Vermont · Nonprofit
CENTRAL VERMONT COMMUNITY TELEVISIO
CENTRAL VERMONT COMMUNITY TELEVISIO (Vermont) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $85,000 to it, the largest being Chittenden Community Television ($45,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $309k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $85k
- Net assets
- $450k
What Central Vermont Community Televisio does
Mission
The primary mission is to produce and cablecast coverage of municipal and government proceedings and support and promote programs of local interest which have been produced by members of the community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The primary mission is to produce and cablecast coverage of municipal and government proceedings and support and promote programs of local interest which have been produced by members of the community.
The primary mission is to produce and cablecast coverage of municipal and government proceedings and support and promote pograms of local interest which have been produced by members of the community.
$305,797 spent100% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $305,797.
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 2022 to 2023, from $318k to $410k (+29%).
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: 2019 87% · 2020 90% · 2021 5% · 2023 13% · 2024 17% · 2025 20%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
20% of CENTRAL VERMONT COMMUNITY TELEVISIO’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Board chair
Margaret Ferguson
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $15k → $25k.
From the IRS filings of CENTRAL VERMONT COMMUNITY TELEVISIO’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
CENTRAL VERMONT COMMUNITY TELEVISIO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% 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
100% 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 CENTRAL VERMONT COMMUNITY TELEVISIO.
Largest funder’s share by year: 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 CENTRAL VERMONT COMMUNITY TELEVISIO's grant income comes from Vermont funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
CENTRAL VERMONT COMMUNITY TELEVISIO holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding CENTRAL VERMONT COMMUNITY TELEVISIO receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $16k on record — $15k federal, $500 state.
- Department of Agriculture$15k
- Advertising - Other$500
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 CENTRAL VERMONT COMMUNITY TELEVISIO
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CENTRAL VERMONT COMMUNITY TELEVISIO: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CENTRAL VERMONT COMMUNITY TELEVISIO?
- CENTRAL VERMONT COMMUNITY TELEVISIO (Vermont) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $85,000 to it, the largest being Chittenden Community Television ($45,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CENTRAL VERMONT COMMUNITY TELEVISIO have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $85,000 in grants to CENTRAL VERMONT COMMUNITY TELEVISIO, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTRAL VERMONT COMMUNITY TELEVISIO?
- Chittenden Community Television is the largest funder on record, with $45,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTRAL VERMONT COMMUNITY TELEVISIO 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