Vermont · Nonprofit
RUTLAND AREA FARM AND FOOD LINK
RUTLAND AREA FARM AND FOOD LINK (Vermont) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $145,276 to it, the largest being Rutland Hospital Inc ($110,276). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $226k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $145k
- Net assets
- $0
What Rutland Area Farm and Food Link does
Mission
To build connections that grow a strong agricultural economy and healthy community.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
Program development and delivery this includes piloting new programs, learning from best practices, surveying, business planning etc.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2020: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $60k → $31k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 RUTLAND AREA FARM AND FOOD LINK’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
RUTLAND AREA FARM AND FOOD LINK leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% 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
83% 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 RUTLAND AREA FARM AND FOOD LINK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
82% of RUTLAND AREA FARM AND FOOD LINK's grant income comes from Vermont funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Government funding RUTLAND AREA FARM AND FOOD LINK receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $74k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$74k
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 RUTLAND AREA FARM AND FOOD LINK
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
67% 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 RUTLAND AREA FARM AND FOOD LINK: 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 RUTLAND AREA FARM AND FOOD LINK?
- RUTLAND AREA FARM AND FOOD LINK (Vermont) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $145,276 to it, the largest being Rutland Hospital Inc ($110,276). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RUTLAND AREA FARM AND FOOD LINK have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $145,276 in grants to RUTLAND AREA FARM AND FOOD LINK, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RUTLAND AREA FARM AND FOOD LINK?
- Rutland Hospital Inc is the largest funder on record, with $110,276 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RUTLAND AREA FARM AND FOOD LINK 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), 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