Funding search · EIN 510355030 · Greenville, DE

Alcyon Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

220
grants reported
$2.8M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

educationopeartionsoperationsgeneralresearchrapidresponse

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Top recipients

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  • The Bennington Museum2 grants · $376,481
  • Smokey House Center4 grants · $260,667
  • Bennington Museum2 grants · $201,652
  • Antidote4 grants · $201,391
  • Southwestern Vt Healthcare Foundation4 grants · $170,229
  • Vermont Youth Conservation Corps4 grants · $145,019
  • Vermont Public Interest Research & Education Foundation4 grants · $96,178
  • The Current4 grants · $73,663
  • Friends of Hildene4 grants · $70,827
  • Vermont Land Trust4 grants · $60,344

Giving over time

$711,438
2022
$680,465
2023
$635,911
2024
$747,862
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 220 grants.

  • $200,229

    The Bennington Museum · Bennington, VT · 2023

    General operations

  • $176,252

    The Bennington Museum · Bennington, VT · 2022

    General operations

  • $109,938

    Vermont Youth Conservation Corps · Richmond, VT · 2025

    General operations

  • $101,667

    Bennington Museum · Bennington, VT · 2025

    General operations

  • $99,985

    Bennington Museum · Bennington, VT · 2024

    General operations

  • $75,096

    Smokey House Center · Danby, VT · 2024

    General operations

  • $74,829

    Smokey House Center · Danby, VT · 2025

    General operations

  • $60,644

    Smokey House Center · Danby, VT · 2023

    General operations

  • $55,095

    Southwestern Vt Healthcare Foundation · Bennington, VT · 2023

    General opeartions

  • $50,833

    Antidote · Apache Junction, AZ · 2025

    General operations

  • $50,331

    Antidote · Netarts, OR · 2023

    General operations

  • $50,129

    Antidote · Apache Junction, AZ · 2024

    General operations

  • $50,098

    Antidote · Netarts, OR · 2022

    General operations

  • $50,098

    Smokey House Center · Danby, VT · 2022

    General operations

  • $45,082

    Southwestern Vt Healthcare Foundation · Bennington, VT · 2024

    General opeartions

  • $45,000

    Southwestern Vt Healthcare Foundation · Bennington, VT · 2025

    General opeartions

  • $30,775

    Friends of Hildene · Manchester, VT · 2023

    General operations

  • $30,584

    The Current · Stowe, VT · 2025

    General operations

  • $30,128

    Vermont Public Interest Research & Education Foundation · Montpelier, VT · 2025

    $15,000 for research & education fund

  • $25,748

    Vermont Public Interest Research & Education Foundation · Montpelier, VT · 2022

    $15,000 for research & education fund / $10,000 for rapid response

  • $25,064

    Vermont Public Interest Research & Education Foundation · Montpelier, VT · 2024

    $15,000 for research & education fund

  • $25,052

    Friends of Hildene · Manchester, VT · 2022

    General operations

  • $25,052

    Southwestern Vt Healthcare Foundation · Bennington, VT · 2022

    General opeartions

  • $25,052

    Vermont Land Trust · Montpelier, VT · 2022

    General operations

  • $20,024

    Prospect Mountain · Bennington, VT · 2022

    General operations

  • $20,024

    The Current · Stowe, VT · 2022

    General operations

  • $20,024

    The Nature Conservancy of Vermont · Montpelier, VT · 2022

    General operations

  • $15,292

    Vermont Historical Society · Montpelier, VT · 2025

    General operations

  • $15,292

    Vermont Land Trust · Montpelier, VT · 2025

    General operations

  • $15,238

    Vermont Public Interest Research & Education Foundation · Montpelier, VT · 2023

    $15,000 for research & education fund

  • $15,082

    Vermont Community Foundation · Middlebury, VT · 2022

    General operations

  • $15,082

    Vermont Folklife Center · Middlebury, VT · 2022

    General operations

  • $15,082

    Vermont Youth Conservation Corps · Richmond, VT · 2022

    General operations

  • $15,055

    The Current · Stowe, VT · 2024

    General operations

  • $15,000

    Vermont Land Trust · Montpelier, VT · 2024

    General operations

  • $10,247

    Bennington Area Habitat for Humanity · Manchester, VT · 2022

    General operations

  • $10,247

    Center for Communication in Medicine · Bennington, VT · 2022

    General operations

  • $10,247

    Stowe Swimming Hole · Stowe, VT · 2022

    General operations

  • $10,247

    Vermont Food Bank · Barre, VT · 2022

    General operations

  • $10,140

    Chatham Hall School · Chatham, VA · 2022

    General operationsgeneral operations

  • $10,140

    Vermont Historical Society · Montpelier, VT · 2022

    General operations

  • $10,079

    Center for Communication in Medicine · Bennington, VT · 2023

    General operations

  • $10,079

    Chatham Hall School · Chatham, VA · 2023

    General operationsgeneral operations

  • $10,000

    Rainforest Flow · Valencia, CA · 2025

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Bennington Area Habitat for Humanity · Manchester, VT · 2024

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Center for Communication in Medicine · Bennington, VT · 2024

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Chatham Hall School · Chatham, VA · 2024

    General operationsgeneral operations

  • $10,000

    Friends of Hildene · Manchester, VT · 2024

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Long Trail School · Dorset, VT · 2024

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Old First Church Bennington Vt · Old Bennington, VT · 2024

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Rainforest Flow · Valencia, CA · 2024

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Stowe Swimming Hole · Stowe, VT · 2024

    General operations

  • $10,000

    The Nature Conservancy of Vermont · Arlington, VA · 2024

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Vermont Folklife Center · Middlebury, VT · 2024

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Vermont Food Bank · Barre, VT · 2024

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Vermont Historical Society · Montpelier, VT · 2024

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Vermont Youth Conservation Corps · Richmond, VT · 2024

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Bennington Area Habitat for Humanity · Manchester, VT · 2023

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Old First Church Bennington Vt · Old Bennington, VT · 2023

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Rainforest Flow · Valencia, CA · 2023

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Rainforest Flow · Valencia, CA · 2022

    General operations

  • $9,999

    The Nature Conservancy of Vermont · Montpelier, VT · 2023

    General operations

  • $9,999

    Vermont Folklife Center · Middlebury, VT · 2023

    General operations

  • $9,999

    Vermont Food Bank · Barre, VT · 2023

    General operations

  • $9,999

    Vermont Historical Society · Montpelier, VT · 2023

    General operations

  • $9,999

    Vermont Youth Conservation Corps · Richmond, VT · 2023

    General operations

  • $9,938

    Bennington Area Habitat for Humanity · Manchester, VT · 2025

    General operations

  • $9,938

    Center for Communication in Medicine · Bennington, VT · 2025

    General operations

  • $9,938

    Chatham Hall School · Chatham, VA · 2025

    General operationsgeneral operations

  • $9,938

    Long Trail School · Dorset, VT · 2025

    General operations

  • $9,938

    Manchester Community Library · Manchester, VT · 2025

    General operations

  • $9,938

    National Outdoor Leadership School · Lander, WY · 2025

    General operations

  • $9,938

    Old First Church Bennington Vt · Old Bennington, VT · 2025

    General operations

  • $9,938

    The Nature Conservancy of Vermont · Arlington, VA · 2025

    General operations

  • $9,938

    Vermont Food Bank · Barre, VT · 2025

    General operations

  • $8,000

    The Current · Stowe, VT · 2023

    General operations

  • $7,619

    Habitat for Humanity Monterey Bay · Santa Cruz, CA · 2025

    General operations

  • $7,619

    Nami Santa Cruz County · Watsonville, CA · 2025

    General operations

  • $7,619

    Second Harvest Food Bank · Watsonville, CA · 2025

    General operations

  • $7,500

    Cochran'S Ski Club · Richmond, VA · 2025

    General operations

  • $7,500

    Nofa Vt · Richmond, VT · 2025

    General operations

  • $7,500

    Shires Housing · Bennington, VT · 2025

    General operations

  • $7,500

    Stowe Swimming Hole · Stowe, VT · 2025

    General operations

  • $7,500

    Student Conservaton Association · Charleston, NH · 2025

    General operations

  • $7,500

    United Counseling of Bennington County · Bennington, VT · 2025

    General operations

  • $7,500

    Cochran'S Ski Club · Richmond, VA · 2024

    General operations

  • $7,500

    Copley House · Morrisville, VA · 2024

    General operations

  • $7,500

    Habitat for Humanity Monterey Bay · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024

    General operations

  • $7,500

    Manchester Community Library · Manchester, VT · 2024

    General operations

  • $7,500

    Nami Santa Cruz County · Watsonville, CA · 2024

    General operations

  • $7,500

    National Outdoor Leadership School · Lander, WY · 2024

    General operations

  • $7,500

    Nofa Vt · Richmond, VT · 2024

    General operations

  • $7,500

    Second Harvest Food Bank · Watsonville, CA · 2024

    General operations

  • $7,500

    Shires Housing · Bennington, VT · 2024

    General operations

  • $7,500

    Student Conservaton Association · Charleston, NH · 2024

    General operations

  • $7,500

    United Counseling of Bennington County · Bennington, VT · 2024

    General operations

  • $7,500

    Nami Santa Cruz County · Watsonville, CA · 2023

    General operations

  • $7,500

    Second Harvest Food Bank · Watsonville, CA · 2023

    General operations

  • $7,500

    Shires Housing · Bennington, VT · 2023

    General operations

  • $7,500

    United Counseling of Bennington County · Bennington, VT · 2023

    General operations

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.