Donate
When a disaster strikes, we all feel the impact and look for ways to offer help. The Vermont Community Foundation helps coordinate philanthropic response after disasters.
The Vermont Community Foundation—in partnership with the Vermont Disaster Recovery Fund—has established a new permanent fund for disaster response. The David R. Coates Fund for Vermont Disaster Relief ensures Vermont communities and individuals have a reliable, immediate resource to prepare, respond, and recover when natural disasters strike.
While the VT Flood Response & Recovery Fund continues to support victims of the 2023 and 2024 floods, we encourage donors to transition their financial support to this new, more agile, permanent fund, ensuring swift action when the next disaster occurs.
Ways to Give
- Through our online giving platform via credit card, mobile pay, or bank transfer.
- Stock or Wire: For instructions on how to send gifts of stock and wire transfers please contact the Philanthropy team at philanthropy@vermontcf.org or 802-388-3355 opt. 5.
- Donor Advised Fund: Make a donation through your Vermont Community Foundation donor advised fund through your VCF Donor Portal account. Don't have a donor advised fund but want to learn more about how to make your charitable dollars go further? Contact the Philanthropy team at philanthropy@vermontcf.org or 802-388-3355 opt. 5 for more information.
- IRA Distribution: If you are 70 1/2 or older consider making a tax-exempt direct transfer to the fund using your IRA. Gifts can be made up to $100K. Qualified Distribution from an IRA (QCD): QCDs can be used to make charitable donations to the David R. Coates Fund for Vermont Disaster Relief as it is a discretionary fund. Mailing address is: 3 Court Street, Middlebury, VT 05753. Please note "VT Disaster Relief" in the memo. The Vermont Community Foundation EIN 22-2712160.
- Check: The David R. Coates Fund for Vermont Disaster Relief at the Vermont Community Foundation, 3 Court Street Middlebury, VT 05753.