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

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

Who is the largest housing funder in Vermont?

The Chicago Community Trust gives the most to housing organizations in Vermont, $20M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to housing in Vermont?

$42M reached 37 housing organizations in Vermont, from 153 funders. 17% 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 · Housing

Who funds housing in Vermont

Most of it comes from outside Vermont: only 17% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Funding is concentrated: Champlain Housing Trust alone draws 60% of every housing grant dollar in Vermont.

$42M

granted

organizations

17%

from in-state

The short version

153 funders gave $42M to 37 housing organizations in Vermont across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
17% of that came from funders also based in Vermont; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of housing in Vermont is The Chicago Community Trust, at $20M.
The housing organization drawing the most is Champlain Housing Trust, at $25M.

Largest funders of housing in Vermont

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

1The Chicago Community Trust$20M 2Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation$7M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$2M 4The Vermont Community Foundation$1M 5Cathedral Square Corporation$1M 6Usaging$1M 7Td Charitable Foundation$1M 8Vermont Energy Investment Corporation$1M 9Planned Parenthood of Northern$950k 10Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$852k

Housing organizations in Vermont that draw the most

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

Champlain Housing Trust$25M

27 other housing organizations$3M

Committee on Temporary Shelter Inc$3M Rutland West Neighborhood Housing$2M Downstreet Housing and Community$2M

How to find housing funders in Vermont

1
Start with the funders already active in Vermont
The funders giving the most to housing in Vermont are The Chicago Community Trust, Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. A funder already writing housing checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the housing 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
83% of housing money in Vermont comes from funders elsewhere, so national housing funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Vermont.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a housing nonprofit in Vermont?: Start with the funders already giving to housing in Vermont, currently The Chicago Community Trust, Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the housing organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Vermont from out of state.
Who is the largest housing funder in Vermont?: The Chicago Community Trust gives the most to housing organizations in Vermont, $20M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to housing in Vermont?: $42M reached 37 housing organizations in Vermont, from 153 funders. 17% 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.