Trout Lily Foundation

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

1 grant matching “food security” · $60,000

• $60,000

  Vermont Foodbank · Barre, VT · 2023

  Led lighting$10,000 to help install energy efficient lighting at the rutland and brattleboro facilities; reinventing food access for older adults$25,000 unrestricted support for this food security innovation lab pilot p… read allLed lighting$10,000 to help install energy efficient lighting at the rutland and brattleboro facilities; reinventing food access for older adults$25,000 unrestricted support for this food security innovation lab pilot program; guaranteed basic income as reparations$25,000 unrestricted support for this fsil pilot less

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

• Friends of the Fletcher Free Library1 grant · $200,000
• Vermont Humanities Council7 grants · $150,000
• Barack Obama Foundation3 grants · $125,000
• Burlington City Arts Foundation1 grant · $100,000
• Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium4 grants · $100,000
• Planned Parenthood of Northern Ne2 grants · $100,000
• University of Vermont1 grant · $82,500
• Vermont Studio Center2 grants · $80,000
• Rokeby Museum3 grants · $77,000
• Planned Parenthood Northern New England2 grants · $75,000

Giving over time

Grant history

The 100 largest of 113 grants.

• $200,000

  Friends of the Fletcher Free Library · Burlington, VT · 2024

  Fletcher free library renovation plan

• $100,000

  Burlington City Arts Foundation · Burlington, VT · 2022

  Capital support for the 405 pine street renovation

• $82,500

  University of Vermont · Burlington, VT · 2022

  To equip a rural healthcare delivery van to provide vt statewide cancer screenings and prevention education

• $70,000

  Vermont Studio Center · Johnson, VT · 2024

  Capital renovation and energy efficiency retrofitting & scholarship support

• $60,000

  Vermont Law School · South Royalton, VT · 2025

  For the benefit of the center for justice reform clinic, to fund the immigration law fellow

• $60,000

  Planned Parenthood of Northern Ne · Colchester, VT · 2024

  Vermont programs and services

• $60,000

  Vermont Foodbank · Barre, VT · 2023

  Led lighting$10,000 to help install energy efficient lighting at the rutland and brattleboro facilities; reinventing food access for older adults$25,000 unrestricted support for this food security innovation lab pilot p… read allLed lighting$10,000 to help install energy efficient lighting at the rutland and brattleboro facilities; reinventing food access for older adults$25,000 unrestricted support for this food security innovation lab pilot program; guaranteed basic income as reparations$25,000 unrestricted support for this fsil pilot less
• $50,000

  Chittenden Community Television · Montpeiler, VT · 2025

  Gift for the benefit of the vermont language justice project

• $50,000

  Friends of the Fletcher Lee Library · Burlington, VT · 2025

  Completion of the fletcher free library renovation plan

• $50,000

  Hunger Free Vermont · South Burlington, VT · 2025

  The snap/3squaresvt outreach program

• $50,000

  Planned Parenthood Northern New England · Burlington, VT · 2025

  Support for vermont programs and services

• $50,000

  Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Ceo discretionary fund

• $50,000

  Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023

  Launch of a new ceo discretionary fund

• $50,000

  Flynn Center for Performing Arts · Burlington, VT · 2022

  Capital repairs.

• $40,000

  Planned Parenthood of Northern Ne · Colchester, VT · 2024

  Vermont programs and services

• $35,000

  Appalachian Voices · Charlottesville, VA · 2025

  Unrestricted support

• $32,500

  University of Vermont Foundation · Burlington, VT · 2024

  $100,000 rural healthcare van; $15,000 for digital camera for dermatologic and medical purposes (van); $50,000 genetics research to explore vermont's high skin cancer rates

• $32,000

  Rokeby Museum · Ferrisburgh, VT · 2024

  Robinson house heat pumps and electrical upgrades

• $30,000

  President&Fellows of Middlebury College · Middlebury, VT · 2025

  For the benefit of bread loaf writers conference

• $30,000

  Waterbury Area Makersphere Cooperative · Waterbury, VT · 2025

  General operating support

• $25,000

  Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025

  Unrestricted support for obama presidential center museum

• $25,000

  Burlington City Arts Fund · Burlington, VT · 2025

  To support community fund projects grants round

• $25,000

  Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Brookline, MA · 2025

  The jan l. Blomstrann immunology research fund.

• $25,000

  Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium · St Johnsbury, VT · 2025

  To support the fairbanks summer education program, including youth hiring

• $25,000

  Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium · St Johnsbury, VT · 2025

  This grant is to provide expendable funds for priority capital repairs while the museum continues its fundraising for a new capital endowment. If the full $500,000 in other funds for new endowment gifts and pledges is s… read allThis grant is to provide expendable funds for priority capital repairs while the museum continues its fundraising for a new capital endowment. If the full $500,000 in other funds for new endowment gifts and pledges is secured before the full $75,000 from the trout lily foundation is paid, you may use any remaining payments for direct capital needs or endowment. less
• $25,000

  Institute for Sustainable Communities · Montpeiler, VT · 2025

  Unrestricted support following loss of federal funds

• $25,000

  King Street Center · Burlington, VT · 2025

  Early education and headstart program

• $25,000

  Planned Parenthood Northern New England · Burlington, VT · 2025

  Support for vermont programs and services

• $25,000

  Rokeby Museum · Ferrisburgh, VT · 2025

  "unrestricted 2025 support, providing flexible funds for the new director in this transition time

• $25,000

  Vermont Humanities Council · Montpelier, VT · 2025

  Vermont reads

• $25,000

  American Near East Refugee Aid · Washington, DC · 2024

  Emergency relief for gaza

• $25,000

  Dana Farber Cancer Institute · Brookline, MA · 2024

  Jan l. Blomstrann immunology research fund

• $25,000

  Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024

  Programs assisting sudanese refugees

• $25,000

  Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium · St Johnsbury, VT · 2024

  Capital needs

• $25,000

  Historic Saranac Lake · Saranac Lake, NY · 2024

  Trudeau building renovation

• $25,000

  King Street Center · Burlington, VT · 2024

  Early education and headstart program

• $25,000

  Rokeby Museum · Ferrisburgh, VT · 2024

  Capacity and sustainability

• $25,000

  Vermont Humanities Council · Montpelier, VT · 2024

  Vermont reads

• $25,000

  Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Brookline, MA · 2023

  The jan l. Blomstrann immunology research fund.

• $25,000

  Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium · St Johnsbury, VT · 2023

  This grant is to provide expendable funds for priority capital repairs while the museum continues its fundraising for a new capital endowment. If the full $500,000 in other funds for new endowment gifts and pledges is s… read allThis grant is to provide expendable funds for priority capital repairs while the museum continues its fundraising for a new capital endowment. If the full $500,000 in other funds for new endowment gifts and pledges is secured before the full $75,000 from the trout lily foundation is paid, you may use any remaining payments for direct capital needs or endowment. less
• $25,000

  Rokeby Museum · Ferrisburgh, VT · 2023

  To build rokeby capacity and sustainability, including support for staffing, fundraising and outreach, and other priorities that will build the museums impact and visibility.

• $25,000

  Vermont Humanities Council · Montpelier, VT · 2023

  Vermont reads

• $25,000

  Vermont Humanities Council · Montpelier, VT · 2023

  Flood response grantmaking to cultural nonprofits in vermont impacted by the floods this past summer

• $25,000

  Dana Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2022

  The jan l. Blomstrann immunology research fund.

• $25,000

  Rokeby Museum · Ferrisburgh, VT · 2022

  "to build rokeby capacity and sustainability, including support for staffing,

• $25,000

  Shelburne Farms · Shelburne, VT · 2022

  For the windmill hill conservation project

• $20,000

  Resource a Nonprofit Community Enterprise · Williston, VT · 2025

  For the youthuild program

• $20,000

  University of Vermont Foundation Fbo Bridges To Health · Burlington, VT · 2025

  F/b/o bridges to health. We ask that $20,000 go to bridges to meet any priority needs. The remaining $1,000 will offset uvms 5% administrative fee.

• $20,000

  Vermont Humanities Council · Montpelier, VT · 2025

  Unrestricted support

• $20,000

  Vermont Humanities Council · Montpelier, VT · 2025

  Ngo's grantmaking program

• $20,000

  Appalachian Voices · Boone, NC · 2024

  General operating support

• $20,000

  Resource a Nonprofit Community · Williston, VT · 2024

  Youthbuild

• $20,000

  Appalachian Voices · Boone, NC · 2023

  General operating support

• $20,000

  Rokeby Museum · Ferrisburgh, VT · 2023

  For the new archival storage building, to be used for insulation, sheetrock, portable shelving, and other capital expenses

• $20,000

  Yestermorrow · Waitsfield, VT · 2022

  To support program scholarships over the next two years.

• $15,000

  Chittenden Community Television · Montpeiler, VT · 2025

  Gift for the benefit of the vermont language justice project, to support the production of contraception videos in 17 languages

• $15,000

  Resource a Nonprofit Community Enterprise · Williston, VT · 2025

  Unrestricted support following loss of federal funds

• $15,000

  Vermont Community Foundation Vermont Women'S Fund · Middlebury, VT · 2025

  For the benefit of the vermont womens fund, to support the status of women in vermont: economic opportunity data project

• $15,000

  Vermont Parks Forever · Montpeiler, VT · 2025

  Unrestricted support

• $15,000

  Vermont Women'S Fund · Middlebury, VT · 2023

  For the rise & thrive fund, supporting women business owners affected by the floods in vermont this past summer.

• $15,000

  Champlain College · Burlington, VT · 2022

  Endowed scholarship for the single parents program, honoring sister janice ryan

• $11,000

  President & Fellows of Middlebury College · Middlebury, VT · 2025

  The middlebury language schools abenaki program, specifically full scholarships for the two-week language session, with preference for tribal members

• $11,000

  President & Fellows of Middlebury College · Middlebury, VT · 2024

  Middlebury language schools abenaki program - scholarships

• $11,000

  President & Fellows of Middlebury College · Middlebury, VT · 2023

  The middlebury language schools abenaki program, specifically full scholarships for the two-week language session, with preference for tribal members

• $10,000

  Assoc of Africans Living in Vermont · Burlington, VT · 2025

  Unrestricted funds to support new americans to integrate into vermont communities (reissue of lost check)

• $10,000

  Historic Saranac Lake · Saranac Lake, NY · 2025

  Unrestricted support

• $10,000

  Intervale Center · Burlington, VT · 2025

  Unrestricted support

• $10,000

  Northern Forest Center · Concord, NH · 2025

  Unrestricted support

• $10,000

  Northern Forest Center · Concord, NH · 2025

  Adk housing development in tupper lake, ny

• $10,000

  Orion Society · Great Barrington, MA · 2025

  For the new constellation initiative. These funds can be used in any way that engages more people of color as orion writers, artists, and readers and builds inclusivity

• $10,000

  Outright Vermont · Burlington, VT · 2025

  Unrestricted support in face of heightened discrimination against lgbtq+ people

• $10,000

  Public Asset Institute · Montpelier, VT · 2025

  Unrestricted support

• $10,000

  Spectrum · Burlington, VT · 2025

  For the direct cash transfer program

• $10,000

  University of Vermont Medical Center · Burlington, VT · 2025

  F/b/o uvm medical center to support the virtual art gallery project

• $10,000

  Vermont Council On the Arts · Montpeiler, VT · 2025

  Additional support for vac grants program for arts ngos and individuals

• $10,000

  Vermont Council On the Arts · Montpeiler, VT · 2025

  Artist and ngo grantmaking

• $10,000

  Vermont Foodbank · Barre, VT · 2025

  Unrestricted support

• $10,000

  Vermont Humanities Council · Montpelier, VT · 2025

  Ngo's grantmaking program

• $10,000

  Vermont Law School · South Royalton, VT · 2025

  F/b/o the center for justice reform clinic

• $10,000

  Vermont Studio Center · Johnson, VT · 2025

  Scholarship support

• $10,000

  Vermont Works for Women · Winooski, VT · 2025

  Unrestricted support

• $10,000

  Capstone Community Action · Barre, VT · 2024

  Case management - 2023 floods

• $10,000

  Copley Hospital · Morrisville, VT · 2024

  To support construction of the new mansfield orthopedics medical building

• $10,000

  Intervale Center · Burlington, VT · 2024

  Unrestricted support

• $10,000

  Orion Society · Great Barrington, MA · 2024

  New constellation initiative

• $10,000

  Spectrum · Burlington, VT · 2024

  Direct cash transfer program

• $10,000

  Vermont Works for Women · Winooski, VT · 2024

  Unrestricted support

• $10,000

  Waterbury Area Markersphere Cooperative · Waterbury, VT · 2024

  General operating support

• $10,000

  Din College · Tsaile, AZ · 2023

  Unrestricted support

• $10,000

  Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2023

  Earthquake relief for syria and turkey

• $10,000

  Orion Society · Great Barrington, MA · 2023

  The fund for women writers

• $10,000

  Orion Society · Great Barrington, MA · 2023

  Expendable program funds for the launch of the endowed fund for women writers.

• $10,000

  Rainbow Bridge Community Center · Barre, VT · 2023

  Barre flood recovery

• $10,000

  Yestermorrow · Waitsfield, VT · 2023

  $10,000 to help renovate, equip, and furnish the airport hangar for winter program delivery payable in august 2022.; $20,000 to support program scholarships over the next two years. Please use these funds flexibly to pr… read all$10,000 to help renovate, equip, and furnish the airport hangar for winter program delivery payable in august 2022.; $20,000 to support program scholarships over the next two years. Please use these funds flexibly to provide financial aid where it is most needed. We will award the first $10,000 immediately and the second $10,000 in january 2023. less
• $10,000

  Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2022

  Emergency relief fund

• $10,000

  Orion Society · Barrington, MA · 2022

  Emergency relief fund

• $10,000

  World Central Kitchen · Washington Dc, DC · 2022

  Chefs for ukraine

• $9,000

  Lund Family Center · South Burlington, VT · 2025

  For the benefit of the wraparound families project, for support for storage unit rent, moving costs, and other direct expenses

• $9,000

  Lund Family Center · South Burlington, VT · 2024

  Wraparound families project, storage unit rent, moving, and other direct expenses

• $5,000

  Chittenden Community Television · Montpeiler, VT · 2025

  Support the vermont language justice project, a program of cctv. These funds can be used in any way that build greater language access for vermonters whose first language isnt english.

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