Funding search · EIN 030323120 · Shelburne, VT

The Morris & Bessie Altman Foundation

Name: The Morris & Bessie Altman Foundation grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

221
grants reported: $1.9M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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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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.

Top recipients

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

Stern Center for Language & Learning2 grants · $350,000
Stern Center for Language & Learning4 grants · $210,000
Shelburne Farms3 grants · $145,000
Vermont Community Foundation1 grant · $100,000
Vermont Food Bank2 grants · $80,000
Changing Perspectives2 grants · $77,250
Shelburne Farms1 grant · $58,000
Changing Perspectives1 grant · $56,000
Howard Center1 grant · $52,000
Howard Center for Human Services2 grants · $52,000

Giving over time

$436,500

2021

$228,000

2022

$733,350

2023

$524,000

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 221 grants.

$275,000
Stern Center for Language & Learning · Williston, VT · 2023
General Support
$100,000
Vermont Community Foundation · Middlebury, VT · 2023
General Support
$80,000
Stern Center for Language & Learning · Williston, VT · 2024
General support
$80,000
Shelburne Farms · Shelburne, VT · 2023
General support
$75,000
Stern Center for Language & Learning · Williston, VT · 2024
General support
$75,000
Stern Center for Language & Learning · Williston, VT · 2021
General
$60,000
Shelburne Farms · Shelburne, VT · 2022
General support
$58,000
Shelburne Farms · Morrisville, VT · 2021
General
$56,000
Changing Perspectives · Bradford, VT · 2021
General
$55,000
Vermont Food Bank · Barre, VT · 2023
General support
$52,000
Howard Center · Burlington, VT · 2021
General
$50,000
Stern Center for Language & Learning · Williston, VT · 2024
General support
$50,000
Howard Center for Human Services · Burlington, VT · 2023
General support
$40,000
Empower Fund · Pomona, CA · 2024
General support
$40,000
Fair Democracy Engagement Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$40,000
Changing Perspectives · Bradford, VT · 2023
General support
$37,250
Changing Perspectives · Bradford, VT · 2022
General support
$30,000
Vermont Food Bank · Barre, VT · 2021
General
$26,000
Uvm College of Medicine · Burlington, VI · 2021
General
$25,000
Hunger Free Vermont · South Burlington, VT · 2024
General support
$25,000
Vermont Food Bank · Barre, VT · 2022
General support
$20,000
Changing Perspectives · Montpelier, VT · 2024
General support
$20,000
Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$20,000
Vermont Community Foundation · Middlebury, VT · 2024
General support
$20,000
Vermont Foodbank · Barre, VT · 2024
General support
$20,000
University of Vermont Foundation · Burlington, VT · 2023
General support
$20,000
University of Vermont Medicine · Burlington, VT · 2022
General support
$20,000
Champlain College · Burlington, VT · 2021
General
$15,000
Janet S Munt Family Room · Burlington, VT · 2024
General support
$15,000
Spectrum · Burlington, VT · 2024
General support
$15,000
The Janet S Munt Family Room · Burlington, VT · 2023
General Support
$15,000
Hunger Free Vermont · South Burlington, VT · 2021
General
$15,000
Team Rubicon USA · El Segundo, CA · 2021
General
$12,000
Spectrum Youth & Family Services · Burlington, VT · 2023
General support
$12,000
Spectrum Youth & Family Services · Burlington, VT · 2021
General
$11,000
Vermont Journalism Trust · Montpelier, VT · 2024
General support
$11,000
Vtdigger · Montpelier, VT · 2023
General support
$11,000
Vtdigger · Montpelier, VT · 2022
General support
$11,000
Vtdigger · Montpelier, VT · 2021
General
$10,000
Janet S Munt Family Room · Burlington, VT · 2024
General support
$10,000
Lee Pesky Learning Center · Boise, ID · 2024
General support
$10,000
Lee David Pesky Center · Boise, ID · 2022
General support
$10,000
Spectrum Youth & Family Services · Burlington, VT · 2022
General support
$10,000
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$10,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$9,500
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England · Burlington, VI · 2021
General
$7,500
Ronald McDonald House Charities · Burlington, VT · 2021
General
$6,000
Champlain College · Burlington, VT · 2024
General support
$5,750
Lee Pesky Learning Center · Boise, ID · 2021
General
$5,500
Burlington City Arts · Burlington, VT · 2023
General support
$5,500
Burlington City Arts · Burlington, VT · 2022
General support
$5,500
Burlington City Arts · Burlington, VT · 2021
General
$5,500
King Street Youth Center · Burlington, VT · 2021
General
$5,000
Shelburne Farms · Shelburne, VT · 2024
General support
$5,000
Stern Center for Language & Learning · Williston, VT · 2024
General support
$5,000
Trustees of Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2024
General support
$5,000
Vermont Foodbank · Barre, VT · 2024
General support
$5,000
Champlain College · Burlington, VT · 2023
General support
$5,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
General Support
$5,000
Humane Society of Chittenden County · Burlington, VT · 2023
General support
$5,000
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England · Burlington, VT · 2023
General support
$5,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$5,000
Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2021
General
$4,500
Community Health Center of Burlington · Burlington, VT · 2021
General
$2,500
Humane Society of Chittenden County · South Burlington, VT · 2024
General support
$2,500
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England · Colchester, VT · 2024
General support
$2,500
University of Vt & State Agric College Foundation · Burlington, VT · 2024
General support
$2,500
Community Health Center of Burlington · Burlington, VT · 2023
General support
$2,000
Community Health Center of Burlington · Burlington, VT · 2024
General support
$2,000
Prescott College · Prescott, AZ · 2024
General support
$2,000
Proctor Academy · Andover, NH · 2024
General support
$2,000
Shelburne Museum · Shelburne, VT · 2024
General support
$2,000
Vermont Public Co · Colchester, VT · 2024
General support
$2,000
Prescott College · Prescott, AZ · 2023
General support
$2,000
Sail Beyond Cancer Vt · Shelburne, VT · 2023
General Support
$2,000
Howard Center for Human Services · Burlington, VT · 2022
General support
$2,000
Prescott College · Prescott, AZ · 2022
General support
$2,000
Vermont Youth Conservation Core · Richmond, VT · 2022
General support
$2,000
Prescott College · Prescott, AZ · 2021
General
$1,500
Greater Delaware Valley Society of Transplant · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$1,500
Vermont Youth Orchestra Association · Colchester, VT · 2024
General support
$1,500
Keeping Track · Richmond, VT · 2023
General Support
$1,500
Kids On the Ball · South Burlington, VT · 2023
General support
$1,500
Vermont Youth Conservation Core · Richmond, VT · 2023
General support
$1,500
Humane Society of Chittenden County · Burlington, VT · 2022
General support
$1,500
Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf · Burlington, VT · 2021
General
$1,500
Humane Society of Chittenden County · South Burlington, VT · 2021
General
$1,100
Friends Furever Animal Rescue · Pennellville, NY · 2023
General Support
$1,000
Burlington City Arts Foundation · Burlington, VT · 2024
General support
$1,000
Cold Hollow Sculpture Park · Enosburg, VT · 2024
General support
$1,000
Committee On Temporary Shelter · Burlington, VT · 2024
General support
$1,000
Flynn Center for Performing Arts Ltd · Burlington, VT · 2024
General support
$1,000
Food4farmers · Burlington, VT · 2024
General support
$1,000
Generator · Burlington, VT · 2024
General support
$1,000
Keeping Track · Richmond, VT · 2024
General support
$1,000
King Street Center · Burlington, VT · 2024
General support
$1,000
Lee Pesky Learning Center · Boise, ID · 2024
General support
$1,000
Opera Company of Middlebury · Middlebury, VT · 2024
General support
$1,000
Outreach for Earth Stewardship · Shelburne, VT · 2024
General support
$1,000
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation · Boston, MA · 2024
General support

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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.