How do I find funders for a food and agriculture nonprofit in Vermont?

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

Who is the largest food and agriculture funder in Vermont?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to food and agriculture organizations in Vermont, $58M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to food and agriculture in Vermont?

$211M reached 210 food and agriculture organizations in Vermont, from 753 funders. 27% 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 · Food and agriculture

Who funds food and agriculture in Vermont

Most of it comes from outside Vermont: only 27% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$211M

granted

210

organizations

27%

from in-state

The short version

753 funders gave $211M to 210 food and agriculture organizations in Vermont across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
27% of that came from funders also based in Vermont; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of food and agriculture in Vermont is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $58M.
The food and agriculture organization drawing the most is Vermont Foodbank, at $37M.

Largest funders of food and agriculture in Vermont

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

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$58M 2Southeastern Vermont Community Action Inc$19M 3The Chicago Community Trust$17M 4The Vermont Community Foundation$15M 5Central Vermont Council on Aging Inc$6M 6Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$5M 7Feeding America$5M 8National Philanthropic Trust$4M 9Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$4M 10Wal-Mart Foundation$3M

Food and agriculture organizations in Vermont that draw the most

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

200 other food and agriculture organizations$64M

Vermont Foodbank$37M Shelburne Farms$31M University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc$17M Cedar Circle Farm and Education Center Inc$11M Center for an Agricultural Economy Inc$10M Vermont Law School$8M Intervale Center Inc$8M Sustainable Food Laboratory Inc$7M Vermont Farmers Market Education Center$6M

How to find food and agriculture funders in Vermont

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Start with the funders already active in Vermont
The funders giving the most to food and agriculture in Vermont are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Southeastern Vermont Community Action Inc, The Chicago Community Trust. A funder already writing food and agriculture checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the food and agriculture 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
73% of food and agriculture money in Vermont comes from funders elsewhere, so national food and agriculture funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Vermont.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a food and agriculture nonprofit in Vermont?: Start with the funders already giving to food and agriculture in Vermont, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Southeastern Vermont Community Action Inc, The Chicago Community Trust. Then look at who funds the food and agriculture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Vermont from out of state.
Who is the largest food and agriculture funder in Vermont?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to food and agriculture organizations in Vermont, $58M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to food and agriculture in Vermont?: $211M reached 210 food and agriculture organizations in Vermont, from 753 funders. 27% 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.