About Mv Vision Fellowship Fund
The Martha’s Vineyard Vision Fellowship is a nonprofit organization rooted in the Vineyard community. The Vision Fellowship empowers promising Islanders who are committed to the environmental and social sustainability of Martha’s Vineyard.
Focus Areas
Affordable HousingAlternative and Renewable EnergyConservation and BiodiversityEducation (including Environmental Education)Elder ServicesHealth Care (including Mental Health)Island CulturesShellfish and Fishery Management and ConservationSocial ServicesSustainable AgricultureSustainable Architecture/Built EnvironmentWater (including Nitrogen Management and Water Resources)
About Mv Vision Fellowship Fund
Mv Vision Fellowship Fund centers fellowship support around Martha’s Vineyard residents and Island institutions, with awards that tie education, professional development, and project work to the community’s sustainability priorities. The largest recent grant in the file was a $170,140 award to Martha’s Vineyard Commission for an energy planner role, showing that the fund can underwrite substantial staffing support when a project aligns with Island needs. Other awards show a similar pattern of backing capacity-building positions and field-specific work, including support for Vineyard Power Development Fund and the Martha’s Vineyard Museum. The fund’s stated interest areas are broad but locally grounded: affordable housing, conservation and biodiversity, education, older adult services, health care, sustainable agriculture, fisheries, water, waste, and related community services. Its active programs include mid-career fellowships, scholar awards, and project-based fellowships, all tied to Martha’s Vineyard or the Cape and Islands. The overall picture is of a place-based funder using fellowships and grants to strengthen the people and organizations working on Island sustainability.
What Mv Vision Fellowship Fund Funds
A clear theme in the grant record is energy transition work. The fund gave $75,000 to Vineyard Power Development Fund for energy transition coordination in 2025, matching a $75,000 award in 2024 for the same purpose. It also supported Martha’s Vineyard Commission with an energy planner grant and a separate fellowship award for that position, reinforcing its interest in planning capacity. Conservation and waste work appear as another cluster. Vineyard Conservation Society received support for a composting project, while Biodiversityworks was funded for the Natural Neighbors Project. In the food and fisheries space, Martha’s Vineyard Fishermen’s Preservation Trust was funded for sustainable seafood, and Martha’s Vineyard Shellfish Group also appears among recent recipients. The fund also supports community learning and outreach, including agricultural films and tick-borne illness education and reduction.
How Mv Vision Fellowship Fund Gives
Typical awards cluster tightly around the mid-$20,000 range, with a p25 of $22,625, a median of $25,000, and a p75 of $35,821. The recent-grants file also shows a wider range when the fund makes larger staffing or planning grants, such as the $170,140 award to Martha’s Vineyard Commission. The grant record includes repeat support to the same organizations across multiple years, including Vineyard Power Development Fund and Vineyard Conservation Society, which points to ongoing relationships rather than one-off awards. The fund is a regular funder and does not make program-related investments. One active program, the Martha’s Vineyard Vision Fellowship, accepts unsolicited applications; the other listed fellowship programs are case-by-case and do not accept unsolicited proposals.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$312K
Total Assets
$7.3M
Total Revenue
$1.2M
Total Expenses
$983K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $23K and $36K, with a median of $25K.
25th Percentile
$23K
Median
$25K
75th Percentile
$36K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
KAREN KOHLBERG DAVIS
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