Record Year of Charitable Giving for Vermont Community Foundation

credit: ALERT Project Official Site

The Vermont Community Foundation, its fundholders, and charitable partners made $31.9 million in grants, more than 90 percent of which went directly into Vermont communities.

This represents a 24 percent increase from 2019 and more than a 70 percent increase from 2018 grantmaking.

Vermont Community Foundation grants in 2020 also represent nearly a quarter of all annual philanthropic grantmaking in the state in a typical year according to data from the Foundation Center.

Grantmaking from the Community Foundation’s donor advised fundholders also increased, contributing more than $6 million to the VT COVID-19 Response Fund to support a coordinated pandemic response as well as giving directly to nonprofit organizations who are the backbone of Vermont’s communities. Read the Entire Article

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Foundation: Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County

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Foundation: Coastal Community Foundation, Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina

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Foundation: Cleveland Foundation

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Foundation: Orange County Community Foundation

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Foundation: Knight Foundation

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Foundation: Bloomberg Philanthropies

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Foundation: Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area

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Foundation: Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation

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Foundation: Lincoln Community Foundation

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Foundation: Initiative Foundation, Northwest Minnesota Foundation, Southwest Initiative Foundation, West Central Initiative

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