Funding search · EIN 546520154 · Norwich, VT

The Help for People 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.

104
grants reported
$1.4M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$10,000
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

educationcommunityoutreachhealthpublicserviceshumanitarianspecial

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Top recipients

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  • Upper Valley Haven4 grants · $155,000
  • Willing Hands4 grants · $151,000
  • Lighthouse Holyoke4 grants · $86,500
  • St Jude Hospital3 grants · $76,250
  • Visiting Nurses Vt and Nh3 grants · $60,000
  • Norwich Community Collaborative2 grants · $55,000
  • Hartford Dismas House4 grants · $53,000
  • Northern Stage2 grants · $50,000
  • St Judes Research Hospital1 grant · $40,000
  • The Family Place4 grants · $40,000

Giving over time

$282,500
2022
$390,000
2023
$424,500
2024
$275,000
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 104 grants.

  • $100,000

    Willing Hands · Norwich, VT · 2024

    Food access

  • $50,000

    Norwich Community Collaborative · Norwich, VT · 2024

    Restoration of historic grange hall

  • $50,000

    St Jude Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024

    Humanitarian aid

  • $50,000

    Upper Valley Haven · White River Jct, VT · 2024

    Support for homeless

  • $45,000

    Upper Valley Haven · White River Jct, VT · 2022

    Support for homeless

  • $40,000

    Lighthouse Holyoke · Holyoke, MA · 2025

    Support of educational programming

  • $40,000

    St Judes Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2025

    Support research of childhood cancer

  • $40,000

    Upper Valley Haven · White River Jct, VT · 2025

    Support for the unhoused

  • $40,000

    Northern Stage · White River Jct, VT · 2023

    Theater arts

  • $35,000

    Visiting Nurses Vt and Nh · Brattleboro, VT · 2023

    Health services

  • $30,000

    The Focus Foundation · Davidsonville, MD · 2024

    Children's health

  • $26,000

    Willing Hands · Norwich, VT · 2023

    Food access

  • $20,000

    Friends of the Norris Cotton Cancer · Lebanon, NH · 2025

    Support for cancer research

  • $20,000

    Vermont Public · Colchester, VT · 2025

    Support for public broadcasting

  • $20,000

    Willing Hands · Norwich, VT · 2025

    Support for food access

  • $20,000

    Hartford Dismas House · Hartford, VT · 2024

    Support formerly incarcerated

  • $20,000

    Lighthouse Holyoke · Holyoke, MA · 2024

    Support of educational programming

  • $20,000

    Valley Insight Meditation Society · Lebanon, NH · 2024

    Practice and study of buddist medit

  • $20,000

    St Jude Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023

    Humanitarian aid

  • $20,000

    Upper Valley Haven · White River Jct, VT · 2023

    Support for homeless

  • $20,000

    Visiting Nurses Vt and Nh · Brattleboro, VT · 2022

    Health services

  • $15,000

    Ava Gallery and Art Center · Lebanon, NH · 2023

    Arts education

  • $15,000

    Good Neighbor Health Clinic · White River Jct, VT · 2023

    Health services

  • $15,000

    St Francis of Assisi Chapel · Norwich, VT · 2023

    Congregational support

  • $14,000

    Lighthouse Holyoke · Holyoke, MA · 2023

    Support of educational programming

  • $13,000

    Norwich Fire Department · Norwich, VT · 2023

    Public safety

  • $13,000

    Hartford Dismas House · Hartford, VT · 2022

    Education and outreach

  • $12,500

    Lighthouse Holyoke · Holyoke, MA · 2022

    Education and outreach

  • $10,000

    Hartford Dismas House · Hartford, VT · 2025

    Support of the formerly incarcerated

  • $10,000

    New Hampshire Public Radio · Concord, NH · 2025

    Support for public broadcasting

  • $10,000

    Public Broadcasting Service · Arlington, VA · 2025

    Support for public broadcasting

  • $10,000

    Special Needs Support Center · White River Jct, VT · 2025

    Special needs community support

  • $10,000

    The Family Place · Norwich, VT · 2025

    Community social safety net

  • $10,000

    Good Neighbor Health Clinic · White River Jct, VT · 2024

    Health services

  • $10,000

    Honduras Tolupan Ed Foundation · Norwich, VT · 2024

    Support of rural literacy

  • $10,000

    Norwich Public Library · Norwich, VT · 2024

    Support for community library

  • $10,000

    Spark Community Center · Lebanon, NH · 2024

    Special needs community support

  • $10,000

    The Family Place · Norwich, VT · 2024

    Community social safety net

  • $10,000

    Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco Street, CA · 2024

    Endangered species protection

  • $10,000

    Hartford Dismas House · Hartford, VT · 2023

    Support formerly incarcerated

  • $10,000

    Honduras Tolupan Ed Foundation · Norwich, VT · 2023

    Support of rural literacy

  • $10,000

    Montshire Museum · Norwich, VT · 2023

    Science education

  • $10,000

    Norwich Community Nurse · Norwich, VT · 2023

    Health services

  • $10,000

    Spark Community Center · Lebanon, NH · 2023

    Special needs community support

  • $10,000

    The Family Place · Norwich, VT · 2023

    Community social safety net

  • $10,000

    The Salikenni Scholarship Fund · Chestertown, MD · 2023

    Education

  • $10,000

    Upper Valley Humane Society · Enfield, NH · 2023

    Support for animal welfare

  • $10,000

    Valley Insight Meditation Society · Lebanon, NH · 2023

    Practice and study of buddist medit

  • $10,000

    Ava Gallery and Art Center · Lebanon, NH · 2022

    Education and outreach

  • $10,000

    Catholic Relief Services · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    Humanitarian aid

  • $10,000

    Good Neighbor Health Clinic · White River Jct, VT · 2022

    Health services

  • $10,000

    Honduras Jolupon Education Foundati · Norwich, VT · 2022

    Education

  • $10,000

    Montshire Museum · Norwich, VT · 2022

    Science education

  • $10,000

    Northern Stage · White River Jct, VT · 2022

    Theater arts

  • $10,000

    Norwich Fire Department · Norwich, VT · 2022

    Public safety

  • $10,000

    Special Needs Support Center · White River Junction, VT · 2022

    Education and outreach

  • $10,000

    St Francis of Assisi Church · Norwich, VT · 2022

    Charitable contribution

  • $10,000

    The Family Place · Norwich, VT · 2022

    Education and outreach

  • $10,000

    Upper Valley Humane Society · Enfield, NH · 2022

    Charitable contribution

  • $10,000

    Wise · Lebanon, NH · 2022

    Education and outreach

  • $9,000

    Metanoia of Vermont · Strafford, VT · 2023

    Support of christian community

  • $9,000

    Norwich Public Library · Norwich, VT · 2023

    Support for community library

  • $9,000

    Winter Center for Indigenous Tradit · Norwich, VT · 2023

    Education of indigenous traditions

  • $8,000

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023

    Health services

  • $8,000

    Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2023

    Humanitarian aid

  • $8,000

    The Arc of the US · Washington, DC · 2023

    Support of disability rights

  • $8,000

    Norwich Library · Norwich, VT · 2022

    Education and outreach

  • $7,500

    Ma International Festival of the Ar · Holyoke, MA · 2022

    Education and outreach

  • $6,250

    Ocd Institute - McLean Hospital · Belmont, MA · 2022

    Health services

  • $6,250

    Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2022

    Humanitarian aid

  • $6,250

    St Jude Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2022

    Humanitarian aid

  • $6,250

    The Arc of the US · Washington, DC · 2022

    Charitable contribution

  • $6,000

    Native American Heritage Foundation · Rapid City, SD · 2023

    Support of native american families

  • $5,000

    Holyoke Art · Holyoke, MA · 2025

    Support for the arts as a catalyst

  • $5,000

    Honduras Tolupan Ed Foundation · Norwich, VT · 2025

    Support of rural literacy

  • $5,000

    National Public Radio · Baltimore, MD · 2025

    Support for public broadcasting

  • $5,000

    National Wildlife Federation · Merrifield, VA · 2025

    Support for wildlife, people, ecosys

  • $5,000

    Norwich Community Collaborative · Norwich, VT · 2025

    Restoration of historic grange hall

  • $5,000

    Norwich Public Library · Norwich, VT · 2025

    Support for community library

  • $5,000

    Spark Community Center · Lebanon, NH · 2025

    Special needs community support

  • $5,000

    Upper Valley Trails Alliance · Norwich, VT · 2025

    Support accessible trails network

  • $5,000

    Wise · Lebanon, NH · 2025

    Support those affected by domestic v

  • $5,000

    Special Needs Support Center · White River Jct, VT · 2024

    Special needs community support

  • $5,000

    Upper Valley Trails Alliance · Norwich, VT · 2024

    Preservation of trails

  • $5,000

    Visiting Nurses Vt and Nh · Brattleboro, VT · 2024

    Health services

  • $5,000

    Amherst Womens Club · Amherst, MA · 2023

    Community support

  • $5,000

    Holyoke Art · Holyoke, MA · 2023

    Arts education

  • $5,000

    New Hampshire Public Radio · Concord, NH · 2023

    Public radio

  • $5,000

    Special Needs Support Center · White River Jct, VT · 2023

    Special needs community support

  • $5,000

    Upper Valley Trails Alliance · Norwich, VT · 2023

    Preservation of trails

  • $5,000

    Vt Public Interest Research Ed Fund · Montpelier, VT · 2023

    Independent research and education

  • $5,000

    The Salikenni Scholarship Fund · Chestertown, MD · 2022

    Education

  • $5,000

    Upper Valley Trails Alliance · Norwich, VT · 2022

    Education and outreach

  • $5,000

    Willing Hands · Norwich, VT · 2022

    Food access

  • $4,000

    Metanoia of Vermont · Strafford, VT · 2022

    Education and outreach

  • $4,000

    Winter Center for Indigenous Tradit · Norwich, VT · 2022

    Education and outreach

  • $3,000

    Environmental Working Group · Washington, DC · 2024

    Public and environmental health

  • $3,000

    Hartford Norwich Holiday Basket Hel · Norwich, VT · 2024

    Holiday baskets for children in need

  • $3,000

    Norwich Community Nurse · Norwich, VT · 2024

    Public health

  • $3,000

    Ashoka · Arlington, VA · 2022

    Education and outreach

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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.