January 31, 2012 – 2:34 pm

The Nellie Mae Education Foundation is the largest charitable organization in New England that focuses exclusively on education. The Foundation recently awarded $3.5 million in the form of a three-year grant to the Burlington and Winooski school districts in Chittenden County. The January 26, 2012 article below is courtesy of The Burlington Free Press, http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com [...]
January 31, 2012 – 2:11 pm

Ryan Torres of The Vermont Community Foundation and Alison Kosakowski of Vermont Agency of Agriculture shared this news: The Vermont Community Foundation and the Vermont Agency of Agriculture announced that the Vermont Farm Disaster Relief Fund is accepting applications for a new grant round focused on providing funding for emergency feed purchases. “As we anticipated, [...]
December 20, 2011 – 2:09 pm

IBM Vermont contributes to Vermont nonprofits and community organizations in a variety ways. Either through cash grants as described below, or training opportunities like the Project Management Workshop presented with Common Good Vermont earlier this year, IBM Vermont provides many opportunities to help strengthen Vermont’s nonprofit sector. For information on how IBM can help your [...]
December 13, 2011 – 11:28 am

Presented by IdeaEncore,a nonprofit resource center and a community of people who exchange information, provides insightful, easy-to-consume information shared by leaders in the nonprofit sector. 1) What’s the Story Behind the Number? A Grant Maker’s Guide to Understanding Nonprofit Audits Shared by Edelstein & Company LLP (Free) 2) Ensuring the Rights of Study [...]
December 7, 2011 – 2:50 pm

Pulled from the VT Community Garden December, 2011 Network Bulletin Youth Garden Grants sponsored by Home Depot Who May Apply: K-12 teachers, educators, coordinators, and parents. Details: Applicants must plan to garden with at least 15 children between the ages of 3 and 18 years.Schools, youth groups, community centers, camps, clubs, treatment facilities, and inter-generational [...]
November 30, 2011 – 4:49 pm

Pulled from the Bridgepan Group’s website, www.bridgespan.org. The Bridgespan Group is a nonprofit advisor and resource for mission-driven leaders and organizations The Donor-Grantee Trap: How ineffective collaboration undermines philanthropic results for society, and what can be done about it. A guide for nonprofit leaders, their boards, and their donors. Scarce resources (both money and time) [...]
November 22, 2011 – 1:49 pm
Press play on the screen below for the complete recording Common Good Vermont’s Lauren-Glenn Davitian speaks with Vermont Community Foundation President Stuart Comstock-Gay on the progress of Tropical Storm Irene recovery efforts in Vermont. In his role as VCF President, Mr. Comstock-Gay oversees a number of recovery funds including the Vermont Farm Relief Fund which [...]
November 22, 2011 – 10:33 am

The Vermont Agency of Agriculture has partnered with the Vermont Community Foundation to create the Vermont Farm Disaster Relief Fund, which will assist Vermont farms that sustained damage from Tropical Storm Irene. The Fund was initiated in September and has the purpose to pool contributions from donors and to provide financial assistance directly to farmers [...]
November 21, 2011 – 11:45 am
Thanks to Joanne Mac Isaac of the VT Women’s fund for sharing this grant opportunity with Common Good Vermont. Vermont Women’s Fund 2012 Grant Round As part of a special multi-year grantmaking initiative, The Vermont Women’s Fund is currently supporting programs that directly serve young women, age 15 to 25, with the goal of building [...]
November 16, 2011 – 2:45 pm
Thanks to Carolyn Fox of the Vermont Community Foundation for sharing these grant opportunities with Common Good Vermont. Two Grant rounds ANNOUNCED for Projects Focused on Lake Champlain Grants are now available to support projects focused on Lake Champlain through the Lake Champlain and Tributaries Restoration Fund and the South Lake Champlain Fund, both housed at [...]