By Dan Smith Editor’s note: Dan Smith is president and CEO of the Vermont Community Foundation, which is based in Middlebury. We are out of words. The list of available adjectives is too commonplace to hold any real meaning. These […]
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Local News
Morrow announces candidacy for Windsor Senate seat
Christopher Morrow, a long-time Weston resident and former owner of the Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, is running for state senate in the Windsor district. His recent retirement from active management of the Northshire Bookstore has given Morrow time, as he […]
State News
Funding available to support equitable and inclusive communities
In cooperation with the Vermont League of Cities and Towns and the state of Vermont’s Office of Racial Equity and the Vermont Community Foundation is offering grants to Vermont villages, towns, and cities to foster inclusion and belonging for people […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment, Business, Events & Activities, Uncategorized
‘This Way Up’ virtual event encourages women entrepreneurs
Wednesday, April 28 at 5 —VIRTUAL—The Vermont Women’s Fund and the Vermont Community Foundation will co-host This Way Up, a virtual event to examine the potential of women’s entrepreneurship, the opportunities and pitfalls associated with business ownership, and why gender impacts financial […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment
Theater in the Woods receives grand, gives public performance
Friday, July 8 at 2:15 p.m. — MIDDLETOWN SPRINGS — Theater in the Woods Vermont recently received a $2,500 grant from the Vermont Community Foundation’s Small and Inspiring grant program. The grant will help further Theater in the Woods’ mission of creating […]
News Briefs
Small and Inspiring grants awarded to four Rutland County organizations
Four nonprofit organizations in Rutland County have received a total of $9,950 in Small and Inspiring grants from the Vermont Community Foundation for local projects. The Small and Inspiring grants fund work helps connect people to their neighbors, their land, […]
News Briefs
Vermont Community Foundation awards nonprofit organizations
The Vermont Community Foundation (VCF) has announced that the Innovations and Collaborations Grant program awarded $312,000 to 20 nonprofit organizations in Vermont in the fall of 2015. One of several competitive grant programs, Innovations and Collaborations supports projects that help […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment
$10,000 grant helps 2016 Freedom and Unity Youth Film competition
Calling all filmmakers ages 14-30 who live or go to school in Vermont! Win cash prizes and share your work on Vermont PBS and at film festivals statewide in the 2016 Freedom & Unity TV Vermont Youth Film Competition. The […]
Local News
New guide is timely for the giving season
Just in time for the giving season, the Vermont Community Foundation has published Opportunity: 11 Critical Paths for Philanthropy in Vermont, a new resource to help guide potential donors as they consider which organizations or programs to support. Opportunity identifies […]
News Briefs
Vermont Community Foundation announces 29 grants
The Vermont Community Foundation, in partnership with some of its fundholders, awarded a total of $57,435 in Small and Inspiring Grants to 29 organizations for local projects in communities across the state this spring. One of a number of competitive […]