Vermont · Nonprofit
Vermont Rural Water Association
Vermont Rural Water Association (Vermont) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,509,373 to it, the largest being NATIONAL RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION ($4,505,473). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $4.5M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Vermont Rural Water Association does
Mission
To promote public health and a clean environment by providing support to public water and wastewater systems.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Not described on the e-filed return.
$1,550,911 spent$340,372 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,550,911.
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 2021 to 2022, from $644k to $888k (+38%).
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 81% · 2018 83% · 2019 83% · 2020 85% · 2021 85% · 2022 82% · 2023 78% · 2024 79% · 2025 71%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
79% of Vermont Rural Water Association’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Chief executive
Elizabeth Royer
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $4k → $746k.
From the IRS filings of Vermont Rural Water 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 Rural Water Association leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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
100% 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 Water Association.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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 Rural Water Association draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Vermont, across 2 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 Rural Water Association runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 497 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 497 public benefit nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding Vermont Rural Water Association receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.6M on record.
- Other Contr and 3rd Pty Serv$2.5M
- Grants$515k
- Contr&3rd Pty-Educ & Training$253k
- Public Health Preparedness$191k
- Other Grants$72k
- Special Projects$31k
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 Water 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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
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 Rural Water 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 Rural Water Association?
- Vermont Rural Water Association (Vermont) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,509,373 to it, the largest being NATIONAL RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION ($4,505,473). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Vermont Rural Water Association have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $4,509,373 in grants to Vermont Rural Water Association, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Vermont Rural Water Association?
- NATIONAL RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,505,473 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Vermont Rural Water 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 2 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