Vermont Nonprofit Navigator

Explore the organizations and people that power Vermont's $6.8 billion nonprofit economy.

By Andrea Suozzo of Seven Days

This tool was last updated in 2019. It is no longer being updated with new filings. For more info, contact: nonprofits@sevendaysvt.com.

American Legion

Po Box 25, Brandon, VT | Tax-exempt since March 1946

EIN
030173356
Last filing
12/2016
Organization type
501(c)(19)
Mission category
Not reported
Foundation type
All organizations except 501(c)(3)
Nonprofit since
March 1, 1946

Last reported financials:

Revenue
$91,847
Assets
$114,959
Source: IRS

2017

Expenses

$94,232

Salary expenses

$31,899

Revenue

$91,847

Assets

$114,959

Liabilities

$0

View 990EZ Submitted 01/29/2019

2016

Expenses

$105,635

Salary expenses

$28,127

Revenue

$102,263

Contributions and grants

$6,072

Assets

$131,551

Liabilities

$1

View 990EO Submitted 12/28/2017

2015

Expenses

$98,016

Salary expenses

$31,101

Revenue

$92,562

Contributions and grants

$8,555

Assets

$137,559

Liabilities

$3,465

View 990O Submitted 09/06/2016

2014

Expenses

$110,439

Salary expenses

$33,601

Revenue

$118,554

Contributions and grants

$19,067

Assets

$142,225

Liabilities

$2,675

View 990O Submitted 06/25/2015

2013

Expenses

$119,668

Salary expenses

$37,365

Revenue

$115,978

Contributions and grants

$6,320

Assets

$134,290

Liabilities

$2,855

View 990O Submitted 10/17/2014

Organizations are required to list board members, key employees and anyone making over $100,000 from this or a related organization.

2017

Name Title Base/Bonus Compensation Benefits and Other Compensation
John Mcclure 2Nd Vice Commander $0 $0
George Palshan 1St Vice Commander $0 $0
Aaron Tucker Commander $0 $0
Charles Munger Finance Officer $0 $0
June Kelley Adjutant $0 $0

2016

Name Title Base/Bonus Compensation Benefits and Other Compensation
Gary Stanley 1St Vice Commmander $0 $0
George Palsham 2Nd Vice Commander $0 $0
Dick Brosse Adjutant $0 $0
Charles Munger Finance Officer $0 $0
Bob Gearwar Sergeant At Arms $0 $0
Burt Reynolds Chaplain/Historian $0 $0
Aaron Tucker Commander $0 $0
Alan Henderson Board Member $0 $0
Garrent Anderson Board Member $0 $0
Burt Reynolds Executive Board $0 $0

2015

Name Title Base/Bonus Compensation Benefits and Other Compensation
Alan Henderson Board Member $0 $0
George Palshan Second Vice Commander $0 $0
Richard Brosse Adjutant $0 $0
Burt Reynolds Chaplain & Historian $0 $0
Robert Gearwar Sergeant At Arms $0 $0
Garret Anderson Board Member $0 $0
John Cram First Vice Commander $0 $0
Aaron Tucker Commander & Service Officer $0 $0
Charles Munger Finance Officer $0 $0

2014

Name Title Base/Bonus Compensation Benefits and Other Compensation
Janner Morgan Finance Officer $0 $0
John Welch First Vice Commander $0 $0
Allan Henderson Board Member $0 $0
Garrett Anderson Board Member $0 $0
Burt Reynolds Second Vice Commander $0 $0
Don Houle Board Member $0 $0
Aaron Tucker Commander $0 $0
Richard Brosse Adjutant $0 $0
George Palshan Service Officer $0 $0

2013

Name Title Base/Bonus Compensation Benefits and Other Compensation
Charles Munger Board Member $0 $0
Aaron Tucker Commander $0 $0
Burt Reynolds Second Vice Commander $0 $0
Janner Morgan Finance Officer $0 $0
Richard Brosse Adjutant $0 $0
Don Houle Board Member $0 $0
Garrett Anderson Board Member $0 $0
George Palsham First Vice Commander $0 $0

About this tool

As of May 2018, Vermont’s 6,044 nonprofits reported $6.8 billion in revenue and $13.2 billion in assets in their latest Internal Revenue Service filings. The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that nearly 18 percent of the state’s workers are employed by 501c3s.

Organizations like ProPublica and Guidestar both offer excellent tools that open up public access to the information contained in IRS 990s, the financial reports nonprofits file annually. But we wanted to be able to dive a little deeper — to see, search, sort and filter the organizations and people that make up Vermont’s nonprofit ecosystem.

So we created this tool. Like dairy? Try searching for the Vermont Cheese Council. How about horses? Check out American Morgan Horse Association or Spring Hill Horse Rescue. You’ll also find the University of Vermont Medical Center, the Committee on Temporary Shelter and Middlebury College.

Then, read Give and Take, our series of stories on Vermont's nonprofit economy.

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About the data

To build a list of Vermont nonprofit organizations, we pulled state listings from the Internal Revenue Service.

Some Vermont nonprofits — about one-third — file digitally. That includes all of the state’s largest nonprofit organizations, like hospitals and colleges, plus many smaller ones. The IRS makes those filings available as XML files for public download, and tools like IRSx make it possible to understand what’s in those data files.

In cases where electronic filings weren’t available, we pulled in PDF versions from ProPublica’s API, so that we could get a better idea of the organizations we were missing.

In all, you’ll find more than 13,500 filings from nonprofit organizations in this database. However, there are some caveats. Not all nonprofits file annual financial reports — those with limited annual revenue, as well as ones that fall into religious, governmental or other exempt categories, are not required to file. And even when organizations file 990s, they don’t always do them right.