Vermont · Nonprofit
Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation
Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation (Vermont) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,284,877 to it, the largest being DONLEY FOUNDATION-UD DTD 12-8-86 ($935,642). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $739k
- Funders on record
- 29
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $2.1M
What Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation does
Mission
VCTF works to ensure the well-being of children and families in Vermont by raising private money to fund prevention programs for children and families throughout Vermont. During the fiscal year ending 6/30/2026, VCTF funded 48 programs a total of $384,163.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Program
In the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, VCTF granted $384,163 to 48 programs serving just over 19,000 people throughout Vermont. The programs funded serve children aged birth to 18 and their families. Programs may be pre-school, after-school, or parenting education. All of these programs are working to keep children connected to their communities preparing them to do well in school broadening their experiences through art, literature, theater and nature teaching children important skills to reduce risk factors and much more. We all know that educated, cared-for, healthy children are more likely to realize their promise. VCTF funds are granted to programs that meet the following outcomes: 1. Vermont's families are safe, nurturing, stable and supported. 2. Vermont's children and young people achieve their potential.
$480,661 spentof which $384,163 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2026 Form 990. Program spending in total: $480,661.
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 2023 to 2024, from $1.8M to $2.3M (+28%).
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 34% · 2018 35% · 2019 28% · 2020 27% · 2021 23% · 2022 25% · 2023 12% · 2024 10% · 2025 12% · 2026 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
61% of Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
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 broadened from 7 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $85k → $289k.
5 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation’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
Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
26% 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 Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 58% · 2018 78% · 2019 35% · 2020 29% · 2021 26% · 2022 27% · 2023 46% — 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
59% of Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation'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
Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside Vermont, across 12 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $561k 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
Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 220 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 220 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Government funding Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $6.2M on record.
- Children's Trust Foundation$2.2M
- Comm Based Family Resources$2.0M
- Children's Trust Fund$1.8M
- Juvenile Justice Delinquency$63k
- Comm Based Prevention$53k
- Parent Child Centers$21k
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 Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation
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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
71%
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 Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation: 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 Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation?
- Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation (Vermont) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,284,877 to it, the largest being DONLEY FOUNDATION-UD DTD 12-8-86 ($935,642). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $2,284,877 in grants to Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation?
- DONLEY FOUNDATION-UD DTD 12-8-86 is the largest funder on record, with $935,642 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation 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 29 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