OVERVIEW: The Harold Grinspoon Foundation is a leading funder of Jewish causes that works in the U.S., Massachusetts and Vermont, and abroad, in Israel. IP TAKE: The Grinspoon Foundation is a major prospect for organizations working in Jewish … [Read more...] about Harold Grinspoon Foundation
Vermont Grants
Lintilhac Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Lintilhac Foundation focuses mainly focuses on water quality, renewable energy, and conservation in the state of Vermont. It also provides some funding for civic democracy, food security, women’s reproductive health, and … [Read more...] about Lintilhac Foundation
Vermont Women’s Fund
OVERVIEW: The Vermont Women’s Fund supports the economic self-sufficiency of women and girls throughout Vermont. IP TAKE: The Vermont Women’s Fund, which conducts all of its grantmaking through a gender lens, focuses only on supporting … [Read more...] about Vermont Women’s Fund
The Windham Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Windham Foundation is a Vermont-focused funder that supports the Grafton region in funding areas of educational programs, local food initiatives, land conservation for public use, environmental protection, social services, cultural … [Read more...] about The Windham Foundation
Vermont Community Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Vermont Community Foundation is a community funder that supports nonprofits throughout the state of Vermont in a variety of areas, including youth, education, arts, and the environment. IP TAKE: The Vermont Community … [Read more...] about Vermont Community Foundation
Ben & Jerry’s Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Ben & Jerry’s Foundation supports grassroots organizing for social and environmental justice, as well as community-based work in Vermont. IP TAKE: This funder's historical national program backed small, constituent-led organizing … [Read more...] about Ben & Jerry’s Foundation
Amy E. Tarrant Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Amy E. Tarrant Foundation is a small family foundation based in Winooski, Vermont. It primarily supports educational institutions and organizations providing care and assistance to people in need, according to its stated charitable … [Read more...] about Amy E. Tarrant Foundation
Endeavor Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Endeavor Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to education, arts and culture, and human services. IP TAKE: The Endeavor Foundation is a substantial but hard-to-access funder whose clearest priority remains liberal arts … [Read more...] about Endeavor Foundation
Halvorsen Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Halvorsen Family Foundation supports higher education, medical research and healthcare, arts and culture, environmental conservation, skiing and winter sports, and local community organizations. IP TAKE: The Halvorsen Family … [Read more...] about Halvorsen Family Foundation
Gottesman Fund
OVERVIEW: The Gottesman Fund supports Jewish causes in the United States and Israel. It also funds organizations focused on K-12 and higher education, public health, housing and homelessness, community development, and arts and culture. IP TAKE: … [Read more...] about Gottesman Fund
Tiger Baron Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Tiger Baron Foundation supports arts and culture, environmental conservation, education, cross-cultural exchange, health and human services. Its grantmaking has a strong New York City center of gravity, although significant awards also … [Read more...] about Tiger Baron Foundation
Orchard Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Orchard Foundation supports advocacy for the environment and children, youth, and families in New England. IP TAKE: The Orchard Foundation is a low-profile regional New England funder managed by a firm. While it is not a particularly … [Read more...] about Orchard Foundation
New England Foundation for the Arts
OVERVIEW: New England Foundation for the Arts supports artists, presenting organizations and communities engaging in theater, dance, music and the visual arts in New England. IP TAKE: The New England Foundation for the Arts is accessible, but only … [Read more...] about New England Foundation for the Arts
Johnson Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Johnson Family Foundation supports LGBTQ equity and social justice nationally, alongside place-based grantmaking in Vermont and Colorado focused on community development, environmental stewardship, and civic participation. IP TAKE: … [Read more...] about Johnson Family Foundation
Henry P. Kendall Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Henry P. Kendall Foundation supports healthy and resilient food systems in Boston and throughout New England. IP TAKE: The Kendall Foundation has been working to keep New Englanders healthy in one way or another for almost seven … [Read more...] about Henry P. Kendall Foundation
Couch Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Couch Family Foundation supports community development and early childhood initiatives in New Hampshire, Vermont and on the island of Martha’s Vineyard. IP TAKE: The Couch Family Foundation envisions a future “where children can be … [Read more...] about Couch Family Foundation
Berkshire Bank Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Berkshire Bank Foundation supports housing and economic development in New York, Connecticut, Vermont, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. IP TAKE: This bank foundation believes that “empowering the communities [it serves] … [Read more...] about Berkshire Bank Foundation
Mascoma Bank Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Mascoma Bank Foundation supports arts and culture, education, children and youth, housing, parks and recreation, and human services in New Hampshire and Vermont. IP TAKE: The Mascoma Bank Foundation is an accessible bank funder that … [Read more...] about Mascoma Bank Foundation
New England Grassroots Environment Fund
OVERVIEW: The New England Grassroots Environment Fund supports climate change and energy, food, environmental health, land and water, and living communities in the New England states. IP TAKE: The Grassroots Fund is an environmental funder that … [Read more...] about New England Grassroots Environment Fund
Davis Educational Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Davis Educational Foundation awards grants to private and public undergraduate colleges and universities in the New England states. IP TAKE: The Davis Educational Foundation has been a key source of funding for education institutions … [Read more...] about Davis Educational Foundation
Hannaford Charitable Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Hannaford Charitable Foundation supports food, education, and health nonprofits in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, and Vermont. IP TAKE: The Hannaford Charitable Foundation is a funder whose grocery roots go back almost … [Read more...] about Hannaford Charitable Foundation
Davis Conservation Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Davis Conservation Foundation supports environment, wildlife, conservation, and outdoor recreation in Northern New England. IP TAKE: The Davis Conservation Foundation is a family funder that takes a broad approach to environmental … [Read more...] about Davis Conservation Foundation
