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

Start with the funders already giving to education in Vermont, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Pew Charitable Trusts, National Philanthropic Trust. 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?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to education organizations in Vermont, $68M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to education in Vermont?

$602M reached 343 education organizations in Vermont, from 1,716 funders. 8% 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 8% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Vermont's education organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 5 funders each.

$602M

granted

343

organizations

from in-state

The short version

1,716 funders gave $602M to 343 education organizations in Vermont across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
8% 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 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $68M.
The education organization drawing the most is President and Fellows of Middlebury College, at $230M.

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.

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$68M 2The Pew Charitable Trusts$42M 3National Philanthropic Trust$38M 4Endeavor Foundation Inc$29M 5Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$25M 6Foundation for the Carolinas$19M 7Lk Whittier Foundation$19M 8Scanlan Family Foundation$18M 9Carnegie Corporation of New York$15M 10The Vermont Community Foundation$14M

Education organizations in Vermont that draw the most

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

President and Fellows of Middlebury College$230M

333 other education organizations$117M

University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc$71M Bennington College Corporation$66M Population Media Center Inc$30M Norwich University$25M

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 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Pew Charitable Trusts, National Philanthropic Trust. 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
92% 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 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Pew Charitable Trusts, National Philanthropic Trust. 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?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to education organizations in Vermont, $68M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to education in Vermont?: $602M reached 343 education organizations in Vermont, from 1,716 funders. 8% 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.