Vermont Council on the Arts Inc
Montpelier, VT · EIN 03-0218115. Reported 415 grants totalling $13.1M to 257 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
257organizations funded
$15,000median reported grant
$13.1Mgranted, 2020-2023
52%of grantees funded again the next year
3%of dollars to its largest recipient
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Vermont Council on the Arts Inc, the IRS classifies it under arts & culture rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE A260) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 257 distinct organizations, with 3% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 52% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $15,000. Half of what it reported fell between $7,900 and $31,500; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $219,400. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.
Every organization it funded
All 257 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this grantmaker actually has a relationship with.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catamount Film & Arts Co | St Johnsbury, VT | $379,550 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Burlington City Arts Foundation Inc | Burlington, VT | $314,300 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Weston Playhouse Theatre | Weston, VT | $298,218 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Town Hall Theater Inc | Middlebury, VT | $282,900 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Vermont Folklife Center | Burlington, VT | $259,700 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Flynn Center for the Performing Arts Ltd | Burlington, VT | $255,800 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Northern Stage Company | White Riv Jct, VT | $255,800 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Yellow Barn Inc | Putney, VT | $248,300 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Paramount Center Inc | Rutland, VT | $240,700 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Vermont Symphony Orchestra Inc | Burlington, VT | $231,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Montshire Museum of Science | Norwich, VT | $230,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Circus Barn Incorporated | Greensboro, VT | $223,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Vermont Studio Center Inc | Johnson, VT | $214,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Shelburne Museum Incorporated | Shelburne, VT | $207,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Danfoth Pewterers Ltd | Middlebury, VT | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Hildene Inc | Manchester, VT | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Leahy Center for Lake Champlain Inc | Burlington, VT | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Marlboro School of Music | Philadelphia, PA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| OB2 LLC | South Burlington, VT | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lake Champlain Maritime Museum at Basin Harbor Incorporated | Vergennes, VT | $195,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium | St Johnsbury, VT | $186,200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New England Center for Circus Artsinc | Brattleboro, VT | $174,300 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Dorset Theatre Festival | Dorset, VT | $156,400 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| The Center for Cartoon Studies Inc | White Riv Jct, VT | $155,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Clemmons Family Farm | Charlotte, VT | $150,450 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Bennington Museum Inc | Bennington, VT | $143,075 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chandler Center for the Arts Inc | Randolph, VT | $142,096 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Highland Center for the Arts Tr Ltd | Greensboro, VT | $141,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Retreat Farm | Brattleboro, VT | $137,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brattleboro Museum and Art Center Inc | Brattleboro, VT | $128,200 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Generator Inc | Burlington, VT | $128,200 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Brattleboro Music Center Inc | Brattleboro, VT | $124,800 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Current Inc | Stowe, VT | $113,400 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mamasezz Foods Inc | Brattleboro, VT | $112,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mark Lackley Furniture Maker LLC | Hartland, VT | $112,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vermont Comedy Club LLC | Burlington, VT | $112,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lyric Theatre Company | South Burlington, VT | $107,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Southern Vermont Arts Center Incorporated | Manchester, VT | $106,200 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Barre Opera House Inc | Barre, VT | $105,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Rural Arts Collaborative Inc | Greensboro, VT | $104,300 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Inclusive Arts Vermont | Essex Junction, VT | $103,100 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Vermont Youth Orchestra Association Inc | Colchester, VT | $101,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| River Arts of Morrisville Inc | Morrisville, VT | $95,534 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Vermont Stage Company Inc | Burlington, VT | $87,400 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Frog Hollow Craft Association Inc | Burlington, VT | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kingdom Creamery of Vermont | East Hardwick, VT | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Middlebury Community Music Center | Middlebury, VT | $83,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Vermont Jazz Center Inc | Brattleboro, VT | $83,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Vermont Arts Exchange | N Bennington, VT | $81,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Kingdom County Productions | Delhi, NY | $80,200 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| New England Youth Theater Inc | Brattleboro, VT | $78,223 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Main Street Arts | Saxtons River, VT | $77,920 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Carving Studio and Sculpture Center | West Rutland, VT | $77,400 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Oldcastle Productions | Bennington, VT | $75,160 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Von Trapp Farmstead LLC | Waitsfield, VT | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sheldon Art Museum Archaeological and Historical Society | Middlebury, VT | $70,865 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lost Nation Theater Inc | Montpelier, VT | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Vermont and State Agricultural College | Burlington, VT | $67,500 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| School of Creative and Performing Arts (socapa) | East Burke, VT | $66,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Butterfly Bakery of Vermont | Barre, VT | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Seasonal Piano Inc | Bennington, VT | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Catv Inc | White River Junction, VT | $62,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Next Stage Arts Project Incorporated | Putney, VT | $60,962 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Latchis Arts Inc | Brattleboro, VT | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| River Gallery School Inc | Brattleboro, VT | $59,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Young Writers Project Inc | Burlington, VT | $57,900 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lake Dunmore Music LLC | Leicester, VT | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pentangle | Woodstock, VT | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Johnsbury Athenaeum Inc | St Johnsbury, VT | $53,543 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dorset Players Inc | Dorset, VT | $48,457 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Trustees of the Tw Wood Gallery | Montpelier, VT | $48,300 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Epsilon Spires Inc | Brattleboro, VT | $45,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Artisans Hand Craft Gallery | Montpelier, VT | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Evan Webster Ink LLC | Shelburne, VT | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vermont Tortilla Company LLC | Burlington, VT | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vermontfare Inc | Charlotte, VT | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Shelburne Craft School Inc | Shelburne, VT | $44,150 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Vergennes Opera House Inc | Vergennes, VT | $44,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival | Winooski, VT | $44,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jag Productions | White River Junction, VT | $42,400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Very Merry Theatre | Burlington, VT | $41,200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Theatre Adventure Inc | Brattleboro, VT | $41,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Central Vermont Community Television | Barre, VT | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Safeart Inc | Chelsea, VT | $39,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Big Heavy World Foundation Inc | Burlington, VT | $38,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sandglass Center for Puppetry & Theater Research Ltd | Putney, VT | $38,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Barre Historical Society Inc | Barre, VT | $36,690 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Orleans County Historical Society Inc | Orleans, VT | $36,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Town of Franklin | Franklin, VT | $35,887 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bixby Memorial Free Library | Vergennes, VT | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Haskell Free Library Inc | Derby Line, VT | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Marble House Project | Dorset, VT | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Opera Company of Middlebury Inc | Middlebury, VT | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| The Stone Church | Brattleboro, VT | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Heritage Winooski Mill Museum Inc | Winooski, VT | $33,800 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chittenden Community Television | Burlington, VT | $31,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Out in the Open Inc | Brattleboro, VT | $31,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Craftstudies Inc | White Riv Jct, VT | $31,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Milton Artists Guild | Milton, VT | $31,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Broad Brook Community Center Inc | Guilford, VT | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Four Corner School House Assoc | E Montpelier, VT | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Outright Vermont | Burlington, VT | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Starksboro Public Library | Starksboro, VT | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Windsor Public Library | Windsor, VT | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Winooski Valley Park District | Burlington, VT | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vermont Granite Museum of Barre Inc | Barre, VT | $29,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pride Center of Vermont Inc | Burlington, VT | $27,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Country Dance & Song Society Inc | Northfield Fl, VT | $26,949 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Union Meeting Hall Inc | Ferrisburgh, VT | $26,400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hatch Inc | Brattleboro, VT | $26,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Barn Opera Inc | Brandon, VT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Capital Region Community Media | Montpelier, VT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Center for Arts & Learning Inc | Montpelier, VT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dyakcraft LLC | Chester, VT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hardwick Journalism Inc | Greensboro, VT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Montpelier Mud LLC | Middlesex, VT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nlb United LLC | South Burlington, VT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| North Branch Nature Center Inc | Montpelier, VT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Now Is the Time Productions Inc | Montpelier, VT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Nature Museum at Grafton Incorporated | Grafton, VT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kimball Public Library | Randolph, VT | $24,913 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Thetford Library Federation Inc | Thetford, VT | $24,913 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Scrag Mountain Music Inc | Waitsfield, VT | $24,800 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mad River Valley Arts Inc | Waitsfield, VT | $24,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Spruce Peak Arts Center Foundation Inc | Stowe, VT | $24,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ruth Stone House Inc | Goshen, VT | $23,538 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stone Valley Arts Inc | Poultney, VT | $23,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Saint Albans Museum Inc | Saint Albans, VT | $22,192 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Town of Chelsea | Chelsea, VT | $22,100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vermont Historical Society | Barre, VT | $22,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Town of Rockingham | Bellows Falls, VT | $21,222 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Town of Hyde Park | Hyde Park, VT | $20,835 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Thetford Academy | Thetford Ctr, VT | $20,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Albany Community Trust Inc | Albany, VT | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Greater Pine Street Business Association Inc | Burlington, VT | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Green Mountain Youth Symphony Inc | Montpelier, VT | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Montpelier Community Gospel Choir | Montpelier, VT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rutland Area Art Association | Rutland, VT | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Middlebury Studio School | Middlebury, VT | $19,880 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Barn Arts Center for the Arts Company | Barnard, VT | $19,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bennington College | Bennington, VT | $18,750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vermont Dance Alliance | Burlington, VT | $18,725 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vermont Crafts Council | Montpelier, VT | $18,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| In-Sight Photography Project Incorporated | Brattleboro, VT | $18,300 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Music Composition Online Mentoring Program Inc | Colchester, VT | $18,300 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Strafford Historical Society Inc | Strafford, VT | $18,040 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vermont College of Fine Arts Inc | Montpelier, VT | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Brandon Town Hall Inc | Brandon, VT | $17,675 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Town of Sharon | Sharon, VT | $17,320 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Town of Fairlee | Fairlee, VT | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Town of Fair Haven | Fair Haven, VT | $16,910 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rutland Makers Inc | Rutland, VT | $16,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Waterbury Area Makersphere Cooperative Inc | Waterbury, VT | $16,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Governors Institutes of Vermont | Winooski, VT | $16,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Media Hour Ltd | E Arlington, VT | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aldrich Memorial Association Inc | Calais, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Arts Bus Inc | Bethel, VT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bristol Friends of the Arts Inc | Bristol, VT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fairlee Community Arts Inc | Fairlee, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| For the Land Publishing Inc | Corinth, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gallery in the Woods | Brattleboro, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| High Street & Green LLC | Brattleboro, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| John G Mccullough Free Library Inc | N Bennington, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lines Vermont Studio LLC | South Burlington, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Atlas LLC | Burlington, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Music on the Point Inc | Leicester, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Newport City Renaissance Corporation | Newport, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nimble Arts | Brattleboro, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America | S Yarmouth, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Revitalizing Waterbury Inc | Waterbury, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rokeby Museum Inc | Ferrisburgh, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sawyer Made | East Calais, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sign Design LLC | Montpelier, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Silo Music LLC | South Burlington, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sonify Inc | Montpelier, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stowe Jazz Festival Ltd | Morrisville, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Studio Store Inc | Johnson, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tinker and Smithy LLC | Middlebury, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Town of Bennington | Bennington, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Town of Lyndon | Lyndonville, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Town of Springfield | Springfield, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Town of Worcester | Worcester, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| US Sherpa International LLC | Winooski, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vergennes Partnership Inc | Vergennes, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vermont Evaporator Company LLC | Montpelier, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vermont River Conservancy Inc | Montpelier, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wild Goose Players | Westminster, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wonderfeet Kids Museum | Rutland, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Monteverdi Music School Inc | Montpelier, VT | $14,300 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Central Vermont Council on Aging Inc | Barre, VT | $14,100 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lamoille North Supervisory Union | Hyde Park, VT | $13,950 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mnff Inc | Middlebury, VT | $13,300 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Upright Steeple Society Ltd | Lyndon, VT | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Vermont International Film Foundation | Burlington, VT | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of Dog Mountain Inc | St Johnsbury, VT | $12,935 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stage 33 Live Ltd | Bellows Falls, VT | $12,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Champlain Islands Celebration of the Arts Inc | North Hero, VT | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Seven Stars Arts Center Inc | Sharon, VT | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Greensboro Community Trust Inc | Greensbro Bnd, VT | $11,875 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fairfield Community Center Assn Inc | E Fairfield, VT | $11,307 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Friends of the Fletcher Free Library Inc | Burlington, VT | $10,759 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Young Tradition Vermont | Fairfax, VT | $10,400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Town of Royalton | South Royalton, VT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Town of Saint Albans | St Albans Bay, VT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Howardcenter Inc | Burlington, VT | $9,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cabot Arts Inc | Cabot, VT | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Capstone Community Action Inc | Barre, VT | $8,850 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Art Garden LLC | Chester, VT | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Town of Plainfield | Plainfield, VT | $8,480 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Art in the Neighborhood | Brattleboro, VT | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Align Film LLC | Waterbury Center, VT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| All Heart Inspirations LLC | Burlington, VT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ballet Vermont | Waterbury Village, VT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brickhouse Studios Inc | Essex Junction, VT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Burlington School District | Burlington, VT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Crescent Valley LLC | Wells, VT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Florama Jewlery | Burlington, VT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Historic Playhouse Theatre Inc | Randolph, VT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Grand Isle Art Works | South Hero, VT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Harmony Collective - Artist Gallery LLC | Brattleboro, VT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lamoille County Players Inc | Hyde Park, VT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nick Mayer Nature Illustration LLC | Lincoln, VT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Raq-on Dance LLC | Springfield, NH | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ravenmark LLC | Berlin, VT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Studio J Creative | Mendon, VT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Taiko Aikokai New England Inc | Burlington, VT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Ethan Allen Homestead Museum Inc | Burlington, VT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Theater X Productions | Warren, VT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vermont Center for Photography | Brattleboro, VT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vermont Philharmonic Inc | Montpelier, VT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| White River Ballet Academy | White River Junction, VT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| World Story Exchange | Norwich, VT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Goethe Community Trust Inc | Burlington, VT | $7,198 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| 77ART Inc | Middletwn Spg, VT | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Windham World Affairs Council | Brattleboro, VT | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Norman Williams Public Library | Woodstock, VT | $5,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lamoille Neighbors Inc | Hyde Park, VT | $5,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sundog Poetry Center Inc | Williston, VT | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Burlington Technical Center | Burlington, VT | $5,430 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Grass Roots Art and Community Effort | Hardwick, VT | $5,233 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Bella Voce Incorporated | Essex Jct, VT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bread & Puppet Theatre Inc | Glover, VT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Briggs Opera House Inc | White River Junction, VT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cambridge Arts Council | Cambridge, VT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community of Sound Corp | Burlington, VT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Create Together Inc | Ludlow, VT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Foundry Workshop - Ltd | Passumpsic, VT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gallery at the Vault Incorporated | Springfield, VT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greater Barton Arts Incorporated | Barton, VT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hinesburg Artist Series Incorporated | Hinesburg, VT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
96 of 257 (37%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
It also reported 11 groups of grants to individuals -- scholarships, emergency assistance and similar. Schedule I reports these by category with a headcount and never by name, so there is nothing here we could publish about the recipients even if we wanted to.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 158 of 257 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 35 | $408,861 | $8,000 |
| 2021 | 134 | $2,584,373 | $11,250 |
| 2022 | 136 | $7,488,342 | $29,500 |
| 2023 | 110 | $2,613,883 | $12,861 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
98% of its giving went to organizations in Vermont. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available 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.
The Vermont Community Foundation118 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund107 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc55 shared recipientsBen & Jerry's Foundation Inc45 shared recipientsThe Windham Foundation Inc39 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program34 shared recipients
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $15,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Vermont.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Vermont Council on the Arts Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 94 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 16 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 136 State Street, Montpelier, VT, 05633.
EIN 03-0218115 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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