· Private foundation
The Winthrop H Smith Jr Charitable Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k25 grants · $63k
- $10k–50k11 grants · $118k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $110k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BURLINGTON CITY ARTS | $110,000 |
| MAD RIVER VALLEY INTERFAITH COUNCIL | $15,000 |
| NEW LEARNING JOURNEY | $12,500 |
| SHELBURNE FARMS | $10,000 |
| MUSIC FOR THE EARTH INC | $10,000 |
| MAD RIVER VALLEY COMMUNITY FUND | $10,000 |
| ME2 | $10,000 |
| CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE | $10,000 |
| UNQUOWA SCHOOL ASSN | $10,000 |
| HIGH FIVES FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| THE NATURE CONSERVANCY VERMONT | $10,000 |
| WOMEN IN FILM & VIDEO-NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER INC | $5,200 |
| MAD RIVER VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC | $5,200 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.
31 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $171k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- POPROTECT OUR WINTERS4× · 2021–2024 · $40k · revenue +44%
- TUTHE UNQUOWA SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INC5× · 2020–2024 · $32k · revenue +19%
VERMONT JOURNALISM TRUST LTD3× · 2020–2022 · $30k · revenue +19%
Funded once
Adaptive Sports Center of Crested Butte Incgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +69%
THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LANDgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +109%- MFMOUNTAIN FOUNDATIONone grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +17%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
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.
Protect land along rivers, lakes and wetlands of vt; protect public access, wildlife habitat, scenic natural beauty, and ecological integrity.
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To sustain a sound economy and preserve vermont's unique quality of life by studying and making recommendations on statewide public policy issues.
See schedule othe mission of the vermont council on world affairs is to promote awareness and understanding of the world and its people, places and cultures through education and engagement. the future of vermont depends upon the world…
To provide financial support for the operations and programs of vermont college of fine arts, inc.
Rooted in vermont since 1977, the vermont land trust unites land and lives for the enduring benefit of people and the place we share. we help people protect, care for, and connect to land. this includes the farms, forests, natural areas,…
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…
The mission of vins is to motivate individuals and communities to care for the environment through education, research, and avian wildlife rehabilitation.
To leverage the power of business for positive social and environmental impact.
The mission of mountain river school is to honor children's intrinsic passion for learning and inspire curiosity through holistic, nature-based education.
Using the humanities, we connect with people across vermont to create just, vibrant, and resilient communities, and to inspire a lifelong love of learning.
How this is measured
42 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 42 of the 80 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds BURLINGTON CITY ARTS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds MAD RIVER VALLEY COMMUNITY FUND INC ↗
- Who funds LET'S GROW KIDS INC ↗
- Who funds PROTECT OUR WINTERS ↗
- Who funds THE UNQUOWA SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds VERMONT FOODBANK ↗
- Who funds VERMONT JOURNALISM TRUST LTD ↗
- Who funds THE KELLY S BRUSH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Adaptive Sports Center of Crested Butte Inc ↗
- Who funds THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND ↗
- Who funds MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds NEW LEARNING JOURNEY INC ↗
- Who funds MAD RIVER VALLEY INTERFAITH COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds MUSIC FOR THE EARTH INC ↗
- Who funds TRUSTEES OF DEERFIELD ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds MAD RIVER VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ↗
- Who funds FORMAN SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds SHELBURNE FARMS ↗
- Who funds VERMONT COUNCIL ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT INC ↗
- Who funds VERMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION INC ↗
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 · National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc · The Carmel Hill Fund · The Morris & Bessie Altman Foundation · RUTH & PETER METZ FAMILY FOUNDATION co THOMAS PHELAN · Oakland Foundation Inc · Lintilhac Foundation Inc · Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc · Xenon Foundation · Larsen Fund · Forrest C & Frances H Lattner Foundation · The Windham Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Winthrop H Smith Jr Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Winthrop H Smith Jr Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Vermont Council On Rural Development Inc: 17% of income from government
- Vermont Foodbank: 13% of income from government
- Friends of the Mad River: 12% of income from government
- Vermont Symphony Orchestra Association Inc: 11% of income from government
- Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports: 11% of income from government
- Catamount Trail Association: 10% of income from government
- Burlington City Arts Foundation Inc: 6% of income from government
- Litchfield Historical Society: 3% of income from government
- Shelburne Farms: 3% of income from government
- Mad River Path Association: 2% of income from government
- The Legacy Theatre Inc: 1% of income from government
- Vermont Public Co: 0% of income from government
- Vermont Journalism Trust Ltd: 0% of income from government
- The Vermont Community Foundation: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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