Non-Profits
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Vermont River Conservancy
We are a statewide, water-focused, nonprofit land trust supported by people, like you, who believe that the protection of exceptional shore land is essential to the quality of life in Vermont. With your help, we can continue to protect popular swimming holes, breathtaking gorges, magnificent waterfalls, fishing and boating accesses, paddlers’ trails, wildlife corridors, watersheds and so much more. We also seek to improve Vermont communities’ flood resiliency by actively exploring new conservation approaches that convert flood-threatened private property to public open space for recreation and public access.
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✳Art Resource Association
The Art Resource Association is an organization of Central Vermont artists whose goal is to promote and support its member artists. As part of that mission, we regularly hold group art shows in Montpelier Vermont. We also provide a monthly, rotating exhibit at the City Center in Montpelier which is available for solo and group shows. The A.R. A. also provides educational opportunities where members offer special workshops to the community. Through the Phil Osgathorp Scholarship fund, we award need-based fellowships for the Vermont Artist Week at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson. We believe in art - that it makes our world a better place and that it needs to be shared.
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✳Vermont Historical Society
The Vermont Historical Society engages both Vermonters and "Vermonters at heart" in the exploration of our state's rich heritage. Our purpose is to reach a broad audience through our outstanding collections, statewide outreach, and dynamic programming. We believe that an understanding of the past changes lives and builds better communities.
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✳Vermont Medical Society
The Vermont Medical Society is the leading voice of physicians and physician assistants in the state and is dedicated to advancing the practice of medicine by advocating on behalf of Vermont's clinicians and the patients and communities they care for.
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✳Central Vermont New Directions Coalition
Central Vermont New Directions Coalition was established in 1998 to serve the needs of youth and families in six Washington County towns. The coalition is a non-profit organization dedicated to making a difference in youth substance use in our community. With the help of community members and organizations we are able to successfully educate and inform all demographics within our community.
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✳Kiwanis Club of Montpelier
The mission of the Kiwanis Club is to serve the children of the world - one child at a time - in our greater Montpelier community.
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✳North Branch Nature Center
For 22 years North Branch Nature Center has put people in touch with the sights, sounds and sensations of the wild within our capital. North Branch Nature Center has become an integral part of outdoor recreation and learning in central Vermont, serving 10,000 visitors annually. Our 28-acre preserve of forest and fields is nestled in a gentle bend of the North Branch of the Winooski River, just two miles from downtown Montpelier. North Branch is firefly light sparkling in a child’s eye. It is a lecture hall where we learn the secrets of warblers and willows and weather. And it is a quiet place to walk or ski, swim or sit, or simply to do nothing beside the river.
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✳Kellogg-Hubbard Library
We provide central Vermont a variety of resources and programs for kids and adults. Whether you want fun or research we are your community library!
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✳Center for Arts and Learning
The Center for Arts and Learning offers space where artists, musicians, writers, and small nonprofits can practice, create, and serve the community. We show works by local artists, offer performances and events, and serve as a hub for the arts in Montpelier.
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✳T.W. Wood Gallery
The mission of the T.W. Wood Gallery is to preserve our artistic heritage and bring the best of today's art to Central Vermont. With various, unique gallery experiences at the T.W. Wood, our patrons are able to venture through history and contemporary times in art.
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✳Vermont College of Fine Arts
VCFA is a global community of artists continuously redefining what it means to be an arts college. We measure our success by our ability to foster the excellence of emerging and established practitioners. As the only college devoted exclusively to graduate fine arts education, VCFA offers artists and writers a transformative and progressive educational experience.
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✳Vermont Arts Council
The Council is committed to building a Vermont where art, culture, and creativity are at the heart of our communities. Engagement with the arts transforms individual lives, connects people more deeply to each other, energizes the economy, and sustains the vibrant cultural landscape that makes Vermont a great place to live. Since 1965, the Vermont Arts Council has been the state's primary provider of funding, advocacy, and information for the arts in Vermont. The Vermont Arts Council is unique. It is the only designated state arts agency in the U.S. that is also an independent nonprofit organization.