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:
The Green Mountain Fund was established at the Vermont Community Foundation in 1993 to support charitable activities in Lamoille County. Grantmaking has since been expanded to include Orleans County and neighboring communities and counties.
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.
Focus Areas
- 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.
Funding Information
The Green Mountain Fund makes grants ranging from $500-$5,000.
Grant Period
1 year
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.
- The grants must be paid to a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit, or to a public entity, such as a town, public school, or state agency. All others will need to use a fiscal sponsor.
- They do not grant to individuals. In rare cases, such as times of crisis or statewide emergency response, they have been able to grant to for-profit business entities.
For more information, visit Vermont Community Foundation.
