Funding search · EIN 261779455 · Stowe, VT
John M Bissell 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.
- 22
- grants reported
- $71,963
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $3,333
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Grant history
All 22 reported grants, largest first.
- $6,958
Vermont Huts Association Ltd · Stowe, VT · 2023
Trailblazers: a vermont trail story
- $5,700
Vermont Studio Center · Johnson, VT · 2022
Digital lab equipment
- $5,000
Vermont Granite Museum · Barre, VT · 2022
Digitizing granite industry films
- $4,000
Vermont Symphony Orchestra · Burlington, VT · 2024
Middlebury new filmmakers festival
- $4,000
Echo Lake Acquarium · Burlington, VT · 2023
Video production
- $3,500
The Current · Stowe, VT · 2024
Video projection equipment
- $3,500
Vermont International Film Festival · Burlington, VT · 2024
2024 vtiff film festival
- $3,500
The Current · Stowe, VT · 2023
Sound and projection equipment
- $3,500
John Woodruff Simpson Library · Craftsbury, VT · 2022
Projection equipment
- $3,500
The Current · Stowe, VT · 2022
Sound and projection equipment
- $3,333
Vermont Historical Society · Barre, VT · 2024
Pbs documentary film project
- $3,333
Vermont Historical Society · Barre, VT · 2023
Pbs documentary film project
- $3,000
Bradford Teen Center · Bradford, VT · 2024
Computers for filmmaking program
- $3,000
Missisquoi River Bason Assoc · East Berkshire, VT · 2024
Conservation documentary project
- $3,000
Vermont Studio Center · Johnson, VT · 2024
Residency program
- $2,669
Vermont Historical Society · Barre, VT · 2024
Digitizing vt-based films
- $2,500
Vermont International Film Foundtn · Burlington, VT · 2022
"definitely gangster" film
- $2,000
Vermont Historical Society · Barre, VT · 2023
Digitizing vt-based films
- $2,000
Kingdom County Productions · Barnet, VT · 2022
"lost nation" film production
- $1,970
Vermont Historical Society · Barre, VT · 2022
Digitizing vt-based films
- $1,000
Vermont Marble Museum Incorporated · Brandon, VT · 2023
Documentary vt marble comp strike
- $1,000
Vermont International Film Fndation · Burlington, VT · 2022
Film festival exhibition costs
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