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    • Samara Fund

    The Samara Fund provides grants and scholarships to LGBTQ+ Vermonters.

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    Samara Fund bike riders (image courtesy of Pride Rides)
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    image courtesy of Pride Rides

    The Samara Fund at the Vermont Community Foundation is a group of Queer and Trans Vermonters committed to a vision of transformational grants and scholarships to the people and groups throughout Vermont who demonstrate their dedication to the empowerment, health, and safety of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and HIV positive (LGBTQ+) people.

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    Contact Us

    With questions about the Samara Fund and grant program, please contact Elisabeth Marx.

     

    Elisabeth Marx
    No gifts to the Vermont Community Foundation shall directly or indirectly subject the Vermont Community Foundation to a prohibited material restriction as defined by federal law. All gifts are subject to a federally required amendment or variance power that permits the Vermont Community Foundation to vary from the terms and conditions of agreements with donors relative to the purpose, investment, and management of its funds subject to the procedural requirements of Vermont state law. In practice, the Foundation uses this variance power rarely and only if the needs of the community have shifted. The Foundation will be in communication with donors should such a shift occur.