Vermont · Nonprofit
BURLINGTON SUPPORTIVE HOUSING INITIATIVES INC
BURLINGTON SUPPORTIVE HOUSING INITIATIVES INC (Vermont) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,291 to it, the largest being BEN & JERRY'S FOUNDATION INC ($2,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $31k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $0
What Burlington Supportive Housing Initiatives Inc does
Mission
Housing Supportive Services
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The HelpFund is a collaborative effort of community service providers and organizations to consolidate assistance and information to respond to the emergency needs more efficiently of people in Chittenden County who are at risk of losing their housing. Burlington Supportive Housing Initiatives, Inc. was awarded a grant from the Vermont Agency of Human Services in December 2017. This grant had been renewed annually for $8,924 from July 2018 through June 2025. The grant was not renewed in 2025, but the supportive work was transitioned to another community partner. HelpFund recognized grant revenues of $1,731 and expenses of $3,219 during the year. The program made 7 separate disbursements, averaging $460, to assist individuals in need.
$3,219 spent10% of program spendingDecker Towers Safety & Security Campaign was a fundraising campaign for safety and security measures at Decker Towers (230 St Paul Street, Burlington) to create a safe neighborhood for the members of the community. The Board has entered into a contract with SSTA for $16,300 to provide shuttle services to nearby community facilities to keep residents engaged. This engagement will foster a greater sense of belonging and deter residents from entering into harmful relationships and behaviors that have contributed to the unsafe environment in their community. These trips include a local community center, shopping trips, and library visits.
$16,300 spent50% of program spendingThe Summer Lunch Program is a partnership between the Burlington Parks and Recreation Department, Burlington Schools Food Service, and the Burlington Housing Authority to enable low-income children to have access to nutritious meals and supervised programming during the summer. BSHI contributed the remaining $1,500 to the Parks and Recreation Department for the Summer Lunch program.
$1,500 spent5% of program spendingFunds were granted to Burlington Housing Authority in the amount of $11,668 to be used for the procurement of materials and services in support of individuals with hoarding and squalor issues and individuals returning to the community from incarceration.
$11,668 spentof which $11,668 as grants36% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $32,687.
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.
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 $36k to $0 (−100%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Crystal Jones
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $88 → $34.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 BURLINGTON SUPPORTIVE HOUSING INITIATIVES 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
BURLINGTON SUPPORTIVE HOUSING INITIATIVES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of BURLINGTON SUPPORTIVE HOUSING INITIATIVES INC's grant income comes from Vermont funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $291 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Organizations like BURLINGTON SUPPORTIVE HOUSING INITIATIVES 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.
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 BURLINGTON SUPPORTIVE HOUSING INITIATIVES INC?
- BURLINGTON SUPPORTIVE HOUSING INITIATIVES INC (Vermont) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,291 to it, the largest being BEN & JERRY'S FOUNDATION INC ($2,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BURLINGTON SUPPORTIVE HOUSING INITIATIVES INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $2,291 in grants to BURLINGTON SUPPORTIVE HOUSING INITIATIVES INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BURLINGTON SUPPORTIVE HOUSING INITIATIVES INC?
- BEN & JERRY'S FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BURLINGTON SUPPORTIVE HOUSING INITIATIVES 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 2 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