Vermont · Nonprofit
DOWNTOWN WINOOSKI INC
DOWNTOWN WINOOSKI INC (Vermont) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,500 to it, the largest being BEN & JERRY'S FOUNDATION INC ($3,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $187k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $4k
- Net assets
- $-24696
What Downtown Winooski Inc does
Mission
State of Vermont designated downtown organization that supports economic vitality through community events and programming focused on inclusivity and belonging.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Present Winooski Farmers Market May - October. Hosted every Sunday and averages attendance of 200-400 weekly. Hosts one musical and 30 vendors and 2 volunteers a week.
$10,593 spent27% of program spendingHost Community Block Parties in Central Park with 300 people in attendance monthly June - October with a dozen volunteers a month.
$19,271 spent50% of program spendingBetter Places placemaking enhancements to Rotary Park started with the purchase of a new performance tent for outdoor concerts in the park. Garden planters, park benches and banners will be installed in the future.
$9,037 spentof which $17,386 as grants23% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $38,901.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $20k to $17k (−14%).
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.
59% of DOWNTOWN WINOOSKI INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Laura Wade
Baord Chair
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of DOWNTOWN WINOOSKI 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.
Where its funders are
100% of DOWNTOWN WINOOSKI INC's grant income comes from Vermont funders.
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
DOWNTOWN WINOOSKI INC has grown faster than half of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding DOWNTOWN WINOOSKI INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $113k on record.
- Grants$90k
- Grants to Municipalities$23k
- Other Purchased Services$375
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 DOWNTOWN WINOOSKI 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.
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 DOWNTOWN WINOOSKI 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 DOWNTOWN WINOOSKI INC?
- DOWNTOWN WINOOSKI INC (Vermont) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,500 to it, the largest being BEN & JERRY'S FOUNDATION INC ($3,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DOWNTOWN WINOOSKI INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $3,500 in grants to DOWNTOWN WINOOSKI INC.
- Who is the largest funder of DOWNTOWN WINOOSKI INC?
- BEN & JERRY'S FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DOWNTOWN WINOOSKI 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 FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), and the filings of 1 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