Vermont · Nonprofit
THE FUND FOR NORTH BENNINGTON INC
THE FUND FOR NORTH BENNINGTON INC (Vermont) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $354,172 to it, the largest being THE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($249,807). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $281k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $354k
- Net assets
- $3.2M
What The Fund for North Bennington Inc does
Mission
The organization promotes activities, conservation, agricultural land use, education, and community participation to help the community of north bennington, vermont maintain its independence and small scale character.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Conservation - this program includes the ownership of 423 acres of woods and farmland in north bennington, vermont and its environs, widely used by community members for walking, running, birdwatching, and cross-country skiing. The fund has set aside monies per its state of vermont current use plan for conservation of important lands in the village of north bennington, and holds conservation easements on several properties.
$157,156 spentof which $72,000 as grants53% of program spendingThe left bank - the property was acquired and renovated as a means of enhancing the vitality of the village's main street. Businesses and community groups rent the building's offices. There is a large room dedicated to public meetings and exhibits, and the building houses an archive of photographs and historical materials related to the village of north bennington.
$67,658 spent$56,995 earned by the program23% of program spendingCommunity initiatives - the fund continues to support community initiatives in and around the village of north bennington in the areas of education, the arts, public recreation, conservation, historic preservation, and social welfare.
$72,504 spentof which $51,715 as grants24% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $297,318.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $2.4M to $2.6M (+12%).
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: 2019 0% · 2020 0% · 2021 0% · 2022 0% · 2023 1% · 2025 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 10 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $57k → $37k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 86% 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 THE FUND FOR NORTH BENNINGTON 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
THE FUND FOR NORTH BENNINGTON INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
90% 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 THE FUND FOR NORTH BENNINGTON INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 46% · 2018 81% · 2019 93% · 2020 90% · 2021 88% · 2022 69% · 2023 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.
How long its funders stay
20% of THE FUND FOR NORTH BENNINGTON INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
86% of THE FUND FOR NORTH BENNINGTON 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 $50k that is directly attributable, 91% of it comes from Vermont funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $304k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Government funding THE FUND FOR NORTH BENNINGTON INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $10k on record.
- Other Grants$10k
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 THE FUND FOR NORTH BENNINGTON 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
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
59%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The Left Bank LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE FUND FOR NORTH BENNINGTON INC?
- THE FUND FOR NORTH BENNINGTON INC (Vermont) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $354,172 to it, the largest being THE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($249,807). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE FUND FOR NORTH BENNINGTON INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $354,172 in grants to THE FUND FOR NORTH BENNINGTON INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FUND FOR NORTH BENNINGTON INC?
- THE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $249,807 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FUND FOR NORTH BENNINGTON 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 10 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing