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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 20-0288195

The Wisdom Connection Inc

A private foundation in Greensboro, VT. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 16 grants and $174,900 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $174,900

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $1,625,767

  • Tax year 2023

    $260,500

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $1,692,506

  • Tax year 2022

    $209,378

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $1,787,324

  • Tax year 2021

    $194,571

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $2,502,561

  • Tax year 2020

    $173,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $2,501,835

  • Tax year 2019

    $209,200

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $2,404,649

Grants paid in 2024

16 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Up for Learning (unleashing the Power of Partnership for Learning Inc)Montpelier, VT

    General operating support

    $22,500
  2. Center for an Agricultural EconomyHardwick, VT

    General operating support

    $20,000
  3. Wholeheart IncRichmond, VT

    General operating support

    $20,000
  4. Vermont Council on Rural DevelopmentMontpelier, VT

    Community visits, climate economy and vermont community leadership network

    $17,500
  5. Craftsbury SaplingsCraftsbury, VT

    General operating support and equipment/materials

    $15,000
  6. AwareHardwick, VT

    General operating support

    $10,000
  7. Craftsbury Community Care CenterCraftsbury, VT

    General operating support

    $10,000
  8. Hardwick Area Food PantryHardwick, VT

    General operating support

    $10,000
  9. Lund Family CenterSouth Burlington, VT

    Kids-a-part program

    $10,000
  10. Greensboro Community Childcare Center (DBA Four Seasons of Early Learning)Greensboro Bend, VT

    General operating support

    $9,500
  11. Greensboro Free LibraryGreensboro, VT

    Lego sets & programming

    $5,400
  12. Circus Smirkus (the Circus Barn Inc)Greensboro, VT

    Capacity building and accessibility initiatives

    $5,000
  13. Greensboro Nursing Home (greensboro Hospital Association Inc)Greensboro, VT

    Alternating air mattresses

    $5,000
  14. Vermont Children's Trust FoundationBurlington, VT

    General operating support in the northeast kingdom of vermont

    $5,000
  15. Vermont Humanities CouncilMontpelier, VT

    Vermont reads program

    $5,000
  16. Vermont Youth Conservation CorpsRichmond, VT

    General operating support

    $5,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Environment2 grants $25,00030% of the total
  2. Human services2 grants $25,00030% of the total
  3. Community development1 grant $17,50021% of the total
  4. Food and agriculture1 grant $10,00012% of the total
  5. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $5,0006% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Vermont16 grants $174,900

Officers, directors and trustees

7 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Becky ArnoldDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Eric ErwinDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Lincoln LandeTREASURER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Mary Parke MeyerSECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0
  • Patricia Passmore AlleyPRESIDENT Hours 8Pay $0
  • Paul CostelloDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Sarah LammertDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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