How do I find funders for a crime and legal nonprofit in Vermont?

Start with the funders already giving to crime and legal in Vermont, currently Vermont Bar Foundation, Disability Rights Vermont Inc, Legal Services Corporation. Then look at who funds the crime and legal 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 crime and legal in Vermont?

$25M reached 53 crime and legal organizations in Vermont, from 165 funders. 70% 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 · Crime and legal

Who funds crime and legal in Vermont

Funding is concentrated: Vermont Legal Aid Inc alone draws 47% of every crime and legal grant dollar in Vermont.

$25M

granted

organizations

70%

from in-state

The short version

165 funders gave $25M to 53 crime and legal organizations in Vermont across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
70% of that came from funders also based in Vermont; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of crime and legal in Vermont is Vermont Bar Foundation, at $7M.
The crime and legal organization drawing the most is Vermont Legal Aid Inc, at $12M.

Largest funders of crime and legal in Vermont

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

1Vermont Bar Foundation$7M 2Disability Rights Vermont Inc$4M 3Legal Services Corporation$1M 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$1M 5The Vermont Community Foundation$1M 6National Children's Alliance Inc$981k 7Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity Inc$754k 8Elevate Youth Services Inc$591k 9The University of Vermont Medical Center$562k 10The Wilkens Family Foundation$501k

Crime and legal organizations in Vermont that draw the most

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

Vermont Legal Aid Inc$12M

43 other crime and legal organizations$3M

Lamoille Restorative Center Inc$2M Dismas of Vermont Inc$2M Legal Services Vermont Inc$1M Prevent Child Abuse Vermont$1M Have Justice-Will Travel Inc$784k

How to find crime and legal funders in Vermont

1
Start with the funders already active in Vermont
The funders giving the most to crime and legal in Vermont are Vermont Bar Foundation, Disability Rights Vermont Inc, Legal Services Corporation. A funder already writing crime and legal checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the crime and legal 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
30% of crime and legal money in Vermont comes from funders elsewhere, so national crime and legal funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Vermont.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a crime and legal nonprofit in Vermont?: Start with the funders already giving to crime and legal in Vermont, currently Vermont Bar Foundation, Disability Rights Vermont Inc, Legal Services Corporation. Then look at who funds the crime and legal organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Vermont from out of state.
Who is the largest crime and legal funder in Vermont?: Vermont Bar Foundation gives the most to crime and legal organizations in Vermont, $7M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to crime and legal in Vermont?: $25M reached 53 crime and legal organizations in Vermont, from 165 funders. 70% 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 unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

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

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; 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.