Vermont · Nonprofit
VERMONT PUBLIC CO
VERMONT PUBLIC CO (Vermont) receives grants from 71 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,173,009 to it, the largest being CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING ($10,185,135). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $25M
- Funders on record
- 71
- Grants received
- $13M
- Net assets
- $82M
What Vermont Public Co does
Mission
Vermont public informs, educates, and entertains through public service journalism and enlightening content rooted in vermont. Our storytelling enriches lives and fosters community connection and understanding.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Programming:vermont public is vermont's unified public media organization, serving the community with trusted journalism, quality music and entertainment, and educational programming. Vermont public's statewide radio and tv networks provide free and universal access to its broadcast programming throughout vermont, as well as in parts of new hampshire, new york, massachusetts and quebec, canada. Programs and content are available anywhere at vermontpublic.org and with the vermont public app.
$5,887,635 spent$956,349 earned by the program37% of program spendingContent:vermont public produces local, award-winning news, music, arts and entertainment content, and provides local access to acclaimed national programming from npr and pbs. It is home to vermont's only classical music network, and a key source for educational and age-appropriate children's programs, plus resources for parents and educators. Vermont public also facilitates connection and rich content experiences through live events at the station, throughout the region and online.
$5,448,139 spent34% of program spendingEngineering:vermont public is committed to bridging divides, providing space to bring people together across differences - in person and online, as well as on tv and radio.
$4,728,526 spent29% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $16,064,300.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 $89M to $86M (−4%).
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.
56% of VERMONT PUBLIC CO’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 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
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 39 funders, grant income fell $2.6M → $2.6M.
14 of 71 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 PUBLIC CO’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 71 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
VERMONT PUBLIC CO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
94% 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 PUBLIC CO.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 96% · 2022 86% · 2023 67% — 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.
Where its funders are
VERMONT PUBLIC CO draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside Vermont, across 19 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.1M 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.
Against its field
VERMONT PUBLIC CO has grown faster than three-quarters of the 570 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 570 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding VERMONT PUBLIC CO receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $125k on record.
- Advertising - Radio$59k
- Advertising - TV$26k
- Other Purchased Services$15k
- Other Contr and 3rd Pty Serv$10k
- Advertising - Web$6k
- Contr&3rd Party - Adv/TV$3k
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 PUBLIC CO
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
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 3 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for VERMONT PUBLIC CO: 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 PUBLIC CO?
- VERMONT PUBLIC CO (Vermont) receives grants from 71 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,173,009 to it, the largest being CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING ($10,185,135). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VERMONT PUBLIC CO have?
- IRS filings report 71 organizations giving $13,173,009 in grants to VERMONT PUBLIC CO, 33 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VERMONT PUBLIC CO?
- CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING is the largest funder on record, with $10,185,135 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VERMONT PUBLIC CO 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 FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), and the filings of 71 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