How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in Vermont?

Start with the funders already giving to education in Vermont, currently University of Vermont and State, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Vermont from out of state.

Who is the largest education funder in Vermont?

University of Vermont and State gives the most to education organizations in Vermont, $67M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to education in Vermont?

$330M reached 204 education organizations in Vermont, from 793 funders. 26% 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 · Education

Who funds education in Vermont

Most of it comes from outside Vermont: only 26% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$330M

granted

204

organizations

26%

from in-state

The short version

793 funders gave $330M to 204 education organizations in Vermont across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
26% of that came from funders also based in Vermont; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of education in Vermont is University of Vermont and State, at $67M.
The education organization drawing the most is University of Vermont and State, at $105M.

Largest funders of education in Vermont

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

1University of Vermont and State$67M 2The Pew Charitable Trusts$27M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$24M 4Lk Whittier Foundation$19M 5The Chicago Community Trust$14M 6Endeavor Foundation Inc$13M 7Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$12M 8National Philanthropic Trust$10M 9Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$7M 10The Vermont Community Foundation$7M

Education organizations in Vermont that draw the most

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

University of Vermont and State$105M President and Fellows of Middlebury$78M

194 other education organizations$40M

Bennington College Corporation$36M University of Vermont and State$25M Sterling College$8M Population Media Center Inc$8M

How to find education funders in Vermont

1
Start with the funders already active in Vermont
The funders giving the most to education in Vermont are University of Vermont and State, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. A funder already writing education checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the education 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
74% of education money in Vermont comes from funders elsewhere, so national education funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Vermont.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in Vermont?: Start with the funders already giving to education in Vermont, currently University of Vermont and State, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Vermont from out of state.
Who is the largest education funder in Vermont?: University of Vermont and State gives the most to education organizations in Vermont, $67M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to education in Vermont?: $330M reached 204 education organizations in Vermont, from 793 funders. 26% 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.