Vermont · Public charity
Watersheds United Vermont Inc
Wuvs mission is to empower community-based watershed groups in all parts of the state to protect and restore vermonts waters.
- $2.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 34
- Grants FY2024
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $45,066
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $333,198
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 23
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $511k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations Watersheds United Vermont Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $416k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 34 | $2.4M | 41% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $1.6M | 43% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $754k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $320k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $334k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of the Winooski River Inc | $727,705 | 5 | 46% |
| Memphremagog Watershed Assoc Inc | $686,921 | 5 | 60% |
| Connecticut River Watershed Council Inc | $615,765 | 5 | 9% |
| White River Partnership Inc | $567,940 | 5 | 47% |
| Lewis Creek Watershed Association | $370,497 | 5 | 62% |
| Friends of Northern Lake Champlain | $257,248 | 5 | 37% |
| Missisquoi River Basin Assn | $238,368 | 5 | 20% |
| Trout Unlimited | $183,501 | 2 | n/a |
| Redstart Inc | $182,181 | 4 | n/a |
| Vermont Land Trust Inc | $167,219 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of the Winooski River Inc | $727,705 | 5 | 46% |
| Memphremagog Watershed Assoc Inc | $686,921 | 5 | 60% |
| Connecticut River Watershed Council Inc | $615,765 | 5 | 9% |
| White River Partnership Inc | $567,940 | 5 | 47% |
| Lewis Creek Watershed Association | $370,497 | 5 | 62% |
| Friends of Northern Lake Champlain | $257,248 | 5 | 37% |
| Missisquoi River Basin Assn | $238,368 | 5 | 20% |
| Trout Unlimited | $183,501 | 2 | n/a |
| Redstart Inc | $182,181 | 4 | n/a |
| Vermont Land Trust Inc | $167,219 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of the Mad River | $161,681 | 5 | 19% |
| Ottauquechee Natural Resources | $161,053 | 2 | n/a |
| Chittenden County Regional Planning | $109,665 | 3 | n/a |
| Vermont Natural Resources Council Inc | $106,170 | 2 | 4% |
| Farm and Wilderness Foundation Inc | $102,762 | 1 | 1% |
| Caledonia County Natural Resources | $89,375 | 1 | n/a |
| Addison County River Watch Collaborative Inc | $75,133 | 4 | 42% |
| Lamoille County Conservation Dist | $66,849 | 2 | n/a |
| Lake Dunmore Fern Lake Association | $65,272 | 3 | 11% |
| Windham County Nrcd | $63,744 | 1 | n/a |
| Lamoille County Planning Commission | $55,639 | 2 | n/a |
| Intervale Center Inc | $52,360 | 1 | 2% |
| The Vermont River Conservancy Inc | $39,039 | 1 | 3% |
| Northwoods Stewardship Center | $37,810 | 3 | 1% |
| Federation of Vermont Lakes and Ponds | $27,450 | 1 | n/a |
| Franklin Watershed Committee Inc | $22,182 | 3 | n/a |
| Town of Wallingford | $20,006 | 1 | n/a |
| Essex County Natural Resources Conservat | $18,948 | 1 | n/a |
| Passumpsic Valley Land Trust | $18,866 | 1 | n/a |
| Coutts-Moriarty Camp Inc | $16,937 | 1 | 9% |
| Lake Champlain Committee Inc | $15,900 | 1 | 3% |
| Town of Newbury | $13,950 | 1 | n/a |
| Connecticut River Watershed Farmers Alliance Inc | $13,950 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Shelburne | $13,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Orleans County Nrcd | $13,185 | 1 | n/a |
| South Hero Land Trust Inc | $12,539 | 1 | 3% |
| Sustainable Woodstock Inc | $11,714 | 1 | 6% |
| The Lake George Association Inc | $7,024 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Vermont and State Agricultural College | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Greensboro Association Inc | $2,300 | 1 | 2% |
| Mount Acutney Regional Commission | $2,212 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Watersheds United Vermont Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 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.
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How this is measured
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About Watersheds United Vermont Inc
- How much does Watersheds United Vermont Inc give?
- Watersheds United Vermont Inc reported 34 grants totaling $2,434,554 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 23 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Watersheds United Vermont Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (97%), Recreation & Sports (2%), Food & Nutrition (1%).
- Who are Watersheds United Vermont Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Friends of the Winooski River Inc ($728k), Memphremagog Watershed Assoc Inc ($687k), Connecticut River Watershed Council Inc ($616k).
- Does Watersheds United Vermont Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Watersheds United Vermont Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Vermont Community Foundation, High Meadows Fund Inc, Lintilhac Foundation Inc.
- Where is Watersheds United Vermont Inc based?
- Watersheds United Vermont Inc is based in VT.
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