Vermont Council on the Arts Inc
Montpelier, VT · EIN 03-0218115. Reported 479 grants totalling $14.0M to 269 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
269organizations funded
$15,000median reported grant
$14.0Mgranted, 2020-2024
47%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. 269 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. 47% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $15,000. Half of what it reported fell between $8,000 and $29,200; 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 269 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 a reported grant.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catamount Film & Arts Co | St Johnsbury, VT | $408,099 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Burlington City Arts Foundation Inc | Burlington, VT | $325,300 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Weston Playhouse Theatre | Weston, VT | $309,218 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Vermont Folklife Center | Burlington, VT | $303,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Town Hall Theater Inc | Middlebury, VT | $293,900 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Flynn Center for the Performing Arts Ltd | Burlington, VT | $271,800 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Northern Stage Company | White Riv Jct, VT | $266,800 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Yellow Barn Inc | Putney, VT | $259,300 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Vermont Symphony Orchestra Inc | Burlington, VT | $242,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Paramount Center Inc | Rutland, VT | $240,700 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Circus Barn Incorporated | Greensboro, VT | $233,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Montshire Museum of Science | Norwich, VT | $230,000 | 2 | 2 | 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 |
| Clemmons Family Farm | Charlotte, VT | $166,450 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Bennington Museum Inc | Bennington, VT | $163,075 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Chandler Center for the Arts Inc | Randolph, VT | $153,096 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Retreat Farm | Brattleboro, VT | $152,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brattleboro Museum and Art Center Inc | Brattleboro, VT | $145,200 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Highland Center for the Arts Tr Ltd | Greensboro, VT | $141,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Generator Inc | Burlington, VT | $139,200 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Brattleboro Music Center Inc | Brattleboro, VT | $135,800 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Barre Opera House Inc | Barre, VT | $133,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Current Inc | Stowe, VT | $124,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Southern Vermont Arts Center Incorporated | Manchester, VT | $116,200 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Rural Arts Collaborative Inc | Greensboro, VT | $115,300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Inclusive Arts Vermont | Essex Junction, VT | $112,100 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Vermont Youth Orchestra Association Inc | Colchester, VT | $112,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Lyric Theatre Company | South Burlington, VT | $107,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| River Arts of Morrisville Inc | Morrisville, VT | $106,534 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Oldcastle Productions | Bennington, VT | $99,160 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Vermont Stage Company Inc | Burlington, VT | $97,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Middlebury Community Music Center | Middlebury, VT | $93,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Vermont Jazz Center Inc | Brattleboro, VT | $93,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kingdom County Productions | Delhi, NY | $91,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Vermont Arts Exchange | N Bennington, VT | $91,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Carving Studio and Sculpture Center | West Rutland, VT | $87,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Main Street Arts | Saxtons River, VT | $85,729 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Frog Hollow Craft Association Inc | Burlington, VT | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kingdom Creamery of Vermont | East Hardwick, VT | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New England Youth Theater Inc | Brattleboro, VT | $78,223 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Von Trapp Farmstead LLC | Waitsfield, VT | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Next Stage Arts Project Incorporated | Putney, VT | $70,962 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sheldon Art Museum Archaeological and Historical Society | Middlebury, VT | $70,865 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Shelburne Craft School Inc | Shelburne, VT | $70,248 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Dorset Players Inc | Dorset, VT | $66,236 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| 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 Champlain Chamber Music Festival | Winooski, VT | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Safeart Inc | Chelsea, VT | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sandglass Center for Puppetry & Theater Research Ltd | Putney, VT | $49,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Friends of the Vergennes Opera House Inc | Vergennes, 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 |
| Rutland Area Art Association | Rutland, VT | $40,800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Central Vermont Community Television | Barre, VT | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Big Heavy World Foundation Inc | Burlington, VT | $38,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hatch Inc | Brattleboro, VT | $37,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Scrag Mountain Music Inc | Waitsfield, VT | $35,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bixby Memorial Free Library | Vergennes, VT | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Haskell Free Library Inc | Derby Line, VT | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mad River Valley Arts Inc | Waitsfield, VT | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Marble House Project | Dorset, VT | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Opera Company of Middlebury Inc | Middlebury, VT | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Spruce Peak Arts Center Foundation Inc | Stowe, VT | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Stone Church | Brattleboro, VT | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Heritage Winooski Mill Museum Inc | Winooski, VT | $33,800 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Stone Valley Arts Inc | Poultney, VT | $33,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Middlebury Studio School | Middlebury, VT | $30,880 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Maquam Bay of Missisquoi Inc | Swanton, VT | $28,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Waterbury Area Makersphere Cooperative Inc | Waterbury, VT | $27,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Governors Institutes of Vermont | Winooski, VT | $27,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Champlain Islands Celebration of the Arts Inc | North Hero, VT | $26,655 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Union Meeting Hall Inc | Ferrisburgh, VT | $26,400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arts Bus Inc | Bethel, VT | $26,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Okemo Valley Tv Corp | Ludlow, VT | $24,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Birds of Vermont Museum Inc | Huntington, VT | $23,750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ruth Stone House Inc | Goshen, VT | $23,538 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vermont International Film Foundation | Burlington, VT | $23,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Capstone Community Action Inc | Barre, VT | $21,600 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America | St Johnsbury, VT | $21,404 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Northeast Kingdom Arts Council Inc | Hardwick, VT | $19,625 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Media Hour Ltd | E Arlington, VT | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Public Library Association of Westminster West Vt | Putney, VT | $15,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Aldrich Memorial Association Inc | Calais, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 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 |
| Montpelier Downtown Community Association | Montpelier, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rebhs Corp | Brandon, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Orange Southwest Education Association | Randolph, VT | $13,550 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mnff Inc | Middlebury, VT | $13,300 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Upright Steeple Society Ltd | Lyndon, 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 |
| Seven Stars Arts Center Inc | Sharon, VT | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Park Mccullough House Assoc Inc | N Bennington, VT | $12,276 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Pine Forest Inc | Burlington, VT | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Windham World Affairs Council | Brattleboro, VT | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Norman Williams Public Library | Woodstock, VT | $5,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wardsboro Public Library | Wardsboro, VT | $5,700 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of Essex Junction | Essex Junction, VT | $5,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lamoille Neighbors Inc | Hyde Park, VT | $5,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
99 of 269 (37%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 14 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 the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 165 of 269 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- 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 |
| 2024 | 64 | $892,545 | $11,000 |
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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
The Vermont Community Foundation121 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund120 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc60 shared recipientsBen & Jerry's Foundation Inc47 shared recipientsThe Windham Foundation Inc44 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program43 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 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 64 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 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
This is history, not an open call. Form 990 is published about a year after the tax year it covers. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this organization has actually funded.
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