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The Orton Family Foundation
120 Graham Way, Shelburne, VT | Tax-exempt since August 1995
- EIN
- 030346513
- Last filing
- 12/2017
- Organization type
- 501(c)(3)
- Mission category
- Arts, Culture & Humanities
- Foundation type
- Private operating foundation (other)
- Nonprofit since
- Aug. 1, 1995
- Revenue
- $1,631,560
- Assets
- $18,542,378
Last reported financials:
2017
Expenses
$2,385,685
Salary expenses
$1,271,362
Revenue
$1,631,560
Assets
$18,542,378
Liabilities
$94,933
2016
Expenses
$2,188,024
Salary expenses
$1,262,194
Revenue
$4,246,089
Contributions and grants
$2,671,287
Assets
$17,591,830
Liabilities
$96,966
2015
Expenses
$2,197,755
Salary expenses
$1,207,968
Revenue
$5,538,845
Contributions and grants
$4,140,593
Assets
$15,476,385
Liabilities
$171,848
2014
Expenses
$2,311,709
Salary expenses
$1,022,037
Revenue
$5,320,334
Contributions and grants
$3,746,847
Assets
$13,255,156
Liabilities
$145,059
2013
2012
2011
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Leckey | Executive Director | $202,596 | $28,963 |
| Alece Montez-Griego | Director Of Programs | $113,150 | $24,799 |
| Carol Bertrand | Director Of Finance | $90,126 | $21,242 |
| Gabrielle Ratte Smith | Sr. Assoc. For Strat | $81,600 | $17,891 |
| Alexis Halbert | Sr. Assoc. Of Progra | $75,671 | $20,427 |
| Leanne Tingay | Sr. Assoc. Of Progra | $72,100 | $19,349 |
| Sara Lightner | Sr. Assoc. Of Progra | $72,100 | $24,300 |
| Tony Wood | Director | $4,500 | $0 |
| Dr Carolyn Lukensmeyer | Director | $4,000 | $0 |
| Jared Duval | Director | $4,000 | $0 |
| Tom Daniels | Director | $4,000 | $0 |
| Susan Kirkpatrick | Secretary/Treasurer | $4,000 | $0 |
| Scot Spencer | Director | $4,000 | $0 |
| Ed Mcmahon | Director | $4,000 | $0 |
| Janice Izzi | Director | $0 | $0 |
| Lyman Orton | Chair | $0 | $0 |
2016
| Name | Title | Base/Bonus Compensation | Benefits and Other Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyman Orton | Chairman Of The Board | $None | $None |
| Susan Kirkpatrick | Secretary And Treasurer | $None | $None |
| Thomas Daniels | Director | $None | $None |
| Jared Duval | Director | $None | $None |
| Janice Izzi | Director | $None | $None |
| Dr Carolyn Lukensmeyer | Director | $None | $None |
| Ed Mcmahon | Director | $None | $None |
| Sherry Ristau | Director | $None | $None |
| Scot Spencer | Director | $None | $None |
| Anthony Wood | Director | $None | $None |
| David Leckey | Executive Director | $None | $None |
| Alece Montez-Griego | Director Of Programs | $None | $None |
| Carol Bertrand | Director Of Finance | $None | $None |
| Katherine Mcquade | Director Of Marketin | $None | $None |
2015
| Name | Title | Base/Bonus Compensation | Benefits and Other Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyman Orton | Chairman Of The Board | $None | $None |
| Alece Montez-Griego | Director Of Programs | $None | $None |
| John Barstow | Director Of Communic | $None | $None |
| David Leckey | Executive Director | $None | $None |
| Anthony Wood | Director | $None | $None |
| Scot Spencer | Director | $None | $None |
| Sherry Ristau | Director | $None | $None |
| Ed Mcmahon | Director | $None | $None |
| Dr Carolyn Lukensmeyer | Director | $None | $None |
| Janice Izzi | Director | $None | $None |
| Jared Duval | Director | $None | $None |
| Thomas Daniels | Director | $None | $None |
| Susan Kirkpatrick | Secretary And Treasurer | $None | $None |
| Carol Bertrand | Director Of Finance | $None | $None |
2014
| Name | Title | Base/Bonus Compensation | Benefits and Other Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susan Kirkpatrick | Secretary And Treasurer | $None | $None |
| Thomas Daniels | Director | $None | $None |
| Jared Duval | Director | $None | $None |
| Dr Carolyn Lukensmeyer | Director | $None | $None |
| Anthony Wood | Director | $None | $None |
| David Leckey | Executive Director | $None | $None |
| John Barstow | Director Of Communic | $None | $None |
| Alece Montez-Griego | Director Of Programs | $None | $None |
| Carol Bertrand | Director Of Finance | $None | $None |
| Sherry Ristau | Director | $None | $None |
| Ed Mcmahon | Director | $None | $None |
| Lyman Orton | Chairman Of The Board | $None | $None |
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.
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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.