How do I find funders for a disaster and safety nonprofit in Vermont?

Start with the funders already giving to disaster and safety in Vermont, currently The Vermont Community Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program. Then look at who funds the disaster and safety 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 disaster and safety in Vermont?

$8M reached 40 disaster and safety organizations in Vermont, from 70 funders. 47% 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 · Disaster and safety

Who funds disaster and safety in Vermont

Three organizations take 85% of all disaster and safety funding in Vermont, led by Arrow Street Arts Inc. One funder dominates the giving, The Vermont Community Foundation, at 36% of the total.

$8M

granted

organizations

47%

from in-state

The short version

70 funders gave $8M to 40 disaster and safety organizations in Vermont across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
47% of that came from funders also based in Vermont; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of disaster and safety in Vermont is The Vermont Community Foundation, at $3M.
The disaster and safety organization drawing the most is Arrow Street Arts Inc, at $3M.

Largest funders of disaster and safety in Vermont

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

1The Vermont Community Foundation$3M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$2M 3Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$1M 4Nellie Mae Education Foundation Inc$314k 5Vermont Foodbank$149k 6Jane's Trust Foundation$125k 7Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation$99k 8Rights & Democracy Education Fund Inc$93k 9National Philanthropic Trust$88k 10The Singer Family Charitable Foundation$75k

Disaster and safety organizations in Vermont that draw the most

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

Arrow Street Arts Inc$3M Vermont Long Term Disaster Recovery Group Inc$2M Outright Vermont$2M

How to find disaster and safety funders in Vermont

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Start with the funders already active in Vermont
The funders giving the most to disaster and safety in Vermont are The Vermont Community Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program. A funder already writing disaster and safety checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the disaster and safety 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
53% of disaster and safety money in Vermont comes from funders elsewhere, so national disaster and safety funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Vermont.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a disaster and safety nonprofit in Vermont?: Start with the funders already giving to disaster and safety in Vermont, currently The Vermont Community Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program. Then look at who funds the disaster and safety organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Vermont from out of state.
Who is the largest disaster and safety funder in Vermont?: The Vermont Community Foundation gives the most to disaster and safety organizations in Vermont, $3M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to disaster and safety in Vermont?: $8M reached 40 disaster and safety organizations in Vermont, from 70 funders. 47% 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.