For 2025 Fall Grant Cycle
Vermont Business Magazine The Windham Foundation is a nonprofit based in Grafton, VT that works to enhance economic, cultural, and civic life in Vermont. The Foundation has announced the recipients of their most recent round of grants.
Thirty-four Vermont-based nonprofits received a total of $137,100 in financial support. The Fall Grants cycle was open to projects focused on (1) Preserving and Developing Resilient Communities, and (2) Healthy and Vibrant Communities. Funded projects included programs focused on family support, housing security, outdoor programming, and workforce development.
The full list of recipients includes:
ARC Rutland Area, Carpenter-Carse Library, Central Vermont Council on Aging, Come Alive Outside, Community Health Services of Addison County, Committee on Temporary Shelter, Dismas of Vermont, Girls on the Run, Grace Cottage Hospital, Greater Springfield Vermont Area Habitat for Humanity, Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity, John Graham Housing & Services, National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont, Norwich Community Collaborative, Parks Place Community Center, Putney Community Center, Richmond Mountain Trails, Southeastern Vermont Community Action, Southeast Vermont Transit, Southeastern Vermont Economic Development Strategies, Southern Vermont Trail Association, Special Needs Support Center, Springfield Area Parent Child Center, Turning Point of Windham County, Turning Point Recovery Center of Springfield, United Way of Northwest Vermont, Vermont Council on Rural Development, Vermont Parks Forever, Vermont Recovery Network, Vermont Wilderness School, Vermont Works for Women, Vermont Youth Conservation Corps, Windham County Dental Center, Wood4Good.
“The Windham Foundation is very pleased to support these excellent organizations, all of which make a demonstrable impact in their communities,” says Dan Lerner, Ph.D., Executive Director of The Windham Foundation.
Information about the 2026 Grants Cycle will be communicated through our website and grant management system, Foundant, at the beginning of the year.
Headquartered in Grafton, Vermont, the Windham Foundation is an operating foundation engaged in philanthropic, charitable, and educational activities. Since its inception in 1963, its mission has been to promote the vitality of Grafton and Vermont's rural communities through its philanthropic and educational programs.