The Vermont Community Foundation was established in 1986 as a permanent source of support for the state. We are a family of hundreds of funds and foundations created by Vermonters to serve their charitable goals. We provide the advice, investment vehicles, and back-office expertise to make your giving easy and inspiring. Together, our funds and programs provide more than $30 million a year in grants in Vermont and beyond.

JMM & Associates is a full-service, public accounting firm located in Burlington. Our reputation is built on years of providing high-quality service with a focus on meeting client’s unique needs while keeping services cost effective.

Accounting for not-for-profit entities has been a special focus of the firm for more than thirty years. We have provided not only audit services, but also controllership and pro bono service to a wide variety of local charities. A major component of a vibrant business environment is a strong community. JMM is pleased to be able to assist organizations such as the Burlington Students Foundation in making Chittenden County a better place to live and work.

Every problem we solve revolves around it. Kind of like it revolves around the sun. KSV is a collective of creative and strategic thinkers who are committed to a more sustainable existence. Dedicated advertising, marketing, and energy experts who are extremely motivated by results that lead to making this planet a cleaner, more wonderful place to live. For all 8.7 million forms of life that exist on it.

There is nothing we love more than to elevate the success of any organization that shares that mindset with us.

Started in 2002, Very Merry Theatre is a Vermont-based theater company for children and teenagers, ages 6-18. Each year, our young thespians collaborate on the performance of VMT’s original musical adaptations of classical drama and literature, as well as other licensed musicals and plays.

In the summer, the centerpiece of Very Merry Theatre is a unique, 19th century style traveling theater wagon, complete with a fold-out stage, which is transported to community settings, transforming local parks into live theater venues for our performances. Very Merry’s permanent home is called “333” and is located in Burlington’s old north end. At 333, we have four seasonal sessions that include productions, workshops, classes and special events and performances. Every year, Very Merry produces shows at local schools.

Through our collaboration with Burlington Students Foundation, Very Merry has been able to reach hundreds of students at local schools who otherwise would have little opportunity for performing arts enrichment.

Item descriptionThe Healthy City Youth Initiative is a program of Friends of Burlington Gardens, a nonprofit organization that works with community, school, and neighborhood gardens in the city of Burlington and across the state. The Healthy City Youth Initiative is a hands-on, farm-to-school program designed to boost physical activity, increase healthy lifestyle choices and teach basic cooking and gardening skills to Burlington students. The heart of the program — a half-acre production garden located on the grounds of Hunt Middle School — provides 26 weeks of service-learning programming for 380 students. Through Healthy City’s partnership in the Burlington School Food Project, fresh vegetables from school gardens and area farms are integrated into cafeteria salad bars and soups, harvest dinners, senior meals, and school-wide taste tests.

People’s United Bank is a subsidiary of People’s United Financial, Inc., a diversified financial services company with approximately $28 billion in assets. People’s United Bank, founded in 1842, is the largest independent bank headquartered in New England and provides consumer, commercial and wealth management services through approximately 375 branches in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New York, New Hampshire, and Maine. Through additional subsidiaries, People’s United provides equipment financing, asset management, brokerage and financial advisory services, and insurance services.

Our firm provides outstanding service to our clients because of our attention to three underlying principles: Professionalism, Responsiveness and Quality. In addition to providing services to for-profit and not-for-profit enterprises, Wallace Tapia, CPA offers scholarships as a means of encouraging students to enter the accounting profession. Since the program’s inception in 1997, the firm has awarded 21 scholarships to deserving Vermont students committed to pursuing a career in the field of accounting.