · Environment350 VERMONT INC: $500 · EnvironmentVERMONT JOURNALISM TRUST LTD: $7,500 · Arts & CultureNORTH COUNTRY CHAMBER PLAYERSINC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureFLYNN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS LTD: $1,000 · Arts & CulturePRESERVATION TRUST OF VERMONT INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureBURLINGTON CITY ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $500 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $500 · Arts & CultureB LAB COMPANY: $10,000 · Public BenefitPUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Public Benefit+1 more: $250 · Public BenefitRIGHTS & DEMOCRACY EDUCATION FUND INC: $10,000 · Crime & Legal
Philanthropy$1,825,832Other$55,000Health$27,750Environment$13,500Arts & Culture$11,500Public Benefit$11,250Crime & Legal$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $1,824,332 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetB LAB COMPANY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIGHTS & DEMOCRACY EDUCATION FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetVERMONT JOURNALISM TRUST LTD: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVERMONT BUSINESSES FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetOberlin College: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRESOURCE A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVERMONT NATURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPREVENT CHILD ABUSE VERMONT: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPeace and Justice Center: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHAYMARKET PEOPLE'S FUND INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ANDREW GOODMAN FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILLISTON COMMUNITY FOOD SHELF: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNORTH COUNTRY CHAMBER PLAYERSINC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSHELBURNE FARMS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTINY SEED PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BARRED ROCK FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetGREYSTON FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVERMONT FOODBANK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANTIOCH COLLEGE CORPORATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENPEACE FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVERMONT LAND TRUST INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS VERMONT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGROUNDS FOR HEALTH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFLYNN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS LTD: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetReal Organic Project Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVERMONT COMMUNITY LOAN FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMITTEE ON TEMPORARY SHELTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRESERVATION TRUST OF VERMONT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERVALE CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD 4 FARMERS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRHINO FOODS FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVERMONT COUNCIL ON WORLD AFFAIRS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBURLINGTON CITY ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRocky Mountain Institute: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget350 VERMONT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGREEN MOUNTAIN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetABOUT FACE VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPS TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHAMPLAIN VALLEY OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHEASTERN VERMONT COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $250 over 1y, 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.

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…Ben & Jerry's Foundat…Lintilhac Foundation …National Life Group C…George W Mergens Foun…Harris & Frances Bloc…Peoples United Commun…The Morris & Bessie A…High Meadows Fund IncSeventh Generation Fo…Fanny Allen Corporati…The Robert Fleming & …
The Vermont Community FoundationVT52.3× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Vermont Community Foundation · Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc · Lintilhac Foundation Inc · National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc · George W Mergens Foundation · Harris & Frances Block Foundation Inc · Peoples United Community Foundation · The Morris & Bessie Altman Foundation · High Meadows Fund Inc · Seventh Generation Foundation Inc · Fanny Allen Corporation · The Robert Fleming & Jane Howe Patrick 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 The Jerry Greenfield & Elizabeth Skarie Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jerry Greenfield & Elizabeth Skarie Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–24
    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.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Jerry Greenfield & Elizabeth Skarie Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Jerry Greenfield & Elizabeth Skarie Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 64 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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