REPORT OF GIFTS, 2013-2014

ARTS AND HUMANITIES 2013 2014

Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium $5,000 In support of the Water Works Project.

Shelburne Museum $10,000 $2,000 In general support

In support of the campaign for a new exhibition $50,000 $50,000 and education facility

Unrestricted support. $2,250

Vermont Historical Society $4,000 In support of bringing Vermont history to Vermont schoolchildren

Vermont Humanities Council $2,500 Part of a $5,000 grant in support of Vermont Reads

CIVIC AND COMMUNITY

Beyond Nuclear $2,000 To support work on Vermont Yankee

Catamount Outdoor Family Center $5,000 $5,000 Part of a three-year grant to support trail surface upgrades

Catamount Trail Association $5,000 $5,000 In support of the Catamount Ski Cubs Program

Citizens Awareness Network $5,000 To support the campaign to replace Vermont Yankee

CIVIC AND COMMUNITY 2013 2014

Citizens Awareness Network $10,000 $5,000 In support of “People’s Choices for a Green Future.”

Consensus Building Institute $15,000 In support of the Vermont Yankee Decommissioning

Death With Dignity National Center $4,000 In support of Patient Choices Victory Fund Vermont.

Flyin Ryan Hawks Foundation $2,500 In support of the Flyin Ryan Decisions Program

Friends of Vermont State Parks $1,500 In general support

Global Community Initiatives $1,500 In support of the printing of a report by the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics

The Helen Caldicott Foundation $5,000 In support of the symposium – The Medical and Ecological Consequences of Fukushima

Highfields Center for Composting $10,000 In support of advancing compost heat recovery technology and systems.

Hunger Free Vermont $10,000 Operating support

In support of the Learning Kitchen $30,000

Institute for Sustainable Communities $5,000 In support of the Resilient Vermont Project

Leahy Center for Lake Champlain $2,000 In support of the Legacy Campaign of ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain

CIVIC AND COMMUNITY 2013 2014

Local Motion $10,000 In support of “Active for Life;” Transforming Vermont communities for walking and bicycling

National Association of State Department Of Agriculture $16,500 In support of the 2014 NASDA Annual Meeting in Burlington, Vermont

Northern Forest Center $10,000 In support of the wood pellet heating project.

The Preservation Trust of Vermont $3,000 $3,000 In support of the restoration of the historic Barnes Camp.

ReSource $5,000 In support of the YouthBuild Renewable Energy Construction program.

State of Vermont, Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation $34,000 $34,000 In support of the recreation services initiative

Strolling of the Heifers $2,000 $3,000 In support of the annual Slow Living Summit

Vermont Mountain Bike Association $40,000 $29,000 Part of a $91,000 matching grant in operational support

Consulting and training $4,650

Saxon Hill Town Forest $5,000

Vermont Worker’s Center $5,000 In support of the People’s Media Project

CIVIC AND COMMUNITY 2013 2014

Vermont Youth Conservation Corps $48,000 In support of the Farmer Apprentice Program

In support of the project with Vermont $6,600 Foodbank

In support of the “Farm at VYCC” project $35,000

YMCA $5,000 Part of a $10,000 unrestricted grant

CONSERVATION AND RESEARCH

350.org $5,000 In support of the Keystone XL Pipeline project

Audubon Vermont $5,000 $5,000 In support of the Forest Bird Initiative

Connecticut River Watershed Council $10,000 $5,000 Vermont Water Quality Initiatives

Conservation & Research Foundation $10,000 $10,000 Part of a $100,000 unrestricted grant

Conservation Law Foundation $10,000 $25,000 In support of the Vermont Gas Systems/ Pipeline project

In support of general operations in Vermont $35,000 Office

In support of the Phosphorus Total Maximum $20,000 Daily Load for Lake Champlain project

Energy Action Network $5,000 In support of the Clean Energy Communications And Milestones Project

Fairewinds Energy Education Corp $30,000 In support of the Decommissioning Nuclear Reactors project

CONSERVATION AND RESEARCH 2013 2014

Institute for Social Ecology $2,000 In support of 350 Vermont

Lake Champlain Committee $5,000 In support of the LCC Blue-green Algae Monitoring Program

Lake Champlain International $35,000 $20,000 To support efforts to foster pubic support for a clean water/clean energy economy through the education of public officials and outreach to citizens and media

Lewis Creek Association $5,000 In support of a project constructing amphibian crossing tunnels

National Wildlife Federation $10,000 In support of the Clean Energy Future for Vermont project

In support of Breaking Carbon’s Stronghold $10,000 On Vermont and Beyond project

New Haven Conservation Commission $2,500 To support the preservation and projection of the natural landscape, wildlife and cultural heritage of New Haven

Renewable Energy Vermont $5,000 In support of the wind campaign

South Hero Land Trust $5,000 In support of the Sawyer Bay Farm Conservation project

The Trust for Public Land $12,000 In support of the Barre Town Forest Project

Vermont Agency of Natural Resources $15,000 In support of the Vermont Flood Resilience Project

CONSERVATION AND RESEARCH 2013 2014

The Vermont Center For Ecostudies $5,000 In support of the Status of Vermont Forest Birds Project

Vermont Energy Investment Corp $15,000 $15,000 In support of the Drive Electric Vermont Project

In support of the Vermont Modern Wood $12,000 Heat Initiative

The Vermont Green Building Network $3,000 In support of the Burlington Energy Benchmarking and Disclosure project

Vermont Law School $25,000 In support of the Conservation Easement project

Vermont Natural Resource Council $30,000 In support of Protecting the Quality of Vermont’s Waters

In support of, “Vermont’s Future: Turning $10,000 Clean Water and Clean Energy Goals into Reality”

Vermont River Conservancy $5,000 In support of protecting, “Journey’s End Swimming Hole

In support of Watershed United Vermont $10,000

Vital Communities $2,000 In support of the energy program

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute $2,000 $5,000 In unrestricted support

EDUCATION 2013 2014

Burlington College $20,000 $20,000 In support of the New Home-New Opportunities Campaign

Center For Northern Woodlands Education $2,000 Operational support

Center for Technology Essex $1,500 $1,500 In support of the Lintilhac Career Challenge Scholarship

Fletcher Allen Health Care/UVM College of Medicine $10,000 In continued support of the Dermatology Resident Education Fund

Governor’s Institutes of Vermont $12,000 To support an equipment upgrade in the Environmental Science & Technology & Engineering Institute

Shelburne Farms $3,826 Supporting water quality and sampling and mitigation in connection with land management stewardship efforts.

Pedestrian Path Extension project $20,000

Skidmore College $2,000 Friends of the Presidents Leadership Challenge

In support of an equipment purchase for the $10,000 Science Department

University of Vermont, Dept. of Botany $50,000 $70,000 In continued support of David Barrington’s work

University of Vermont $12,500 Part of a $25,000 grant in support of a Low Impact Development Stormwater Management Research project

EDUCATION 2013 2014

University of Vermont $10,000 In support of Mountain Biking in Vermont: Use, Impact and Potential project

University of Vermont, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics $17,000 In support of Conserving Nature for a Resilient Vermont

University of Vermont, Vermont Center For Research $10,000 In support of Renewable Energy and Vermont’s Working Landscape

University of Vermont $100,000 $100,000 Part of a $1 million grant for the new Plant Sciences Building

University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment And Natural Resources $10,000 In support of Sub-Lethal Consequences of Cyanobacteria on Nutrition and Fitness in Secondary Consumers project

In support of Economics for the Anthropocene project $30,000

In support of Investigating Pharmaceutical Contaminants in Lake Champlain: Levels, Sources and Interventions project $5,000

Vermont Energy Education Program $5,000 In general support

Vermont Family Forests Foundation $5,000 $2,500 In support of the Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas project

Vermont Public Interest Research & $10,000 Education Fund In support of the campaign to retire Vermont Yankee

Part of a $105,000 grant in annual support $35,000

In support of Stop the Fracked Gas Pipeline Campaign $30,000 $40,000

EDUCATION 2013 2014

Vermont Energy Investment Corp. $5,000 In support of Vermontivate! a community climate and sustainability game designed to inspire that sense of fun, hope and purpose

World Policy Institute $3,450 In support of education briefings in Vermont with international nuclear waste expert Robert Alvarez

EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY

Waterbury LEAP $8,000 In support of expanding the renewable Energy economy in Waterbury and Duxbury

EDUCATION AND PROGRAMMING

Vermont PBS $12,000 $12,000 In continued support of Vermont This Week

Vermont Public Radio $15,000 $15,000 In continued support of Vermont Edition

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE $50,000 Part of a $500,000 grant to support the Creation of a new Birthing Center

In support of the lactation clinic and psychotherapy program $69,000

Planned Parenthood of Northern New England $10,000 $10,000 Part of a $30,000 unrestricted grant

Event support $1,825

MEDIA 2013 2014

American University $2,000 In support of the Mama Sherpas film

Bright Blue Media $5,000 In support of Vermont Energy Independence Day project

Chittenden Community Television $2,000 In support of Common Good Vermont: Building the Capacity of Vermont’s Independent Sector.

Connie Goldman Productions $25,303 In support of the Future of Nuclear Power Public Radio project

Documentary Educational Resources $10,000 In support of Power Struggle – the battle over nuclear power and democracy

Vermont Democracy Fund $2,000 In support of Equal Time Radio

Vermont Journalism Trust $10,000 In support of Vermont Digger’s Campaign Finance Transparency project

GRANTS OF $1,000 OR LESS

ARTS AND HUMANITIES

Green Mountain Performing Arts Lake Champlain Maritime Museum University of Vermont Lane Series Upper Valley Arts

CIVIC AND COMMUNITY

Addison County Relocalization Network Alzheimer’s Association, Vermont Chapter Burlington Emergency Shelter Child Care Resource Church Street Marketplace Foundation Citizen Works Death with Dignity National Center Green Mountain Farm-to-School Kelly Brush Foundation Lead International Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont Partners in Adventure Recycle North Shelburne Firefighters Association Shelburne Police Department Shelburne Rescue Squad Shelburne Veteran’s Memorial Fund Stowe Fire Department Stowe Police Department Stowe Rescue Squad Stowe Weekend of Hope Strolling of the Heifers Vermont Council on Rural Development Vermont Foodbank Vermont Woman Media/Women Helping Battered Women Vermont Woman Media/Domestic Violence Awareness

GRANTS OF $1,000 OR LESS

CONSERVATION AND RESEARCH

Lake Champlain International

EDUCATION

AAUW Burlington Branch Burke Mountain Academy Direct Aid International Everybody Wins! Vermont Mt. Mansfield Educational Foundation University of Vermont, Dept. of Plant and Soil Science University of Vermont, Gund Institute University of Vermont, Vermont Center for Research University of Vermont,Integrative Health Fund University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Heaton Woods Hospice Fund Vermont Woman Media/American Stroke Association Vermont Woman Media/Vermont Alzheimer’s Association

MEDIA

Beyond Nuclear Democracy NOW White River Indie Films

TOTAL 2013 GRANTS: $945,903 TOTAL 2014 GRANTS: $1,006,228