Grants and funding in Vermont

2,818 foundations reported granting into Vermont on their most recent IRS filings: 8,561 itemized grants worth $378M between them. On top of that, 21 live grant programs and 26 contract opportunities are specific to Vermont, alongside 3,344 nationwide programs also open here.

foundations granting into the state

2,818

of 129,981 grantmaking foundations on file

in itemized grants into the state

$378M

across 8,561 grants on IRS filings

live grants specific to Vermont

21

of 3,984 live grants tracked nationwide

community lenders serving the state

25

of 483 CDFIs on file

Who gives the most into Vermont

The five foundations reporting the largest itemized grant dollars into Vermont on their most recent filings. Size and openness are different things: the giants here are mostly endowments that choose their own recipients, which is why the list worth working from is the 2,818 above filtered to funders that accept applications.

Who the Vermont-specific grants are for

Of the 21 live grant programs specific to Vermont, here is who the announcements name. 14 more are open to any organization type and counted separately, never twice.

Wherever you sit, cities and towns, nonprofits, tribal organizations and every other reader get their own page saying what Quillify does and does not do for them.

The lenders almost nobody checks

25 community development lenders serve Vermont: below-market debt that takes no ownership, for organizations a bank would make wait. Among them: Community Reinvestment Fund, Inc., NDN Fund, Inc., Community Impact Loan Fund, Local Enterprise Assistance Fund, Seed Commons. Quillify tracks all 483 nationwide alongside the grants, because the right answer to a funding gap is sometimes a loan you can actually get.