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 It is no longer being updated with new filings.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.

Shelburne Museum Incorporated

Po Box 10, Shelburne, VT | Tax-exempt since July 1949

EIN
030179436
Last filing
12/2016
Organization type
501(c)(3)
Mission category
Arts, Culture & Humanities
Foundation type
Organization which receives a substantial part of its support from a governmental unit or the general public
Nonprofit since
July 1, 1949

Last reported financials:

Revenue
$5,282,069
Assets
$48,570,801
Source: IRS

2017

Expenses

$6,774,923

Fundraising expenses

$531,655

Salary expenses

$4,031,998

Revenue

$5,282,069

Contributions and grants

$2,140,528

Assets

$48,570,801

Liabilities

$1,474,165

View 990 Submitted 02/23/2019

2016

Expenses

$6,648,591

Fundraising expenses

$474,138

Salary expenses

$3,940,089

Revenue

$2,907,070

Contributions and grants

$2,112,558

Assets

$47,788,563

Liabilities

$1,590,888

View 990 Submitted 01/02/2018

2015

Expenses

$6,624,274

Fundraising expenses

$507,875

Salary expenses

$3,861,074

Revenue

$5,887,118

Contributions and grants

$1,896,724

Assets

$49,289,960

Liabilities

$1,531,951

View 990 Submitted 01/10/2017

2014

Expenses

$6,650,771

Fundraising expenses

$423,447

Salary expenses

$4,146,506

Revenue

$7,232,480

Contributions and grants

$2,728,986

Assets

$60,045,388

Liabilities

$1,557,658

View 990 Submitted 10/09/2015

2013

Expenses

$6,432,091

Fundraising expenses

$598,297

Salary expenses

$4,037,689

Revenue

$8,202,635

Contributions and grants

$5,428,088

Assets

$62,580,508

Liabilities

$2,110,687

View 990 Submitted 10/14/2014

2012

View 990 Submitted 12/26/2013

2011

View 990 Submitted 11/20/2012

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
Thomas Denenberg Executive Di $208,173 $27,698
Leigh Kilborn Trustee $0 $0
Robert Skiff Sr Trustee $0 $0
Peter Graham Trustee $0 $0
Barbara Putnam Trustee $0 $0
Craig Sim Trustee $0 $0
Christine Stiller Trustee $0 $0
Marna Davis Ii Trustee $0 $0
David Starr Treasurer $0 $0
Michael Polemis Vice Preside $0 $0
Peter Martin Chair $0 $0
D Scott Wise President $0 $0
Matthew Baird Trustee $0 $0
Alice Spencer Trustee $0 $0
Lisa Pizzagalli Trustee $0 $0
Donald Murphy Trustee $0 $0
Elizabeth Hummer Trustee $0 $0
Sandra Berbeco Trustee $0 $0
Diane Avlon Vice Preside $0 $0
Alice Frelinghuysen Secretary $0 $0
Frances Von Stade Downing Trustee $0 $0
Charles Granquist Trustee $0 $0
J Brooks Buxton Trustee $0 $0

2016

Name Title Base/Bonus Compensation Benefits and Other Compensation
Thomas Denenberg Executive Di $198,828 $30,656
Diane Phillips Avlon Trustee $0 $0
Sandra Berbeco Trustee $0 $0
Brooks Buxton Trustee $0 $0
Marna Davis Trustee $0 $0
Elizabeth Hummer Trustee $0 $0
Lisa Pizzagalli Trustee $0 $0
Robert Skiff Trustee $0 $0
Denise Vallee Until Sept 2016 Trustee $0 $0
Alice Spencer Trustee $0 $0
Matthew Baird Trustee $0 $0
D Scott Wise President $0 $0
Peter Martin Chair $0 $0
Michael Polemis Vice Preside $0 $0
David Starr Treasurer $0 $0
Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen Secretary $0 $0
Leigh M Kilborn Trustee $0 $0
Donald Murphy Trustee $0 $0
Charles L Granquist Trustee $0 $0
Frances Von Stade Downing Vice Preside $0 $0

2015

Name Title Base/Bonus Compensation Benefits and Other Compensation
Thomas Denenberg Executive Di $186,462 $36,615
Marna Davis Trustee $0 $0
Frances Von Stade Downing Vice Chair $0 $0
Charles L Granquist Vice Chair $0 $0
Michael Polemis Vice Chair $0 $0
Diana Colgate Trustee $0 $0
Caroline Almy Gerry Trustee $0 $0
Charles Mallory Trustee $0 $0
James Pizzagalli Trustee $0 $0
Michael Seaver Trustee $0 $0
Richard Solar Trustee $0 $0
Denise Mack Vallee Trustee $0 $0
D Scott Wise Trustee $0 $0
Peter Martin Chair $0 $0
David Starr Treasurer $0 $0
Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen Secretary $0 $0
Diane Phillips Avlon Trustee $0 $0
Sandra Berbeco Trustee $0 $0
Brooks Buxton Trustee $0 $0
Elizabeth Hummer Trustee $0 $0
Leigh M Kilborn Trustee $0 $0
Donald Murphy Trustee $0 $0
Lisa Pizzagalli Trustee $0 $0
Robert Skiff Trustee $0 $0

2014

Name Title Base/Bonus Compensation Benefits and Other Compensation
Thomas Denenberg Director $188,193 $26,814
Diane Phillips Avlon Trustee $0 $0
Sandra Berbeco Trustee $0 $0
Brooks Buxton Trustee $0 $0
Diana Colgate Trustee $0 $0
Marna Davis Trustee $0 $0
Caroline Almy Gerry Trustee $0 $0
Leigh M Kilborn Trustee $0 $0
Charles Mallory Trustee $0 $0
Donald Murphy Trustee $0 $0
James Pizzagalli Trustee $0 $0
Michael Seaver Trustee $0 $0
Robert Skiff Trustee $0 $0
Richard Solar Trustee $0 $0
Denise Mack Vallee Trustee $0 $0
D Scott Wise Trustee $0 $0
Peter Martin Chairman $0 $0
Kathryn Wilmerding Heminway Trustee $0 $0
Paul Perrault Trustee $0 $0
Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen Secretary $0 $0
Frances Von Stade Downing Vice Chair $0 $0
Charles L Granquist Vice Chair $0 $0
David Starr Treasurer $0 $0
Michael Polemis Vice Chair $0 $0

2013

Name Title Base/Bonus Compensation Benefits and Other Compensation
Thomas Denenberg Director $186,462 $22,352
Marna Davis Trustee $0 $0
Caroline Almy Gerry Trustee $0 $0
Leigh M Kilborn Trustee $0 $0
Charles Mallory Trustee $0 $0
Donald Murphy Trustee $0 $0
Paul Perrault Trustee $0 $0
James Pizzagalli Trustee $0 $0
Michael Seaver Trustee $0 $0
Robert Skiff Trustee $0 $0
Richard Solar Trustee $0 $0
Denise Mack Vallee Trustee $0 $0
D Scott Wise Trustee $0 $0
Diana Colgate Trustee $0 $0
Sandra Berbeco Trustee $0 $0
Diane Phillips Avlon Trustee $0 $0
Charles L Granquist Vice Chair $0 $0
Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen Secretary $0 $0
Kathryn Heminway Trustee $0 $0
David Starr Treasurer $0 $0
Michael Polemis Vice Chair $0 $0
Frances Von Stade Downing Vice Chair $0 $0
Peter Martin Chairman $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.