Vermont · Nonprofit
BENNINGTON PROJECT INDEPENDENCE INC
BENNINGTON PROJECT INDEPENDENCE INC (Vermont) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $35,979 to it, the largest being WILLIAM DEAN FAUSETT FNDTN FOR THE PRESV & PROTECTION OF GREEN MT BOY HISTORY INC ($11,900). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.4M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $36k
- Net assets
- $5.9M
What Bennington Project Independence Inc does
Mission
To provide safe, caring and exceptional adult day care and health rehabilitation services. These services will offer meaningful, individually tailored programs and care designed to enhance the dignity, independence, joy and quality of life of older persons, younger adults with disabilities, provide support and respite for their families and caregivers and serve as an informational resource for our communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
See schedule oservices: buildingafter 17yrs, bennington project independence, adult day service, was finally able to obtain enough grant funding from a variety of state and local business sources in order to renovate our original basement area, create an essential ground-level emergency egress and expand the entire footprint of our building. The expansion of our first floor and the creation of our lower orchard level allowed for larger and exciting new activity and specialized programmatic opportunities for our members.this expansion includes the creation of additional larger activity spaces, a specialized memory care suite for individuals facing the challenge of navigating life with a cognitive impairment, an additional, fully equipped nursing treatment room, a fitness and exercise studio, our orchard caf (which expands our ability to provide congregate meal services for our community), as well as an relaxing spa equipped with a ceiling mounted lift system and innovative reclining, jetted bathtub for better skin care and hygiene assistance for our members in need.we continue to raise funds to fully equip and furnish the lower, orchard level of the building in order to bring it to…
$1,535,831 spent$1,296,648 earned by the program87% of program spendingSee schedule ohealth services: kitchens in designing our adult day center, the dr. Richard a. Sleeman center, the provision of fresh, high quality meals for our members was paramount. Many of our elderly or disabled members are no longer able to prepare their own meals and have nutritional issues that can affect their health. The food we serve for lunch at bpi may be the only well-balanced meal some of our members have each day. The dr. Richard a. Sleeman center has a full-featured, modern commercial kitchen. We received design recommendations from several accomplished local chefs and restauranteurs. The result is an efficient and modern kitchen capable of feeding not only our members but of serving several hundreds of people should our facility ever need to be used as an emergency shelter for our community. Bpi is also a congregate meals site for the southwestern vermont council on aging. This enables the public to be able make a reservation to enjoy lunch and the beautiful ambiance of the dr. Richard a. Sleeman center.bpi has a talented nutrition coordinator who understands the unique dietary needs of older persons and younger adults with disabilities. Each day, our nutrition…
$192,203 spent11% of program spendingSee schedule otransportation:a major factor in the success of bpi's adult day program is the ability to provide our own personalized door-through-door transportation for our members and families utilizing our own handicapped accessible vehicles.our small fleet of three lift-equipped vehicles allows our expert transportation staff to be flexibly responsive to ever-changing member, family caregiver and in-home service provider needs and schedules. Our highly trained drivers are sensitive to the needs of older and/or disabled persons. They are trained in passenger assistance, cpr and first aid. They provide a vital, personal connection between family caregivers and bpi.our vehicles provide service for members and families in the greater bennington and southshire area. We have a van replacement fund established to accept donations to assist us with replacing our oldest vehicle. We work with the local public transit provider, the green mountain express (gmc), to facilitate transportation for members and families in the northshire area. This collaboration provides a hybrid of public and private service to ensure that everyone has acces to safe and reliable transportation to and from our…
$41,977 spent$145,182 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,770,011.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $4.8M to $6.1M (+28%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 4% · 2018 4% · 2019 4% · 2020 3% · 2021 92% · 2022 54% · 2023 33% · 2024 13% · 2025 53%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
56% of BENNINGTON PROJECT INDEPENDENCE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Linda Wichlac
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $2k → $4k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BENNINGTON PROJECT INDEPENDENCE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BENNINGTON PROJECT INDEPENDENCE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
44% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BENNINGTON PROJECT INDEPENDENCE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 79% · 2019 100% · 2020 73% · 2021 96% · 2022 65% · 2023 51% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
53% of BENNINGTON PROJECT INDEPENDENCE INC's grant income comes from Vermont funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BENNINGTON PROJECT INDEPENDENCE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding BENNINGTON PROJECT INDEPENDENCE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5.3M on record — $356k federal, $5.0M state.
- Department of Veterans Affairs$306k
- Department of Agriculture$50k
- Other Grants$2.2M
- Adult Day Services$2.1M
- Grants$574k
- Grants to Municipalities$23k
- DAIL Grants$11k
- Grants to School Districts$3k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BENNINGTON PROJECT INDEPENDENCE INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Vermont
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BENNINGTON PROJECT INDEPENDENCE INC?
- BENNINGTON PROJECT INDEPENDENCE INC (Vermont) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $35,979 to it, the largest being WILLIAM DEAN FAUSETT FNDTN FOR THE PRESV & PROTECTION OF GREEN MT BOY HISTORY INC ($11,900). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BENNINGTON PROJECT INDEPENDENCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $35,979 in grants to BENNINGTON PROJECT INDEPENDENCE INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BENNINGTON PROJECT INDEPENDENCE INC?
- WILLIAM DEAN FAUSETT FNDTN FOR THE PRESV & PROTECTION OF GREEN MT BOY HISTORY INC is the largest funder on record, with $11,900 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BENNINGTON PROJECT INDEPENDENCE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Vermont. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 7 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing