Vermont · Nonprofit
National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont Inc
National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont Inc (Vermont) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $389,036 to it, the largest being THE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($179,452). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $456k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $389k
- Net assets
- $572k
What National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont Inc does
Mission
NAMI Vermont supports, educates and advocates so that all communities, families, and individuals affected by mental illness or mental health challenges can build better lives.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Conference The NAMI Vermont Annual Conference brings together mental health professionals, family members and peers for education and networking on the latest in mental health research, best practices, and to raise awareness to confront stigma that surrounds mental illness. Our keynote speakers and workshop presenters include national and statewide professionals. Exhibitors and sponsors help to support the event along with registration fees. 194 participants registered for the conference with 21 scholarships for low-income peers.
$49,481 spent$24,638 earned by the program18% of program spendingFamily Ed The NAMI Family-to-Family education course is a free, evidence-based 8-week NAMI Signature Program structured to help families and friends of individuals with mental illness understand and support their loved ones while maintaining their own well-being. The curriculum includes information on the brain, medication, types of mental illnesses, crisis management, problem solving, communication skills, coping strategies, self-care, recovery and advocacy. The course is taught by trained volunteer family members. A total of three Family-to-Family classes were held Total Participants Enrolled 62. Total Participants Completed 42.
$31,319 spent12% of program spendingPeer Support NAMI Connection Recovery Support Groups are 90 minute recovery support groups for people living with a mental health condition where people learn from one anothers experiences, share coping strategies, and offer mutual encouragement and understanding. The groups provide an ongoing opportunity to discuss the challenges of living with a mental health condition and techniques for maintaining wellness. Meetings are facilitated by trained peers living in recovery. Each group meets once weekly or twice monthly. A total of 8 support group locations that reached 616 participants.
$16,106 spent6% of program spendingProgram Service Expenses 170,821, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 Includes other programs such as Program Ed, Provider Education, Mental Illness and Recovery workshops, Membership, advocacy and other programs.
$170,821 spent64% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $267,727.
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 $602k to $759k (+26%).
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 70% · 2018 71% · 2019 74% · 2020 79% · 2021 66% · 2022 66% · 2023 67% · 2024 47% · 2025 56%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont 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. 4 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.
Chief executive
Laurie Emerson
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $25k → $40k.
5 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 60% 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 National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont 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
National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
97% 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 National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 71% · 2018 97% · 2019 60% · 2020 52% · 2021 83% · 2022 63% · 2023 59% — 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 National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
60% of National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont Inc's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $156k that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from funders outside Vermont, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $234k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont Inc is better cushioned than half of the 7,883 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $23k on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$23k
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 National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont 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
56% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont Inc?
- National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont Inc (Vermont) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $389,036 to it, the largest being THE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($179,452). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont Inc have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $389,036 in grants to National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont Inc, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont Inc?
- THE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $179,452 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 9 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