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Charles P Ferro Foundation
C/O Bonnie Ferro 88 Sunset Cliff, Burlington, VT | Tax-exempt since March 1995
- EIN
- 223253710
- Last filing
- 12/2017
- Organization type
- 501(c)(3)
- Mission category
- Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations
- Foundation type
- Private non-operating foundation
- Nonprofit since
- March 1, 1995
- Revenue
- $292,772
- Assets
- $5,292,310
Last reported financials:
2017
Expenses
$506,640
Salary expenses
$61,000
Revenue
$292,772
Assets
$5,292,310
Liabilities
$300,000
2016
Expenses
$179,402
Salary expenses
$60,250
Revenue
$195,065
Assets
$4,818,316
Liabilities
$100,000
2015
Expenses
$211,143
Salary expenses
$58,750
Revenue
$376,278
Assets
$4,791,510
Liabilities
$210,000
2014
Expenses
$197,473
Salary expenses
$59,500
Revenue
$614,769
Assets
$5,101,557
Liabilities
$325,000
2013
Expenses
$167,769
Salary expenses
$59,500
Revenue
$324,473
Assets
$5,108,330
Liabilities
$440,000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marianne Ferro | Co-Executive Directo | $25,750 | $0 |
| Bonnie Ferro | Co-Executive Directo | $25,750 | $0 |
| Vera Dosky | Trustee | $5,750 | $0 |
| Edward Friedhoff | Trustee | $750 | $0 |
| Mollie Hart | Non-Voting Trustee | $750 | $0 |
| Michael Hund | Non-Voting Trustee | $750 | $0 |
| Marc Ferro | Trustee | $750 | $0 |
| Jennifer Ferro Lessieu | Trustee | $750 | $0 |
| Maren Ferro Tripolitsiotis | Trustee | $0 | $0 |
2016
| Name | Title | Base/Bonus Compensation | Benefits and Other Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marianne Ferro | Co-Executive Directo | $None | $None |
| Vera Dosky | Trustee | $None | $None |
| Edward Friedhoff | Trustee | $None | $None |
| Jennifer Ferro Lessieu | Trustee | $None | $None |
| Marc Ferro | Trustee | $None | $None |
| Maren Ferro Tripolitsiotis | Trustee | $None | $None |
| Bonnie Ferro | Co-Executive Directo | $None | $None |
| Mollie Hart | Non-Voting Trustee | $None | $None |
| Michael Hund | Non-Voting Trustee | $None | $None |
2015
| Name | Title | Base/Bonus Compensation | Benefits and Other Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnie Ferro | Co-Executive Directo | $None | $None |
| Marianne Ferro | Co-Executive Directo | $None | $None |
| Vera Dosky | Trustee | $None | $None |
| Edward Friedhoff | Trustee | $None | $None |
| Jennifer Ferro Lessieu | Trustee | $None | $None |
| Marc Ferro | Trustee | $None | $None |
| Maren Ferro Tripolitsiotis | Trustee | $None | $None |
2014
| Name | Title | Base/Bonus Compensation | Benefits and Other Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maren Ferro Tripolitsiotis | Trustee | $None | $None |
| Marc Ferro | Trustee | $None | $None |
| Jennifer Ferro Lessieu | Trustee | $None | $None |
| Edward Friedhoff | Trustee | $None | $None |
| Vera Dosky | Trustee | $None | $None |
| Marianne Ferro | Co-Executive Directo | $None | $None |
| Bonnie Ferro | Co-Executive Directo | $None | $None |
2013
| Name | Title | Base/Bonus Compensation | Benefits and Other Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marianne Ferro | Co-Executive Directo | $None | $None |
| Vera Dosky | Trustee | $None | $None |
| Edward Friedhoff | Trustee | $None | $None |
| Jennifer Ferro Lessieu | Trustee | $None | $None |
| Marc Ferro | Trustee | $None | $None |
| Bonnie Ferro | Co-Executive Directo | $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.
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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.