Grant Funding
The following is a sample of grant funds secured to date. Most small foundation awards (i.e. under $10,000) are not listed below, but are accounted for in the totals. For a complete listing of all funding secured, please contact Lynne Feal-Staub.
Total Funding Secured to-date: $20.7 million
Total Federal Funding: $10,654,589
Total State Funding: $3,228,228
Total Foundation & Corporate Funding: $6,818,557
Federal Funding
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Proposals written on behalf of: Brattleboro Mutual Aid Association/Thompson House
Awards: $492,733, December 2023; $100,786, February 2023 and $36,089, June 2020 (plus $7,683 addendum)
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National Endowment for the Humanities, Preservation Assistance for Smaller Institutions
Proposal written on behalf of: Landmark College & Putney Historical Society
Award: $5,989, December 2015
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National Science Foundation, Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM)
Proposal written on behalf of: Landmark College
Award: $649,962, August 2016
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National Science Foundation, Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE)
Sub-award development support provided to: Landmark College Institute for Research and Training
Award: $17,328, April 2015
National Science Foundation, Research on Education and Learning (REAL)
Proposal development support provided to: Landmark College Institute for Research and Training
Award: $486,970, September 2014 (plus $6,500 REU Supplement)
National Science Foundation, Data-Intensive Research to Improve Teaching and Learning
Proposal development support provided to: Landmark College Institute for Research and Training
Award: $270,363, August 2014
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Northern Border Regional Commission, Catalyst Program
Proposal written on behalf of: Monadnock United Way
Award: $499,015, August 2023
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U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children & Families (ACF)
Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5)
Proposal development support provided to: Vermont Agency of Human Services (via Building Bright Futures)
Award: $7,744,080, February 2023
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U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems
Proposal development support provided to: Building Bright Futures
Sub-award: $315,000, July 2021
State Funding
Vermont Agency of Administration, Regional Economic Development Grant Program
Proposal written on behalf of: Landmark College
Award: $20,000, April 2015
Vermont Agency of Administration, Building Community Grants Program
Proposal written on behalf of: Town of Putney
Award: $25,000, February 2014
Vermont Agency of Education, 21st Century Community Learning Centers
Proposal written on behalf of: Vermont Afterschool, Inc.
Award: $291,342, May 2011
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Vermont Agency of Education, 21st Century Community Learning Centers
Proposals written on behalf of: Wings Community Programs
Awards: $977,691, April 2009; $303,744, April 2008; $15,000, February 2007; $420,024, May 2005; and $394,901, July 2004
Vermont Agency of Human Services, School Age Child Care Start Up and Expansion Grant
Proposal written on behalf of: Wings Community Programs
Award: $17,161, July 2004
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Vermont Agency of Human Services, Vermont Children's Trust Foundation
Proposal written on behalf of: Wings Community Programs
Award: $14,345, March 2004
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Vermont Agency of Transportation, Transportation Alternatives
Proposal development support provided to: Town of Putney
Award: $300,000, January 2014
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Vermont Department of Labor, Secondary and Post-secondary Internship Program
Proposal written on behalf of: Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation (BDCC)
Award: $60,000, October 2013
Foundation & Corporate Funding
Ben & Jerry's Foundation
Proposal written on behalf of: Building Bright Futures
Award: $20,000, October 2021
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Butler Family Foundation
Proposals written on behalf of: Groundworks Collaborative
Awards: $18,750, May 2023; $18,750, May 2022 and $18,750, April 2021
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Couch Family Foundation
Proposal written on behalf of: Building Bright Futures
Award: $30,000, April 2022
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Dartmouth Health, Center for Advancing Rural Health Equity
Proposal written on behalf of: Monadnock United Way
Award: $20,000, February 2023
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Davis Educational Foundation
Proposals written on behalf of: Landmark College
Awards: $10,000, June 2018; $131,220, November 2016; and $2,250, October 2015
Arthur Vining Davis Foundation
Proposal written on behalf of: Landmark College
Award: $100,000, February 2016
Donley Foundation
Proposal written on behalf of: Building Bright Futures
Awards: $20,000, March 2023 and $20,000, June 2022
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F.I.S.H. Foundation
Proposals written on behalf of: Landmark College
Awards: $25,000, August 2016; $25,000 July 2015; and $25,000 June 2014
Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation
Proposal written on behalf of: Landmark College
Award: $16,000, February 2018
Frelinghuysen Foundation
Proposal written on behalf of: Landmark College
Award: $100,000, December 2013
Green Mountain Foundation
Proposal written on behalf of: Landmark College
Award: $25,000, July 2018
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Hedco Foundation
Proposal written on behalf of: Landmark College
Award: $50,000, May 2017
A.D. Henderson Foundation
Proposal written on behalf of: Building Bright Futures
Award: $70,000, March 2023
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Hoehl Family Foundation
Proposal written on behalf of: Groundworks Collaborative
Award: $60,000, February 2019
Fanny Holt Ames & Edna Louise Holt Fund
Proposal written on behalf of: Brattleboro Mutual Aid Association
Award: $15,000, June 2022
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Jane's Trust
Proposal written on behalf of: Groundworks Collaborative
Award: $100,000, June 2019
JED Foundation
Proposal written on behalf of: Landmark College
Award: $22,000, July 2018
Johnson Scholarship Foundation
Proposal written on behalf of: Landmark College
Award: $500,000, December 2013
Roger I. & Ruth B. MacFarlane Foundation
Proposals written on behalf of: Landmark College
Awards: $10,533, June 2015; $200,000, November 2014; and $50,000, June 2017
Morgan Le Fay Dreams Foundation
Proposal written on behalf of: Landmark College
Award: $1,038,445, June 2014
C.S. Mott Foundation
Proposal written on behalf of: Vermont Afterschool, Inc.
Award: $225,000, August 2009
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William H. Pitt Foundation
Proposals written on behalf of: Landmark College
Awards: $20,000, September 2016; $20,000, August 2015; and $20,000, July 2014
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Strauch Family Foundation
Proposal written on behalf of: Landmark College
Award: $300,000, June 2018
Solon E. Summerfield Foundation
Proposals written on behalf of: Landmark College
Awards: $30,094, October 2016; $40,000, November 2015; $50,000, November 2014; $50,000, November 2013; $50,000, November 2015; and $100,000, November 2014
Tambour Foundation
Proposals written on behalf of: Landmark College
Awards: $100,000, April 2018 and $2,000,000, February 2014
Thomas Thompson Trust
Proposals written on behalf of: Brattleboro Area Hospice, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, Brattleboro Mutual Aid
Association, Groundworks Collaborative, and Landmark College
Awards: $150,000, February 2024; $60,000, May 2023; $50,000, February 2023; $15,000, May 2022; $20,000, August 2021; $50,000, December 2020; $100,000, February 2019; and $6,500, January 2017
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United Way of Windham County
Proposals written on behalf of: Groundworks Collaborative
Awards: $30,000, July 2019; $30,000, July 2018; and $30,000, July 2017