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Richard E and Deborah L

Winooski, VT · EIN 03-0364509. Reported 124 grants totalling $1,646,449 to 98 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$1,646,449granted, 2021-2024
98organizations funded
14%of grantees funded again the next year
$2,060,898assets, 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. Richard E and Deborah L 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,500 and $10,000; the smallest was $250 and the largest $443,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
11 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
43 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
30 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
33 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
2 grants
$100,000 and Up
5 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
University of Vermont FoundationBurlington, VT$443,000112021
University of Vermont Medical CenterBurlington, VT$300,000332024
Uvm Medical Center FoundationBurlington, VT$100,000112021
Boca Raton Regional Hospital FoundationBoca Raton, FL$85,000222024
St Michael's CollegeColchester, VT$52,000112021
Boys & Girls Club of BrattleboroBrattleboro, VT$25,000222023
Friends of VeteransWhite River Jct, VT$25,000332023
Springfield Family CenterSpringfield, VT$25,000222022
Well Told FilmsMontpelier, VT$23,250112023
Age WellColchester, VT$20,000112022
Meals on Wheels of Greater SpringfieldSpringfield, VT$20,000222022
St Anne's School of AnnapolisAnnapolis, MD$20,000112023
Vermont Recovery NetworkBurlington, VT$20,000112021
Senior SolutionsSprinfield, VT$18,500222022
Dismas of VermontHyde Park, VT$18,000222022
Sisters of ProvidenceRenton, WA$16,000442024
Advance VtWinooski, VT$15,000112022
Boys & Girls Club of Greater VergennesVergennes, VT$15,000112021
Neighborhood ConnectionsLondonderry, VT$15,000112022
Alice Lloyd CollegePippa Passes, KY$14,767332023
Martha's KitchenSt Albans City, VT$14,000222023
Boys & Girls Club of BurlingtonBurlington, VT$12,000112021
Greensboro Nursing HomeGreensboro, VT$12,000112021
Spectrum Youth & Family ServicesBurlington, VT$11,000212024
Saint Michael's CollegeColchester, VT$10,860312024
Boys & Girls Club of VergennesVergennes, VT$10,000112023
Cover Home RepairWhite River Junction, VT$10,000112021
Future GeniusNew York, NY$10,000112022
John Graham Shelter and ServicesVergennes, VT$10,000112021
Living Well GroupBurlington, VT$10,000112021
Meals on Wheels of Central VermontBarre, VT$10,000112021
North Central Vermont Recovery CenterMorrisville, VT$10,000112022
Recovery PartnersScottsdale, AZ$10,000112023
Steps to End Domestic ViolenceBurlington, VT$10,000112021
Town of BethelBethel, VT$10,000112021
Vermont Community FoundationMiddlebury, VT$10,000112023
Vsac AdvancevtWinooski, VT$10,000112021
LundBurlington, VT$8,000112021
Cover Home RepairsWhite River Jct, VT$7,500112022
Friends for Change - Youth ServicesBrattleboro, VT$7,500112023
John Graham ShelterVergennes, VT$7,500112022
St Michaels CollegeColchester, VT$7,500222023
Turning Point Center of Addison CountyMiddlebury, VT$7,500112022
Maquam Bay of MissisiquoiSwanton, VT$7,000112023
Bradford Teen CenterBradford, VT$6,000112021
Big Brothers Big Sisters of VermontBrattleboro, VT$5,000112021
CotsBurlington, VT$5,000112022
Global Campuses FoundationWilliston, VT$5,000112021
Joint Urban Ministry ProjectBurlington, VT$5,000112021
King Street CenterBurlington, VT$5,000112021
Montpelier Senior Activity CenterMontpelier, VT$5,000112021
South Royalton RescueSouth Royalton, VT$5,000112023
Special Needs Support CenterWhite River Junction, VT$5,000112021
Twin Valley Senior CenterEast Montpelier, VT$5,000112023
Upper Valley HavenWhite River Junction, VT$5,000112021
Vermont State UniversityCastleton, VT$5,000112024
Volunteers in ActionWindsor, VT$5,000112021
Wick Theatre & Costume MuseumBoca Raton, FL$5,000112023
Wood for GoodJericho, VT$5,000112023
Partners in AdventureEssex, VT$4,500222022
Boca Raton Historical Society and MusuemBoca Raton, FL$4,000222023
Lamoille Housing PartnershipMorrisville, VT$4,000222022
Lamoille NeighborsMorrisville, VT$4,000112022
Salvation FarmsMorristown, VT$4,000112023
So Burlington Library FoundationSouth Burlington, VT$3,672112023
Reading-West Windsor Aging in PlaceBrownsville, VT$3,000112023
Community College of VermontMontpelier, VT$2,500112024
Castleton Community SeniorsCastleton, VT$2,500112021
Town of Rochester - Rec DeptRochester, NY$2,500112023
Twinfield Together MentoringPlainfield, VT$2,500112021
Feast FarmMontpelier, VT$2,000112022
Ne Focal Point CASA IncDeerfeild Beach, FL$2,000222022
Rice Memorial High SchoolBurlington, VT$2,000222022
St Benedict's Preparatory SchoolNewark, NJ$2,000212024
St Benedicts Preparatory SchoolNewark, NJ$2,000112022
Community Senior CenterRichmond, VT$1,500112021
Fau FoundationBoca Raton, FL$1,500112022
Northfield Senior CenterNorthfield, VT$1,500112023
Southern Vermont Area Health Education CenterSpringfield, VT$1,500112023
Boca Raton Historical SocietyBoca Raton, FL$1,000112024
Boylan Catholic High SchoolRockford, IL$1,000112022
Cross Vermont TrailMontpelier, VT$1,000112021
Ethan Allen InstituteMontpelier, VT$1,000112022
Franklin Grand Isle Book MobileSt Albans City, VT$1,000112022
Mt Mansfield VillagesUnderhill Center, VT$1,000112022
Middsummer ProgramMiddlebury, VT$1,000112021
Talent Development InstituteSouth Burlington, VT$1,000112023
Vt Association for Blind & Visual ImpairedSouth Burlington, VT$1,000112022
Vt Childrens HospitalBurlington, VT$1,000112022
Winston Prouty CenterBrattleboro, VT$1,000112023
Bennington MuseumBennington, VT$500112021
Holy Cross CemetarySaint Albans, VT$500112022
Holy Cross Cemetary AssociationSt Albans, VT$500112024
National Auctioneers Association FoundationOverland Park, KS$500112022
United Service Organizations(illinois)Washington, DC$500112022
Leach Public LibraryIrasburg, VT$400112023
Bella VoceEssex Junction, VT$250112021
Solaris Vocal EnsembleEssex Junction, VT$250112021

17 of 98 (17%) 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 14%, across 3 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 49 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
9 grants
Arts & Culture
7 grants
Education
7 grants
Food & Nutrition
5 grants
Youth Development
5 grants
Housing & Shelter
4 grants
Public & Societal Benefit
3 grants
Health Care
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202147$971,536$6,000
202235$273,849$4,000
202328$256,704$5,000
202414$144,360$1,250

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

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 89% of this one's giving went to organizations in Vermont. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Vermont
$1.5M
Florida
$98K
Maryland
$20K
Washington
$16K
Kentucky
$15K
New York
$12K
Arizona
$10K
New Jersey
$4K

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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 Fund30 shared recipientsThe Vermont Community Foundation26 shared recipientsBen & Jerry's Foundation Inc23 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc17 shared recipientsAgnes M Lindsay Trust16 shared recipientsNational Life Group Charitable15 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. 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 Vermont.
  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.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Richard E and Deborah L'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 521, Winooski, VT, 05404. 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 03-0364509 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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