Open Foundations · Vermont

Oakland Foundation

Stowe, Vermont · EIN 550754353. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $228K across 78 grants in 2025, a median of $2K each.

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$228K
paid in 2025
78
grants paid
$2K
median grant
26%
to first-time recipients
$2.6M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
OAKLAND FOUNDATION
Address
PO BOX 26103, PARKERSBURG, WV, 26103
Phone
8022535115
Form the request should take
SEE ATTACHED GRANT APPLICATION FORM
Submission deadline
FOUNDATION HAS FOUR ANNUAL GRANT APPLICATION DUE DATES, MARCH 1, JUNE 1, SEPTEMBER 1, DECEMEBER 1. S
Restrictions on awards
GRANT REQUIREMENT IS THAT APPLICANTS ARE QUALIFIED NON- PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS OR OTHER QUALIFIED ENTITIES. THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS ARE LISTED IN THE GRANT APPLICATION GUIDELINES.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202641339349100139. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

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Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 78 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Wv University Parkersburg FoundatioWV$10,000SUPPORT WVUP FOUNDATION OAKLAND FUND
2Planned Parenthood Northrn New EngVT$5,250SUPPORT BARRE OFFICE SLIDING SCALE
3Mtn Laurel Learning CooperativeWV$5,120PRO. TRAINING & MONTESSORI MATERIAL
4Active Southern West VirginiaWV$5,000HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS ALL AGES
5Alpine Heritage PreservationWV$5,000RESTORE COTTILL'S OPERA HOUSE
6Appalachian ExpeditionsWV$5,000BACKCOUNTRY SCHOLARSHIPS
7Heart of the HighlandsWV$5,000IMPROVE AND MAINTAIN TRAIL SYSTEM
8High Rocks Educational CorpWV$5,000SUMMER CAMP HEALTHY LIVING&WILLNES
9Mt Mansfield Winter AcademyVT$5,000CREATE MAKERSPACE ROOM
10Parkersburg Art CenterWV$5,000PUBLISH PROMOTIONAL MAGAZINE
11Saranam Retreat CenterWV$5,000INSTALL ACCESSIBLE BATHROOM
12Shelburne FarmsVT$5,000BREEDING BARN RESTORATION
13Shelburne MuseumVT$5,000BIG RIVER
14St Francis Xavier ChurchWV$5,000GENERAL SUPPORT
15West Virginia Division of ForestryWV$4,960CHILDREN'S BOOKS FOR ENVO WORKSHOPS

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202059$185K
202163$167K
202257$167K
202362$216K
202471$231K
2025 (partial year)78$228K

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Vermont55%
West Virginia44%
Ohio1%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Athey LutzSECRETARY · 2025
John LutzVICE-PRESIDE · 2025
Kathrine CoppockPRESIDENT · 2025

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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