Foundations that fund organizations in Burlington, Vermont
Worked out from where the grants went, not where the foundations sit.
Funding landscape for Burlington nonprofits
575 private foundations gave $38M to Burlington organizations in their latest filings; 36 of the 100 that say either way accept applications.
1,298 grants in total, with a typical foundation's median grant to Burlington around $100K. 23 of these funders are based in Vermont; the rest give here from elsewhere.
- Foundations giving here
- 575
- Accept applications
- 36
- of 100 that state a policy
- Dollars to Burlington
- $38M
- latest filings
- Grants
- 1,298
- Typical median grant
- $100K
- Based in VT
- 23%
- of funders listed
Funders, by dollars given to Burlington organizations
| Foundation | Based in | Grants here | Dollars here | Median | Accepts applications | Typical purposes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gates Foundation | Seattle, WA | 2 | $3.4M | $1.7M | Yes | Maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health |
| J Walter Juckett Cancer Research Foundation Inc | Essex Junction, VT | 1 | $1.8M | $1.8M | Preselected only | cancer research |
| Walton Family Foundation Inc | Bentonville, AR | 1 | $1.7M | $1.7M | Preselected only | To support the implementation of the Tuna Harvest Strategy… |
| The Ford Foundation | New York, NY | 4 | $1.4M | $263K | Yes | For the u.s.-cuba forum to contribute to improved, mutually…; General support and core support for institutional strength…; To improve democratic security public policy approaches and… |
| Ad Henderson Foundation Inc | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 7 | $1.3M | $35K | Yes | Continuation of let's grow kids capital campaign; Honorarium - josh miller; Honorarium - keegan albaugh |
| John S and James L Knight Foundation | Miami, FL | 2 | $994K | $497K | Yes | To catalyze and strengthen partnerships between college rep…; Launch the center for community news, a national resource f… |
| The 1040 Foundation C/O Dorothy B Koopman | Alexandria, VA | 1 | $922K | $922K | Preselected only | Termination distribution - charitable grantmaking |
| Antonio B and Rita M Pomerleau Foundation Inc | Burlington, VT | 25 | $888K | $20K | Yes | General; In Memory of Rita & Antonio; Fireworks for Burlington |
| Fore Aces Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 10 | $805K | $18K | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted; Champlain Fund; President's Initiatives Fund |
| The Freeman Foundation | New York, NY | 3 | $803K | $275K | Yes | General support |
| Donley Foundation-Ud Dtd 12-8-86 | York, PA | 2 | $791K | $396K | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| The Schmidt Family Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 2 | $689K | $344K | Yes | Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels; Advancing sustainable agriculture in africa |
| Far Reach Foundation | South Burlington, VT | 2 | $651K | $326K | Preselected only | General support |
| Steven and Beverly Rubenstein Charitable Foundation Inc | West Palm Beach, FL | 1 | $600K | $600K | Preselected only | Donation |
| Isaiah 61 Foundation | Burlington, VT | 2 | $580K | $290K | Preselected only | Support of ministry; Support of program services |
| Turrell Fund | Montclair, NJ | 11 | $529K | $5,000 | Yes | Program support |
| Mulago Foundation C/O Arnhold LLC | New York, NY | 2 | $500K | $250K | Preselected only | Relief to the poor |
| Gordon & Llura Gund 1993 Charitable Foundation | Concord, MA | 1 | $500K | $500K | Preselected only | Support the charitable purpose of the organization |
| National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc | Montpelier, VT | 51 | $494K | $2,400 | Yes | Family support; Youth development; Food assistance |
| Francis T & Louis T Nichols Foundation | Bangor, ME | 18 | $472K | $20K | Yes | Donation |
| The Argosy Foundation | Milwaukee, WI | 22 | $456K | $13K | Preselected only | General support; Education project; Arts project |
| Zachary and Lindsey Gund Foundation | Concord, MA | 3 | $450K | $150K | Preselected only | To help further charitable purposes of organization.; To help further charitable purpose of organization. |
| Grant and Lara Gund Foundation | Concord, MA | 3 | $450K | $150K | Preselected only | To help further charitable purpose of organization.; To help further charitable purposes of organization. |
| Alfred P Sloan Foundation | New York, NY | 3 | $428K | $100K | Yes | To examine rural and indigenous just energy transitions ass…; To support a curioss workshop for community building amongs…; To support the institutionalization of an open source progr… |
| The Onda Foundation Inc | Burlington, VT | 15 | $401K | $25K | Yes | Unrestricted grant for donee's exempt purpose. |
| Overlake Fund | Burlington, VT | 3 | $386K | $45K | Preselected only | To support general operations and the library; To support hillel at the university of vermont; To support research, education, and other initiatives of ve… |
| Elinor M Tourville Bennett Charitable Remainder Trust | Boca Raton, FL | 1 | $343K | $343K | Preselected only | Scholarships |
| Td Charitable Foundation | Portland, ME | 10 | $339K | $18K | Yes | Sustaining homeownership through affordability, resilience…; Housing resource center program; Artists in schools and student matinee series |
| The Waterwheel Foundation | New York, NY | 13 | $337K | $25K | Preselected only | General |
| Courtney and Victoria Buffum Family Foundation | Burlington, VT | 7 | $324K | $26K | Yes | Operating support; Early promise academic improvement program into the summer…; Support for summer challenge program |
| The Mill Foundation Ltd | Burlington, VT | 6 | $315K | $15K | Preselected only | General support |
| Barr Foundation | Boston, MA | 3 | $305K | $65K | Preselected only | To support grassroots campaigns on environmental justice an…; To support professional development and capacity building f…; To support advocacy on clean energy and energy affordabilit… |
| One Hive Foundation | Boston, MA | 4 | $300K | $69K | Preselected only | Vermont pollinator working groupfor the benefit of the depa…; Education and outreach as part of their neonicotinoid campa…; A campaign to engage, educate and inspire vermonters to lea… |
| John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $300K | $300K | Preselected only | In support of the university of vermont's center for commun… |
| Adolph Coors Foundation | Denver, CO | 1 | $300K | $300K | Yes | Program specific grant |
| Vermont Foundation for Children & Families | Burlington, VT | 1 | $294K | $294K | Preselected only | Program Funding |
| George H Fearons III Charitable Trust | New York, NY | 1 | $292K | $292K | Preselected only | General support grant |
| The Block Friedman Family Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $290K | $290K | Yes | Unrestricted charitable contribution |
| Lintilhac Foundation Inc | Shelburne, VT | 19 | $289K | $10K | Yes | Support for partnership projects; Capacity grant; Feeding champlain valley and healthy roots collaborative |
| Trout Lily Foundation C/O Hemenway Trust Company LLC | Middlebury, VT | 14 | $276K | $15K | Preselected only | Support for vermont programs and services; Early education and headstart program; F/b/o bridges to health. we ask that $20,000 go to bridges… |
| Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 1 | $259K | $259K | Preselected only | To investigate the photonic and optoelectronic properties o… |
| Peyser Foundation for Population Health | Ann Arbor, MI | 2 | $250K | $125K | Preselected only | Professorship in microbiology |
| Bainum Family Foundation | Washington, DC | 1 | $250K | $250K | Preselected only | Wevision systems level |
| Shmuel Isaac & Miriam Popack Foundation Inc | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | $225K | $225K | Preselected only | Education of young children to the jewish chabad lubavitch… |
| George W Mergens Foundation | Milton, VT | 20 | $221K | $10K | Yes | General operating support; After-school tutoring & enrichment programs; Early promise program |
| The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation | Marysville, OH | 1 | $215K | $215K | Yes | Gardens - other |
| Virginia Hunt Tr UW Episcopal Char Inst | Chicago, IL | 2 | $198K | $99K | Yes | General |
| Ray W & Ildah Totman Medical Resear Co Bank | Dallas, TX | 1 | $194K | $194K | Preselected only | Support medical research |
| University of Vermont & State Agr Colle | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $166K | $166K | Preselected only | General support |
| Eastrise Foundation | Williston, VT | 10 | $163K | $15K | Yes | Cover call client services and covers needs around communic…; Civic engagement portal sponsorship to showcase board of di…; Building resilience and community connections in rural comm… |
| The McKnight Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 2 | $160K | $80K | Yes | to support Transformative Agroecology; to promote agroecology through participatory action researc… |
| Four Pines Fund Inc | Burlington, VT | 2 | $151K | $76K | Preselected only | To support the riverstone counseling center serving high-ri…; To support training medical and nursing students in evidenc… |
| Henry P Kendall Foundation | Marion, MA | 1 | $150K | $150K | Preselected only | Expanding institutional food markets |
| Lumina Foundation for Education Inc | Indianapolis, IN | 1 | $150K | $150K | Yes | To support the expansion of SUNY's student reporting progra… |
| Maccabee Task Force Foundation | Las Vegas, NV | 1 | $148K | $148K | Preselected only | Campus Education and Trip to Israel |
| Trust UW Alexander Hamilton Fulton | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $136K | $136K | Preselected only | General operating |
| L Z Francis Foundation Ima | Cleveland, OH | 10 | $134K | $5,500 | Preselected only | Unrestricted; Agricultural development; Education programming |
| John J Flynn Tuw Fbo Fahc Etal | Buffalo, NY | 1 | $132K | $132K | Preselected only | General support |
| Edwards Lifesciences Foundation | Irvine, CA | 2 | $130K | $65K | Yes | Using collaboration and data management to overcome barrier…; Leadership board match |
| Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $130K | $130K | Yes | For general support |
| Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc | South Burlington, VT | 35 | $130K | $2,000 | Yes | General support |
| 1772 Foundation Inc | Morristown, NJ | 1 | $125K | $125K | Preselected only | Historic preservation grantmaking in vt |
| Ruth & Peter Metz Family Foundation Co Thomas Phelan | Westfield, NJ | 12 | $125K | $5,000 | Preselected only | Provide operating funds |
| Shayne Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $123K | $123K | Preselected only | Educational scholarships & grants |
| The Winthrop H Smith Jr Charitable Foundation Inc | Stamford, CT | 4 | $122K | $5,000 | Preselected only | To promote the organization's exempt purposes. |
| The Roessner Family Foundation Inc | Harwich Port, MA | 1 | $120K | $120K | Preselected only | Charitable |
| One-Four-Three Foundation #95-651660 | Boston, MA | 11 | $114K | $10K | Preselected only | Unrestricted; $15,000 restricted to the warmth program; $8,500 restricted…; $4,000 resticted to howard center's mental health urgent ca… |
| Richard E and Deborah L Tarrant Foundation Inc | Winooski, VT | 3 | $111K | $10K | Yes | Annual fund; Sleep out; Miller building/martin floor |
| Millstone Foundation | St Louis, MO | 3 | $107K | $6,300 | Yes | To further recipient's charitable purpose |
| Rally to Give Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | 1 | $105K | $105K | Preselected only | To inspire young people through board sports and build a mo… |
| Farmor Foundation C/O Eleutherian Trust Company | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | General operations |
| Integrity Media Nfp C/O Leonard Goodman | Chicago, IL | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| Beach Road Foundation Inc | Blairsville, GA | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | General fund |
| Jane's Trust Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| The Hearst Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $100K | $100K | Yes | To support Drop-In Center for homeless and at risk youth |
| Pecor Family Foundation | Burlington, VT | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | Donation |
| Hannaford Charitable Foundation | Portland, ME | 1 | $100K | $100K | Yes | General Operating Support |
| The Sandy River Charitable Foundation | Farmington, ME | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | General operating capacity building |
| Macleay Foundation | Montpelier, VT | 1 | $100K | $100K | Yes | General support |
| The Clara E and John H Ware Jr Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | Support graduate scholarships |
| The Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation C/O Gma Foundations | Boston, MA | 3 | $99K | $20K | Yes | Exempt purpose |
| Common Stream Inc #0745935 C/O Nutter McClennen & Fish Llp | Boston, MA | 1 | $90K | $90K | Preselected only | General fund |
| The Perkin Fund | South Hamilton, MA | 2 | $90K | $45K | Yes | Charitable purpose |
| The Windham Foundation Inc | Grafton, VT | 14 | $87K | $3,500 | Yes | General operating support; Support for education; Homeless programs |
| The Gottesman Fund | New York, NY | 3 | $80K | $25K | Preselected only | General support |
| Target ALS Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $78K | $78K | Preselected only | Biomedical research |
| The Michael and Karen Stone Family Foundation Inc | Wilmington, DE | 3 | $75K | $25K | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted; Special Collections Fund |
| Vital Projects Fund Inc C/O McDermott Will & Schulte Llp | New York, NY | 1 | $75K | $75K | Preselected only | General support |
| Emma S Mora Trust a UW Xxx-Xx-Xxxx | Manchester, NH | 1 | $72K | $72K | Preselected only | Operational |
| The Kelsey Trust | Lincoln, MA | 9 | $71K | $8,000 | Yes | General support |
| The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 2 | $70K | $35K | Preselected only | General operating support; Music and performing arts program support |
| Forrest C & Frances H Lattner Foundation | East Greenwich, RI | 5 | $68K | $10K | Preselected only | General support; Family shelter & children's program; General operating support |
| Nsb Foundation Inc C/O Northfield Savings Bank | Barre, VT | 2 | $65K | $33K | Preselected only | General Operating Support |
| John and Barbara McLendon Family Foundation | Pittsboro, NC | 3 | $65K | $10K | Preselected only | General exempt purpose |
| Walter Irish Church Fund Xxx-Xx-Xxxx | Manchester, NH | 2 | $63K | $32K | Preselected only | Operating |
| The Morris & Bessie Altman Foundation C/O Peter Stern | Shelburne, VT | 19 | $62K | $1,000 | Yes | General support |
| The Rauch Foundation Inc | Woodstock, VT | 1 | $60K | $60K | Preselected only | Financial literacy |
| The Edgemont Foundation Inc | Sunapee, NH | 1 | $60K | $60K | Preselected only | Support |
| Leducq Foundation for Cardiovascular Research | Houston, TX | 1 | $55K | $55K | Preselected only | General support |
| The Rutkowski Family Foundation Inc | Harrison, NY | 2 | $52K | $26K | Preselected only | Assist in its charitable endeavors |
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 Burlington, Vermont?
Gates Foundation, J Walter Juckett Cancer Research Foundation Inc, Walton Family Foundation Inc, The Ford Foundation, Ad Henderson Foundation Inc and 95 others reported grants to Burlington 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 Burlington. Community foundations and corporate giving programs file different forms and are not included yet.