We fund non-profit organizations throughout the United States. The Foundation hosted a presentation for Central Support employees by Peter Edelman on welfare and poverty in America. Peter Edelman served as Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services until he resigned in protest over President Clinton's signing of the Welfare Reform Bill. CYWD is a youth-run group working to serve the needs of young women living on their own. The grant went to the Girls in Charge project which trains young women to be advocates, commissioners, board members and organizers.
Tenants pool their existing security deposits as capital available to the local community.
Community Action Teams. These teams make small grants to local community organizations. St. Albans' CAT did renovation work on the playground of the Champlain Island Parent Child Center. Central Support employees gathered donated food, clothing and presents that the Canaan Food Shelf distributed at Christmas to 20 families in the Northeast Kingdom, Vermont's poorest region. Corporate Giving supports social mission issues of interest to the Company such as rBGH and sustainable agriculture.