Vermont · Nonprofit
VERMONT GRASS FARMERS ASSOCIATION
VERMONT GRASS FARMERS ASSOCIATION (Vermont) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $265,000 to it, the largest being FORREST C & FRANCES H LATTNER FOUNDATION ($245,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $252k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $265k
- Net assets
- $180k
What Vermont Grass Farmers Association does
Mission
To promote, manage, and oversee grazing outreach and education programs in Vermont.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Support farming that enhances soil health and water quality, build farmer-to-farmer learning opportunities, and uphold the viability and resiliency of Vermonts livestock farms.
$178,599 spent$3,105 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $178,599.
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 $77k to $132k (+71%).
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: 2024 27% · 2025 29%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of VERMONT GRASS FARMERS ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
2018 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $40k → $50k.
From the IRS filings of VERMONT GRASS FARMERS ASSOCIATION’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 GRASS FARMERS ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 63% · 2019 83% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 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.
Where its funders are
VERMONT GRASS FARMERS ASSOCIATION draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Vermont, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 GRASS FARMERS ASSOCIATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding VERMONT GRASS FARMERS ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $227k on record.
- Other Grants$217k
- Advertising - Other$9k
- Registration for Meetings&Conf$220
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 GRASS FARMERS ASSOCIATION
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
89% 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 VERMONT GRASS FARMERS ASSOCIATION: 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 GRASS FARMERS ASSOCIATION?
- VERMONT GRASS FARMERS ASSOCIATION (Vermont) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $265,000 to it, the largest being FORREST C & FRANCES H LATTNER FOUNDATION ($245,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VERMONT GRASS FARMERS ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $265,000 in grants to VERMONT GRASS FARMERS ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VERMONT GRASS FARMERS ASSOCIATION?
- FORREST C & FRANCES H LATTNER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $245,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VERMONT GRASS FARMERS ASSOCIATION 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 4 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