Engaging Vermonters in their changing landscape

For more than 50 years, the Lintilhac Foundation has been supporting and partnering with nonprofit organizations in working toward a stronger, healthier Vermont — one in which human and natural communities can all thrive together.

Photo credit: Zack Porter

Our Core Giving Areas

Clean energy and climate change

Vermont has become a leader in replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy – yet there’s much more still to do.

Explore renewable energy initiatives

Water quality

Nonprofits have spurred real action on cleaning up Lake Champlain, protecting Vermont’s rivers, streams and wetlands, and removing chemicals from drinking water.

View water quality projects

Forest health and biodiversity

Protecting our woodlands is essential — for climate-change resilience and for the well-being and diversity of our wildlife, plant life and micro-communities.

View forest health and biodiversity initiatives

Conservation and sustainable
outdoor recreation

Protecting old-growth forests and backcountry lands — with networked trails, huts and community forests — strengthens human and ecosystem health while boosting the rural economy.

Conservation and recreation achievements

Securing healthy food systems

Building Vermont’s capacity to produce safe, healthy food, and expanding everyone’s access to it, nourishes the well-being of our farms, our families and our communities.

See healthy food grantees