Funding search · EIN 030218115 · Montpelier, VT

Vermont Council On the Arts

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

444
grants reported
$13.6M
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. 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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Top recipients

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  • Catamount Film and Arts Center4 grants · $380,099
  • Burlington City Arts4 grants · $307,300
  • Vermont Folklife Center4 grants · $303,200
  • Town Hall Theater4 grants · $287,600
  • Weston Playhouse Theatre Company4 grants · $284,413
  • Flynn Center for the Performing Arts4 grants · $263,800
  • Northern Stage Company4 grants · $258,800
  • Yellow Barn4 grants · $251,300
  • Vermont Symphony Orchestra4 grants · $242,500
  • Paramount Center3 grants · $233,500

Giving over time

$2.6M
2021
$7.5M
2022
$2.6M
2023
$892,545
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 444 grants.

  • $219,400

    Burlington City Arts · Burlington, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $214,400

    Flynn Center for the Performing Arts · Burlington, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $214,400

    Northern Stage Company · White River Junction, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $213,000

    Weston Playhouse Theatre Company · Weston, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $204,000

    Vermont Studio Center · Johnson, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $200,000

    Montshire Museum of Science · Norwich, VT · 2023

    General purpose

  • $200,000

    Circus Barn · Greensboro, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $200,000

    Danfoth Pewterers Ltd · Middlebury, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $200,000

    Friends of Hildene · Manchester, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $200,000

    Leahy Center for Lake Champlain · Burlington, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $200,000

    Marlboro School of Music · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General purpose

  • $200,000

    Ob2 Llc · South Burlington, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $200,000

    Shelburne Museum · Shelburne, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $196,500

    Yellow Barn · Putney, VT · 2023

    General purpose

  • $187,500

    Vermont Symphony Orchestra · Burlington, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $182,900

    Catamount Film and Arts Center · St Johnsbury, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $175,500

    Paramount Center · Rutland, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $147,500

    Center for Cartoon Studies · White River Junction, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $145,900

    Catamount Film and Arts Center · St Johnsbury, VT · 2021

    General purpose

  • $141,500

    Highland Center for the Arts · Greensboro, VT · 2023

    General purpose

  • $141,300

    Town Hall Theater · Middlebury, VT · 2021

    General purpose

  • $137,500

    Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium · St Johnsbury, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $137,500

    Lake Champlain Maritime Museum · Vergennes, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $126,900

    New England Center for Circus Arts · Brattleboro, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $126,300

    Town Hall Theater · Middlebury, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $124,500

    Vermont Folklife Center · Middlebury, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $123,800

    Dorset Theatre Festival · Dorset, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $116,500

    Retreat Farm Ltd · Brattleboro, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $112,500

    Mamasezz Foods · Brattleboro, VT · 2023

    General purpose

  • $112,500

    Mark Lackley Furniture Maker Llc · Hartland, VT · 2023

    General purpose

  • $112,500

    Vermont Comedy Club Llc · Burlington, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $97,000

    Lyric Theatre Company · Williston, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $95,000

    Bennington Museum · Bennington, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $95,000

    Vermont Folklife Center · Middlebury, VT · 2021

    General purpose

  • $86,300

    Chandler Center for the Arts · Randolph, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $85,100

    Brattleboro Music Center · Brattleboro, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $85,000

    Frog Hollow Craft Association · Burlington, VT · 2023

    General purpose

  • $85,000

    Kingdom Creamery of Vermont · East Hardwick, VT · 2023

    General purpose

  • $83,600

    Brattleboro Museum and Art Center · Brattleboro, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $77,600

    Generator · Burlington, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $75,000

    Vermont Youth Orchestra Association · Colchester, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $75,000

    Von Trapp Farmstead Llc · Waitsfield, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $72,200

    The Current Art Center (Fka Helen Day Art Center Inc) · Stowe, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $68,000

    Southern Vermont Arts Center · Manchester, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $66,000

    School of Creative and Performing Arts (Socapa) · East Burke, VT · 2023

    General purpose

  • $65,400

    Burlington City Arts · Burlington, VT · 2021

    General purpose

  • $65,000

    Butterfly Bakery of Vermont · Barre, VT · 2023

    General purpose

  • $65,000

    Seasonal Piano · Bennington, VT · 2023

    General purpose

  • $65,000

    Barre Opera House · Barre, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $65,000

    Clemmons Family Farm · Charlotte, VT · 2021

    General purpose

  • $63,000

    Middlebury Community Music Center · Middlebury, VT · 2023

    General purpose

  • $62,200

    Vermont Stage Company · Burlington, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $55,100

    Inclusive Arts Vermont · Essex Junction, VT · 2021

    General purpose

  • $55,000

    Lake Dunmore Music Llc · Leicester, VT · 2023

    General purpose

  • $55,000

    Jam Junction Arts & Media · White River Junction, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $55,000

    Latchis Arts · Brattleboro, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $55,000

    New England Youth Theater · Brattleboro, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $55,000

    Uvm Lane Series (University of Vermont and State Agricultural College) · Burlington, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $53,543

    St Johnsbury Athenaeum · St Johnsbury, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $53,100

    Kindgom County Productions · Barnet, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $52,200

    Carving Studio & Sculpture Ctr · West Rutland, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $52,000

    Lake Champlain Maritime Museum at Basin Harbor · Vergennes, VT · 2021

    General purpose

  • $49,000

    River Gallery School of Art · Brattleboro, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $48,700

    Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium · St Johnsbury, VT · 2021

    General purpose

  • $48,075

    Bennington Museum · Bennington, VT · 2021

    General purpose

  • $47,700

    Rural Arts Collaborative · Greensboro, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $45,000

    Pentangle Arts · Woodstock, VT · 2023

    General purpose

  • $45,000

    Artisans Hand Craft Gallery · Montpelier, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $45,000

    Clemmons Family Farm · Charlotte, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $45,000

    Evan Webster Ink Llc · Shelburne, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $45,000

    Oldcastle Productions · Bennington, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $45,000

    Vermont Jazz Center · Brattleboro, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $45,000

    Vermont Tortilla Company Llc · Burlington, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $45,000

    Vermontfare · Charlotte, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $45,000

    Weston Playhouse Theatre Company · Weston, VT · 2021

    General purpose

  • $44,000

    River Arts of Morrisville · Morrisville, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $43,500

    Vermont Folklife Center · Middlebury, VT · 2024

    General purpose

  • $41,600

    Rural Arts Collaborative · Greensboro, VT · 2021

    General purpose

  • $40,520

    Main Street Arts · Saxtons River, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $40,500

    Vermont Arts Exchange · North Bennington, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $40,400

    Tw Wood Art Gallery (Trustees of the Wood Art Gallery) · Montpelier, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $40,200

    Vermont Folklife Center · Middlebury, VT · 2023

    General purpose

  • $38,200

    Big Heavy World Foundation · Burlington, VT · 2021

    General purpose

  • $36,690

    Barre Historical Society · Barre, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $35,865

    Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History · Middlebury, VT · 2021

    General purpose

  • $35,000

    Marble House Project · Dorset, VT · 2023

    General purpose

  • $35,000

    Bixby Memorial Free Library · Vergennes, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $35,000

    Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History · Middlebury, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $35,000

    Jag Productions · White River Junction, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $35,000

    Khaskell Free Library · Derby Line, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $35,000

    Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival · Winooski, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $35,000

    Lost Nation Theater · Montpelier, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $35,000

    The Stone Church · Brattleboro, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $35,000

    Lost Nation Theater · Montpelier, VT · 2021

    General purpose

  • $35,000

    Vermont Symphony Orchestra · Burlington, VT · 2021

    General purpose

  • $34,600

    Generator · Burlington, VT · 2021

    General purpose

  • $34,034

    River Arts of Morrisville · Morrisville, VT · 2021

    General purpose

  • $34,000

    Safeart · Chelsea, VT · 2023

    General purpose

  • $34,000

    Inclusive Arts Vermont · Essex Junction, VT · 2022

    General purpose

  • $33,100

    Very Merry Theatre · Burlington, VT · 2021

    General purpose

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.