Photo taken of the board during the summer of 2008. Front: Kelly Odiorne, Kathy Mosenthal, and Ed Glazer. Back:, David Edell, Cal Low, Jim Wilbur, John Waite, and Greg Meulemans. Not shown: Brenda Gotleib, Dick Lecthaler, Barbara Price and Diana Stugger

Stratton Foundation's Mission
The mission of the Stratton Foundation is to enhance the quality of life and create a sense of community in Southern Vermont. In order to achieve this mission, the Stratton Foundation seeks members, creates events and programs, solicits contributions, and distributes grants to non-profit organizations in the community.

How does the Stratton Foundation help in area communities?
During the past ten years, the Foundation has contributed just over $500,000 to non-profit organizations in support of projects that meet a documented need in one or more of the sixteen communities served. Foundation grants improve, enhance and expand projects in five areas; Fire and Safety, Health and Social Services, Recreation and the Environment, Education, and the Community and the Arts. Click here to for more details on our grant program.

What is the Stratton Foundation?
The Stratton Foundation is not your typical foundation. Unlike conventional foundations, there is no endowment. Every dime given to the community is raised annually from the community. Individuals, area businesses, and service organizations give generously of their time, talent and financial resources to support the foundation mission. In addition, the foundation organizes four annual community-building events where people have a lot of fun together while raising additional funds for the community. A board of directors meets monthly. Many area residents assist the board through helping to organize activities. The Stratton Foundation is pure Vermont. The Foundation is all about people helping people: doing what they can to enrich the lives of all who live in the community.

What events & projects does the Stratton Foundation provide?
The Foundation sponsors a series of annual educational and entertaining events to raise funds and to meet the Foundation's mission to build community. The annual events are E-Auction, Men Who Cook, Stratton Challenge, and the Tink Smith Golf Tournament.

Why Get Involved? What some people have been saying….
“My reasons for supporting the Stratton Foundation are twofold. First and foremost, I felt that I wanted to do some charitable work in Vermont where we have a vacation home and spend so much of our time. I learned that there was a real financial need in many of the surrounding communities, and the Foundation's grant program effectively addressed this need. Seeing all the good things the Foundation has accomplished is truly rewarding.” Frankie and Jay Oberst, Stratton, VT and Livingston, NJ

"The Stratton Foundation has the experience and a very clear understanding of how best to serve the community. We have chosen the Foundation as our primary Vermont charity, knowing our contributions will truly make a difference for many people, in many ways throughout the area." Alan and Mindy Bloom, Dorset, VT

“Our family is proud to be a supporter of the Stratton Foundation. Our daughters have been lucky enough to have benefited from the Foundation’s generosity and support of various programs, starting from the time they were three and attending West River Montessori School, into grade school at The Mountain School, and now, high school at Burr & Burton Academy. The Stratton Foundation has made a very real difference in our family’s life, as with so many others in this community in which we work and live.” Steve and Tamatha Blanchard Winhall, VT

“One of the reasons we moved to Jamaica was to be part of Vermont's "sense of community–neighbor helping neighbor"–the Stratton Foundation clearly embodies that philosophy and has a visible, positive impact on our local community.” Ed Dorta-Duque Owners/Innkeepers Three Mountain Inn, Jamaica

How can I participate in the Stratton Foundation?
1. Get involved by attending our events or by helping to organize them.
2. Make a generous financial contribution and gain leverage when your contribution is pooled with those of other like-minded members of the community.
3. Donate items to an ever-expanding archive collection that celebrates what has made and continues to make our part of Vermont so special.