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The Vermont Community Foundation

THE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION helps to build philanthropic resources to sustain healthy and vital vermont communities.

$49M
Granted FY2024still arriving
728
Grants FY2024still arriving
37
States reached
$8.0M
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.

Environment$36MArts & Culture$32MEducation$22MHealth$22MFood & Nutrition$17MHuman Services$17MHousing & Shelter$12MCommunity Improvement$9.9MOther$0
02FY2024 · 728 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 728 grants below total $46,332,428 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $48,827,616 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $2,495,188 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k154 grants · $1.1M
  • $10k–50k418 grants · $8.6M
  • $50k–250k124 grants · $12M
  • $250k+32 grants · $25M
$18,000
Median grant
37
States reached
$371M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ECHO LEAHY CENTER FOR LAKE CHAMPLAIN INC$7,951,562
VERMONT LONG-TERM DISASTER RECOVERY GROUP INC$2,045,608
PATHWAYS VERMONT$1,313,879
VERMONT LAND TRUST$1,168,659
CATHEDRAL SQUARE CORPORATION$1,011,000
FLYNN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS$755,930
NORTHEAST KINGDOM HUMAN SERVICES$719,758
HOPE COALITION$650,000
REVITALIZING WATERBURY INC$529,950
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT CANCER CENTER$512,102
INTERVALE CENTER INC$472,568
THE MENTOR CONNECTOR$465,000
PARKS FOUNDATION OF BURLINGTON INC$455,128
TOWN HALL THEATER INC$429,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT FOUNDATION$426,950
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 (FY17–24, $12.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 68% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SILVER BAY YMCA - CONFERENCE & FAMILY RETREAT CENTER: $134k → 10%REALIZE IMPACT: $100k → 10%SUSU COMMUNITY FARM: $186k → 11%NORTHEAST KINGDOM YOUTH SERVICES: $143k → 12%SUSU COMMUNITY FARM: $151k → 11%UMBRELLA OF ST JOHNSBURY INC: $141k → 12%UMBRELLA OF ST JOHNSBURY INC: $87k → 12%SOUTHEASTERN VERMONT COMMUNITY ACTION (SEVCA): $301k → 11%NORTHEAST KINGDOM COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $138k → 14%BRAIN INJURY ALLIANCE OF VERMONT: $97k → 9%RESOURCE A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE: $347k → 10%BRAIN INJURY ALLIANCE OF VERMONT: $95k → 9%RESOURCE A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE: $101k → 10%ADDISON COUNTY ATHLETICS FOUNDATION: $255k → 9%RESOURCE A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE: $96k → 10%ADDISON COMMUNITY ATHLETICS FOUNDATION: $247k → 9%CHILD CARE RESOURCE INC: $87k → 10%ADDISON COMMUNITY ATHLETICS FOUNDATION INC: $236k → 9%RESOURCE A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE: $79k → 10%ADDISON COMMUNITY ATHLETICS FOUNDATION INC: $175k → 9%ADDISON COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION GROUP (HOPE): $168k → 9%ADDISON COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION GROUP (HOPE): $149k → 9%SUSU COMMUNITY FARM: $106k → 11%CAPSTONE COMMUNITY ACTION: $390k → 9%ADDISON COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION GROUP (HOPE): $101k → 9%CAPSTONE COMMUNITY ACTION: $266k → 9%CAPSTONE COMMUNITY ACTION: $154k → 9%WOMENSAFE INC: $79k → 9%PATHWAYS VERMONT: $1.3M → 10%LUND FAMILY CENTER: $159k → 10%LUND FAMILY CENTER: $79k → 10%GREATER BURLINGTON YMCA: $506k → 10%SPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $216k → 10%SPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $202k → 10%SPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $192k → 10%VERMONT RIVER CONSERVANCY INC: $96k → 9%VERMONT RIVER CONSERVANCY INC: $95k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS - VERMONT CHAPTER: $132k → 10%GREATER BURLINGTON YMCA: $126k → 10%ASSOCIATION OF AFRICANS LIVING IN VERMONT: $124k → 10%SPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $121k → 10%SPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $102k → 10%SPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $100k → 10%RESOURCE A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE: $92k → 10%ASSOCIATION OF AFRICANS LIVING IN VERMONT: $89k → 10%SPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $84k → 10%SPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $83k → 10%PATHWAYS VERMONT: $196k → 10%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.

Which US states your grants reach

AK
ME
VT
NH
WA
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$194M · 861 repeat orgs$15M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +39% since the first grant, against +10% for the ones you funded once.

861 repeat relationships — 559 still active in FY2024, 302 since wound down; 161 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

861
599

Total granted

$194M
$11M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+10%

Still filing today

83%
51%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationEnvironmentHealthCommunity ImprovementOther

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

  • VERMONT LAND TRUST INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $10M · revenue +67%
  • LC
    LEAHY CENTER FOR LAKE CHAMPLAIN INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $8.0M · revenue +73%
  • SL
    SPRING LAKE RANCH INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $4.3M · revenue +83% · 44% of their budget

Funded once

  • NO
    NowMattersNow Org
    one grant, 2023 · $526k
  • From The Heart Productionsgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $250k · revenue +35%
  • CO
    CENTER ON RURAL INNOVATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $250k · revenue +29%

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
Alliance for a Better Vermont

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

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2
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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3
Cooperation Vermont Community Land Trust

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

Community Improvement
4
American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont Inc

The ACLU of Vermont is a membership organization that protects civil liberties. Its work includes communication and advocacy with regards to rights guaranteed by the U.S. and State Constitutions.

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5
Vermont Riverlands Llc

To protect and enhance the natural resources of vermont in order to promote the well-being of present and future generations of vermonters and visitors; preserve and aid in the preservation of open land along rivers and lakes; protect and…

Environment
6
Northeast Kingdom Development Corporation

Fostering, encouraging and assisting the physical location of business enterprises within the States of Vermont and New Hampshire, and having its principal purpose be industrial and economic development of one or more political…

Employment
7
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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8
Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility Inc

To leverage the power of business for positive social and environmental impact.

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9
Vermont Fresh Network Corporation

Advancing relationships among farmers, chefs, and consumers to grow markets and eat more locally grown food.

Community Improvement
10
Mt Ascutney Outdoors Inc

Mt. Ascutney Outdoors, Inc's mission is to promote vitality within the community by providing affordable and unique recreational, cultural and educational activities to local residents and visitors from the Upper Valley region of Vermont…

Recreation & Sports
11
Community Justice Network of Vermont

The community justice network of vermont unites the efforts of vermonters seeking to make restorative responses available for people whose lives are

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12
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

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community of Vermont Elders Inc and the most unlike its peers is Highland Center for the Arts. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 30 years old; the field is 21. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number16%4%<5yr12%11%5–10yr19%17%10–20yr20%27%20–35yr16%24%35–55yr17%16%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value16%2%<5yr12%6%5–10yr19%13%10–20yr20%28%20–35yr16%33%35–55yr17%18%55yr+

The field is 16% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%24/1,614
the rest of the field
10%
470/4,495

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

1203 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 1203 of the 1,645 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.

99
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
321
Early backer (in before they grew)
1154/1203
Grantees still filing
794/1203
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

VERMONT LAND TRUST INC — $10,171,336 · EnvironmentVERMONT LAND TRUST IN…STOWE LAND TRUST — $5,100,000 · EnvironmentSTOWE LAND TRUSTVERMONT FAMILY FORESTS FOUNDATION — $3,081,167 · EnvironmentVERMONT FAMILY FOREST…SHELBURNE FARMS — $1,998,948 · EnvironmentSHELBURNE FARMS+17 more — $8,526,267 · Environment+17 moreSPRING LAKE RANCH INC — $4,293,556 · OtherSPRING LAKE RANCH INCTHE WINDHAM FOUNDATION INC — $2,820,434 · OtherLET'S GROW KIDS INC — $2,118,750 · OtherCHAMPLAIN HOUSING TRUST — $3,135,891 · OtherVERMONT LONG TERM DISASTER RECOVERY GROUP INC — $2,351,690 · Other+86 more — $45,736,219 · Other+86 moreLEAHY CENTER FOR LAKE CHAMPLAIN INC — $8,029,312 · Arts & CultureLEAHY CENTER FOR L…NORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT — $2,554,797 · Arts & CultureNORTHEAST ORGANIC …FLYNN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS LTD — $1,840,808 · Arts & CultureFLYNN CENTER FOR T…VERMONT COUNCIL ON THE ARTS INC — $1,602,370 · Arts & CultureVERMONT COUNCIL ON…PRESERVATION TRUST OF VERMONT INC — $1,374,134 · Arts & CulturePRESERVATION TRUST…BURLINGTON CITY ARTS FOUNDATION INC — $1,263,209 · Arts & CultureTOWN HALL THEATER INC — $1,146,295 · Arts & Culture+18 more — $7,557,650 · Arts & Culture+18 morePATHWAYS VERMONT INC — $1,642,642 · Human ServicesSPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC — $1,099,910 · Human ServicesCAPSTONE COMMUNITY ACTION INC — $982,650 · Human ServicesADDISON COMMUNITY ATHLETICS FOUNDATION INC — $913,769 · Human ServicesRESOURCE A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE INC — $867,700 · Human ServicesKING STREET CENTER INC — $738,105 · Human ServicesGREATER BURLINGTON YMCA INC — $713,542 · Human ServicesADDISON COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION GRO INC D/B/A HOPE — $704,400 · Human ServicesLund Family Center Inc — $590,675 · Human ServicesSUSU COMMUNITY FARM INC — $535,250 · Human ServicesUMBRELLA OF ST JOHNSBURY INC — $414,875 · Human ServicesSOUTHEASTERN VERMONT COMMUNITY ACTION INC — $413,000 · Human Services+8 more — $2,292,075 · Human ServicesUNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $2,693,750 · EducationCHAMPLAIN COLLEGE INCORPORATED — $1,025,010 · EducationNowMattersNow Org — $526,000 · EducationTHE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA — $506,420 · EducationVERMONT STUDENT DEVELOPMENT FUND INC — $495,192 · EducationWINSTON PROUTY CENTER FOR CHILD AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT — $471,177 · EducationGODDARD COLLEGE — $463,584 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — $404,275 · EducationLAKE CHAMPLAIN COMMUNITY SAILING CENTER INC — $397,250 · EducationBUILDING BRIGHT FUTURES STATE ADVISORY COUNCIL — $355,695 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College — $354,550 · Education+9 more — $2,512,939 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER — $1,689,418 · HealthPlanned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc — $1,132,880 · HealthCOMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS OF BURLINGTON INC — $974,779 · HealthVERMONT PROGRAM FOR QUALITY IN HEALTH CARE INC — $814,360 · HealthUNITED COUNSELING SERVICE OF BENNINGTON COUNTY INC — $545,586 · HealthCommunity Health Services of Addison Cty Inc — $541,014 · HealthTHE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK HOME HEALTH & HOSPICE — $420,750 · HealthRESCUE INC — $375,599 · Health+9 more — $2,194,011 · HealthVERMONT FOODBANK — $2,860,766 · Food & NutritionMIGRANT JUSTICE INC — $2,076,042 · Food & NutritionMERCK FOREST FOUNDATION INC — $1,514,756 · Food & NutritionVERMONT FARM-TO-SCHOOL INC — $468,926 · Food & NutritionFOOD CONNECTS — $446,858 · Food & NutritionSalvation Farms Inc — $352,950 · Food & Nutrition
Environment$28,877,718Other$60,456,540Arts & Culture$25,368,575Human Services$11,908,593Education$10,205,842Health$8,688,397Food & Nutrition$7,720,298

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetVERMONT LAND TRUST INC — $10,171,336 over 8y, 13% of budgetLEAHY CENTER FOR LAKE CHAMPLAIN INC — $8,029,312 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetSTOWE LAND TRUST — $5,100,000 over 4y, 73% of budgetSPRING LAKE RANCH INC — $4,293,556 over 7y, 44% of budgetCHAMPLAIN HOUSING TRUST — $3,135,891 over 8y, 12% of budgetVERMONT FAMILY FORESTS FOUNDATION — $3,081,167 over 8y, 98% of budgetVERMONT FOODBANK — $2,860,766 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetTHE WINDHAM FOUNDATION INC — $2,820,434 over 8y, 28% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $2,693,750 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetNORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT — $2,554,797 over 8y, 16% of budgetVERMONT LONG TERM DISASTER RECOVERY GROUP INC — $2,351,690 over 5y, 48% of budgetLET'S GROW KIDS INC — $2,118,750 over 5y, 18% of budgetMIGRANT JUSTICE INC — $2,076,042 over 8y, 71% of budgetSHELBURNE FARMS — $1,998,948 over 8y, 6.8% of budgetFLYNN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS LTD — $1,840,808 over 8y, 9.3% of budgetCATHEDRAL SQUARE CORPORATION — $1,743,062 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetVERMONT WORKS FOR WOMEN INC — $1,692,695 over 8y, 34% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER — $1,689,418 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPATHWAYS VERMONT INC — $1,642,642 over 7y, 11% of budgetINTERVALE CENTER INC — $1,618,215 over 8y, 14% of budgetVERMONT COUNCIL ON THE ARTS INC — $1,602,370 over 8y, 11% of budgetMERCK FOREST FOUNDATION INC — $1,514,756 over 8y, 23% of budgetTHE DREAM PROGRAM INC — $1,399,265 over 8y, 20% of budgetPRESERVATION TRUST OF VERMONT INC — $1,374,134 over 8y, 30% of budgetTHE HOMESTEAD INC — $1,374,047 over 6y, 30% of budgetBURLINGTON CITY ARTS FOUNDATION INC — $1,263,209 over 8y, 33% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST VERMONT INC — $1,156,267 over 8y, 7.8% of budgetCHAMPLAIN VALLEY OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY INC — $1,154,027 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetTOWN HALL THEATER INC — $1,146,295 over 8y, 9.8% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc — $1,132,880 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetNORTHEAST KINGDOM HUMAN SERVICES INC — $1,107,420 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND — $1,103,520 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC — $1,099,910 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetVERMONT COUNCIL ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT INC — $1,032,450 over 8y, 23% of budgetCHAMPLAIN COLLEGE INCORPORATED — $1,025,010 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetMERCY CONNECTIONS INC — $1,013,906 over 8y, 34% of budgetCAPSTONE COMMUNITY ACTION INC — $982,650 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS OF BURLINGTON INC — $974,779 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetCIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS USA — $955,000 over 4y, 7.1% of budgetVERMONT HUMANITIES COUNCIL — $930,002 over 8y, 13% of budgetADDISON COMMUNITY ATHLETICS FOUNDATION INC — $913,769 over 4y, 74% of budgetRESOURCE A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE INC — $867,700 over 8y, 4.9% of budgetCLEMMONS FAMILY FARM INC — $830,300 over 5y, 50% of budgetCOMMITTEE ON TEMPORARY SHELTER INC — $823,735 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetTHE WESTON PLAYHOUSE THEATER — $823,350 over 7y, 16% of budgetCENTER FOR AN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY INC — $816,208 over 7y, 7.2% of budgetVERMONT SUSTAINABLE JOBS FUND INC — $814,400 over 8y, 9.0% of budgetVERMONT PROGRAM FOR QUALITY IN HEALTH CARE INC — $814,360 over 5y, 22% 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.

  • Who funds VERMONT LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds LEAHY CENTER FOR LAKE CHAMPLAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds STOWE LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds SPRING LAKE RANCH INC ↗
  • Who funds CHAMPLAIN HOUSING TRUST ↗
  • Who funds VERMONT FAMILY FORESTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VERMONT FOODBANK ↗
  • Who funds THE WINDHAM FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT ↗
  • Who funds VERMONT LONG TERM DISASTER RECOVERY GROUP INC ↗
  • Who funds LET'S GROW KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds MIGRANT JUSTICE INC ↗
  • Who funds SHELBURNE FARMS ↗
  • Who funds FLYNN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS LTD ↗
  • Who funds CATHEDRAL SQUARE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds VERMONT WORKS FOR WOMEN INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PATHWAYS VERMONT INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERVALE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds VERMONT COUNCIL ON THE ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds MERCK FOREST FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE DREAM PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds PRESERVATION TRUST OF VERMONT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HOMESTEAD INC ↗
  • Who funds BURLINGTON CITY ARTS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST VERMONT INC ↗
  • Who funds CHAMPLAIN VALLEY OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY INC ↗
  • Who funds TOWN HALL THEATER INC ↗
  • Who funds Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEAST KINGDOM HUMAN SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
  • Who funds SPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds VERMONT COUNCIL ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds CHAMPLAIN COLLEGE INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds MERCY CONNECTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds CAPSTONE COMMUNITY ACTION INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS OF BURLINGTON INC ↗
  • Who funds CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS USA ↗

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 Windham Foundatio…Vermont Council on th…Ben & Jerry's Foundat…George W Mergens Foun…Lintilhac Foundation …Vermont FoodbankVermont Childrens Tru…National Life Group C…Community Bank Na Fou…Vermont Afterschool I…United Way of Northwe…Vermont Humanities Co…
The Windham Foundation IncVT167.4× affinity126 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Windham Foundation Inc · Vermont Council on the Arts Inc · Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc · George W Mergens Foundation · Lintilhac Foundation Inc · Vermont Foodbank · Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation · National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc · Community Bank Na Foundation of New England Inc · Vermont Afterschool Inc · United Way of Northwest Vermont Inc · Vermont Humanities Council

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 The Vermont Community Foundation 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 · 350%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 17%
  • Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships — 100% of income from government
  • The Dream Program Inc — 100% of income from government
  • Shires Housing Inc — 100% of income from government
  • City Green Inc — 100% of income from government
  • Atria Collective Inc — 96% of income from government
  • Watersheds United Vermont Inc — 95% of income from government
  • Vermont Folklife Center — 90% of income from government
  • Capstone Community Action Inc — 84% of income from government
  • Southeastern Vermont Community Action Inc — 83% of income from government
  • Northeast Kingdom Community Action Inc — 82% of income from government
  • Umbrella of St Johnsbury Inc — 76% of income from government
  • Cathedral Square Corporation — 73% of income from government
  • Groundworks Collaborative Inc — 73% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Rutland County — 72% of income from government
  • North Central Vermont Recovery Center Inc — 69% of income from government
  • Vermont Humanities Council — 67% of income from government
  • Pathways Vermont Inc — 65% of income from government
  • Good Samaritan Haven Inc — 63% of income from government
  • Vermont Association for Mental Health and Addiction Recovery Inc — 62% of income from government
  • Turning Point Center of Addison County — 62% of income from government
  • Age Well Inc — 60% of income from government
  • Prevent Child Abuse Vermont — 58% of income from government
  • Vermont Works for Women Inc — 52% of income from government
  • Committee On Temporary Shelter Inc — 52% of income from government
  • Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund Inc — 51% of income from government
  • Vermont Youth Conservation Corps Inc — 47% of income from government
  • Parent Child Center Inc — 45% of income from government
  • Mosaic Vermont Inc — 44% of income from government
  • King Street Center Inc — 43% of income from government
  • Vermont Rural Education Collaborative Inc — 43% of income from government
  • Root Social Justice Center Inc — 42% of income from government
  • Vermont Land Trust Inc — 42% of income from government
  • Vermont Afterschool Inc — 42% of income from government
  • Peace and Justice Center — 41% of income from government
  • Dismas of Vermont Inc — 39% of income from government
  • Upper Valley Haven — 38% of income from government
  • Center On Rural Innovation Inc — 37% of income from government
  • Lund Family Center Inc — 34% of income from government
  • United Way of Northwest Vermont Inc — 34% of income from government
  • Leahy Center for Lake Champlain Inc — 33% of income from government
  • Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont — 31% of income from government
  • Vermont Natural Resources Council Inc — 30% of income from government
  • Preservation Trust of Vermont Inc — 29% of income from government
  • Vermont Community Garden Network Inc — 28% of income from government
  • Center for Women & Enterprise Inc — 27% of income from government
  • Catamount Film & Arts Company — 27% of income from government
  • Salvation Farms Inc — 26% of income from government
  • Retreat Farm Ltd — 25% of income from government
  • Community Resilience Organizations — 25% of income from government
  • Hunger Free Vermont Inc — 24% of income from government
  • Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity Inc — 23% of income from government
  • The Vermont River Conservancy Inc — 21% of income from government
  • Vermont Council On the Arts Inc — 20% of income from government
  • Vermont Principals Association Inc — 19% of income from government
  • Elderly Services Inc — 19% of income from government
  • Addison County Community Action Gro Inc D/B/a Hope — 18% of income from government
  • Vermont Covertswoodlands for Wildlife Inc — 18% of income from government
  • Vermont Council On Rural Development Inc — 17% of income from government
  • Community Health Centers of Burlington Inc — 17% of income from government
  • Gilman Housing Trust Inc — 17% of income from government
  • The Green Mountain Club Inc Debonis — 17% of income from government
  • Boys and Girls Club of Burlington Inc — 16% of income from government
  • Springfield Medical Care Systems Inc — 16% of income from government
  • Food Connects — 15% of income from government
  • Governor's Institutes of Vermont — 15% of income from government
  • Champlain Housing Trust — 15% of income from government
  • Association of Africans Living in Vermont Inc — 14% of income from government
  • Chittenden Community Television — 14% of income from government
  • United Way of Lamoille County Inc — 14% of income from government
  • Vermont Community Loan Fund — 14% of income from government
  • Vermont Foodbank — 13% of income from government
  • Outright Vermont — 13% of income from government
  • Intervale Center Inc — 13% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University — 12% of income from government
  • United Way of Addison County Inc — 12% of income from government
  • Center for an Agricultural Economy Inc — 12% of income from government
  • Town Hall Theater Inc — 11% of income from government
  • Vermont Symphony Orchestra Association Inc — 11% of income from government
  • Stowe Land Trust — 10% of income from government
  • Susu Community Farm Inc — 10% of income from government
  • Clemmons Family Farm Inc — 9% of income from government
  • Rutland West Neighborhood Housing Services Inc — 9% of income from government
  • Vermont Program for Quality in Health Care Inc — 8% of income from government
  • Behavioral Health Network of Vt Inc — 8% of income from government
  • HowardCenter Inc — 8% of income from government
  • Northeast Kingdom Human Services Inc — 8% of income from government
  • Rescue Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Neighborhood Connections Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Vermont Farm-to-School Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Downstreet Housing and Community Development Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium — 7% of income from government
  • Burlington City Arts Foundation Inc — 6% of income from government
  • Vital Communities Inc — 5% of income from government
  • Revitalizing Waterbury Inc — 5% of income from government
  • The Vermont Center for Ecostudies Inc — 4% of income from government
  • North Branch Nature Center Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Vermont Stage Company — 4% of income from government
  • Litchfield Performing Arts Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Stowe Story Labs Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Shelburne Farms — 3% of income from government
  • Cover Home Repair Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Northeast Wilderness Trust Corporation — 2% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc — 2% of income from government
  • St Johnsbury Area Youth Service Bureau — 2% of income from government
  • Resource a Nonprofit Community Enterprise Inc — 2% of income from government
  • ME2 Orchestra Inc — 1% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Middlebury College — 1% of income from government
  • The Windham Foundation Inc — 1% of income from government
  • The University of Vermont Medical Center — 1% of income from government
  • The Weston Playhouse Theater — 0% of income from government
  • Flynn Center for the Performing Arts Ltd — 0% of income from government
  • Elnu Abenaki Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Vermont Public Co — 0% of income from government
  • Vermont Journalism Trust Ltd — 0% of income from government
  • Champlain College Incorporated — 0% of income from government
  • Inclusive Arts Vermont Inc — 0% of income from government
  • The Nature Museum at Grafton — 0% of income from government
  • Energy Action Network Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Migrant Justice Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Infact Dba Corporate Accountability — 0% of income from government
  • Rutland Hospital Inc — 0% of income from government
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35get no government money at all
29report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
25rely 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 1645 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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