Vermont · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Food, Agriculture & Nutrition in Vermont

Imperigo has identified 111 funders that made 572 grants totaling $51.0M to 57 food, agriculture & nutrition organizations in Vermont, with a median grant of $14K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Food, Agriculture & Nutrition Funding in Vermont

Total granted $51.0M
Funders 111
Grants 572
Organizations funded 57

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. The Vermont Community Foundation
63 grants to 26 organizations · largest $691K · through 2024 · 3.3% of their giving
$5.1M
2. Green Mountain United Way Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2024 · 42.6% of their giving
$179K
3. Southeastern Vermont Community Action Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2023 · 2.5% of their giving
$1.1M
4. High Meadows Fund Inc
7 grants to 4 organizations · largest $75K · through 2020 · 9.5% of their giving
$232K
5. The Chicago Community Trust
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $9.0M · through 2020
$9.0M
6. Vermont Lions Charities Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2021 · 18.1% of their giving
$25K
7. Underdog Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2023 · 17.5% of their giving
$20K
8. Employees' Community Action Council
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $8K · through 2021 · 31.0% of their giving
$15K
9. Positive Tracks Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $29K · through 2020 · 8.9% of their giving
$29K
10. Vermont Low Income Trust for Electricity Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $116K · through 2021 · 1.6% of their giving
$116K
11. United Way of Northwest Vermont Inc
8 grants to 4 organizations · largest $29K · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$118K
12. Fanny Allen Corporation
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10K · through 2024 · 3.3% of their giving
$48K
13. New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
9 grants to 4 organizations · largest $103K · through 2024
$349K
14. Southwestern Vermont Health Care Auxiliary
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $7K · through 2020 · 4.9% of their giving
$7K
15. Hypertherm Hope Foundation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2024
$24K
16. Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $88K · through 2020
$88K
17. The Albertsons Companies Foundation
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $117K · through 2024
$188K
18. White Swan Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $7K · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$7K
19. Granite State Economic Development Corp
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $5K · through 2020
$10K
20. Esco Technologies Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $5K · through 2020
$10K
21. Community Foundation of Snohomish County
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2019
$50K
22. Vermont State Employees Credit Union
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $7K · through 2021
$7K
23. Elevate Youth Services Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2023
$22K
24. The Denver Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $140K · through 2023
$140K
25. Alterra Mountain Company Community Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2023
$10K

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

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