Foundations that fund organizations in Bennington, Vermont
Worked out from where the grants went, not where the foundations sit.
Funding landscape for Bennington nonprofits
125 private foundations gave $11M to Bennington organizations in their latest filings; 33 of the 100 that say either way accept applications.
167 grants in total, with a typical foundation's median grant to Bennington around $10K. 13 of these funders are based in Vermont; the rest give here from elsewhere.
- Foundations giving here
- 125
- Accept applications
- 33
- of 100 that state a policy
- Dollars to Bennington
- $11M
- latest filings
- Grants
- 167
- Typical median grant
- $10K
- Based in VT
- 13%
- of funders listed
Funders, by dollars given to Bennington organizations
| Foundation | Based in | Grants here | Dollars here | Median | Accepts applications | Typical purposes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scanlan Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $4.0M | $4.0M | Preselected only | All contributions made for the intent established by the va… |
| Lk Whittier Foundation | Pasadena, CA | 1 | $2.8M | $2.8M | Preselected only | Support for the peter drucker fund for excellence & innovat… |
| Carolyn & George Rowland Char Fdn Tr | New York, NY | 1 | $430K | $430K | Preselected only | General support grant |
| The Schmidt Family Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 1 | $250K | $250K | Yes | Advancing sustainable materials |
| The Ford Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $250K | $250K | Yes | Core support for the university of the arts bfa program's i… |
| Stephens Family Charitable Foundation | Bronxville, NY | 1 | $250K | $250K | Preselected only | General purposes |
| Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 3 | $238K | $13K | Preselected only | 2024 creative legacy fellowship; 2025 fellows cohort; 2024 museum fellows term program (2 of 5) |
| Ponsold Motherwell Charitable Trust | Stanfordville, NY | 1 | $210K | $210K | Preselected only | General support |
| The Blossom Fund Charles R Platt Et Al Trustees | Boston, MA | 1 | $200K | $200K | Yes | F/b/o beyond plastics |
| Alcyon Foundation | Greenville, DE | 6 | $174K | $8,719 | Preselected only | General operations; General opeartions |
| Tortuga Charitable Foundation | Princeton, NJ | 1 | $165K | $165K | Preselected only | Charitable |
| The Andrew W Mellon Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $150K | $150K | Yes | To support research and national organizing around best pra… |
| Endeavor Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $150K | $150K | Yes | Endeavor foundation environmental action fellowship |
| Park Foundation Inc | Ithaca, NY | 1 | $125K | $125K | Yes | Project support |
| Tonamora Foundation Inc | Arlington, VT | 2 | $113K | $56K | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| E Lindsay Crut Fbo Bennington Museum | Lenox, MA | 1 | $88K | $88K | Preselected only | General support |
| James Daniel Humphrey Foundation Wells Fargo | St Louis, MO | 1 | $85K | $85K | Preselected only | General operating |
| The Passport Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $75K | $75K | Preselected only | General Operating for Beyond Plastics |
| The Deborah Groening-Rother Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $75K | $75K | Preselected only | To further organization's charitable purpose. |
| The Bank of Bennington Foundation Inc | Bennington, VT | 2 | $75K | $38K | Preselected only | General Operating Support |
| Nathan M Clark Foundation 2574-00-48 | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $70K | $70K | Preselected only | School of dance bachelor's |
| Lemberg Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $65K | $65K | Yes | General public support |
| The Winston Foundation Inc C/O L Ippolito (paul Weiss Et Al) | New York, NY | 1 | $65K | $65K | Preselected only | 55k belitt fund; 5k ben belitt undergraduate writing prize |
| Edwin S Webster Foundation C/O Gma Foundations | Boston, MA | 2 | $65K | $33K | Yes | General operating support |
| Jerome a and Estelle R Newman Assistance Fund Inc | Carle Place, NY | 1 | $60K | $60K | Yes | General |
| Del Mar Global Trust Dtd 121007 | Boca Raton, FL | 1 | $55K | $55K | Preselected only | For qualified purposes |
| Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $50K | $50K | Yes | For its project, beyond plastics |
| Reid Lillian Charitable Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | 3 | $44K | $15K | Preselected only | Daily operational support |
| Lois Davison Higbie Bennington Museum Fund | Manchester, NH | 1 | $41K | $41K | Preselected only | Maintain collections and |
| Winslow Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $40K | $40K | Preselected only | Beyond Plastics |
| McPike Zima Charitable Foundation US | New York, NY | 1 | $40K | $40K | Preselected only | Is to end plastic pollution by being a catalyst for change… |
| South Meadow Foundation | Bennington, VT | 3 | $29K | $2,000 | Preselected only | General fund |
| Ud Hpb Foundation | Dallas, TX | 1 | $29K | $29K | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| Mary McClellan Foundation Inc | Greenwich, NY | 2 | $25K | $13K | Yes | Primary Care-One Year; Medical Assistant Training |
| The William and Mary Greve Foundation Inc | Norfolk, CT | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | In support of college-in-prison program. |
| Cloud Mountain Foundation C/O Wffa Pllc | New York, NY | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | Environmental |
| The Phillips Family Foundation | Albany, NY | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | General Charitable Purpose |
| Helen & William Mazer Foundation | Berkeley Heights, NJ | 1 | $20K | $20K | Preselected only | Charitable purposes. |
| The Rodgers Family Foundation Inc C/O J Rubenstein Esq | New York, NY | 1 | $20K | $20K | Preselected only | Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt pur… |
| The Fowler Family Charitable Foundation Inc | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $20K | $20K | Preselected only | Vision 2020 Fund |
| Jerome and Marlene Brody Foundation Inc | Ghent, NY | 1 | $20K | $20K | Preselected only | General |
| Elizabeth C Wagner - Tes Tr | Orlando, FL | 1 | $20K | $20K | Preselected only | General operating |
| Chilmark Foundation | New York, NY | 8 | $19K | $1,750 | Preselected only | General fund |
| Art Bridges Inc | Fort Worth, TX | 1 | $18K | $18K | Preselected only | Support for programs that create transformative experiences… |
| The Frier Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | 1 | $15K | $15K | Preselected only | Beyond plastics; general purpose |
| The Commonwealth Fund | New York, NY | 1 | $15K | $15K | Yes | Matching gifts for general operating support |
| Thomas R O'Donnell Scholarship Fund | Great Neck, NY | 1 | $15K | $15K | Yes | Bennington college |
| The Prentice Foundation Inc | Wilmington, DE | 2 | $14K | $6,750 | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| The Cove Charitable Trust | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $12K | $12K | Preselected only | General operating |
| Margaret H & James E Kelley Foundation Inc | Casper, WY | 1 | $10K | $10K | Yes | Operations |
| Simeon and Jean H Locke Charitable Foundation | Boynton Beach, FL | 1 | $10K | $10K | Yes | Fulfill charitable purpose |
| Mrs Giles Whiting Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $10K | $10K | Yes | Whiting literary magazine prize |
| The Matthew Marks Charitable Trust | New York, NY | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | General charitable purpose |
| Kiwi Foundation | Averill Park, NY | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | General program operating support |
| Daedalus Foundation Inc C/O Altman Greenfield & Selvaggi | New York, NY | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | Advance the colleges mission to nurture students individual… |
| George W Mergens Foundation | Milton, VT | 1 | $10K | $10K | Yes | School programs fy25 |
| The Church in Your City | Boerne, TX | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | Donation |
| Hannaford Charitable Foundation | Portland, ME | 1 | $10K | $10K | Yes | General Operating Support |
| Dale and Deborah Smith Foundation C/O Dale and Deborah Smith | Springfield, IL | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | To further program services |
| Sonia Raiziss Giop Char Fdn-Char Tr | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $9,322 | $9,322 | Preselected only | General operating |
| Beatrice R& Joseph Acoleman Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $8,000 | $8,000 | Preselected only | General use |
| The Educational Foundation of America C/O Intentional Philanthropy | Bethesda, MD | 1 | $7,500 | $7,500 | Preselected only | Telehealth endowment fund matching grant |
| Theodore Demarco Irrevocable Trust | Buffalo, NY | 1 | $7,035 | $7,035 | Preselected only | General support |
| James G Hart Foundation | Wadsworth, IL | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 | Preselected only | General fund |
| William Raymond Motz Family Charitable Trust | Oneonta, NY | 3 | $6,000 | $2,500 | Preselected only | Provide scholarships; Generak purposes |
| Edward & Karen Levene Char Found Trust C/O Ron Levene | Dorset, VT | 2 | $6,000 | $3,000 | Preselected only | General |
| Eunice and William Burrington Trust | Buffalo, NY | 1 | $5,954 | $5,954 | Preselected only | General support |
| Barr Charitable Trust C/O Nushin Kormi Et Al Trustees | Boston, MA | 3 | $5,450 | $1,800 | Preselected only | Capa; General; Bill koch league |
| The Keelan Family Foundation | Arlington, VT | 3 | $5,409 | $2,409 | Yes | Annual Fund; Program Support |
| The Jm Kaplan Fund Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Yes | Bennington college prison education initiative (general ope… |
| Charles H Revson Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Yes | General operating support |
| Equinox Foundation | Veneta, OR | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Yes | Educational fund |
| Dedalus Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Yes | 2024 fall grant |
| Driscoll Foundation | St Paul, MN | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | Writing seminars |
| J Crayton Pruitt Foundation Inc | St Petersburg, FL | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | Beynard plastics donation |
| Web Industries Foundation Inc | Marlborough, MA | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Yes | Charitable |
| Agnes M Lindsay Trust | Chelmsford, MA | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Yes | Health & welfare |
| The Lindemann Foundation Inc | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| The Cappetta Family Foundationinc | Solana Beach, CA | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | Education |
| Toni L Ross Charitable Trust | New York, NY | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Preselected only | Charitable |
| William Dean Fausett Fndtn for the Presv & Protection of Green Mt Boy History Inc | Manchester Center, VT | 3 | $4,500 | $1,500 | Preselected only | Charitable support |
| Truettner Family Foundation | Crested Butte, CO | 2 | $4,500 | $2,250 | Preselected only | General support |
| Al Held Foundation Inc | Boiceville, NY | 1 | $4,100 | $4,100 | Preselected only | General support |
| Arthur H Bradstreet Res Trust | Dallas, TX | 1 | $3,570 | $3,570 | Preselected only | Scholarships |
| Charles R Wood Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $3,400 | $3,400 | Yes | Food pantry meals |
| Peckham Family Foundation | Katonah, NY | 4 | $3,250 | $875 | Preselected only | Prevention education expansion; Family day; The unaccompanied youth task force: funding for basic needs |
| Robert & Ann Newburger Foundation Inc | Arlington, VT | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 | Preselected only | General operating purpose |
| Hattie F Bradstreet Trust | Dallas, TX | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 | Preselected only | Scholarships |
| Merrill Family Charitable Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 | Preselected only | General |
| Vermont Academy of Science and Engineering Inc | Burlington, VT | 2 | $2,890 | $1,445 | Yes | Hands-on Science & Technology grant HOST |
| Mount Laurel Foundation Inc Co Arthur Short | Manchester, VT | 2 | $2,500 | $1,250 | Yes | General grant |
| The Right Track Foundation Inc | Manchester Center, VT | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 | Preselected only | To provide funding for school programs in bennington vermon… |
| Zicarelli Foundation | Tucson, AZ | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 | Preselected only | General support grant |
| Charles R Whitney Charitable Foundation | Grosse Pointe Farms, MI | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Preselected only | Unrestricted Contribution to Charitable Organization |
| Christopher R Kelly Family Foundation | Seattle, WA | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Yes | Unrestricted |
| Ricker College Scholarship & Endowment Committee | Houlton, ME | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Yes | Scholarship Program |
| Vermont Eastern Star Home Inc | Randolph, VT | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Yes | Program support |
| Price Chopper's Golub Foundation | Schenectady, NY | 2 | $2,000 | $1,000 | Yes | General support/capital campaign |
| Wolfson Family Foundation Inc C/O James Wolfson | Wayland, MA | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Preselected only | General fund |
| Community Bank Na Foundation of New England Inc | Williston, VT | 2 | $1,750 | $875 | Yes | Operations |
Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV, latest electronic return per foundation (2026-10-28). "Accepts applications" reflects the foundation's own checkbox on Part XV line 2. Grants to individuals excluded.
Common questions
Which foundations give to nonprofits in Bennington, Vermont?
Scanlan Family Foundation, Lk Whittier Foundation, Carolyn & George Rowland Char Fdn Tr, The Schmidt Family Foundation, The Ford Foundation and 95 others reported grants to Bennington organizations on their latest Form 990-PF.
How do I approach a foundation that doesn't accept applications?
A foundation that checks "contributes only to preselected organizations" on its 990-PF won't review a cold proposal. Look at who it funds, find a shared board member, grantee or advisor, and ask for an introduction. Foundations that accept applications usually list a contact and deadlines in Part XV; we show that text on each foundation's page.
Is this list complete?
No. It covers private foundations (Form 990-PF filers) whose latest electronic return lists at least one grant to an organization in Bennington. Community foundations and corporate giving programs file different forms and are not included yet.