Eastrise Foundation
Williston, VT · EIN 87-4079773. Reported 29 grants totalling $613,652 to 27 organizations across tax years 2022-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Eastrise Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $16,123. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $30,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $90,929. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont Foodbank Inc | Barre, VT | $90,929 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (cvoeo) | Burlington, VT | $80,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Montpelier Foundation | Montpelier, VT | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Broc Community Action in Southwestern Vermont | Rutland, VT | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Capstone Community Action Inc (flood Emergency Relief) | Barre, VT | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Capstone Community Action Inc (vermont Main Street Relief Fund) | Barre, VT | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Champlain Valley Oeo Inc | Burlington, VT | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northeast Kingdom Action Committee | Newport, VT | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Southeastern Vermont Community Action Inc | Westminster, VT | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Vermont Community Foundation | Middlebury, VT | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Cancer Society | Burlington, VT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Barre Community Relief Fund Inc | Barre, VT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Committee on Temporary Shelter | Montpelier, VT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way | South Burlington, VT | $16,123 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Capstone Community Action Inc (fuel Your Neighbors) | Barre, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vermont Professionals of Color Network (vtpoc) | Burlington, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (nofa) | Richmond, VT | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Burlington | Burlington, VT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Givio Charatable Foundation - Vermont Farm Bureau - Dig Deep Vt | Montpelier, VT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lake Champlain Sailing Center | Burlington, VT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Revitalizing Waterbury | Waterbury, VT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Town of Bennington | Bennington, VT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Waterbury Ambulance Service | Waterbury Center, VT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Capstone Community Action Inc | Barre, VT | $6,100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bennington Community Market | Bennington, VT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility | Burlington, VT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vermont Council on Rural Development | Montpelier, VT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
1 of 27 (4%) received money in more than one year over the 3 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 5%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Vermont Foodbank Inc
TO ASSIST THE ORGANIZATION IN ITS MISSION TO PROVIDE HUNGER RELIEF. - Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (cvoeo)
FEEDING CHAMPLAIN VALLEY (FUND TO FEED CHAMPLAIN VALLEY) - Capstone Community Action Inc (flood Emergency Relief)
TO ASSIST THE ORGANIZATION IN ITS FLOOD RESPONSE EFFORTS. - Capstone Community Action Inc (vermont Main Street Relief Fund)
TO ASSIST ORGANIZATION IN PROVIDING GRANTS TO VERMONT'S SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IMPACTED BY JULY 10TH'S FLOODING - American Cancer Society
LOIS MCCLURE BEE TABAKIN HOPE LODGE - BURLINGTON, VT TO ASSIST WITH THE ANNUAL OPERATING COSTS - Committee on Temporary Shelter
PHONATHON PLEDGE - THIS GIFT WILL SERVE AS A CHALLENGE FOR PHONATHON PARTICIPANTS, TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO MATCH THE GRANT WITH THEIR OWN GIFT.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 14 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | $31,100 | $8,050 |
| 2023 | 11 | $355,929 | $30,000 |
| 2024 | 14 | $226,623 | $12,750 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $16,123. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Vermont.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Eastrise Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 527, Williston, VT, 05495. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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