Open Foundations · Vermont

Alchemist Foundation Inc

Waterbury, Vermont · EIN 814970648. 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 $122K across 101 grants in 2025, a median of $1K each.

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$122K
paid in 2025
101
grants paid
$1K
median grant
62%
to first-time recipients
$45K
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
LIZ SCHLEGEL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Address
35 CROSSROAD, WATERBURY, VT, 05676
Phone
8022794695
Form the request should take
Scholarship applications for the Alchemist Opportunity Fund scholarships from eligible students should use the form and follow the instructions posted on www.alchemistopportunityfund.org. Completed applications must include application form, transcript, financial information, and three references answering the questions detailed in the application form. The Ready Alchemist Foundation Awards are one-time grants made to graduating seniors who apply with information about their post-high school plan, and provide a recommendation from a teacher, friend or community member.Grants to nonprofit organizations are made throughout the year, and proposals are by invitation only. If you are an organization working in our target area with our focus population (young people ages 16-24) on our key areas of education, workforce development and expanding opportunity, we invite you to send us an email with more details about the work you are doing and your thoughts on how our missions may align.
Submission deadline
SECOND FRIDAY IN MAY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS; ROLLING FOR GRANTS
Restrictions on awards
Only students from the high schools in our service area, including those who attend CTE (career and technical education) centers, are eligible to apply for scholarships. These high schools are Hazen Union High School, Harwood Union HS, Stowe HS, Peoples Academy, and Lamoille Union HS; CTE Centers include Green Mountain Technical & Career Center, Central Vermont Career Center, and others. Scholarships are need-based and targeted to students from moderate-income families; documentation of financial need is required. Scholarships are multi-year and are renewable each semester when a 2.5 GPA is met, and transcript and schedule for upcoming classes are provided. In general, no student receives more than $6,000 over four years.Only students from the schools listed above are eligible to apply for the one-time Ready Alchemist Foundation Awards. These awards are targeted specifically for students who are not planning to attend a post-secondary institution immediately after high school. Programm

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202631989349100513. 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.

scholarshipeducation

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 101 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1United Way NwVT$10,500GENERAL PURPOSE
2MakersphereVT$6,500EDUCATION INITIATIVES
3Lydia HallVT$3,000SCHOLARSHIP
4Up for LearningVT$3,000EDUCATION INITIATIVES
5Pennsylvania State UniversityPA$2,500EDUCATION INITIATIVES
6Allison SuprenantVT$2,250SCHOLARSHIP
7Marielle BenoitVT$2,250SCHOLARSHIP
8Education Justice Coalition of VtVT$1,853EDUCATION INITIATIVES
9Anthony Viola IvVT$1,500SCHOLARSHIP
10Ava LefevreVT$1,500SCHOLARSHIP
11Bobby JonesVT$1,500SCHOLARSHIP
12Charlie GuyetteVT$1,500SCHOLARSHIP
13Community College of VtVT$1,500EDUCATION INITIATIVES
14Dawson JacksonVT$1,500SCHOLARSHIP
15Elaine PanVT$1,500SCHOLARSHIP

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202059$97K
202175$124K
202291$137K
202397$116K
2025 (partial year)101$122K

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Vermont99%
Pennsylvania1%

Who decides

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

Ashli RobertsTreasurer · 2025
Cynthia DonlonDirector · 2025
Elizabeth SchlegelExecutive Dir. · 2025
Jennifer KimmichCHAIR · 2025
John KimmichDirector · 2025
Lynn VeraDirector · 2025
Shapleigh SmithVICE CHAIR · 2025
Thomas StevensSecretary · 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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