The Vermont State Capitol
Foundation Lookup

Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 82-3683719

Trout Lily Foundation

A private foundation in Middlebury, VT. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 53 grants and $1 million paid in grants.

See which foundations fund work like yours Matching by cause, place and grant size

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $1,011,000

    Grants listed
    53
    Assets, end of year
    $3,706,390

  • Tax year 2024

    $824,500

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $4,037,050

  • Tax year 2023

    $374,000

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $4,445,426

  • Tax year 2022

    $383,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $4,791,632

  • Tax year 2021

    $280,500

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $5,061,265

  • Tax year 2020

    $187,500

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $4,759,325

  • Tax year 2019

    $250,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $4,833,543

  • Tax year 2018

    $40,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $4,957,757

Grants paid in 2025

53 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Vermont Law School IncS Royalton, VT

    For the benefit of the center for justice reform clinic, to fund the immigration law fellow

    $60,000
  2. Planned Parenthood Northern New EnglandBurlington, VT

    Support for vermont programs and services

    $50,000
  3. Chittenden Community TelevisionMontpeiler, VT

    Gift for the benefit of the vermont language justice project

    $50,000
  4. Friends of the Fletcher Lee Library IncBurlington, VT

    Completion of the fletcher free library renovation plan

    $50,000
  5. Hunger Free VermontS Burlington, VT

    The snap/3squaresvt outreach program

    $50,000
  6. Appalachian VoicesCharlottesville, VA

    Unrestricted support

    $35,000
  7. Waterbury Area Makersphere CooperativeWaterbury, VT

    General operating support

    $30,000
  8. President&fellows of Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, VT

    For the benefit of bread loaf writers conference

    $30,000
  9. Rokeby MuseumFerrisburgh, VT

    "unrestricted 2025 support, providing flexible funds for the new director in this transition time

    $25,000
  10. Vermont Humanities CouncilMontpelier, VT

    Vermont reads

    $25,000
  11. Fairbanks Museum and PlanetariumSt Johnsbury, VT

    This grant is to provide expendable funds for priority capital repairs while the museum continues its fundraising for a new capital endowment. If the full $500,000 in other funds for new endowment gifts and pledges is secured before the full $75,000 from the trout lily foundation is paid, you may use any remaining payments for direct capital needs or endowment.

    $25,000
  12. King Street Center IncBurlington, VT

    Early education and headstart program

    $25,000
  13. Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteBrookline, MA

    The jan l. Blomstrann immunology research fund.

    $25,000
  14. Fairbanks Museum and PlanetariumSt Johnsbury, VT

    To support the fairbanks summer education program, including youth hiring

    $25,000
  15. Vermont Humanities CouncilMontpelier, VT

    Vermont reads

    $25,000
  16. Burlington City Arts FundBurlington, VT

    To support community fund projects grants round

    $25,000
  17. Barack Obama FoundationChicago, IL

    Unrestricted support for obama presidential center museum

    $25,000
  18. Institute for Sustainable CommunitiesMontpelier, VT

    Unrestricted support following loss of federal funds

    $25,000
  19. Planned Parenthood Northern New EnglandBurlington, VT

    Support for vermont programs and services

    $25,000
  20. King Street Center IncBurlington, VT

    Early education and headstart program

    $25,000
  21. Resource A Nonprofit Community Enterprise IncWilliston, VT

    For the youthuild program

    $20,000
  22. Vermont Humanities CouncilMontpelier, VT

    Unrestricted support

    $20,000
  23. Vermont Humanities CouncilMontpelier, VT

    Ngo's grantmaking program

    $20,000
  24. University of Vermont Foundation FBO Bridges to HealthBurlington, VT

    F/B/O bridges to health. We ask that $20,000 go to bridges to meet any priority needs. The remaining $1,000 will offset uvms 5% administrative fee.

    $20,000
  25. Chittenden Community TelevisionMontpeiler, VT

    Gift for the benefit of the vermont language justice project, to support the production of contraception videos in 17 languages

    $15,000
  26. Resource A Nonprofit Community Enterprise IncWilliston, VT

    Unrestricted support following loss of federal funds

    $15,000
  27. Vermont Community Foundation Vermont Women's FundMiddlebury, VT

    For the benefit of the vermont womens fund, to support the status of women in vermont: economic opportunity data project

    $15,000
  28. Vermont Parks ForeverMontpelier, VT

    Unrestricted support

    $15,000
  29. President & Fellows of Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, VT

    The middlebury language schools abenaki program, specifically full scholarships for the two-week language session, with preference for tribal members

    $11,000
  30. Northern Forest Center IncConcord, NH

    Unrestricted support

    $10,000
  31. Vermont Council on the Arts IncMontpelier, VT

    Artist and ngo grantmaking

    $10,000
  32. Vermont Humanities CouncilMontpelier, VT

    Ngo's grantmaking program

    $10,000
  33. Public Asset Institute IncMontpelier, VT

    Unrestricted support

    $10,000
  34. Vermont Works for Women IncWinooski, VT

    Unrestricted support

    $10,000
  35. Intervale Center IncBurlington, VT

    Unrestricted support

    $10,000
  36. Vermont Studio CenterJohnson, VT

    Scholarship support

    $10,000
  37. Orion SocietyGT Barrington, MA

    For the new constellation initiative. These funds can be used in any way that engages more people of color as orion writers, artists, and readers and builds inclusivity

    $10,000
  38. Spectrum IncBurlington, VT

    For the direct cash transfer program

    $10,000
  39. University of Vermont Medical CenterBurlington, VT

    F/B/O uvm medical center to support the virtual art gallery project

    $10,000
  40. Vermont Council on the Arts IncMontpelier, VT

    Additional support for vac grants program for arts ngos and individuals

    $10,000
  41. Northern Forest Center IncConcord, NH

    Adk housing development in tupper lake, NY

    $10,000
  42. Vermont Law School IncS Royalton, VT

    F/B/O the center for justice reform clinic

    $10,000
  43. Outright VermontBurlington, VT

    Unrestricted support in face of heightened discrimination against LGBTQ+ people

    $10,000
  44. Historic Saranac Lake IncSaranac Lake, NY

    Unrestricted support

    $10,000
  45. Assoc of Africans Living in VermontBurlington, VT

    Unrestricted funds to support new americans to integrate into vermont communities (reissue of lost check)

    $10,000
  46. Vermont FoodbankBarre, VT

    Unrestricted support

    $10,000
  47. Lund Family Center IncSouth Burlington, VT

    For the benefit of the wraparound families project, for support for storage unit rent, moving costs, and other direct expenses

    $9,000
  48. Greenfield Review PressGreenfld Ctr, NY

    Unrestricted grant to support the ndakinna education center

    $5,000
  49. Chittenden Community TelevisionMontpeiler, VT

    Support the vermont language justice project, a program of CCTV. These funds can be used in any way that build greater language access for vermonters whose first language isnt english.

    $5,000
  50. Hope Works IncBurlington, VT

    Unrestricted grant

    $5,000
  51. Mosaic Vermont IncBarre, VT

    Unrestricted grant

    $5,000
  52. Doctors Without Borders USANew York, NY

    To support survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in south sudan

    $5,000
  53. University of Vermont FoundationBurlington, VT

    F/B/O bridges to health. We ask that $20,000 go to bridges to meet any priority needs. The remaining $1,000 will offset uvms 5% administrative fee.

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education7 grants $161,00029% of the total
  2. Arts and culture8 grants $135,00025% of the total
  3. Human services5 grants $95,00017% of the total
  4. Crime and legal aid1 grant $50,0009% of the total
  5. International aid2 grants $30,0005% of the total
  6. Sports and recreation1 grant $15,0003% of the total
  7. 6 other causes7 grants $60,00011% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Vermont44 grants $876,000
  2. Massachusetts2 grants $35,000
  3. Virginia1 grant $35,000
  4. Illinois1 grant $25,000
  5. New Hampshire2 grants $20,000
  6. New York3 grants $20,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Jan L BlomstrannTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Hemenway Trust Company LLCTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0

The return

More foundations

Similar foundations

Same main cause (education), giving between a quarter and four times this foundation’s where possible, nearby first.

  1. The Shapiro Family FoundationBrattleboro, VT 51 grants Preselected only $1,204,500 giving
  2. The Rauch Foundation IncWoodstock, VT 71 grants Preselected only $1,211,082 giving
  3. Frank & Zada Chase Charitable Trust 1576Brattleboro, VT 3 grants Preselected only $738,240 giving
  4. Maverick Lloyd FoundationSharon, VT 11 grants Preselected only $531,500 giving
  5. Overlake FundBurlington, VT 4 grants Preselected only $411,334 giving