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Grant recipient EIN 46-2372533Food and agriculture

Who funds Food Connects?

22 private foundations gave Food Connects in Brattleboro, VT $1.3 million across 53 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 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.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

53 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. McKenzie Family Charitable TrustPutney, VT 2025

    Program support

    $10,000
  2. The Redducs Chartered Foundation CorpSouth Burlington, VT 2025

    General support

    $1,000
  3. Claneil Foundation IncPlymouth Meeting, PA 2024

    General operating

    $120,000
  4. Fresh Sound Foundation IncCambridge, MA 2024

    Charitable

    $25,000
  5. George W Mergens FoundationMilton, VT 2024

    General operating support

    $10,000
  6. McKenzie Family Charitable TrustPutney, VT 2024

    Program support

    $10,000
  7. The Sandy River Charitable FoundationFarmington, ME 2024

    Food storage capacity

    $10,000
  8. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont Caring for Children Foundation IncBerlin, VT 2024

    Building healthy families, thriving farms and connected communities

    $5,000
  9. National Life Group Charitable Foundation IncMontpelier, VT 2024

    Food assistance

    $1,000
  10. Henry P Kendall FoundationMarion, MA 2023

    Expand the wholesale distribution system to provide new england sourced regional foods

    $199,788
  11. Claneil Foundation IncPlymouth Meeting, PA 2023

    General operating

    $65,000
  12. Hannaford Charitable FoundationPortland, ME 2023

    General Operating Support

    $25,000
  13. Fresh Sound Foundation IncCambridge, MA 2023

    Charitable

    $25,000
  14. Thomas Thompson TrustBoston, MA 2023

    2023 food connects lighting for food hub warehouse

    $15,000
  15. The Windham Foundation IncGrafton, VT 2023

    Expansion of refridgeration space

    $10,000
  16. McKenzie Family Charitable TrustPutney, VT 2023

    Program support

    $10,000
  17. The Sandy River Charitable FoundationFarmington, ME 2023

    Food storage capacity

    $10,000
  18. The Russell Family FoundationGig Harbor, WA 2023

    General operating support

    $10,000
  19. Ben & Jerry's Foundation IncSouth Burlington, VT 2023

    General support

    $5,000
  20. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $36
  21. The Robin FoundationWilmington, DE 2022

    General

    $50,000
  22. Hannaford Charitable FoundationPortland, ME 2022

    General Operating Support

    $25,000
  23. Thomas Thompson TrustBoston, MA 2022

    2022 food connects food hub expansion project

    $25,000
  24. McKenzie Family Charitable TrustPutney, VT 2022

    Program support

    $10,000
  25. The Sandy River Charitable FoundationFarmington, ME 2022

    Food storage capacity

    $10,000
  26. David Greenewalt Charitable TrustBoston, MA 2022

    Support of staff

    $5,000
  27. Edward Jones FoundationSt Louis, MO 2022

    Community service

    $1,500
  28. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $45
  29. Claneil Foundation IncPlymouth Meeting, PA 2021

    General operating

    $70,000
  30. The John Merck FundHarrison, NY 2021

    To increase inter-food hub transactions and sales, while also building more efficient systems and envisioning the future of new england food hub networks.

    $45,000
  31. Fresh Sound Foundation IncCambridge, MA 2021

    Charitable

    $40,000
  32. McKenzie Family Charitable TrustPutney, VT 2021

    Program support

    $10,000
  33. Agnes M Lindsay TrustChelmsford, MA 2021

    Food pantries,food banks

    $5,000
  34. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $60
  35. The John Merck FundHarrison, NY 2020

    To respond to expanded demand for local/regional food resulting from the public health emergency, including increasing purchase and sales staff capacity and expanding cold storage capacity to improve efficiencies, to develop a robust strategic plan to assess and guide the next three years of organizational work, form a leadership team, and develop a realistic plan for that team to continue this work beyond the initial strategic planning phase, and to increase inter-food hub transactions and sales by $150,000, while also building more efficient systems and envisioning the future of new england food hub networks.

    $106,000
  36. Claneil Foundation IncPlymouth Meeting, PA 2020

    General operating

    $89,075
  37. Fresh Sound Foundation IncCambridge, MA 2020

    Charitable

    $40,000
  38. Thomas Thompson TrustBoston, MA 2020

    Brattleboro food security collaborative coordination and facilitation

    $10,000
  39. McKenzie Family Charitable TrustPutney, VT 2020

    Program support

    $10,000
  40. Thomas Thompson TrustBoston, MA 2020

    Support and equity for outdoor education during covid

    $7,500
  41. George W Mergens FoundationMilton, VT 2020

    Farm to SchoolProgram

    $5,000
  42. Fresh Sound Foundation IncCambridge, MA 2020

    Charitable

    $2,500
  43. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $23
  44. The John Merck FundHarrison, NY 2019

    To better support new england food producers by increasing inter-food hub transactions and sales by $150,000 and envisioning the future of the new england food hub network.

    $60,000
  45. Claneil Foundation IncPlymouth Meeting, PA 2019

    School food waste

    $27,775
  46. Fresh Sound Foundation IncCambridge, MA 2019

    Charitable

    $20,000
  47. The Sandy River Charitable FoundationFarmington, ME 2019

    New warehouse challenge

    $10,000
  48. The Nash FoundationWilmington, DE 2019

    General & Unrestricted

    $250
  49. Fresh Sound Foundation IncCambridge, MA 2018

    Charitable

    $25,000
  50. Castanea Foundation IncMontpelier, VT 2018

    General OperatingSupport

    $10,000
  51. Castanea Foundation IncMontpelier, VT 2018

    ITPlanningSupport

    $10,000
  52. McKenzie Family Charitable TrustPutney, VT 2018

    Program support

    $10,000
  53. The Sandy River Charitable FoundationFarmington, ME 2018

    Warehouse planning and techonology transition

    $5,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other food and agriculture organizations in Brattleboro, VT and are not among Food Connects’s funders above.

  1. Price Chopper's Golub FoundationSchenectady, NY 3 grants Accepts applications $3,000 to similar organizations
  2. Sorg-Vogt Charitable Foundation Trust 3844Brattleboro, VT 6 grants Accepts applications $2,500 to similar organizations
  3. Ma Rikard Charitable TrustNashville, TN 1 grant Accepts applications $1,000 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 46-2372533 by name and ZIP code, or by name, city and State against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.