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Private foundations Brattleboro, VTtax years 2024 to 2025

Private foundations in Brattleboro, VT

16 private foundations based in Brattleboro, VT filed a 990-PF in the last two years. In their latest returns they gave $2.7 million in 157 grants, and 5 say they accept applications.

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Foundations with a return in the last two years, each by its latest return (tax years 2024 to 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Largest givers

By grants paid, latest return
  1. The Shapiro Family FoundationBrattleboro, VT · tax year 2024 51 grants Preselected only $1,204,500 giving
  2. Frank & Zada Chase Charitable Trust 1576Brattleboro, VT · tax year 2025 3 grants Preselected only $738,240 giving
  3. Robert & Helen Holland Charitable AnnuityBrattleboro, VT · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $275,270 giving
  4. Sorg-Vogt Charitable Foundation Trust 3844Brattleboro, VT · tax year 2025 63 grants Accepts applications $110,374 giving
  5. Stephen B Collins Trust 4586Brattleboro, VT · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $86,200 giving
  6. Ellen Pond Charitable Trust 1922Brattleboro, VT · tax year 2025 3 grants Preselected only $66,862 giving
  7. J Kent Perley and Bessie V Perley Fund 4587Brattleboro, VT · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $57,900 giving
  8. Trustees of Chester Academy 2726Brattleboro, VT · tax year 2025 Grants listed in an attachment (not in the e-file) Accepts applications $43,600 giving
  9. Hildegard Durfee Scholarship FundBrattleboro, VT · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $34,500 giving
  10. M Fletcher Tkacyzk & E Mahaney MemorialBrattleboro, VT · tax year 2025 8 grants Accepts applications $33,370 giving
  11. Melvin and Sylvia Kafka Foundation co Sara SuchmanBrattleboro, VT · tax year 2025 12 grants Preselected only $31,058 giving
  12. Ellen M Willard TrustBrattleboro, VT · tax year 2025 Grants listed in an attachment (not in the e-file) Accepts applications $30,500 giving
  13. Frances Hicks Memorial FundBrattleboro, VT · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $13,958 giving
  14. Katherine T Griffith TR 5891Brattleboro, VT · tax year 2025 11 grants Preselected only $9,798 giving
  15. Taylor Park TR 2504Brattleboro, VT · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $3,200 giving

Foundations that accept applications

Largest first

The return gives an application contact and does not check the preselected-only box.

  1. Sorg-Vogt Charitable Foundation Trust 3844Brattleboro, VT · tax year 2025 63 grants Accepts applications $110,374 giving
  2. Trustees of Chester Academy 2726Brattleboro, VT · tax year 2025 Grants listed in an attachment (not in the e-file) Accepts applications $43,600 giving
  3. M Fletcher Tkacyzk & E Mahaney MemorialBrattleboro, VT · tax year 2025 8 grants Accepts applications $33,370 giving
  4. Ellen M Willard TrustBrattleboro, VT · tax year 2025 Grants listed in an attachment (not in the e-file) Accepts applications $30,500 giving
  5. Frances Hicks Memorial FundBrattleboro, VT · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $13,958 giving

Giving by cause

Grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education5 foundations $578,10668% of the total
  2. Food and agriculture1 foundation $57,9747% of the total
  3. Arts and culture4 foundations $39,9315% of the total
  4. Civil rights2 foundations $34,2504% of the total
  5. Human services2 foundations $33,7004% of the total
  6. International aid2 foundations $32,7504% of the total
  7. 10 other causes $71,6348% of the total

Most active small givers

Foundations with under $1 million in assets, by the number of grants they listed.

  1. Melvin and Sylvia Kafka Foundation co Sara SuchmanBrattleboro, VT · tax year 2025 12 grants Preselected only $31,058 giving
  2. Katherine T Griffith TR 5891Brattleboro, VT · tax year 2025 11 grants Preselected only $9,798 giving
  3. M Fletcher Tkacyzk & E Mahaney MemorialBrattleboro, VT · tax year 2025 8 grants Accepts applications $33,370 giving
  4. Ellen Pond Charitable Trust 1922Brattleboro, VT · tax year 2025 3 grants Preselected only $66,862 giving
  5. J Kent Perley and Bessie V Perley Fund 4587Brattleboro, VT · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $57,900 giving
  6. Hildegard Durfee Scholarship FundBrattleboro, VT · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $34,500 giving
  7. Frances Hicks Memorial FundBrattleboro, VT · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $13,958 giving
  8. Taylor Park TR 2504Brattleboro, VT · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $3,200 giving