The Green Mountain Fund supports charitable activities in Lamoille and Orleans Counties and neighboring communities.
Donor Name: Vermont Community Foundation
State: Vermont
County: Lamoille County (VT), Orleans County (VT)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: All Time
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Focus Areas
Focus areas of the Green Mountain Fund include:
- Increase access to opportunity for low-income youth and families
- Connect people to the environment around them in ways that encourage stewardship and respect
- Sustainability
- Assisting in meeting Vermont’s climate change goal
- Food security, farming, local food production
- Encourage community engagement and stronger sense of connection and belonging
- Increase health and wellness of children and families
The Green Mountain Fund prioritizes projects where a modest grant will make an impact by leveraging a new idea or other dollars. Secondarily, the fund is interested in providing support for proven ideas or concepts that fit within the focus areas. This may include a request to support general operating, or new or continued programmatic work.
Funding Information
- The Green Mountain Fund makes grants ranging from $500-$5,000.
- Grant activities must take place within one year from when the grant is awarded to be eligible for funding.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants must be nonprofit organizations, schools, municipal entities who service area includes Lamoille or Orleans County or its neighboring communities. Applicants who employ staff and provide services must do so without discrimination on the basis of race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
For more information Vermont Community Foundation.
