How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in Vermont?

Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Vermont, currently The Vermont Community Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Vermont Council on the Arts Inc. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Vermont from out of state.

How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Vermont?

$88M reached 208 arts and culture organizations in Vermont, from 535 funders. 37% came from funders also based in Vermont.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Vermont · Arts and culture

Who funds arts and culture in Vermont

Arts and culture funding in Vermont is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Leahy Center for Lake leads, and the money reaches 208 groups.

$88M

granted

208

organizations

37%

from in-state

The short version

535 funders gave $88M to 208 arts and culture organizations in Vermont across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
37% of that came from funders also based in Vermont; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of arts and culture in Vermont is The Vermont Community Foundation, at $20M.
The arts and culture organization drawing the most is Leahy Center for Lake, at $8M.

Largest funders of arts and culture in Vermont

The funders giving the most to arts and culture organizations in Vermont, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1The Vermont Community Foundation$20M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$15M 3Vermont Council on the Arts Inc$7M 4Corporation for Public Broadcasting$6M 5Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$4M 6The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation$4M 7The Andrew W Mellon Foundation$2M 8Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$2M 9Indian River Community Foundation Inc$1M 10Chittenden Community Television$840k

Arts and culture organizations in Vermont that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

198 other arts and culture organizations$46M

Leahy Center for Lake$8M Vermont Public Co$7M Northern Stage Company$5M Northeast Organic Farming Assocvt$4M Shelburne Museum Inc$3M Town Hall Theater Inc$3M

How to find arts and culture funders in Vermont

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Start with the funders already active in Vermont
The funders giving the most to arts and culture in Vermont are The Vermont Community Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Vermont Council on the Arts Inc. A funder already writing arts and culture checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
63% of arts and culture money in Vermont comes from funders elsewhere, so national arts and culture funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Vermont.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in Vermont?: Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Vermont, currently The Vermont Community Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Vermont Council on the Arts Inc. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Vermont from out of state.
Who is the largest arts and culture funder in Vermont?: The Vermont Community Foundation gives the most to arts and culture organizations in Vermont, $20M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Vermont?: $88M reached 208 arts and culture organizations in Vermont, from 535 funders. 37% came from funders also based in Vermont.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.