Cathedral Square Corporation
Cathedral Square Corporation is a South Burlington, Vermont, public charity founded in 1977. It develops and operates affordable, service-enriched housing for older adults and people with special needs, provides supportive services, and administers the statewide SASH® program.
Cathedral Square Corporation at a glance
In short: Cathedral Square Corporation gave $2.0M across 15 grants in 2025 (avg $137K), mostly in Vermont. 7% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $2,048,719
- +17.0% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 15
- +7.1% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $136,581
- +9.2% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $118,502
- Total assets
- $52,310,498
- +20.1% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 7% first-time grantees (1 of 15, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- Vermont (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Cathedral Square Corporation
- Contact
Mailing address: 412 Farrell Street 100, South Burlington, VT 05403
Phone: (802) 859-8810
Website: https://cathedralsquare.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Cathedral Square Corporation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Brattleboro Housing Authority ($305K). Together the top 10 received $1.8M.
Grant Size Distribution
70 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 28 grants of 70 (40%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
All grant dollars reported for filing year 2025 went to recipients in Vermont. The organization’s website says it administers SASH statewide and operates housing communities in Vermont.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 15 itemized grants.
Cities
Is Cathedral Square Corporation open to new grantees?
7%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 1 of 15 grantees (7%) were first-time recipients. With only 15 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 7 points. First grants averaged $15K; repeat grants $145K. How we count
Medians: $15K first-time, $124K repeat.
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2020–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $997K (2020) to $2.0M (2025). In 2025 it made 15 grants totaling $2.0M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Brattleboro Housing Authority Brattleboro, VT | Sash Grant | $305,472 |
| Howard Center Inc Burlington, VT | Sash Grant | $305,192 |
| Windham and Windsor Housing Trust Brattleboro, VT | Sash Grant | $212,121 |
| Winooski Housing Authority Winooski, VT | Sash Grant | $182,505 |
| Addison County Community Trust Vergennes, VT | Sash Grant | $172,504 |
| Burlington Housing Authority Burlington, VT | Sash Grant | $139,380 |
| Champlain Housing Trust Burlington, VT | Sash Grant | $129,380 |
| Washington County Mental Health Services Inc Montpelier, VT | Sash Grant | $118,502 |
| Northeast Kingdom Human Services St Johnsbury, VT | Sash Grant | $113,791 |
| VT State Housing Authority Montpelier, VT | Sash Grant | $86,252 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $52,310,498 | $26,191,010 | $17,681,888 | $2,048,719 | 15 | $253,546 |
| 2024 | $43,558,575 | $18,289,928 | $17,179,671 | $1,750,491 | 14 | $237,877 |
| 2023 | $28,722,358 | $16,190,717 | $15,304,910 | $1,226,578 | 11 | $15,539 |
| 2022 | $28,261,973 | $15,598,692 | $13,910,801 | $1,009,133 | 15 | $158,225 |
| 2021 | $25,788,244 | $15,524,775 | $13,326,915 | $1,009,136 | 15 | $542,117 |
| 2020 | $25,420,216 | $15,157,449 | $12,873,415 | $997,428 | 15 | $51,391 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
Cathedral Square’s stated mission is to provide beautiful, safe, affordable homes with compassionate care, empowering its communities to live with purpose, dignity, and a sense of belonging. Its 2024–2026 strategic plan identifies operations, property development, SASH, fundraising and marketing, and justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion as strategic areas. The plan also names sustainable funding for traditional SASH, SASH for All, an Embedded Mental Health Program, and Medicare Advantage plans as priorities.
The 2025 filing describes SASH as a partnership connecting statewide health and long-term-care systems with nonprofit affordable-housing providers. It says the program helps seniors and people with special needs access support while living at home. The filing also describes 14 memory-care units at Allen Brook and 38 assisted-living units for income-eligible older adults.
In 2025, the corporation’s listed grants went to Vermont organizations. Among the recipients, Addison County Community Trust says it develops and preserves affordable housing and provides supports for families, seniors, and individuals in Addison County. Champlain Housing Trust describes its work as developing and stewarding permanently affordable homes and related community assets in northwest Vermont. Northeast Kingdom Human Services says it provides community-based mental-health, substance-abuse, and developmental services in three northeastern Vermont counties. Shires Housing says it provides safe, decent, permanently affordable housing for low- and moderate-income residents of Bennington County.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, Cathedral Square reported 15 grants totaling $2,048,719. Grant amounts ranged from $15,000 to $305,472, with a median of $118,502. The listed grants were identified as SASH grants.
The largest listed awards were $305,472 to Brattleboro Housing Authority and $305,192 to Howard Center Inc. Other notable awards included $212,121 to Windham and Windsor Housing Trust, $182,505 to Winooski Housing Authority, $172,504 to Addison County Community Trust, $139,380 to Burlington Housing Authority, and $129,380 to Champlain Housing Trust.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Tim Sampson as president; Peg Maffitt as secretary; Aaron Ferenc as treasurer; and Susan McMillan, Carroll Ockert, Chol Dhoor, Lacey Smith, Nancy Snyder, Stephen Leffler, and Mark Levine as members.
Cathedral Square Corporation is led by Kim Fitzgerald, CEO on every filing since 2020; 1 of 15 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Kim Fitzgerald
CEO
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
$130K (2020) → $164K (2025)
Tim Sampson
President
Director → Vice President, 2024
Vice President → President, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Carroll Ockert
Member
Director → Member, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Greta Getlein
Member
Director → Member, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Chol Dhoor
Member
Director → Member, 2024
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nancy Snyder
Member
Director → Member, 2024
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Aaron Ferenc
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark Levine
Member
Director → Member, 2024
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sarah Muyskens
Vice President
Director → Member, 2024
Member → Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Patricia Pomerleau
Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Peg Maffitt
Secretary
Member → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Susan McMillan
Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lacey Smith
Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Stephen Leffler
Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Susan Stock
Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (12)
- Former: Jennifer Green (2020–2024) — Member
- Former: Mohamed Basha (2020–2024) — President
- Former: Shaun Gilpin (2020–2024) — Secretary
- Former: Carol Moran-Brown (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Craig Jones (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Stephanie Taylor (2020–2023) — Vice President
- Former: Malimu Dhoor (2023) — Director
- Former: Amy Putnam (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Erik Hoekstra (2020–2022) — Treasurer
- Former: Polly Nichol (2020–2022) — Secretary
- Former: Chris Davis (2020–2021) — President
- Former: Mary Boiselle (2020–2021) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $164K, to Kim Fitzgerald (CEO).
Frequently asked questions about Cathedral Square Corporation
How much does Cathedral Square Corporation give each year?
Cathedral Square Corporation gave $2.0M across 15 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $1.8M across 14 grants.
What is Cathedral Square Corporation's typical grant size?
Cathedral Square Corporation's median grant in 2025 was $118,502, and its average grant was $136,581, across 15 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from Cathedral Square Corporation that year got $15K on average.
Where does Cathedral Square Corporation give grants?
Cathedral Square Corporation gives mostly in Vermont: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Burlington, VT (3 grants), Brattleboro, VT (2 grants), Montpelier, VT (2 grants) and Barre, VT (2 grants).
Does Cathedral Square Corporation give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 15 grants with a stated purpose on Cathedral Square Corporation's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Sash Grant" (15 grants).
Who are Cathedral Square Corporation's largest grantees?
Cathedral Square Corporation's largest 2025 grantees include Brattleboro Housing Authority ($305,472), Howard Center Inc ($305,192) and Windham and Windsor Housing Trust ($212,121), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 40% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Cathedral Square Corporation?
Cathedral Square Corporation reported $52.3M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $26.2M.
What does Cathedral Square Corporation fund?
Cathedral Square’s stated mission is to provide beautiful, safe, affordable homes with compassionate care, empowering its communities to live with purpose, dignity, and a sense of belonging. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Cathedral Square Corporation?
Cathedral Square Corporation has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check cathedralsquare.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is Cathedral Square Corporation's EIN?
Cathedral Square Corporation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 03-0264362. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS October 13, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 12, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 26, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS February 6, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS February 1, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 5, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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Cite this profile
Grantable. (2026). Cathedral Square Corporation funder profile. GrantGraph. Retrieved October 5, 2026, from https://grantable.co/funders/cathedral-square-corporation-morg_34dbab779c144250a912a07eec41a739
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