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Vermont Federal Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

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 FY2025still arriving
38
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2025 · 38 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k37 grants · $67k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
$1,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$69k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CAPSTONE COMMUNITY ACTION$20,000
HOPE$5,500
JOSH PALLOTTA FUND INC$5,000
BIG BEAUTIFUL LIFE$5,000
LUND FAMILY$4,000
MERCY CONNECTIONS$4,000
TIM'S HOUSE$3,000
GOOD BEGINNINGS OF CENTRAL VT$2,500
MILTON FAMILY COMMUNITY CENTER$2,500
ADDISON COUNTY COMMUNITY TRUST$2,500
PRIDE CENTER OF VERMONT$2,500
HABITAT FOR AVIATION$2,500
COUNSELING SERVICE OF ADDISON COUNTY$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,000
PREVENT CHILD ABUSE VERMONT$2,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CAPSTONE COMMUNITY ACTION: $20k → 9%THE RAINBOW BRIDGE COMMUNITY CENTER: $1k → 9%GOOD BEGINNINGS OF CENTRAL VT: $3k → 9%PRIDE CENTER OF VERMONT: $3k → 10%THE JANET S MUNT FAMILY ROOM: $1k → 10%MILTON FAMILY COMMUNITY CENTER: $3k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Vermont Center for Family Studies

Our mission is to strengthen families and communities by improving human relationships. We do this through the training of expert family therapists, advisors, leaders, and family members in Bowen Family Systems Theory.

Human Services
2
Cooperation Vermont

The mission of cooperation vermont is to build thriving community economic and enviromental democracy.

Community Improvement
3
Rutland County Parent Child Center Inc

The Center is a resource for family growth and development in Rutland County, Vermont.

Human Services
4
Gunsensevt

To ensure all vermonters are free from gun violence

Civil Rights
5
Vermont Realtors Charitable Foundation Inc
Public Benefit
6
Vermont Psychological Services Former Behavior Therapy & Psychotherapy

Provide psychology & counseling to members of society who display behavior & psychological problems.

Health
7
Cooperation Vermont Community Land Trust

The mission of cooperation vermont community land trust is to reclaim the commons.

Community Improvement
8
Alliance for Vermont Communities Inc

The mission of alliance for vermont communities, inc. is to protect working farms, forests and communities of central vermont and to promote responsible development that will sustain the rural heritage and values for present and future…

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9
The Vermont Children's Alliance

To provide support services to local communities and childrens advocacy centers, to serve as a resource and to facilitate a network dedicated to coordinated and comprehensive response to child abuse.

Crime & Legal
10
Rutland County Pride

Rutland County Pride educates, advocates and celebrates with and for the LGBTQIA2S+ Vermonters and allies.

Civil Rights
11
Vermont Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health Inc

To support families and children where a child or youth, age 0-22, is experiencing or at risk to experience emotional, behavioral, or mental health challanges.

Health
12
Vermont Family Network Inc

Vfn's mission is to empower and support all vermont families of children with special needs.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Vermont Folklife Center; the most unlike its peers is National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

28 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 28 of the 38 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/28
Grantees still filing
6/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CAPSTONE COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesCAPSTONE COMMUNITY ACTION INCGOOD BEGINNINGS OF CENTRAL VERMONT: $2,500 · Human ServicesGOOD BEGINNINGS OF CENTRAL VERMONTPride Center of Vermont Inc: $2,500 · Human ServicesPride Center of Vermont IncMilton Family Community Center Inc: $2,500 · Human ServicesMilton Family Community Center IncHowardCenter Inc: $2,000 · Human ServicesHowardCenter Inc+3 more: $3,000 · Human Services+3 moreHOPE: $5,500 · OtherHOPEBIG BEAUTIFUL LIFE INC: $5,000 · OtherBIG BEAUTIFUL LIFE INCMERCY CONNECTIONS: $4,000 · OtherMERCY CONNECTIONSLUND FAMILY: $4,000 · OtherLUND FAMILYTIM'S HOUSE: $3,000 · OtherTIM'S HOUSEVERMONT JUMPSTART COALITION: $2,000 · OtherVERMONT JUMPSTART COALITIONIndividual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientPREVENT CHILD ABUSE VERMONT: $2,000 · OtherPREVENT CHILD ABUSE VERMONT+9 more: $5,421 · Other+9 moreThe Josh Pallotta Fund Inc: $5,000 · HealthThe Josh Pallo…COUNSELING SERVICE OF ADDISON COUNTY: $2,500 · HealthCOUNSELING SER…EMPTY ARMS VERMONT CO: $1,000 · HealthEMPTY ARMS VER…STERN CENTER FOR LANGUAGE AND LEARNING: $1,000 · HealthSTERN CENTER F…NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $1,000 · HealthNATIONAL MULTI…Addison County Unit for Special Investig: $500 · HealthHabitat for Aviation Inc: $2,500 · EducationMENTOR Vermont Inc: $1,500 · EducationVERMONT FARMERS MARKET EDUCATION CENTER: $1,000 · EducationADDISON COUNTY COMMUNITY TRUST: $2,500 · Housing & ShelterSalvation Farms Inc: $1,500 · Food & NutritionVERMONT FOLKLIFE CENTER: $1,000 · Arts & CultureBARRE OPERA HOUSE INC: $500 · Arts & Culture
Human Services$32,500Other$32,921Health$11,000Education$5,000Housing & Shelter$2,500Food & Nutrition$1,500Arts & Culture$1,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Vermont Federal Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Vermont Federal Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 70%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 37%
  • Vermont Folklife Center: 90% of income from government
  • Capstone Community Action Inc: 84% of income from government
  • Milton Family Community Center Inc: 65% of income from government
  • Prevent Child Abuse Vermont: 58% of income from government
  • Mentor Vermont Inc: 58% of income from government
  • Janet Munt Family Room: 44% of income from government
  • Pride Center of Vermont Inc: 37% of income from government
  • Salvation Farms Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Hunger Free Vermont Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Addison County Community Trust: 16% of income from government
  • HowardCenter Inc: 8% of income from government
  • North Branch Nature Center Inc: 4% of income from government
  • The Josh Pallotta Fund Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Stern Center for Language and Learning: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
5rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
04Through Plinth

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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.

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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