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Vermont Federal Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$87k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
38
Grants FY2025
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$20,000
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$69k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

Top grantees

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

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Capstone Community Action Inc$20,00010%
The Josh Pallotta Fund Inc$5,00011%
Big Beautiful Life Inc$5,0001n/a
Good Beginnings of Central Vermont$2,50012%
Addison County Community Trust$2,5001n/a
Habitat for Aviation Inc$2,50011%
Pride Center of Vermont Inc$2,50010%
Counseling Service of Addison County$2,50010%
Milton Family Community Center Inc$2,50010%
HowardCenter Inc$2,00010%
Show all 31 grantees
All grantees of Vermont Federal Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Capstone Community Action Inc$20,00010%
The Josh Pallotta Fund Inc$5,00011%
Big Beautiful Life Inc$5,0001n/a
Good Beginnings of Central Vermont$2,50012%
Addison County Community Trust$2,5001n/a
Habitat for Aviation Inc$2,50011%
Pride Center of Vermont Inc$2,50010%
Counseling Service of Addison County$2,50010%
Milton Family Community Center Inc$2,50010%
HowardCenter Inc$2,00010%
Prevent Child Abuse Vermont$2,0001n/a
Salvation Farms Inc$1,50010%
MENTOR Vermont Inc$1,50010%
Joint Urban Ministry Project Inc$1,00010%
Empty Arms Vermont Co$1,00011%
Stern Center for Language and Learning$1,00010%
Rainbow Bridge Community Center$1,00012%
Vermont Folklife Center$1,00010%
Janet Munt Family Room$1,00010%
Vermont Farmers Market Education Center$1,0001n/a
Montgomery Center for the Arts Inc$1,0001n/a
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$1,00010%
Milton Youth Hockey Association Inc$1,0001n/a
Purple Hearts Reunited Inc$5211n/a
Let's Grow Kids Inc$5001n/a
Addison County Unit for Special Investig$50010%
Lewis Creek Watershed Association$5001n/a
Hunger Free Vermont Inc$5001n/a
North Branch Nature Center Inc$5001n/a
Barre Opera House Inc$50010%
Vermont Brain Bee$5001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($21k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Vermont Federal Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCapstone Community Action Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Josh Pallotta Fund Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetGood Beginnings of Central Vermont: $2,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetHabitat for Aviation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetPride Center of Vermont Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCounseling Service of Addison County: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMilton Family Community Center Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHowardCenter Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSalvation Farms Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMENTOR Vermont Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJoint Urban Ministry Project Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetEmpty Arms Vermont Co: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetStern Center for Language and Learning: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRainbow Bridge Community Center: $1,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetVermont Folklife Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJanet Munt Family Room: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Multiple Sclerosis Society: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAddison County Unit for Special Investig: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBarre Opera House Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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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 19.

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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.

The Vermont Community…Ben & Jerry's Foundat…National Life Group C…Community Bank Na Fou…Oakland Foundation IncGeorge W Mergens Foun…Turrell FundThe Windham Foundatio…Agnes M Lindsay TrustVermont Childrens Tru…United Way of Northwe…Vermont Foodbank
The Vermont Community FoundationVT45.4× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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 · Oakland Foundation Inc · George W Mergens Foundation · Turrell Fund · The Windham Foundation Inc · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation · United Way of Northwest Vermont Inc · Vermont Foodbank

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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How do I get to Vermont Federal Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Vermont Federal Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Vermont Federal Foundation Inc

How much does Vermont Federal Foundation Inc give?
Vermont Federal Foundation Inc reported 38 grants totaling $86,921 in its FY2025 IRS filing.
What does Vermont Federal Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2025 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (30%), Community Improvement (23%), Human Services (15%).
Who are Vermont Federal Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2025 to FY2025: Capstone Community Action Inc ($20k), The Josh Pallotta Fund Inc ($5k), Big Beautiful Life Inc ($5k).
Does Vermont Federal Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Vermont Federal Foundation 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 Vermont Federal Foundation Inc based?
Vermont Federal Foundation Inc is based in VT.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 38 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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