Vermont · Nonprofit
MONTPELIER DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY ASSOC
MONTPELIER DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY ASSOC (Vermont) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $761,087 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR A RESILIENT MONTPELIER INC ($143,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $820k
- Funders on record
- 26
- Grants received
- $761k
- Net assets
- $174k
What Montpelier Downtown Community Assoc does
Mission
To enhance the quality of life for people who live, work and visit Montpelier by helping the downtown develop into the 21st century as a vital and diverse community center for retailing, cultural and entertainment activities, education, recreation, business and professional services, dining, government and residential use.
As stated on its FY2021 Form 990.
Program
The Montpelier Downtown Community Association, inc, dba montpelier alive is a non-profit corporation with a mission to enhance the quality of life for people who live, work and visit montpelier by helping the downtown and adjacent area develop into 21st century as a vital and diverse community center for retailing, cultural and entertainment activities, education, recreation, business and professional services, dining, government and residential use. The board of directors is currently developing this 5 year strategic plan to provide a solid vision and sustainable direction for the organization, its members, staff, and volunteers.
$984,665 spentof which $750,116 as grants$11,760 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $984,665.
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 2022 to 2023, from $170k to $354k (+108%).
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: 2017 64% · 2018 43% · 2019 44% · 2020 50% · 2021 30% · 2022 41% · 2023 10% · 2024 30%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of MONTPELIER DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY ASSOC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than 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 8 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.
Chief executive
Katherine Trautz
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 19 funders, grant income rose $2k → $378k.
7 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% 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 MONTPELIER DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY ASSOC’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
MONTPELIER DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY ASSOC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
41% 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 MONTPELIER DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY ASSOC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 96% · 2021 87% · 2022 97% · 2023 26% — 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
60% of MONTPELIER DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY ASSOC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 31% 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
59% of MONTPELIER DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY ASSOC's grant income comes from Vermont funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $163k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
MONTPELIER DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY ASSOC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding MONTPELIER DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY ASSOC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2k on record.
- Other Purchased Services$1k
- Advertising - Print$270
- Recording & Other Fees$45
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 MONTPELIER DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY ASSOC
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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MONTPELIER DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY ASSOC?
- MONTPELIER DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY ASSOC (Vermont) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $761,087 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR A RESILIENT MONTPELIER INC ($143,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MONTPELIER DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY ASSOC have?
- IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $761,087 in grants to MONTPELIER DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY ASSOC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MONTPELIER DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY ASSOC?
- FOUNDATION FOR A RESILIENT MONTPELIER INC is the largest funder on record, with $143,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MONTPELIER DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY ASSOC 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 26 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