Vermont · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Environment & Conservation in Vermont

Imperigo has identified 205 funders that made 1,424 grants totaling $142.3M to 111 environment & conservation organizations in Vermont, with a median grant of $25K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Environment & Conservation Funding in Vermont

Total granted $142.3M
Funders 205
Grants 1,424
Organizations funded 111

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. The Vermont Community Foundation
170 grants to 58 organizations · largest $5.0M · through 2024 · 13.2% of their giving
$20.5M
2. WRLD Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $835K · through 2024 · 16.4% of their giving
$1.2M
3. High Meadows Fund Inc
17 grants to 13 organizations · largest $118K · through 2020 · 34.0% of their giving
$825K
4. New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
43 grants to 15 organizations · largest $253K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$2.6M
5. United States Energy Foundation
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $875K · through 2024
$3.9M
6. Holdfast Trust
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $764K · through 2023 · 1.9% of their giving
$1.5M
7. Southeastern Vermont Community Action Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $461K · through 2023 · 2.2% of their giving
$1.0M
8. Davis Conservation Foundation
21 grants to 18 organizations · largest $25K · through 2024 · 5.7% of their giving
$281K
9. The Corps Network
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $149K · through 2023 · 1.8% of their giving
$586K
10. TechFoundation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2022 · 16.8% of their giving
$57K
11. Vermont Afterschool Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $101K · through 2023 · 3.1% of their giving
$306K
12. Community Foundation of New Jersey
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.8M · through 2024
$1.8M
13. Impactassetsinc
33 grants to 12 organizations · largest $302K · through 2024
$2.9M
14. Renewable Energy Vermont Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$30K
15. Vermont Low Income Trust for Electricity Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2025 · 2.9% of their giving
$200K
16. Bright Saver Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$25K
17. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $8.0M · through 2024
$8.1M
18. Groundswell Fund
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024
$600K
19. Yhb Charitable Endowment Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $140K · through 2020 · 2.4% of their giving
$170K
20. The Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Charitable Trust-I
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $106K · through 2022 · 1.5% of their giving
$222K
21. Hypertherm Hope Foundation Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $24K · through 2024 · 3.2% of their giving
$90K
22. Maine Community Foundation Inc
14 grants to 9 organizations · largest $210K · through 2024
$806K
23. Fanny Allen Corporation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024 · 3.6% of their giving
$52K
24. Rei Cooperative Action Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2023
$200K
25. Tides Foundation
8 grants to 4 organizations · largest $600K · through 2022
$1.9M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to environment & conservation 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. 13 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 environment & conservation 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 environment & conservation funding in Vermont, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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