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 It is no longer being updated with new filings.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.

Vermont Academy

Po Box 500, Saxtons River, VT | Tax-exempt since December 1944

EIN
030179600
Last filing
06/2017
Organization type
501(c)(3)
Mission category
Education
Foundation type
School
Nonprofit since
Dec. 1, 1944

Last reported financials:

Revenue
$14,085,957
Assets
$28,660,152
Source: IRS

2016

Expenses

$13,885,479

Fundraising expenses

$523,840

Salary expenses

$6,723,075

Revenue

$14,085,957

Contributions and grants

$1,323,487

Assets

$28,660,152

Liabilities

$6,162,593

View 990 Submitted 10/15/2018

2015

Expenses

$14,619,870

Fundraising expenses

$639,412

Salary expenses

$6,981,325

Revenue

$13,605,127

Contributions and grants

$937,191

Assets

$27,758,096

Liabilities

$6,580,263

View 990 Submitted 07/31/2017

2014

Expenses

$13,845,671

Fundraising expenses

$725,855

Salary expenses

$6,430,739

Revenue

$13,786,020

Contributions and grants

$898,851

Assets

$27,494,722

Liabilities

$6,025,235

View 990 Submitted 08/02/2016
View 990 Submitted 08/09/2017

2013

Expenses

$13,205,987

Fundraising expenses

$534,813

Salary expenses

$6,243,885

Revenue

$14,914,070

Contributions and grants

$2,436,959

Assets

$25,857,856

Liabilities

$6,503,533

View 990 Submitted 03/10/2015

2012

View 990 Submitted 04/08/2014

2011

View 990 Submitted 08/05/2013

2010

View 990 Submitted 04/02/2012

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

2016

Name Title Base/Bonus Compensation Benefits and Other Compensation
Sean Brennan Through 0716 Head Of School $214,014 $42,760
Stanley Colla Beginning 0716 Head Of School $107,929 $20,318
Inessa Muse Through 0617 Business Manager $59,000 $19,666
Michael Horowitz Trustee $0 $0
Thomas Capasse Trustee $0 $0
Casey Cota Treasurer $0 $0
Michael A Choukas Chairman $0 $0
Loren Loomis-Hubbell Beginning 0617 Business Manager $0 $0
Lee Ryder Trustee $0 $0
Steven E Karol Trustee $0 $0
S Tylor Tregellas Trustee $0 $0
Matthew Galanes Trustee $0 $0
Ret Col Richard I Stark Jr Vice Chairman $0 $0
David Holton Trustee $0 $0
Carrie Dunn Secretary $0 $0
Reverend Peter Howe Trustee $0 $0
Mark W Smith Trustee $0 $0
Amy Howard Trustee $0 $0
Lori Paprin Trustee $0 $0

2015

Name Title Base/Bonus Compensation Benefits and Other Compensation
Sean P Brennan Head Of School $208,525 $59,966
Sean P Campbell Cfo (Through 12/15) $64,036 $20,115
Inessa Muse Cfo (Began During Year) $56,000 $18,936
Richard I Stark Jr Vice Chair $0 $0
Corina Bell-Isle Trustee $0 $0
Jennifer Jury Trustee $0 $0
Michael A Choukas Chairman $0 $0
Casey Cota Treasurer $0 $0
Melissa Wing Trustee $0 $0
Carrie Dunn Trustee $0 $0
David Holton Trustee $0 $0
Michael Horowitz Trustee $0 $0
Mark W Smith Trustee $0 $0
Andrew Ward Trustee $0 $0
Thomas Capasse Trustee $0 $0
The Rev Dr Peter Howe Trustee $0 $0
Steven E Karol Trustee $0 $0
Timothy J Lord Trustee $0 $0
S Tylor Tregellas Trustee $0 $0
Donald G Mcinnes Secretary $0 $0
David E Robinson Trustee $0 $0
Lee Ryder Trustee $0 $0
Jamison R Gagnier Trustee $0 $0
Jose Barreiro Hernandez Trustee $0 $0

2014

Name Title Base/Bonus Compensation Benefits and Other Compensation
Sean P Brennan Head Of School $226,438 $44,502
Jay Gundy Director Of Advancement $106,625 $36,672
Sean P Campbell Cfo $89,412 $9,035
Carolyn Blitz Secretary $0 $0
Mark Candon Trustee $0 $0
Casey Cota Trustee $0 $0
Chris Cota Treasurer $0 $0
Stuart Eisenkraft Trustee $0 $0
Michael A Choukas Chairman $0 $0
Carrie Dunn Trustee $0 $0
Jose Barreiro Hernandez Trustee $0 $0
S Tylor Tregallas Trustee $0 $0
Richard I Stark Jr Trustee $0 $0
Caroline Salzman Trustee $0 $0
David E Robinson Vice Chairman $0 $0
Penny Gendron Trustee $0 $0
Donald G Mcinnes Trustee $0 $0
George P Moser Jr Trustee $0 $0
Marvin S Neuman Trustee $0 $0
Melissa Wing Trustee $0 $0
Michael Horowitz Trustee $0 $0
David Holton Trustee $0 $0
Jamison R Gagnier Trustee $0 $0
Lee Ryder Trustee $0 $0
Timothy J Lord Trustee $0 $0
Steven E Karol Trustee $0 $0
The Rev Dr Peter Howe Trustee $0 $0
Thomas Capasse Trustee $0 $0
Andrew Ward Trustee $0 $0
Mark W Smith Trustee $0 $0

2013

Name Title Base/Bonus Compensation Benefits and Other Compensation
Sean P Brennan Head Of School $196,480 $41,610
Jay Gundy Director Of Advancement $103,619 $34,897
Sean P Campbell Cfo $99,248 $7,309
Caroline Salzman Trustee $0 $0
Lee Ryder Trustee $0 $0
David E Robinson Vice Chairman $0 $0
Marvin S Neuman Trustee $0 $0
George P Moser Jr Trustee $0 $0
Donald G Mcinnes Trustee $0 $0
Timothy J Lord Trustee $0 $0
Steven E Karol Trustee $0 $0
The Rev Dr Peter Howe Trustee $0 $0
Andrew Ward Trustee $0 $0
Mark W Smith Trustee $0 $0
Penny Gendron Trustee $0 $0
Stuart Eisenkraft Trustee $0 $0
Carrie Dunn Trustee $0 $0
Chris Cota Treasurer $0 $0
Casey Cota Trustee $0 $0
Michael A Choukas Chairman $0 $0
Mark Candon Trustee $0 $0
Jose Barreiro Hernandez Trustee $0 $0
Carolyn Blitz Trustee $0 $0
Penny Horowitz Trustee $0 $0
Nikki Van Der Vord Trustee $0 $0
Richard I Stark Jr Secretary $0 $0
S Tyler Tregallas Trustee $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.

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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.