Vermont · Nonprofit
COME ALIVE OUTSIDE
COME ALIVE OUTSIDE (Vermont) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $897,334 to it, the largest being Rutland Hospital Inc ($624,310). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $513k
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $897k
- Net assets
- $224k
What Come Alive Outside does
Mission
To inspire collaborative community systems that create the awareness, intention and opportunity for people to live healthier lives outside.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
2024 Program Service AccomplishmentsIn 2024, Come Alive Outside directly impacted over 30,000 individuals through its core programs and community partnerships.Outdoor Youth Passport ProgramMore than 12,000 elementary students participated in the Summer and Winter Passports across Vermont. Families reported that 85% of children were more excited about physical activity because of the program.Outdoor Adult Passport ProgramReached over 2,000 adults, with 98% reporting increases in both physical activity and mental well-being.Mile-A-Day ChallengeEngaged more than 2,000 participants, with 96% saying they were more physically active and 96% reporting improved mental health. The new Mile-A-Day app gave users more ways to participate and track their progress.NatureRx ProgramSupported 50 participants, with 80% increasing physical activity and 95% reporting better mental well-being.Green Street ChallengeBrought temporary parks and play spaces to over 5,000 people in Rutland, VT.Community Events and OutreachPartnered with more than 50 local organizations to host equity-focused outdoor programs. Together, these reached over 4,000 community members.Depot Park ProjectInstalled tulip chairs and…
$383,327 spent$129,120 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $383,327.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2021 to 2022, from $131k to $197k (+51%).
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: 2018 22% · 2019 25% · 2020 10% · 2021 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
74% of COME ALIVE OUTSIDE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $49k → $145k.
5 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 COME ALIVE OUTSIDE’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
COME ALIVE OUTSIDE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 COME ALIVE OUTSIDE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 94% · 2018 90% · 2019 71% · 2020 72% · 2021 63% · 2022 56% · 2023 53% — 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of COME ALIVE OUTSIDE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
100% of COME ALIVE OUTSIDE's grant income comes from Vermont funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $171k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
COME ALIVE OUTSIDE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding COME ALIVE OUTSIDE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $968k on record.
- Chronic Disease Programs$415k
- Grants$270k
- Rural Health System Improvemnt$130k
- Other Grants$79k
- Nutrition & Physical Activity$72k
- Other Purchased Services$2k
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 COME ALIVE OUTSIDE
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COME ALIVE OUTSIDE: 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 COME ALIVE OUTSIDE?
- COME ALIVE OUTSIDE (Vermont) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $897,334 to it, the largest being Rutland Hospital Inc ($624,310). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COME ALIVE OUTSIDE have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $897,334 in grants to COME ALIVE OUTSIDE, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COME ALIVE OUTSIDE?
- Rutland Hospital Inc is the largest funder on record, with $624,310 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COME ALIVE OUTSIDE 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 15 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