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Vermont Law School
We are committed to developing a generation of leaders who use the power of the law to make a difference in our communities and the world. Vermont Law and Graduate School's mission statement is: "To educate students in a diverse community that fosters personal growth and that enables them to attain outstanding professional skills and…
- $16M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.6M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $146,019
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $744,676
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $56M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations Vermont Law School funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $108k 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 | 4 | $1.5M | 50% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $1.0M | 40% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $874k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $534k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $300k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $235k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $145k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $233k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Vermont | $1,447,562 | 5 | n/a |
| University of San Diego | $1,413,387 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Vermont and State Agricultural College | $845,183 | 2 | n/a |
| Public Health Law Center Inc | $715,360 | 6 | 4% |
| University of Connecticut | $268,336 | 6 | n/a |
| Justice Innovation Inc | $146,019 | 1 | 0% |
| Farmers Market Coalition | $87,693 | 5 | 4% |
| Agrarian Land Trust | $57,482 | 1 | 5% |
| Wake Forest University | $50,076 | 1 | 0% |
| Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont | $42,162 | 4 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Vermont | $1,447,562 | 5 | n/a |
| University of San Diego | $1,413,387 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Vermont and State Agricultural College | $845,183 | 2 | n/a |
| Public Health Law Center Inc | $715,360 | 6 | 4% |
| University of Connecticut | $268,336 | 6 | n/a |
| Justice Innovation Inc | $146,019 | 1 | 0% |
| Farmers Market Coalition | $87,693 | 5 | 4% |
| Agrarian Land Trust | $57,482 | 1 | 5% |
| Wake Forest University | $50,076 | 1 | 0% |
| Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont | $42,162 | 4 | 1% |
| Philadelphialeadership Foundation Inc | $13,280 | 1 | 33% |
Where it is load-bearing
Vermont Law School supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Vermont Law School
- How much does Vermont Law School give?
- Vermont Law School reported 6 itemized grants totaling $1,592,454, out of $15,682,000 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 Law School fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (70%), Education (17%), Food & Nutrition (12%).
- Who are Vermont Law School's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Vermont ($1.4M), University of San Diego ($1.4M), University of Vermont and State Agricultural College ($845k).
- Does Vermont Law School fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Vermont Law School?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Vermont Law School based?
- Vermont Law School is based in VT.
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