Vermont · Public charity
United Way of Northwest Vermont Inc
Our mission is to build a stronger northwest vermont by mobilizing our community to improve people's lives. United way isn't just our name - it's how we work. We bring together individuals, nonprofits, businesses, and government entities to fight for a strong, vibrant, and healthy community. We fight for the education, financial…
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 48
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 49
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $16,875
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $84,375
- Organizations funded a year
- 40 to 55
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations United Way of Northwest Vermont Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $384k 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 | 48 | $1.1M | 2% |
| FY2024 | 49 | $1.4M | 33% |
| FY2023 | 45 | $1.3M | 18% |
| FY2022 | 55 | $1.4M | 20% |
| FY2021 | 49 | $1.8M | 20% |
| FY2020 | 41 | $1.7M | 7% |
| FY2019 | 40 | $1.6M | 28% |
| FY2018 | 52 | $2.2M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| HowardCenter Inc | $1,461,967 | 8 | 0% |
| Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity Inc | $1,014,520 | 8 | 1% |
| Lund Family Center Inc | $713,702 | 8 | 1% |
| Spectrum Youth and Family Services Inc | $574,372 | 8 | 3% |
| The University of Vermont Health Network Home Health & Hospice | $400,361 | 7 | 0% |
| King Street Center | $353,379 | 5 | n/a |
| Sara M Holbrook Community Center Inc | $352,125 | 8 | 11% |
| Greater Burlington YMCA Inc | $345,674 | 8 | 1% |
| Champlain Community Service Inc | $318,694 | 8 | 1% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Burlington Inc | $302,367 | 8 | 5% |
Show all 111 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($90k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget United Way of Northwest Vermont Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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 · Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc · National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc · Community Bank Na Foundation of New England Inc · The University of Vermont Medical Center · George W Mergens Foundation · Fanny Allen Corporation · Hoehl Family Foundation · Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · Richard E and Deborah L Tarrant Foundation Inc · Vermont Afterschool Inc
How this is measured
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About United Way of Northwest Vermont Inc
- How much does United Way of Northwest Vermont Inc give?
- United Way of Northwest Vermont Inc reported 48 itemized grants totaling $1,064,931, out of $1,761,487 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 40 and 55 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Northwest Vermont Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (30%), Human Services (28%), Community Improvement (8%).
- Who are United Way of Northwest Vermont Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: HowardCenter Inc ($1.5M), Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity Inc ($1.0M), Lund Family Center Inc ($714k).
- Does United Way of Northwest Vermont Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Northwest Vermont Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Vermont Community Foundation, Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc, National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is United Way of Northwest Vermont Inc based?
- United Way of Northwest Vermont Inc is based in VT.
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