Vermont · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Community Improvement in Vermont

Imperigo has identified 118 funders that made 631 grants totaling $56.3M to 82 community improvement organizations in Vermont, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Community Improvement Funding in Vermont

Total granted $56.3M
Funders 118
Grants 631
Organizations funded 82

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Southeastern Vermont Community Action Inc
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2022 · 16.5% of their giving
$7.5M
2. Vermont Low Income Trust for Electricity Inc
11 grants to 7 organizations · largest $190K · through 2025 · 17.6% of their giving
$1.2M
3. The Vermont Community Foundation
103 grants to 38 organizations · largest $322K · through 2024 · 3.4% of their giving
$5.3M
4. United Way of Northwest Vermont Inc
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $186K · through 2024 · 9.9% of their giving
$853K
5. Brattleboro Development Credit Corp
9 grants to 4 organizations · largest $75K · through 2024 · 12.9% of their giving
$390K
6. Vermont Afterschool Inc
11 grants to 5 organizations · largest $146K · through 2024 · 5.8% of their giving
$575K
7. Connect Humanity
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $125K · through 2022 · 8.8% of their giving
$125K
8. Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $33K · through 2021 · 100.0% of their giving
$33K
9. Vermont State Employees Credit Union
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $50K · through 2022 · 7.9% of their giving
$81K
10. High Meadows Fund Inc
5 grants to 4 organizations · largest $40K · through 2020 · 5.0% of their giving
$121K
11. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
7 grants to 4 organizations · largest $989K · through 2023
$2.1M
12. The Chicago Community Trust
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $5.0M · through 2023
$5.0M
13. Ascendium Education Solutions Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $505K · through 2024
$1.4M
14. Hypertherm Hope Foundation Inc
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $22K · through 2024 · 3.3% of their giving
$93K
15. New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
15 grants to 8 organizations · largest $169K · through 2024
$768K
16. Nellie Mae Education Foundation Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $300K · through 2023
$434K
17. Fanny Allen Corporation
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10K · through 2024 · 3.4% of their giving
$50K
18. First Children's Finance Group
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $34K · through 2024 · 3.3% of their giving
$49K
19. Lgbtq Fund of Vermont Incorporated
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2023 · 3.3% of their giving
$30K
20. Tides Foundation
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $600K · through 2022
$1.4M
21. Granite State Economic Development Corp
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024 · 2.2% of their giving
$25K
22. Impactassetsinc
13 grants to 6 organizations · largest $155K · through 2024
$844K
23. Connecticut Association for Community Action Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $60K · through 2023
$60K
24. Investor Protection Trust
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2020
$54K
25. White Swan Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 2.2% of their giving
$10K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to community improvement 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. 11 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 community improvement 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 community improvement funding in Vermont, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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