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Chittenden Dammers Inc

Chittenden Dammers Inc (Vermont) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $64,041 to it, the largest being VT ASSOCIATION OF SNOW TRAVELERS INC ($58,041). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$63k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$64k
Net assets
$259k
2/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 46%
01What it does

What Chittenden Dammers Inc does

Mission

Advancing snowmobiling in Vermont.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Clearing and maintaining snowmobile trails for snowmobilers to enjoy along the VAST system in Chittenden, Vermont. Total membership 359 individuals.

    $56,213 spent$35,077 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $56,213.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($57k) Expenses 100 ($58k) Net assets 100 ($83k)2018 Revenue 117 ($67k) Expenses 128 ($74k) Net assets 91 ($75k)2019 Revenue 110 ($63k) Expenses 82 ($47k) Net assets 110 ($91k)2022 Revenue 342 ($195k) Expenses 78 ($45k) Net assets 317 ($262k)2023 Revenue 122 ($70k) Expenses 133 ($77k) Net assets 308 ($255k)2024 Revenue 110 ($63k) Expenses 101 ($58k) Net assets 313 ($259k)
201720182019202220232024
Revenue (110)Expenses (101)Net assets (313)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $75k to $91k (+20%).

$83k
$75k
$91k
$300k
$289k
$292k
201720182019202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

20% of Chittenden Dammers Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (92% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,989 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

−$842
’17
−$7k
’18
$15k
’19
$149k
’22
−$7k
’23
$4k
’24
11
months of
reserve
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $12k → $32k.

Funder
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
2
2
1

From the IRS filings of Chittenden Dammers 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

Chittenden Dammers Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% 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

91% 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 Chittenden Dammers Inc.

91%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 84% — 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

100% of Chittenden Dammers Inc's grant income comes from Vermont funders.

VT

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’22
’23
Vermont out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Chittenden Dammers Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,152 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin7% · above the median
Months of reserve11.2mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)1% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,152 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

Organizations like Chittenden Dammers 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

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

97% of spending goes to programs.

Program 97%Management 3%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
0%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

88%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds Chittenden Dammers Inc?
Chittenden Dammers Inc (Vermont) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $64,041 to it, the largest being VT ASSOCIATION OF SNOW TRAVELERS INC ($58,041). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Chittenden Dammers Inc have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $64,041 in grants to Chittenden Dammers Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Chittenden Dammers Inc?
VT ASSOCIATION OF SNOW TRAVELERS INC is the largest funder on record, with $58,041 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Chittenden Dammers 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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