2025 Peasant Market Grants
In May 2026, St. Stephen’s awarded grants from the 2025 Peasant Market.
$24,000 in grants were awarded to:
Tri-Valley Transit will use Peasant Market grant funding to leverage government grants to purchase two new 22-seat buses. This collaborative approach for replacing unreliable, outdated buses will enable Addison County riders to access transportation for employment, medical services, grocery shopping, and other vital destinations. This proposal best met all our goals of transforming lives and communities, curbing isolation, using collaborative funding techniques, and providing necessary basic services using innovative delivery methods! Congratulations on being awarded a $10,000 grant!
Charter House Coalition will purchase essential goods for the emergency shelter and the street outreach programs, including food and water supplies, clothing, outdoor gear, medical supplies, safety equipment, prescription co-pays, and transportation.
John Graham Housing and Services will help people stabilize their households, regain autonomy, interact with the community, and seek permanent housing by providing gas cards.
Laundry Love will provide people with free use of washers and dryers, along with detergent and dryer sheets, once a month. A volunteer is on site to chat and offer donated snacks. This program recognizes the dignity of every human being since adults and children need to be clean to boost self-esteem, perform at school, and find and maintain employment.
ACORN’s Farmacy: Food is Medicine Program will be able to continue providing about 65 families with monthly CSA shares in the fall and winter, and will educate participants on how to prepare and enjoy the food in their share.
Welcome Home Kits provide basic housekeeping necessities for low-income or vulnerable persons who are moving into permanent housing. A caseworker may request a kit with bed linens, pillows and blankets, pots and pans, dishes and utensils, cleaning supplies, and other necessary items.
2024 Peasant Market Grants
In May 2025, St. Stephen’s awarded grants from the 2024 Peasant Market.
$28,500 in grants were awarded to:
Atria Collective – Open Door Clinic (ODC) – Counseling Service of Addison County (CSAC)
Elderly Services – John Graham Housing and Services - Willowell Foundation
Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community: The Grove and Gather - Henry Sheldon Museum –Middlebury Community Music Center (MCMC)
Turning Point Center of Addison County – Homeward Bound - Middlebury Skate Park – New Community Project (NCP)
2023 Peasant Market Grants
In May 2024, St. Stephen’s awarded grants from the 2023 Peasant Market.
$15,000 in grants were awarded to:
Addison County Relocalization Network (ACORN) Farmacy Program – Addison Allies Network - Addison County Restorative Justice Service
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Vergennes Cooking Club – Counseling Service of Addison County (CSAC) Youth Cooking Program – Middlebury Community Music Center Summer Camp Program
Rokeby Museum – Turning Point Center of Addison County – Vergennes Community Food Shelf – Vergennes Opera House All Access Project – Viva El Sabor
2022 Peasant Market Grants
In May 2023, St. Stephen’s awarded grants from the 2022 Peasant Market.
$23,000 in grants were awarded to:
Addison Central Teens - HOPE - Addison County Readers - Charter House
Mary Johnson Children’s Center - Middlebury Area Land Trust (MALT) - Otter Creek Child Center
Counseling Service of Addison County - Middlebury Skatepark Project - Addison Community Action/CVOEO
The 2020 Peasant Market was canceled due to the COVID Pandemic.
2019 Peasant Market Grants
In Spring of 2020 St. Stephen’s awarded grants funded from the 2019 Peasant Market.
$15,088.00 was distributed to the following organizations
John W. Graham Emergency Shelter - MidSummer Lunch and Recreation Program - Addison Central Teens and Friends Inc - Guatemala Youth Initiative - Open Door Clinic - Rock Point Summer Camp - Mary Johnson Children's Center - HOPE - ACTR - Camp Ubuntu - Episcopal Relief & Development