Vermont · Public charity
Vermont Land Trust Inc
Rooted in vermont since 1977, the vermont land trust unites land and lives for the enduring benefit of people and the place we share. We help people protect, care for, and connect to land. This includes the farms, forests, natural areas, and community spaces that define us.
- $148k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $139k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $120,797
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $65M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Vermont Land Trust Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $139k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $26k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $2.2M | 100% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $317k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $25k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $85k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $586k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $65k | 100% |
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 Releaf Collective | $1,246,263 | 1 | n/a |
| Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust Inc | $890,792 | 1 | n/a |
| Prospect Mountain Association Inc | $557,876 | 1 | 56% |
| Poultney Mettowee Natural Resources Conservation District | $185,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ames Hill-Marlboro Community Ctr | $176,413 | 1 | n/a |
| Green Commons of Vermont Inc | $120,797 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Hinesberg | $113,341 | 1 | n/a |
| Intervale Center Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Preservation Trust of Vermont Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Town of Waitsfield | $48,782 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont Releaf Collective | $1,246,263 | 1 | n/a |
| Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust Inc | $890,792 | 1 | n/a |
| Prospect Mountain Association Inc | $557,876 | 1 | 56% |
| Poultney Mettowee Natural Resources Conservation District | $185,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ames Hill-Marlboro Community Ctr | $176,413 | 1 | n/a |
| Green Commons of Vermont Inc | $120,797 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Hinesberg | $113,341 | 1 | n/a |
| Intervale Center Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Preservation Trust of Vermont Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Town of Waitsfield | $48,782 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for an Agricultural Economy Inc | $30,160 | 3 | 0% |
| Vermont Dairy Promo Council | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Brattleboro Recreation & Parks | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Vermont and State Agricultural College | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Whole Communities Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Deer Flats Farm LLC | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Burke Vermont | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of St Johnsbury | $18,164 | 1 | n/a |
| Middlebury Area Land Trust | $15,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Wobanaki Inc | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Equinox Preservation Trust Inc | $8,298 | 1 | 11% |
| Cold Hollow to Canada Incorporated | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| AHA Abenaki Helping Abenaki Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Elnu Abenaki Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 5% |
Where it is load-bearing
Vermont Land Trust Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 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 · High Meadows Fund Inc · The Windham Foundation Inc · Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc · Impactassetsinc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Vermont Land Trust Inc
- How much does Vermont Land Trust Inc give?
- Vermont Land Trust Inc reported 3 itemized grants totaling $139,095, out of $147,596 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Vermont Land Trust Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Civil Rights (34%), Food & Nutrition (26%), Environment (21%).
- Who are Vermont Land Trust Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Vermont Releaf Collective ($1.2M), Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust Inc ($891k), Prospect Mountain Association Inc ($558k).
- Does Vermont Land Trust Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Vermont Land Trust Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Vermont Community Foundation, High Meadows Fund Inc, The Windham Foundation Inc.
- Where is Vermont Land Trust Inc based?
- Vermont Land Trust Inc is based in VT.
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