Of course we care. This is our home, too.
At NorthCountry, our team is committed to serving our neighbors in every way possible. We offer financial support to nonprofit groups that make this little corner of the world a better place for all of us. For questions regarding community giving, contact us or review the community giving grant application for more information. Curious about organizations we've helped? Here's who we supported in 2023:
- Addison County Community Action
- Addison Food Shelf/CVOEO
- Addison Otters Swim Team
- Adult & Teen Challenge Vermont
- Age Well
- Albert D. Lawton Intermediate School (Essex)
- Alburgh Golf Links
- Alburgh Public Library
- Alburgh Volunteer Fire Department
- Aldrich Public Library
- American Cancer Society - Hope Lodge
- American Heart Association
- Amy's Armoire
- Anew Place
- Bakersfield Volunteer Fire Department
- Berlin Elementary
- Big Beautiful Life
- Big Heavy World
- Brighton Recreation
- Burke Senior Meal Site
- Burlington Dismas House
- Burlington Football Club
- Burlington Parks & Waterfront
- C.I.D.E.R.
- Cabot Mentoring
- Caledonia County Fair
- Caledonia Hockey Club
- Cambridge Elementary School
- Camp Ta-Kum-Ta
- Cancer Patient Support Foundation
- Capstone Community Action
- Catch the Cure
- Center for Health and Learning
- Central Vermont Adult Basic Education, Inc.
- Central Vermont Council on Aging
- Central Vermont Habitat for Humanity
- Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice
- Central Vermont Humane Society
- Central Vermont Medical Center
- Champlain Housing Trust
- Champlain Islands Food Shelf
- Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO)
- Colchester Debate Team
- Colchester Food Shelf
- Colebrook Area Food Pantry
- Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS)
- Common Roots
- Community Health Centers
- Conscious Homestead
- Coventry SPICE
- Craftsbury Antiques & Uniques
- Cross Vermont Trail Association
- Cub Scout Pack 646
- Disability Rights Vermont
- Dragonheart Vermont
- East Burke School, Inc.
- Elderly Services, Inc.
- ELPA (Echo Lake Protective Association)
- Enosburg Food Shelf
- Essex Chargers Youth Football
- Essex Rescue
- Essex Town Little League
- Ethan Allen Homestead Museum
- Family Center of Washington County
- Feeding Chittenden
- Franklin County Animal Rescue
- Franklin Grand Isle Restorative Justice Center
- Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains
- Girls on the Run
- Glover Ambulance Squad
- Golden Huggs Rescue
- Good Beginnings of Central Vermont
- Governor's Institutes of Vermont
- Greater Burlington Multicultural Resource Center
- Greater Burlington YMCA
- Green Mountain Mobile Therapy
- Guardian Angel Ministries, Inc
- Halo Foundation
- Hand-to-Hand
- Heineberg Community Senior Center
- Hinesburg Community Resource Center
- HOPE
- Humane Society of Chittenden County
- Hunger Free Vermont
- Intervale Center
- Islands in the Sun Senior Center
- Isle LaMotte Community Organization
- Janet S Munt Family Room
- Jaquith Public Library
- Jenna's Promise
- Joint Council for Economic Opportunity - Champlain
- Kellogg-Hubbard Library
- Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center
- Lake Champlain Islands Economic Development Corp.
- Lamoille Area Cancer Network
- Lamoille Community Food Share
- Lamoille Community House
- Lamoille County Players
- Lamoille Family Center
- Lamoille Housing Partnership
- Lamoille Neighbors
- Laraway Youth and Family Services
- Littleton Food Pantry/Bridge Outreach
- Local Motion
- Love Your Brain
- LRUEMSD
- Lund Family Center
- Lyndon Area Chamber of Commerce
- Lyndon Area Emergency Food Shelf
- Lyndon Area Meal Site
- Mahana Magic
- Make A Wish
- Mansfield Nordic Club
- Martha's Community Kitchen
- McClure Miller Respite House
- Mercy Connections
- Miles for Migraine
- Milton Youth Hockey Association
- Monkton Volunteer Fire Department
- Montpelier Senior Activity Center
- Morrisville Soccer Club, Inc
- NAMI
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society
- NCCC Personal Care Closet
- NCCC SkillsUSA Chapter
- Neighbors in Action
- NEKCA
- NEKHO Patient Caring Fund
- Newbury Food Shelf
- NOFA-VT
- North Country Animal League
- North Country Supervisory Union
- North Country Youth Hockey
- North End Food Pantry
- Northeast Disabled Athletic Association
- Northern Forest Canoe Trail
- Northern Stage
- Northern Vermont University
- Northwest Family Foods
- OCBR
- Old Stone House Museum
- Olney Invitational
- Orleans County Babe Ruth League
- Orleans County Fair
- Orleans County Rod and Gun Club
- Orleans County Sheriff's Department
- Orleans Elementary
- Orleans Fireman's Association
- Outright Vermont
- Passion 4 Paws
- Prevent Child Abuse Vermont
- Recovery Partners of Vermont
- Rhino Foods Foundation
- Richford Firefighters Association
- Richford Health Center, Inc.
- Richford Recreation
- Ronald McDonald House (Burlington)
- Rotary Club of Newport
- Rumney Memorial School
- Sail Beyond Cancer
- Saint Albans For the Future
- Saint Michael's College
- Salvation Farms
- SHARES Corporation
- Sons of the American Legion Post 60
- South Burlington Food Shelf
- South Burlington Recreation & Parks
- South Burlington School District
- Special Olympics Vermont
- Spectrum
- St. Paul's Catholic School
- St.Johnsbury Elks Lodge #1343
- STARBASE Vermont
- Stowe Parks and Recreation (Town of Stowe)
- The Circus Barn dba Circus Smirkus
- The Cure Starts Now Foundation
- The Mitzvah Fund
- The Renita Marshall Helping Hands Foundation, Inc.
- Thomas Fleming School
- Town of Morristown
- Toys for Kids
- Turning point of Addison
- Turning Point of Chittenden
- Twin Valley Senior Center
- U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Vermont Field Office
- U32
- Umbrella
- Under the Wings Youth Outreach
- United Way NW Vermont
- University of Vermont
- UVM Health Network – Home Health & Hospice
- UVM Medical Center
- Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (VABVI)
- Vermont Children's Trust Foundation
- Vermont Civil Air Patrol
- Vermont Community Foundation
- Vermont Creative Imagination Inc.
- Vermont Disaster Recovery Fund
- Vermont Folklife
- Vermont Foodbank
- Vermont Hoopsters Co.
- Vermont Mountain Bike Association
- Vermont National Guard Charitable Foundation
- Vermont Parks Forever
- Vermont Racial Justice Alliance
- Vermont Symphony Orchestra
- Vermont Works for Women
- Vermont Youth Orchestra
- VerShare
- VFW Auxiliary 798
- Village Improvement Society, Inc. dba Powers Park
- Washington County Mental Health Services
- Water Wanderings
- Wednesday on the Waterfront
- Williston Food Shelf
- Wood4Good
You've got questions, we've got answers
View All FAQsComplete the standard application and submit it according to the instructions. Please allow six to eight weeks for a decision.
You can apply anytime! We set aside a budget for community giving starting January 1st of every year. We make donations throughout the year until those funds run out. It can take six to eight weeks to process an application, so if the funds are time sensitive please keep that in mind. You are allowed to apply more than once a year and/or multiple years in a row.
Our only requirement is that you are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Some causes we give to are health, human services, arts and leisure, social responsibility, and education.
Funding is not offered for:
- Religious*, political, advocacy, for-profit, or labor organizations
- Organizations with missions that conflict with our corporate guidelines
- Operating funds (utilities, payroll, dues, etc.)
- Individuals
- Travel/trips/tours**
- Private education
- Private daycare centers
* Programs sponsored by a religious organization (such as addiction recovery and food shelves), may qualify for consideration.
** Small requests for educational trips may be approved at the discretion of your local branch.
NorthCountry has several channels of community giving. Requests over $5,000 are submitted to our Board of Directors for review; our employee-run Cares Committee reviews requests up to $5,000; and each branch has a community giving budget as well. The amount approved is determined by the need for the project/program, the benefit to the population, and the impact on community.