FundersNew Hampshire

Gilbert Verney Foundation

Bennington, NH · EIN 02-6007363. Reported 204 grants totalling $824,086 to 85 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,650median grant
$824,086granted, 2021-2024
85organizations funded
65%of grantees funded again the next year
$1,096,109assets, latest filing

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. Gilbert Verney 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.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $1,650. Half of everything it gave fell between $725 and $5,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $50,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
59 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
89 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
28 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
25 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
3 grants

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Community Foundation for NantucketNantucket, MA$115,000442024
St George's SchoolNewport, RI$60,000442024
Friends of Boca Grande Community CenterBoca Grande, FL$59,000332024
The GrapevineAntrim, NH$56,000442024
All Saints' ChurchPeterborough, NH$51,500332024
Nantucket Conservation Foundation IncNantucket, MA$42,000442024
Postpartum Support InternationalPortland, OR$40,000442024
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, MA$30,000332023
Animal Rescue Rhode IslandWakefield, RI$20,000222022
Nantucket Historical AssociationNantucket, MA$20,000442024
Harris CenterHancock, NH$17,350442024
Bonefish & Tarpon TrustMiami, FL$15,000332023
Granite State Woodland InstituteConcord, NH$15,000332024
Monadnock Family ServicesKeene, NH$15,000222023
The River CenterPeterborough, NH$15,000442024
Nantucket Boys & Girls ClubNantucket, MA$14,250332023
PasconNantucket, MA$12,600442024
Crotched Mountain FoundationManchester, NH$12,500332024
Jonnycake CenterPeace Dale, RI$12,500332023
CvcsfPeterborough, NH$10,000442024
Pierce School PTOBennington, NH$10,000222023
Monadnock ConservancyKeene, NH$9,350332024
WaypointManchester, NH$8,500332023
Domestic Violence Resource CenterWakefield, RI$7,500332023
Nantucket Land Council IncNantucket, MA$7,500332023
NhpbsDurham, NH$7,500112021
New Hampshire Historical SocietyConcord, NH$7,250332024
Barrier Island Parks SocietyBoca Grande, FL$6,550442024
Maria Mitchell AssociationNantucket, MA$6,000332023
Land Trust AllianceWashington, DC$5,750442024
Nantucket Cottage HospitalNantucket, MA$5,750222022
Hurricane Island FoundationRockland, ME$5,500442024
Foundation Fighting BlindnessColumbia, MD$5,000112021
Granite State Woodland InstituteConcord, NY$5,000112022
The ApprenticeshopRockland, ME$4,500332023
CASA of New HampshireManchester, NH$3,750222023
HcsKeene, NH$3,750332023
The Well SchoolPeterborough, NH$3,750332023
Egan Maritime InstituteNantucket, MA$3,550332023
University of Florida FoundationGainesville, FL$3,550222023
Friends of Boca Grande CommunityBoca Grande, FL$3,500112021
Nh AudubonConcord, NH$3,500222022
Northern Heritage Mills IncAchworth, NH$3,036332023
New Hampshire Public RadioManchester, NH$2,750112022
MatsPeterborough, NH$2,550332023
Island InstituteRockland, ME$2,500332023
Linda Loring Nature FoundationNantucket, MA$2,500222022
Nantucket AtheneumNantucket, MA$2,500112021
NhprConcord, NH$2,500112021
Northern Forest CenterConcord, NH$2,500112021
Thompson Island Outward Bound Educ CtrBoston, MA$2,500222023
Thompson Island Outward Bound Education CenterBoston, MA$2,500112021
Tuckernuck Land Trust IncNantucket, MA$2,150442024
Mariposa Museum & World Culture CenterPeterborough, NH$2,000222023
Nantucket IceNantucket, MA$2,000222022
The HomesteadNantucket, MA$1,950332023
Northern WoodlandsLyme, NH$1,800332023
The Cornucopia ProjectPeterborough, NH$1,600222023
Nantucket Preservation TrustNantucket, MA$1,575332023
Dexter SouthfieldBrookline, MA$1,500332023
Linda Loring Nature FoundationPeace Dale, RI$1,500112024
Maps Counseling ServicesKeene, NH$1,500112022
Monadnock Summer LyceumPeterborough, NH$1,500332023
Nantucket Dreamland FoundationNantucket, MA$1,350222023
New Hampshire Lakes AssociationConcord, NH$1,350332023
Sustainable NantucketNantucket, MA$1,325222022
Nantucket Arts CouncilNantucket, MA$1,225222023
Small Friends on NantucketNantucket, MA$1,125222023
Theatre Workshop of NantucketNantucket, MA$1,100222023
NcmcNantucket, MA$1,075222022
Alzheimer's Assoc- Ice Out NantucketChicago, IL$1,000112022
Cathleen Stone Island Outward BoundMiami, FL$1,000112024
Gfwc WcscWakefield, RI$1,000222022
Mariposa Museum & World Culture CPeterborough, NH$1,000112021
MblWoods Hole, MA$1,000222023
Boston MedflightBedford, MA$825112021
Nantucket Community SailingNantucket, MA$725112021
New Hampshire Children's TrustConcord, NH$725112023
Nhct (nh Children's Trust)Concord, NH$700112021
Conval End 68 HoursBennington, NH$550112022
Grand Monadnock Rotary ClubPeterborough, NH$500112021
Mount Washington ObservatoryNorth Conway, NH$500112021
New Hampshire Preservation AllianceConcord, NH$500112023
The Park TheatreJaffrey, NH$500112021
Old Meeting House of Francestown IncFrancestown, NH$400442024

62 of 85 (73%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 65%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 120 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Environment
35 grants
Arts & Culture
20 grants
Human Services
18 grants
Education
15 grants
Animal Welfare
5 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
4 grants
Youth Development
4 grants
Recreation & Sports
4 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202168$244,700$1,500
202257$218,361$1,500
202356$185,050$1,500
202423$175,975$4,000

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.

Already committed for future years

Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Gilbert Verney Foundation has 2 of them, worth $12,500. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.

OrganizationLocationApproved
Monadnock Family ServicesKeene, NH$7,500
Crotched Mountain FoundationBennington, NH$5,000

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 35% of this one's giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Massachusetts
$286K
New Hampshire
$278K
Rhode Island
$102K
Florida
$89K
Oregon
$40K
Maine
$12K
District of Columbia
$6K
New York
$5K

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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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund47 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc35 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program31 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc21 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust21 shared recipientsCommunity Foundation for Nantucket20 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,650. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Massachusetts.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Gilbert Verney 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: Geoff Verney 117 Antrim Road, Bennington, NH, 03442. 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.

EIN 02-6007363 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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