How many funders does VERMONT FREEDOM FUND INC have?

IRS filings report 2 grantmakers giving $21,000 in grants to VERMONT FREEDOM FUND INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.

Who is the largest funder of VERMONT FREEDOM FUND INC?

THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR INCARCERATED AN is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.

How can an organization like VERMONT FREEDOM FUND 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.

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VERMONT FREEDOM FUND INC

VERMONT FREEDOM FUND INC (Vermont) is funded by 2 grantmakers whose IRS filings report $21,000 in grants to it, the largest being THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR INCARCERATED AN ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

$48k

Revenue FY2021

Funders on record

$21k

Grants received

$35k

Net assets

1/2 repeat funders

Against its field

VERMONT FREEDOM FUND INC is better cushioned than half of the 1,428 crime & legal nonprofits its size.

Months of reserve33.0mo · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,428 crime & legal nonprofits under $100k, FY2021

01The organization over time

02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

$10k from 1 funders in 2024, up from $11k and 2 in 2023.

'23

'24

total

The National Council for Incarcerated An

$20k

Chengzhong Culture and Education Focus

$1k

funders

From the IRS filings of VERMONT FREEDOM FUND INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation.

How concentrated its funding is

VERMONT FREEDOM FUND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% 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

95%

largest funder

100%

top three

effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2023 91% · 2024 100% — growing more concentrated.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration.

Where its funders are

VERMONT FREEDOM FUND INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Vermont — its reputation reaches beyond the state, across 2 states in all.

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’23

’24

Vermont out of state home

03Its place in the field

Funders to approach

Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.

From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.

Organizations like VERMONT FREEDOM FUND INC

Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Vermont

Vermont Journalism Trust Ltd77%Vermont National Guard Charitable Foundation Inc73%Vermont Realtors Charitable Foundation72%Vermont for Reproductive Liberty Ballot Committee Inc72%Vermont Public Co71%Vermont Chamber Foundation Inc71%High Meadows Fund Inc71%Vermont International Film Foundation70%

Nationally

Liberty Fund Inc78%Vermont Journalism Trust Ltd77%Vermont National Guard Charitable Foundation Inc73%Vermont Realtors Charitable Foundation72%Patriot Fund Inc72%Vermont for Reproductive Liberty Ballot Committee Inc72%The Freedom Forum Inc72%Freedom's Future Fund Inc71%

04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Questions and answers

Who funds VERMONT FREEDOM FUND INC?: VERMONT FREEDOM FUND INC (Vermont) is funded by 2 grantmakers whose IRS filings report $21,000 in grants to it, the largest being THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR INCARCERATED AN ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does VERMONT FREEDOM FUND INC have?: IRS filings report 2 grantmakers giving $21,000 in grants to VERMONT FREEDOM FUND INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of VERMONT FREEDOM FUND INC?: THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR INCARCERATED AN is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like VERMONT FREEDOM FUND 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.

Every figure is read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML — this organization’s own return for FY2021 (financials across 2021–2021), and the filings of 2funders 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. view filing

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