Vermont · Nonprofit
VERMONT RURAL EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE INC
VERMONT RURAL EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE INC (Vermont) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $559,200 to it, the largest being THE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($279,500). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $610k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $559k
- Net assets
- $376k
What Vermont Rural Education Collaborative Inc does
Mission
VERC provides mini-grants to students and teachers for projects. Hosts events and learning opportunities for teachers and community leaders. Advocates for rural public schools.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Offered professionl developement to teachers and school administrators throughout the year
$46,790 spent$68,394 earned by the program58% of program spendingAwarded mini grants to schools for innovative projects that promote youth leadership, community partnerships and place-based learning
$29,860 spent37% of program spendingProvided oppotunities for 8th grade students to promote career awareness and post-secondary education that included visits to college campuses in vermont.provided middle school leadership program in partnership with northwoods stewardship center in support of transition to high school.
$4,639 spent6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $81,289.
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 2024 to 2025, from $231k to $424k (+83%).
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 10% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
59% of VERMONT RURAL EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Chief executive
John Castle
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $45k → $92k.
2 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 57% 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 RURAL EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE INC’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 RURAL EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
72% 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 RURAL EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 75% · 2022 95% · 2023 55% — 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
50% of VERMONT RURAL EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE INC's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 62% 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
57% of VERMONT RURAL EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE INC'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 $240k that is directly attributable, 59% of it comes from Vermont funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $320k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 RURAL EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding VERMONT RURAL EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $594k on record — $85k federal, $509k state.
- Department of Agriculture$85k
- Other Grants$288k
- Contr&3rd Pty-Educ & Training$200k
- ADAP Prevention Activities$14k
- MCH Planning$6k
- Other Contr and 3rd Pty Serv$1k
- Registration for Meetings&Conf$25
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 RURAL EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE INC
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
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds VERMONT RURAL EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE INC?
- VERMONT RURAL EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE INC (Vermont) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $559,200 to it, the largest being THE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($279,500). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does VERMONT RURAL EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $559,200 in grants to VERMONT RURAL EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VERMONT RURAL EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE INC?
- THE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $279,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VERMONT RURAL EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE 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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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 13 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