Vermont · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Arts & Culture in Vermont

Imperigo has identified 165 funders that made 2,230 grants totaling $112.4M to 227 arts & culture organizations in Vermont, with a median grant of $15K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Arts & Culture Funding in Vermont

Total granted $112.4M
Funders 165
Grants 2,230
Organizations funded 227

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. The Vermont Community Foundation
312 grants to 105 organizations · largest $8.0M · through 2024 · 14.9% of their giving
$23.2M
2. Vermont Afterschool Inc
31 grants to 19 organizations · largest $114K · through 2024 · 8.9% of their giving
$878K
3. Corporation for Public Broadcasting
20 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.3M · through 2025
$10.2M
4. Pennsylvania Certified Organic
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $144K · through 2024 · 9.6% of their giving
$255K
5. First Children's Finance Group
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $96K · through 2024 · 12.0% of their giving
$180K
6. Lgbtq Fund of Vermont Incorporated
9 grants to 5 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024 · 14.3% of their giving
$130K
7. Indian River Community Foundation Inc
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$1.0M
8. New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
26 grants to 10 organizations · largest $240K · through 2024
$1.2M
9. Seaton Max Y Memorial Trust
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $19K · through 2025 · 73.1% of their giving
$28K
10. Alterra Mountain Company Community Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $62K · through 2023 · 4.5% of their giving
$112K
11. National Society for the Preserva- Tion of Covered Bridges
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2022 · 20.5% of their giving
$25K
12. High Meadows Fund Inc
4 grants to 4 organizations · largest $44K · through 2020 · 4.5% of their giving
$109K
13. Ottauquechee Chapter Dar Trust
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $11K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$22K
14. Local Independent Online News Publishers Inc
6 grants to 4 organizations · largest $21K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$107K
15. The US Charitable Gift Trust
5 grants to 5 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024
$1.1M
16. Fiduciary Charitable Foundation DBA Fiduciary Trust Charitable
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $154K · through 2024
$314K
17. The Lenfest Institute for Journalism Special Asset Fund of Tpf
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $105K · through 2020
$255K
18. Community Foundation for Nantucket Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2025
$130K
19. Vermont Low Income Trust for Electricity Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $66K · through 2023
$66K
20. Comerica Charitable Trust
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $78K · through 2024
$200K
21. Frontstream Global Fund
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024
$172K
22. Hypertherm Hope Foundation Inc
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $25K · through 2023 · 1.3% of their giving
$38K
23. Neat Repeats Resale Shop Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $5K · through 2024 · 4.2% of their giving
$10K
24. The Bessemer Giving Fund C/O Bessemer Trust Company Trustee
25 grants to 11 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024
$481K
25. MENTOR Vermont Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2023
$30K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to arts & culture work in Vermont, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 12 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering arts & culture work, with an address in Vermont. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable arts & culture funding in Vermont, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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