Funding search · food security · Vermont
Who funds food security work in Vermont
13 funders have a record of paying for food security work by Vermont recipients: 239 grants totaling $3.7M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Vermont Foodbank ($3.2M), National Life Group Charitable ($135,968) and Claremont Savings Bank Foundation ($8,750).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Vermont recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Vermont FoodbankBarre, VTCharity · may take applications
208 matching grants · $3.2M · through 2024Largest: $164,300 to JANET S MUNT FAMILY ROOM — addressing food insecurity
Largest: $55,000 to CENTRAL VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER — food insecurity
Largest: $3,750 to Springfield Family Center Inc — this grant will support sfcs ongoing efforts to combat food insecurity by strengthening their food shelf and meals programs.
Bi-State Primary Care AssociationBow, NHCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $28,045 · through 2022Largest: $15,000 to Hunger Free Vermont — pass through - food access & health consortium (hn-22)
New Hampshire Charitable FoundationConcord, NHCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $117,813 · through 2024Largest: $102,813 to Vermont Foodbank — for general and operating support, food insecurity
Fanny Allen CorporationAndover, MACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $25,000 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to Vermont Youth Conservation Corps — the health care share: expanding food access for vermonters
Largest: $20,000 to CENTER FOR AN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY — food access and food sovereignty
Largest: $5,000 to WILLING HANDS — provide healthy food access to disadvanted persons
Largest: $20,000 to WILLING HANDS — support for food access
The Vermont Community FoundationMiddlebury, VTCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $25,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to WOODSTOCK COMMUNITY FOOD SHELF — backpack budget for 2024: to fund one year's expenses for the school programs in the woodstock elementary, middle, and high schools that provide food to children with food insecuri…
Largest: $5,000 to Feed Every Need — providing freee, nutritious prepared meals to combat food insecurity
Largest: $60,000 to VERMONT FOODBANK — led lighting$10,000 to help install energy efficient lighting at the rutland and brattleboro facilities; reinventing food access for older adults$25,000 unrestricted support for th…
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