Vermont · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Community Improvement in Vermont

Imperigo has identified 119 funders that made 654 grants totaling $59.5M to 85 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 $59.5M
Funders 119
Grants 654
Organizations funded 85

Top Funders — page 3 of 4

57. Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundDonor-advised
88 grants to 34 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024
$8.3M
58. Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncDonor-advised
35 grants to 15 organizations · largest $490K · through 2024
$1.5M
59. American Endowment FoundationDonor-advised
11 grants to 5 organizations · largest $102K · through 2024
$382K
60. American Online Giving Foundation IncDonor-advised
16 grants to 7 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024
$402K
61. Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramDonor-advised
16 grants to 6 organizations · largest $17K · through 2024
$162K
62. The Independent Charitable Gift FundDonor-advised
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2025
$22K
63. Raymond James Charitable Endowment FundDonor-advised
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $30K · through 2024
$40K
64. Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncDonor-advised
6 grants to 4 organizations · largest $25K · through 2024
$60K
65. Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncDonor-advised
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $16K · through 2023
$39K
66. Preservation Trust of Vermont IncRegrantor
26 grants to 15 organizations · largest $1.8M · through 2024 · 35.7% of their giving
$3.4M
67. Central Vermont Council on Aging IncRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $301K · through 2024 · 20.3% of their giving
$1.3M
68. Sojourns Community Health Clinic IncRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $339K · through 2023 · 80.3% of their giving
$1.1M
69. Cooperation VermontRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $305K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$305K
70. Friends of Stowe Vibrancy IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $268K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$268K
71. Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity IncRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $89K · through 2024 · 10.3% of their giving
$303K
72. Alliance for Vermont Communities IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $113K · through 2022 · 64.5% of their giving
$128K
73. Vermont Council on the Arts IncRegrantor
21 grants to 10 organizations · largest $116K · through 2024 · 2.8% of their giving
$415K
74. Lake Champlain Opportunity Fund IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2024 · 35.5% of their giving
$55K
75. Vermont FoodbankRegrantor
12 grants to 4 organizations · largest $104K · through 2024 · 3.2% of their giving
$328K
76. Opportunities Credit UnionRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $38K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$38K
77. Vermont Humanities CouncilRegrantor
9 grants to 6 organizations · largest $15K · through 2025 · 7.2% of their giving
$84K
78. The University of Vermont Medical CenterRegrantor
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $97K · through 2024 · 2.3% of their giving
$247K
79. Alice Peck Day Memorial HospitalRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024 · 9.4% of their giving
$41K
80. Public Health Council of the Upper ValleyRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $23K · through 2023 · 15.5% of their giving
$23K
81. Digital Harbor FoundationRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2024 · 1.6% of their giving
$200K

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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