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

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

Who is the largest environment funder in Vermont?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to environment organizations in Vermont, $30M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to environment in Vermont?

$381M reached 227 environment organizations in Vermont, from 1,124 funders. 14% 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 · Environment

Who funds environment in Vermont

Most of it comes from outside Vermont: only 14% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Vermont's environment organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 5 funders each.

$381M

granted

227

organizations

14%

from in-state

The short version

1,124 funders gave $381M to 227 environment organizations in Vermont across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
14% of that came from funders also based in Vermont; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of environment in Vermont is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $30M.
The environment organization drawing the most is Northeast Wilderness Trust Corporation, at $55M.

Largest funders of environment in Vermont

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

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$30M 2The Vermont Community Foundation$30M 3Fidelity Foundation$23M 4Freedom Together Foundation$16M 5The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation$10M 6Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$10M 7Silicon Valley Community Foundation$9M 8High Meadows Fund Inc$8M 9Sea Change Foundation$7M 10The Kresge Foundation$7M

Environment organizations in Vermont that draw the most

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

217 other environment organizations$119M

Northeast Wilderness Trust Corporation$55M Regulatory Assistance Project$50M Institute for Sustainable Communities$34M Vermont Land Trust Inc$32M Maliasili Initiatives Inc$29M One Tree Planted Inc$26M Coming Clean Inc$13M Stowe Land Trust$9M

How to find environment funders in Vermont

1
Start with the funders already active in Vermont
The funders giving the most to environment in Vermont are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Vermont Community Foundation, Fidelity Foundation. A funder already writing environment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the environment 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
86% of environment money in Vermont comes from funders elsewhere, so national environment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Vermont.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a environment nonprofit in Vermont?: Start with the funders already giving to environment in Vermont, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Vermont Community Foundation, Fidelity Foundation. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Vermont from out of state.
Who is the largest environment funder in Vermont?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to environment organizations in Vermont, $30M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to environment in Vermont?: $381M reached 227 environment organizations in Vermont, from 1,124 funders. 14% 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.

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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.