How do I find funders for a human services nonprofit in Vermont?

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

Who is the largest human services funder in Vermont?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to human services organizations in Vermont, $23M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to human services in Vermont?

$153M reached 264 human services organizations in Vermont, from 716 funders. 35% 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 · Human services

Who funds human services in Vermont

$153M reached 264 human services organizations in Vermont, from 716 funders, with no single one dominating.

$153M

granted

264

organizations

35%

from in-state

The short version

716 funders gave $153M to 264 human services organizations in Vermont across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
35% of that came from funders also based in Vermont; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of human services in Vermont is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $23M.
The human services organization drawing the most is Let's Grow Kids Inc, at $30M.

Largest funders of human services in Vermont

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

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$23M 2Stiller Family Foundation$17M 3The Vermont Community Foundation$15M 4Vermont Parent Child Center Network$6M 5Ad Henderson Foundation Inc$5M 6United Way of Addison County Inc$5M 7Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$3M 8United Way of Northwest Vermont Inc$3M 9Turrell Fund$3M 10Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$3M

Human services organizations in Vermont that draw the most

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

254 other human services organizations$65M

Let's Grow Kids Inc$30M Spectrum Youth and Family Services Inc$14M Upper Valley Haven$11M Greater Burlington YMCA Inc$9M Lund Family Center Inc$6M

How to find human services funders in Vermont

1
Start with the funders already active in Vermont
The funders giving the most to human services in Vermont are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Stiller Family Foundation, The Vermont Community Foundation. A funder already writing human services checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the human services 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
65% of human services money in Vermont comes from funders elsewhere, so national human services funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Vermont.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a human services nonprofit in Vermont?: Start with the funders already giving to human services in Vermont, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Stiller Family Foundation, The Vermont Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the human services organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Vermont from out of state.
Who is the largest human services funder in Vermont?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to human services organizations in Vermont, $23M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to human services in Vermont?: $153M reached 264 human services organizations in Vermont, from 716 funders. 35% 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.