Vermont · Public charity
Vermont Bar Foundation
To distrubute funds to selected non-profit organizations which provide legal services to the disadvantaged and for public education relating to the courts and legal matters.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $55,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $705,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Vermont Bar Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $1.2M | 25% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $1.0M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $1.2M | 11% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $1.1M | 13% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $1.1M | 50% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $1.1M | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont Legal Aid Inc | $6,468,500 | 9 | 11% |
| Have Justice-Will Travel Inc | $180,150 | 9 | 8% |
| Vermont Bar Association | $86,300 | 3 | 3% |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.1M), not named here.
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About Vermont Bar Foundation
- How much does Vermont Bar Foundation give?
- Vermont Bar Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $1,193,869 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Vermont Bar Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (83%), Education (2%), Human Services (1%).
- Who are Vermont Bar Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Vermont Legal Aid Inc ($6.5M), Have Justice-Will Travel Inc ($180k), Vermont Bar Association ($86k).
- Does Vermont Bar Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Vermont Bar Foundation based?
- Vermont Bar Foundation is based in VT.
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