How much does Vermont Association of Conservation Districts Inc give?

Vermont Association of Conservation Districts Inc reported 14 itemized grants totaling $334,163, out of $382,217 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 21 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.

Who are Vermont Association of Conservation Districts Inc's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Franklin County Nrcd ($388k), Winooski Nrcd ($188k), Caledonia County Natural Resources ($157k).

Does Vermont Association of Conservation Districts Inc fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Vermont Association of Conservation Districts Inc?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Vermont Community Foundation, Center for Technology and Civic Life, Vermont Afterschool Inc.

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Vermont · Public charity

Vermont Association of Conservation Districts Inc

Vermont association of conservation districts (vacd) promotes the conservation of vermont's soil, water, forests, wildlife and other natural resources by supporting vermont's fourteen natural resource conservation districts and implementing state-wide programs.

$382k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 14
Itemized grants FY2025: 16
Organizations funded FY2024: 50%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $334k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $15,380
Largest grant, FY2025: $89,745
Organizations funded a year: 13 to 21; FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 1
Total assets, FY2025: $1.0M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Vermont Association of Conservation Districts Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $96k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Public Safety & DisasterEnvironmentOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	14	$334k	43%
FY2024	16	$381k	50%
FY2023	15	$333k	33%
FY2022	21	$262k	57%
FY2021	16	$186k	38%
FY2020	13	$179k	46%
FY2019	16	$135k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Environment$1.2MPublic Safety & Disaster$599k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Franklin County Nrcd	$387,979	7	n/a
Winooski Nrcd	$187,897	7	n/a
Caledonia County Natural Resources	$156,544	5	n/a
Orleans County Nrcd	$145,829	7	n/a
White River Natural Resource Conservation District	$77,975	5	n/a
Lamoille County Conservation Dist	$64,152	5	n/a
Clarendon Fire Association Inc	$63,998	6	11%
Bennington Nrcd	$51,075	2	n/a
Otter Creek Nrcd	$47,176	5	n/a
Poultney Mettowee Natural Resources Conservation District	$46,581	5	n/a

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All grantees of Vermont Association of Conservation Districts Inc by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Franklin County Nrcd	$387,979	7	n/a
Winooski Nrcd	$187,897	7	n/a
Caledonia County Natural Resources	$156,544	5	n/a
Orleans County Nrcd	$145,829	7	n/a
White River Natural Resource Conservation District	$77,975	5	n/a
Lamoille County Conservation Dist	$64,152	5	n/a
Clarendon Fire Association Inc	$63,998	6	11%
Bennington Nrcd	$51,075	2	n/a
Otter Creek Nrcd	$47,176	5	n/a
Poultney Mettowee Natural Resources Conservation District	$46,581	5	n/a
West Pawlet Volunteer Fire Department Inc	$28,616	2	22%
Town of Newport	$25,000	1	n/a
Wilmington Recreation Commission	$22,014	2	n/a
Cabot Library	$21,735	2	n/a
Windham County Nrcd	$20,430	2	n/a
Fairfield Fire Department	$20,000	1	n/a
Hartland Volunteer Fire Department	$19,612	2	6%
Bridgewater Volunteer Fire Department Inc	$17,007	1	22%
Wells Vfd	$15,000	1	n/a
Mendon Town Of	$15,000	1	n/a
Bakersfield Volunteer Fire Department I	$15,000	1	13%
Plymouth Volunteer Fire Dept Dba Plymouth Emergency Services	$15,000	1	n/a
Town of Putney	$15,000	1	n/a
West Haven Volunteer Fire Department Inc	$14,882	2	n/a
Town of Peacham	$14,621	1	n/a
Blush Hill Estates Association	$13,829	1	n/a
Caledonia County Nrcd	$13,409	2	n/a
Albany Vfd	$13,094	2	n/a
Mount Holly Fd	$12,729	1	n/a
Newbrook Volunteer Fire Association Inc	$12,272	1	7%
Sheldon Fire Department Inc	$12,003	1	6%
East Montpelier Volunteer Fire Department Inc	$11,843	1	1%
Town of Waterford	$10,885	1	n/a
Ferrisburgh Volunteer Fire Dept Inc	$10,000	1	7%
Town of Sandgate	$10,000	1	n/a
Town of Hartford	$10,000	1	n/a
Okemo Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce	$10,000	1	n/a
Corinth Fire Department Inc	$9,968	1	4%
Town of Chester	$9,375	1	n/a
Town of Townshend	$8,120	1	n/a
Putney Fire Department	$8,028	1	n/a
Town of Shoreham	$7,808	1	n/a
Town of Norwich - Recreation Department	$7,766	1	n/a
Lincoln Volunteer Fire Company	$7,695	1	7%
Town of Thetford	$7,016	1	n/a
Town of New Haven	$6,659	1	n/a
Town of Groton Vfd	$6,566	1	n/a
St George Town Center Association	$6,429	1	n/a
Town of Craftsbury	$6,272	1	n/a
Town of Townshend	$6,235	1	n/a
Washington Volunteer Fire Dept	$6,098	1	9%
Stockbridge Vfd	$5,954	1	n/a
Town of Marshfield	$5,610	1	n/a
Town of Sheldon	$5,545	1	n/a
Town of West Rutland	$5,325	1	n/a
Cold Hollow to Canada Incorporated	$5,280	1	3%
Morristown Police Department	$5,069	1	n/a
Salisbury Volunteer Fire Department	$5,000	1	n/a

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Vermont Association of Conservation Districts Inc supplied at peak.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 13.

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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.

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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.

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About Vermont Association of Conservation Districts Inc

How much does Vermont Association of Conservation Districts Inc give?: Vermont Association of Conservation Districts Inc reported 14 itemized grants totaling $334,163, out of $382,217 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 21 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does Vermont Association of Conservation Districts Inc fund?: By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (67%), Public Safety & Disaster (33%).
Who are Vermont Association of Conservation Districts Inc's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Franklin County Nrcd ($388k), Winooski Nrcd ($188k), Caledonia County Natural Resources ($157k).
Does Vermont Association of Conservation Districts Inc fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Vermont Association of Conservation Districts Inc?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Vermont Community Foundation, Center for Technology and Civic Life, Vermont Afterschool Inc.
Where is Vermont Association of Conservation Districts Inc based?: Vermont Association of Conservation Districts Inc is based in VT.