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DOWNTOWN BRATTLEBORO ALLIANCE INC

DOWNTOWN BRATTLEBORO ALLIANCE INC (Vermont) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,647,071 to it, the largest being SOUTHEASTERN VERMONT COMMUNITY ACTION INC ($4,508,512). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$200k
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$4.6M
Net assets
$133k
3/8 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Downtown Brattleboro Alliance Inc does

Mission

The mission of the downtown brattleboro alliance is to nurture and support the vibrancy of downtown brattleboro through community and economic development.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Downtown revitalizaton, business recruitment and marketing.

    $175,080 spent
    89% of program spending
  2. Gallery walk program launched in 2021 (runs may-october) consists of monthly events, each drawing an average of 1500 people into downtown brattleboro. We collaborated with 75+ local organizations and businesses.

    $22,150 spent
    11% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $197,230.

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 ($85k) Expenses 100 ($81k) Net assets 100 ($29k)2018 Revenue 128 ($108k) Expenses 133 ($108k) Net assets 64 ($19k)2019 Revenue 182 ($155k) Expenses 158 ($128k) Net assets 156 ($46k)2020 Revenue 171 ($145k) Expenses 198 ($161k) Net assets 98 ($29k)2021 Revenue 2617 ($2.2M) Expenses 2720 ($2.2M) Net assets 125 ($37k)2022 Revenue 1784 ($1.5M) Expenses 1900 ($1.5M) Net assets 16 ($5k)2023 Revenue 1548 ($1.3M) Expenses 1526 ($1.2M) Net assets 302 ($88k)2024 Revenue 337 ($286k) Expenses 234 ($190k) Net assets 622 ($182k)2025 Revenue 236 ($200k) Expenses 303 ($247k) Net assets 455 ($133k)
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Revenue (236)Expenses (303)Net assets (455)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 2023 to 2024, from $94k to $195k (+107%).

$35k
$25k
$53k
$48k
$49k
$27k
$94k
$195k
$134k
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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
2020
2021
2022
2023
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2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 98% · 2022 97% · 2023 88% · 2024 35% · 2025 42%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

91% of DOWNTOWN BRATTLEBORO ALLIANCE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,439 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$4k
’17
$193
’18
$27k
’19
−$16k
’20
$8k
’21
−$32k
’22
$72k
’23
$96k
’24
−$46k
’25
6.4
months of
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.

20212022202320242025
Listed121113109
Joined·+3+4+2+3
No longer listed·4254
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $15k → $680k.

3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 DOWNTOWN BRATTLEBORO ALLIANCE 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

DOWNTOWN BRATTLEBORO ALLIANCE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% of grant income and the top three 99%; 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 DOWNTOWN BRATTLEBORO ALLIANCE INC.

97%
largest funder
99%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 87% · 2021 100% · 2022 98% · 2023 99% — 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.

How long its funders stay

50% of DOWNTOWN BRATTLEBORO ALLIANCE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

99% of DOWNTOWN BRATTLEBORO ALLIANCE INC's grant income comes from Vermont funders.

VT
MA
DC

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

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Vermont out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $75k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

DOWNTOWN BRATTLEBORO ALLIANCE INC has grown faster than half of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−23% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve6.4mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)11% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Government funding DOWNTOWN BRATTLEBORO ALLIANCE INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $114k on record.

State$114k
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Top programs
  • Grants$89k
  • Grants to Municipalities$23k
  • Advertising - Other$2k
  • Other Purchased Services$900

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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

80% of spending goes to programs.

Program 80%Management 20%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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Questions and answers

Who funds DOWNTOWN BRATTLEBORO ALLIANCE INC?
DOWNTOWN BRATTLEBORO ALLIANCE INC (Vermont) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,647,071 to it, the largest being SOUTHEASTERN VERMONT COMMUNITY ACTION INC ($4,508,512). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does DOWNTOWN BRATTLEBORO ALLIANCE INC have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $4,647,071 in grants to DOWNTOWN BRATTLEBORO ALLIANCE INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of DOWNTOWN BRATTLEBORO ALLIANCE INC?
SOUTHEASTERN VERMONT COMMUNITY ACTION INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,508,512 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
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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 8 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