Vermont · Nonprofit
THE GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB INC DEBONIS
THE GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB INC DEBONIS (Vermont) receives grants from 75 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,768,537 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($919,795). 44 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.1M
- Funders on record
- 75
- Grants received
- $2.8M
- Net assets
- $17M
What The Green Mountain Club Inc Debonis does
Mission
The mission of the green mountain club is to make the vermont mountains play a larger part in the life of the people by protecting and maintaining the long trail system and fostering, through education, the stewardship of vermont's hiking trails and mountains.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Field programs: the green mountain club works to conserve, protect, and ensure the continued viability of the long trail, the appalachian trail in vermont, and northeast kingdon trails. Operations are in place to develop and maintain the trails, shelters and structures that are a part of the club's trail system. Gmc had caretakers placed across vermont who educated the public on low-impact hiking and camping techniques and managed use at mountain sites and ponds in vermont's backcountry. Land conservation: the green mountain club is committed to protecting the trail corridor and works with local agency partners to conserve land surrounding our trail management system. We utilize the work of volunteers to monitor our corridors, which involves regularly walking protected lands to ensure that conservation restrictions are being upheld and the long trail system is protected. We also maintain open areas, which has goals of maintaining the agricultural character of the region, suppressing invasive species, and providing meadow environments for wildlife. Education and outreach: the green mountain club provides educational programs to the hiking public through its workshops, service…
$1,485,122 spent$635,846 earned by the program88% of program spendingField programs: the green mountain club works to conserve, protect, and ensure the continued viability of the long trail, the appalachian trail in vermont, and northeast kingdon trails. Operations are in place to develop and maintain the trails, shelters and structures that are a part of the club's trail system. Gmc had caretakers placed across vermont who educated the public on low-impact hiking and camping techniques and managed use at mountain sites and ponds in vermont's backcountry. Land conservation: the green mountain club is committed to protecting the trail corridor and works with local agency partners to conserve land surrounding our trail management system. We utilize the work of volunteers to monitor our corridors, which involves regularly walking protected lands to ensure that conservation restrictions are being upheld and the long trail system is protected. We also maintain open areas, which has goals of maintaining the agricultural character of the region, suppressing invasive species, and providing meadow environments for wildlife. Education and outreach: the green mountain club provides educational programs to the hiking public through its workshops, service…
$203,621 spent12% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,688,743.
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 $12M to $15M (+17%).
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 15% · 2018 6% · 2019 10% · 2020 5% · 2021 9% · 2022 3% · 2023 7% · 2024 3% · 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 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 18 funders to 30 funders, grant income rose $80k → $317k.
11 of 75 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 63% 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 GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB INC DEBONIS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 75 funders by total. 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 GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB INC DEBONIS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 33% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
67% 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 GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB INC DEBONIS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 35% · 2018 18% · 2019 35% · 2020 50% · 2021 33% · 2022 48% · 2023 19% — 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
54% of THE GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB INC DEBONIS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
63% of THE GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB INC DEBONIS'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 $1.0M that is directly attributable, 88% of it comes from funders outside Vermont, across 18 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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 GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB INC DEBONIS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5.8M on record — $1.9M federal, $3.8M state.
- Department of Agriculture$1.9M
- Grants$3.0M
- Property - Land$433k
- Gr, Awards, Scholarships&Loans$153k
- Other Contr and 3rd Pty Serv$102k
- Grants to Municipalities$92k
- Contr&3rd Pty-Other Prop Mgmt$48k
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 GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB INC DEBONIS
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
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB INC DEBONIS?
- THE GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB INC DEBONIS (Vermont) receives grants from 75 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,768,537 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($919,795). 44 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB INC DEBONIS have?
- IRS filings report 75 organizations giving $2,768,537 in grants to THE GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB INC DEBONIS, 44 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB INC DEBONIS?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $919,795 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB INC DEBONIS 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 75 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