Component Funds 2019 OUR MISSION Better Together: Inspiring giving and bringing together people and resources to make a difference in Vermont. 3 Court Street, Middlebury, VT 05753 | vermontcf.org COMPONENT FUNDS 2019 ifts to the Vermont Community Foundation come from several sources: from individuals and families, both during their lifetimes and via bequest, and from private foundations, corporations, and nonprofit organizations. With their gifts, many Gdonors create and build charitable funds within the Foundation for a wide range of purposes. All of these component funds help achieve our desired goal of sparking philanthropy, increasing its effectiveness, and fueling its growth for the good of Vermont. The Foundation is a family of 800 funds. When a fund is established the donor names the fund and defines its purpose. Many funds bear the donor’s name; others are anonymous, while some are identified as memorials or have a designated recipient organization. We offer various fund types to help people achieve their philanthropic goals. Included in the total number of funds, but not listed here, are planned gifts, such as Charitable Remainder Trusts and Charitable Gift Annuities. Following is a list of the Community Foundation’s component funds as of December 31, 2019. An important note: Some component funds offer competitive grants for Vermont nonprofit organizations seeking support. Grantseekers are encouraged to visit www.vermontcf.org/AvailableGrants to learn about specific guidelines and deadlines for submitting proposals. If you have further questions about funding eligibility, please contact one of our philanthropic advisors. TABLE OF CONTENTS Advised Funds. 2 Discretionary Funds . .12 Scholarship Funds. 14 Designated Funds . 15 Nonprofit Funds. 19 Supporting Organizations . 27 Emeritus Funds . 28 Component Funds 2019 • 1 ADVISED FUNDS Donors who wish to be actively involved in grantmaking on an ongoing basis establish advised funds. Fund advisors make grant recommendations to the Foundation to support their favorite charities and/or partner with us in responding to grant proposals made through our discretionary grant rounds. Admiral Fund Solon and Liam Bailey Raymond P. and Kathleen (Sullivan) To support charitable activities in Ver- Memorial Fund Betit Family Fund mont that will strengthen communities. To support broad charitable purposes. To honor Raymond P. and Kathleen (Sullivan) Betit and to support broad Alice’s Fund Barclay Family Fund charitable purposes, in or outside of For broad charitable purposes with To support broad charitable purposes. Vermont, with a preference for, but not a preference for basic human needs, limited to the Bennington, Vermont, environmental education, animal welfare, Barker-Gaspar Fund area, and with special consideration local community support, and food To support broad charitable purposes given to collaborative and/or innovative security. without restriction. initiatives, programs and projects that are community-supported, sustainable, Almost Pretty Good Fund LinDel Barrows Charitable Fund and self-supporting. To support the following interest areas: To support charitable and educational 1) Christian organizations, 1) higher purposes without restriction. Bisbee Pratt Fund education institutions, 3) environmental For broad charitable purposes with organizations (outdoors, aquatic and Bartlett Fund an emphasis on empowering women wildlife habitat), and 4) Vermont To support broad charitable purposes. and girls; also promoting literacy and culture, its history and preservation (not reading for children, adults, prisoners necessarily implying arts). Bartley Family Fund and immigrants. Additional emphasis For broad charitable purposes with a on scholarship assistance for college Alta Gracia Fund preference for youth organizations that students based on need and with special To spread grace. support disabilities, both mental and consideration for first in family and physical, local athletics, and adaptive immigrants. With further emphasis on Arborvitae Fund sports. efforts supporting social justice and To support charitable organizations economic fairness. whose primary objectives include John P. and Nancy J. Bassett Fund protection or improvement of the health To support charitable purposes with a Jan Blomstrann Fund and welfare of those with mental illness. preference for the Upper Valley areas of To support broad charitable purposes, Vermont and New Hampshire. with particular interest in renewable August 23rd Fund energy sources, the building of a To support charitable activities and BC Family Fund sustainable world infrastructure, the programs in Vermont with a preference To support broad charitable purposes. celebration of arts and culture, and the for those serving residents of Rutland support of women and children. County. Beals Charitable Trust Fund For broad charitable purposes. Bond Family Fund Avada Fund To support broad charitable purposes To support the welfare, health, education, Bellerose Family Fund particularly those concerned with food and safety of needy Vermont children. To help meet the basic needs of the insecurity, poverty, health, education, less fortunate and to enrich the lives of the elderly, and any disenfranchised Back Forty Fund all with specific interest in education, group. To support broad charitable purposes. health, and human rights. Brattle Fund Peter Backman & Albert G. and Gretchen R. Besser To support organizations to develop Annie Christopher Fund Fund and implement good ideas where they To support broad charitable purposes. To support charitable organizations and can do the most good, with a particular activities. focus on Vermont, environmental stewardship, youth development, and compelling community initiatives. 2 • Component Funds 2019 Brattleboro Area Music Fund serve national and regional charitable use of historic facilities as community To provide support to the Brattleboro purposes as well as those directly gathering places, and with a preference Music Center for scholarship assistance benefiting Vermont and the Upper Valley for those in the towns and cities of for its students and for financial support Community. Washington and Orange counties. for selected Brattleboro area community music projects. Catamount/Williams Fund Cookie Jar Fund To support broad charitable purposes. To support broad charitable purposes Brick House Fund with a preference for issues of environ- To support broad charitable purposes. Walter Cerf Community Fund ment and poverty. To support charitable activities in Bright Side Fund Addison County and Vermont. Cornwall Family Fund To support broad charitable purposes. To provide scholarships and to serve Chandler Family Fund educational purposes in southern Bristol Orn Family Fund To support broad charitable purposes. Vermont. To support broad charitable purposes with a preference for helping children Brianne E. Chase Fund Corpus Christi Memorial Fund grow and achieve a successful life. To enhance the quality of life in the To support broad charitable purposes Burlington area to help people grow and with a preference for promoting social John W. and Louise G. Bristol Fund thrive in a safe environment. justice, alleviating the root causes of To support broad charitable activities. poverty in such areas as: addressing the Chaves-Heindel Family Fund social and behavioral determinates of Broad View Fund To support broad charitable purposes. health (housing, education, job training, To support broad charitable purposes health care, environmental issues, etc.); with a preference for children, health Chessie II Fund assisting programs which encourage care, and the environment. To provide grant opportunities with tolerance between different ethnic and preference to organizations in the Town religious groups; supporting prisoners Brooks Family Fund of Brandon and Rutland and Addison of conscience; reforming the criminal To support charitable activity in Vermont Counties with the emphasis on animal justice system; and lending support to with a preference for education, the en- welfare (i.e. spay/neuter clinics, animal various advocacy groups which speak vironment, and community needs in the shelters), historic preservation (i.e. out against all forms of social injustice. Northeast Kingdom. Brandon Town Hall and Library) and environmental issues (i.e. trails, bike Corso and Morgan Charitable Fund Alden and Mary Bryan Arts Fund paths, streetscapes/public tree planting, To support charitable activities without To provide support for the arts, with a and land conservation). restriction. preference for the visual arts in Vermont and traditional landscape painting. Chorske Family Charitable Fund Countryside Fund To support broad charitable purposes. To support the conservation and Cadwell Family Fund stewardship of tangible and intangible To support broad charitable purposes Churchill Family Fund natural and cultural heritage including with a preference for addressing the To address charitable needs in Vermont the promotion of historical literacy and needs of the Town of Pittsford, Vermont with a preference for the needs of the humanities. and its residents. disadvantaged Addison County youth. Craftsbury Community Fund Louise B. and J. Ashley Cadwell Fund Clear Solutions Fund To support broad charitable purposes To support educational, cultural, and To support children and cultural with an emphasis on supporting social programs on the local, national, programs in Hinsdale, New Hampshire, Craftsbury area organizations and other and