Vermont Nonprofit Navigator
Explore the organizations and people that power Vermont's $6.8 billion nonprofit economy.
American Legion
Po Box 472, Hardwick, VT | Tax-exempt since March 1946
- EIN
- 030175087
- Last filing
- 06/2016
- Organization type
- 501(c)(19)
- Mission category
- Not reported
- Foundation type
- All organizations except 501(c)(3)
- Nonprofit since
- March 1, 1946
- Revenue
- $143,072
- Assets
- $614,033
Last reported financials:
2015
Expenses
$130,132
Salary expenses
$53,820
Revenue
$143,072
Contributions and grants
$682
Assets
$614,033
Liabilities
$0
2014
Expenses
$121,524
Salary expenses
$43,760
Revenue
$123,677
Assets
$582,621
Liabilities
$0
2013
Expenses
$122,004
Salary expenses
$44,009
Revenue
$99,853
Assets
$652,088
Liabilities
$0
2012
2011
Organizations are required to list board members, key employees and anyone making over $100,000 from this or a related organization.
2015
| Name | Title | Base/Bonus Compensation | Benefits and Other Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Llewellyn Furry | Member At Large | $0 | $0 |
| Ed Slayton | Finance Officer | $0 | $0 |
| Mark Cloutier | Adjutant | $0 | $0 |
| Reginald Gates | Chaplain | $0 | $0 |
| Lynn Bessette | 2Nd Vice | $0 | $0 |
| Wilfred Mcallister | 1St Vice | $0 | $0 |
| George Gattone | Commander | $0 | $0 |
| Ivan Menard | Sargeant At Arms | $0 | $0 |
2014
| Name | Title | Base/Bonus Compensation | Benefits and Other Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Baily | Finance Officer | $8,925 | $0 |
| Ivan Menard | Sargeant At Arms | $0 | $0 |
| Everett Demeritt | Service Officer | $0 | $0 |
| George Gattone | Chaplain | $0 | $0 |
| Ken Lacasse | Adjutant | $0 | $0 |
| Llwewllyn R Furry | Commander | $0 | $0 |
| Wilfred Mcallister | 1St Vice | $0 | $0 |
| Lynn Bessette | 2Nd Vice | $0 | $0 |
2013
| Name | Title | Base/Bonus Compensation | Benefits and Other Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Bailey | Finance Off | $9,100 | $0 |
| Llewellyn Furry | Commander | $0 | $0 |
| Terrance Cox | 1St Vice Commander | $0 | $0 |
| Kenneth Lacasse | Sargent Arms | $0 | $0 |
| Lynn Bessette | Adjutant | $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.