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 4 of 4

82. Agritech Institute for Small Farms IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2022 · 11.9% of their giving
$25K
83. Tri-Valley Transit IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024 · 14.3% of their giving
$20K
84. Greensboro Association IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $14K · through 2023 · 16.7% of their giving
$14K
85. New England Grassroots Environment Fund IncRegrantor
4 grants to 4 organizations · largest $44K · through 2024 · 2.4% of their giving
$88K
86. Renaissance Philanthropy FundRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2025 · 1.5% of their giving
$100K
87. Trustees of Dartmouth CollegeRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $117K · through 2023
$149K
88. Vermont Natural Resources Council IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $5K · through 2021 · 47.8% of their giving
$5K
89. Ecmc FoundationRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $457K · through 2024
$457K
90. Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples IncRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2023
$115K
91. Dalio Family Fund IncRegrantor
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $335K · through 2024
$470K
92. United Way of Rutland County IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $11K · through 2023 · 3.2% of their giving
$21K
93. The Reinvestment Fund IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $159K · through 2023
$159K
94. Building Bright Futures State Advisory CouncilRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $35K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$35K
95. Welcoming America IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2020 · 1.3% of their giving
$20K
96. Vital Communities IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 2.0% of their giving
$10K
97. Center for an Agricultural Economy IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $18K · through 2024 · 1.0% of their giving
$18K
98. Maine Council on AgingRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 1.6% of their giving
$10K
99. Let's Grow Kids IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $27K · through 2020
$27K
100. Montpelier Downtown Community AssocRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $7K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$7K
101. Center for Community ChangeRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2021
$50K
102. Threshold FoundationRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $31K · through 2023
$31K
103. VT Association for the Education of Young ChildrenRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $11K · through 2024
$11K
104. NEO Philanthropy IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $75K · through 2020
$150K
105. Dartmouth-Hitchcock ClinicRegrantor
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $11K · through 2023
$28K
106. Barre Elks Lodge No 1535Regrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1K · through 2023 · 2.8% of their giving
$1K

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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