Vermont · Nonprofit
CRAFT EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND INC
CRAFT EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND INC (Vermont) receives grants from 94 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,408,065 to it, the largest being WINDGATE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($2,330,000). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.8M
- Funders on record
- 94
- Grants received
- $10M
- Net assets
- $4.4M
What Craft Emergency Relief Fund Inc does
Mission
The craft emergency relief fund (cerf+) provides craft artists with support and resources for disaster and emergency relief, education programs, and readiness grants to strengthen preparedness. Committing to generosity, inclusion, and care, we advocate for the thriveability of craft artists and craft as an art form.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Emergency response - cerf+ provides critical emergency financial assistance to craft artists who have experienced a recent, practice-threatening emergency such as climate- related disasters, illness, injuries, studio or home fires, and theft. Once applications are completed, grant determinations are made within two weeks. This year, 1,057 artists affected by practice -threatening emergencies received direct emergency relief grants totaling 3,171,000 and 16,419 of gifts-in-kind (donations of equipment, materials, booth waiver fees, etc.). The largest category of emergencies for artists was climate-related disasters, representing 84% of total grants. Major responses included hurricane helene, the la wildfires, and vermont windstorms. The second-largest category was injury and accidents, accounting for 6% of all grants, followed by illness, which made up 4% of the grants. Cerf+ administered the etsy program to support makers who have experienced a federally declared disaster within the past year. In fy25, etsy and cerf+ awarded 57 grants totaling 108,000 dollars. Extended relief following hurricane helene, working with six local partners and a national research partner, we…
$883,763 spentof which $646,737 as grants$37,939 earned by the program16% of program spendingEducation & training "get ready" grants - cerf+ successfully concluded its ninth year of the "get ready" grant program, empowering craft artists to safeguard their studios, protect their practices, and prepare for emergencies. In fiscal year 2025, cerf+ distributed a record amount in get ready grants this year, 412 grants totaling 404,884 across 35 states and 1 u.s. Territory. North carolina accounted for the largest percentage of awards, making up 57% of the total. Cerf+ has hosted 20 training sessions, conferences, and keynotes, engaging 2,020 participants. Topics included emergency and disaster planning and business insurance, climate change and artistic practice, and accessing emergency relief funding. Additionally, cerf+ participated as an exhibitor at prominent conferences, such as the national council on education for the ceramic arts (nceca) and the association of tribal archives, libraries, and museums (atalm). Emerging artist readiness program with support from the windgate foundation, cerf+ successfully completed the second cohort of the emerging artist readiness program, led by the association of tribal archives, libraries, and museums. Twenty native craft artists…
$4,568,082 spentof which $4,389,182 as grants81% of program spendingOutreach, marketing & advocacy cerf+ maintains an active list of over 35,448 individuals, organizations, and arts businesses that receive email alerts before, during, and after a disaster. Cerf+ also sends e-newsletters on a regular basis to ensure that artists receive up-to-date information, including grant opportunities, educational resources, and federal and state assistance packages. Our increased social media engagement resulted in 13,900+ instagram followers (+1200), 8,300+ facebook followers (+100), and 687 linkedin (+126) followers. Cerf+ continues to play an active role as a steering committee member of the national coalition for arts' preparedness and emergency response (ncaper). Over the past year, ncaper has shifted focus back to response supporting groups during disaster events. We serve on the steering committee of the vermont arts & culture disaster and resilience network, an initiative led by arts and culture organizations from across the state committed to deepening emergency preparedness and resilience within the arts and culture sector. Cerf+ participates in many nationwide cohorts of arts service organizations such as the living traditions network, a nationwide…
$186,735 spentof which $12,697 as grants3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,638,580.
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 2019 to 2020, from $2.3M to $3.3M (+44%).
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: 2021 5% · 2022 1% · 2023 3% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of CRAFT EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Jaydan Moore
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 23 funders, grant income rose $208k → $1.8M.
30 of 94 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 40% 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 CRAFT EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 94 funders by total. 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
CRAFT EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
45% 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 CRAFT EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 55% · 2018 36% · 2019 40% · 2020 19% · 2021 33% · 2022 50% · 2023 40% — 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
48% of CRAFT EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% 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
CRAFT EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Vermont, across 24 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 20 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
CRAFT EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,645 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,645 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding CRAFT EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $100k on record — $100k federal, $350 state.
- National Endowment for the Arts$100k
- Other Purchased Services$350
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 CRAFT EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND 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
68%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CRAFT EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND INC: 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 CRAFT EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND INC?
- CRAFT EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND INC (Vermont) receives grants from 94 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,408,065 to it, the largest being WINDGATE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($2,330,000). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CRAFT EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND INC have?
- IRS filings report 94 organizations giving $10,408,065 in grants to CRAFT EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND INC, 43 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CRAFT EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND INC?
- WINDGATE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,330,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CRAFT EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND 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.
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 94 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing