Who We Are

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Our Mission, Our Vision

The Orton Family Foundation helps people steer the change in their communities. Read our mission and ends statements here. Go

Heart & Soul

Access a compendium of resources and processes designed to help communities nurture and sustain their heart and soul. Go

History

Read about Lyman and Noel, Cabot, Gardiner and Eliot—not to mention numerous Bills—in the story of the Foundation's origins. Go

Staff

The Foundation staff works out of offices in the Northeast and Rocky Mountain West. Get to know us here. Go

Trustees

The Trustees are the governing authority of the Foundation. No one messes with the Trustees. Learn more about them here. Go

Partners

As an operating foundation, we’re interested in getting our hands dirty, in working on the ground in real projects with real partners. Go

Fellows

The Fellows program supports land use innovators engaged in research, writing and practice and encourages new approaches to the planning challenges facing America’s small towns. Go

Jobs and Internships

Check here for career and internship opportunities at the Foundation’s offices in Middlebury, Vermont and Denver, Colorado. Go

Contact Us

We invite you to contribute to our growing community of innovative practices and ideas. Go

The Orton Family Foundation, founded in 1995 by Lyman Orton and Noel Fritzinger, is an operating foundation that helps communities in the Northeast and Rocky Mountain West discover, describe, apply and sustain their “heart and soul.”