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A Vermont church has found itself with an unusual and enviable responsibility: giving away well over half a million dollars.
A nonprofit formed by the Congregational Church of Middlebury to disburse donated funds wants the money to make the community’s shopping and dining district more vibrant. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
“There’s a buzz about it,” said Rev. Andy Nagy-Benson, the pastor at the Middlebury Congregational Church. “It feels like a once in a lifetime moment.”
The church has received two separate chunks of money, totaling $650,000, Nagy-Benson said. He told NECN it was all donated by a woman overseas with close ties to the community and church.
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John Flowers THE REV. ANDY Nagy-Benson, pastor of the Congregational Church of Middlebury, is an architect of “Table 21,” a nonprofit created to evaluate applications from businesses seeking a portion of the donated money to mop up red ink and make payroll.
A lot of times, (businesses) don’t always need $10,000 grants; sometimes it’s only $1,000 or $2,000. Rev. Andy Nagy-Benson
MIDDLEBURY The unofficial guardian angel of small, struggling Middlebury-area businesses has made another huge donation this time for $350,000 to help those that have taken a financial hit from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The anonymous benefactor who lives overseas but has ties to Middlebury has now given a total of $650,000 this year to help area farms, restaurants, and now stores that are barely making ends meet during a pandemic that just marked its grim one-year anniversary.
With additional funding up to five businesses will receive $20,000 cash grants
Vermont Business Magazine The Better Middlebury Partnership (BMP) announced today that as a result of generous donations from two community organizations, Kick Start Middlebury has doubled the size of the grants offered in its business recruitment effort, from $10,000 to $20,000 in start-up cash. Now with a total of $110,000 cash at its disposal, plus services donated by area businesses, the Kick Start Middlebury program is poised to change the town’s business and retail landscape.
The increase comes after a donation from Table 21, a non-profit founded by the Congregational Church of Middlebury (UCC). After the church received a generous charitable gift earlier this year, Rev. Andy Nagy-Benson, senior pastor and president of Table 21, assembled a board of directors that issued $280,000 in grants to selected Middlebury restaurants and area farms. Table 21 also provided $20,000 to fund a current pr