Vermont · Public charity
Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation
VCTF works to ensure the well-being of children and families in Vermont by raising private money to fund prevention programs for children and families throughout Vermont. During the fiscal year ending 6/30/2026, VCTF funded 48 programs a total of $384,163.
- $385k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 25
- Itemized grants FY2026
- 68
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 51%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Itemized, FY2026
- $344k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2026
- $12,750
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 29 to 68
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 2
- Total assets, FY2026
- $2.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 51% of the organizations Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $446k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 25 | $344k | 4% |
| FY2025 | 68 | $967k | 51% |
| FY2024 | 39 | $586k | 51% |
| FY2023 | 31 | $308k | 26% |
| FY2022 | 46 | $467k | 48% |
| FY2021 | 32 | $347k | 28% |
| FY2020 | 37 | $416k | 46% |
| FY2019 | 29 | $307k | 7% |
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 FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outright Vermont | $233,008 | 10 | 4% |
| Everybody Wins Vermont Inc | $134,195 | 9 | 11% |
| Very Merry Theatre | $111,018 | 9 | 6% |
| The Teen Center Inc | $99,948 | 9 | 19% |
| Changing Perspectives | $92,175 | 7 | 6% |
| Prevent Child Abuse Vermont | $83,835 | 6 | 4% |
| Arts Bus Inc | $76,000 | 3 | 36% |
| Inclusive Arts Vermont Inc | $73,268 | 6 | 4% |
| The Mentor Connector Inc | $72,430 | 6 | 7% |
| Interaction Inc | $69,387 | 6 | 1% |
Show all 89 grantees
Plus 95 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 74 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · Vermont Afterschool Inc · George W Mergens Foundation · National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · The Windham Foundation Inc · Vermont Council on the Arts Inc · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · United Way of Northwest Vermont Inc · Community Bank Na Foundation of New England Inc · The Couch Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation
- How much does Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation give?
- Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation reported 25 itemized grants totaling $343,782, out of $385,163 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 68 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Youth Development (28%), Human Services (20%), Arts & Culture (14%).
- Who are Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Outright Vermont ($233k), Everybody Wins Vermont Inc ($134k), Very Merry Theatre ($111k).
- Does Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 51% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Vermont Community Foundation, Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc, Vermont Afterschool Inc.
- Where is Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation based?
- Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation is based in VT.
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