VCF QUICK FACTS

The Vermont Community Foundation...
• Was founded in 1986.
• Is home to over 500 charitable funds.
• Is one of more than 700 community foundations across the country.
• Has over $117 million in assets (as of December 31, 2008).
• Ranks among the top 10% of community foundations nationally for total assets and gifts received.
• Is Vermont’s largest foundation in terms of asset size.
• Awarded $10 million in grants in 2008. Most of these grants were made at the recommendation of individuals and organizations who have established a fund with the Foundation.
  
  Other Interesting Facts
• Had one two-drawer file cabinet and one typewriter when it first opened.
• Its first office was in the Battell Block in Middlebury, Vermont. Other homes have included the Painter House; half of a building that housed a small animal clinic in Cornwall, Vermont; and 29 Court Street.
• Its current home at 3 Court Street was once a Masonic Lodge, home to the Valley Voice, and housed a newspaper and cigarette store.
• Is developing a carbon budget to decrease its carbon footprint and is participating in CVPS’ Cow Power Program.
• Uses worms & a worm bin to recycle food scraps and other organic material into a valuable soil amendment called vermicompost, or worm compost.
  
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