Category: Announcements

Today, the Vermont Community Foundation announced $147,229 in grants to reduce stigma associated with poor mental health.

COVID-19’s impact on Vermont’s mental and behavioral health support system has been a double-edged sword. As more Vermonters experience social isolation due to disruption in their normal activities, more are also experiencing severe mental health crises and suicide ideation. At the same time, Vermont’s health system is not robust enough around mental health to handle this new influx, creating a real-back up of patients—particularly young people—in emergency departments waiting to be seen.

Today, the Vermont Community Foundation announced $150,000 in grants to expand Vermonters’ access to mental health and suicide prevention care as part of the newest recovery initiative from its VT COVID-19 Response Fund.

An update on the impact of the VT COVID-19 Response Fund from May 2021. 

The Vermont Community Foundation has announced $315,000 in grants to support people experiencing homelessness, marking the fourteenth round of grantmaking from the VT COVID-19 Response Fund.

The Vermont Community Foundation has announced $447,500 in grants from its VT COVID-19 Response Fund to support activities and events that re-engage Vermonters, particularly youth, in community events during summer 2021. 

The Vermont Community Foundation is seeking proposals from community-based organizations in support of Vermonters’ access to mental health and suicide prevention care.

Vice President for Grants and Community Investments Sarah Waring describes how the American Rescue Plan will advance the Community Foundation's COVID-19 recovery initiatives and impact philanthropy broadly in Vermont.

"With each of these initiatives, the issues underlying them are systemic and they pre-date the pandemic. We're asking the question, 'What's the role for philanthropy and for a community foundation in addressing them across Vermont communities with an eye on the long-term?' We believe that doing so is fundamental to the long term resilience of Vermont communities as we come out of this pandemic and face the years ahead."