The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
How to apply
Philanthropy and grantmaking
1,501 grants on file · $13.6M · FY2019–2024
IRS 990-PF · FY2024
Deadlines
Restrictions
Send applications to
MONTPELIER, VT, 05604An email address and a phone number for applications is on the filing. On the filing, not published; see “How to reach them” for any published channel.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2024 return.
What its returns show
Stated the same way on all 6 Form 990-PF returns on record (FY2019 to FY2024).
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Financials
Giving
$2.6M
FY2024 · qualifying distributions
Total assets
$27.4M
FY2024 · end of year
Revenue
$3.1M
FY2024
Expenses
$2.7M
FY2024
Giving by year
Total assets by year
Year
Form
Revenue
Expenses
Giving
Assets
Net assets
FY2024
990-PF
$3,100,616
$2,672,029
$2,596,407
$27,377,919
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
What they fund
Recipient focus areas
Philanthropy and grantmaking$761K · 8
Food and agriculture$415K · 22
Crime and legal$343K · 13
Youth development$305K · 13
Health care$247K · 24
Housing$208K · 16
Where recipients are
VT$11.8M · 683
TX$1.3M · 291
MA$135K · 42
FL$60.5K · 35
NY$50.1K · 47
TN$36.8K · 10
CA$35.7K · 34
GA$30.7K · 18
Based on the 32% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
Grants paid
1,501 on file
Recipient
Purpose
Amount
Year
Source
See attached list Statement #3Multiple addresses, VT
See attached list Statement #3
$2,027,725
2019
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
Officers and directors
Name
Title
Hours / week
Compensation
Beth Rusnock
PRESIDENT & CEO, DIRECTOR
0.00
$0
Shannon Salembier
CHIEF COUNSEL & SEC. (AS OF 5/7/24)
0.00
$0
Gregory M Mateja
TREASURER
0.00
$0
Lisa F Muller
ASSISTANT SECRETARY (AS OF 5/7/24)
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
LET'S GROW KIDSMatched to this organization because 4 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2023. Counted Oct 9, 2026.BURLINGTON, VT
LET'S GROW KIDSMatched to this organization because 4 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2023. Counted Oct 9, 2026.BURLINGTON, VT
CHAMPLAIN HOUSING TRUSTMatched to this organization because 9 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.BURLINGTON, VT
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
$60,000
2024
CHAMPLAIN HOUSING TRUSTMatched to this organization because 9 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.BURLINGTON, VT
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
$60,000
2023
CENTRAL VERMONT MEDICAL CENTERMatched to this organization because 3 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2023 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.BERLIN, VT
FOOD INSECURITY
$55,000
2024
HOWARD CENTER ATTN MIKE GLODBURLINGTON, VT
HEALTHCARE
$55,000
2024
VERMONT YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS (VYCC)RICHMOND, VT
PARKLAND HEALTH FOUNDATIONMatched to this organization because 5 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2023 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.DALLAS, TX
HEALTHCARE
$41,700
2023
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE DALLAS REGION INCDALLAS, TX
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