Vermont · Nonprofit
NEW ENGLAND RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION
NEW ENGLAND RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION (Vermont) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $530,460 to it, the largest being NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION ($489,880). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.5M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $530k
- Net assets
- $197k
What New England Rural Health Association does
Mission
The mission of the New England Rural Health Association is the improve the health and wellbeing of rural communities throughtout new england.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The New England Rural Health Association coordinated the new england performance improvement initiative that is a collaboration of the state offices of rural health in me, ma, vt, and nh to share best practices, quality improvement and learning opportunities to hospital staff across the region.
$3,032,242 spentof which $1,905,145 as grants$4,716 earned by the program100% of program spendingNew England Rural Health Association conducted various virtual events throughout its fiscal year that focused on health equity and creative innovation models. The New England Rural Health Association hosted its regional conference. This event attracted over 250 participants from across new england and beyond. The association continued its partnership with a variety of state and federal agencies including hrsa, cms, cdc, samhsa and forhp. Attendees participated in a variety of learning sessions. The association also held their second student summit in fiscal year 2025.
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,032,242.
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 2021 to 2022, from $245k to $747k (+206%).
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 68% · 2018 72% · 2020 65% · 2021 88% · 2022 88% · 2023 95% · 2024 96% · 2025 96%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of NEW ENGLAND RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
William Andy Lowe
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $59k → $64k.
From the IRS filings of NEW ENGLAND RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION’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
NEW ENGLAND RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
92% 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 NEW ENGLAND RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 97% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 94% — 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.
Where its funders are
NEW ENGLAND RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Vermont, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
NEW ENGLAND RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 4,665 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding NEW ENGLAND RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $9.2M on record — $2.3M federal, $6.8M state.
- Department of Health and Human Services$2.3M
- MA$6.5M
- VT$364k
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 NEW ENGLAND RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION
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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NEW ENGLAND RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION: 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 NEW ENGLAND RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION?
- NEW ENGLAND RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION (Vermont) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $530,460 to it, the largest being NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION ($489,880). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEW ENGLAND RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $530,460 in grants to NEW ENGLAND RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEW ENGLAND RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION?
- NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $489,880 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEW ENGLAND RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION 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 3 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