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, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation. 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?

$107M reached 97 housing organizations in Vermont, from 393 funders. 24% 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 24% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Vermont's housing organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 4 funders each.

$107M

granted

organizations

24%

from in-state

The short version

393 funders gave $107M to 97 housing organizations in Vermont across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
24% 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 $32M.

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 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$20M 3Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation$16M 4The Vermont Community Foundation$11M 5Marianne G Faulkner Trust Uw FBO Various$3M 6Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$3M 7Cathedral Square Corporation$2M 8Td Charitable Foundation$1M 9Usaging$1M 10Frank & Zada Chase Charitable Trust 1576$996k

Housing organizations in Vermont that draw the most

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

Champlain Housing Trust$32M

87 other housing organizations$30M

Evernorth Loan Fund Inc$10M Committee on Temporary Shelter Inc$8M The Dream Program Inc$4M Windham & Windsor Housing Trust Inc$3M

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, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation. 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
76% 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, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation. 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?: $107M reached 97 housing organizations in Vermont, from 393 funders. 24% 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.