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 It is no longer being updated with new filings.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.

Ecologists Linked For Organizing Grassroots Initiatives And Action

Po Box 268, Middlebury, VT | Tax-exempt since April 1991

EIN
232604224
Last filing
06/2017
Organization type
501(c)(3)
Mission category
Environment
Foundation type
Organization which receives a substantial part of its support from a governmental unit or the general public
Nonprofit since
April 1, 1991

Last reported financials:

Revenue
$87,656
Assets
$15,825
Source: IRS

2017

Expenses

$79,037

Revenue

$87,656

Contributions and grants

$83,616

Assets

$15,825

Liabilities

$0

View 990EZ Submitted 11/08/2018

2016

Expenses

$37,250

Revenue

$42,935

Contributions and grants

$41,935

Assets

$7,206

Liabilities

$0

View 990EZ Submitted 12/01/2017

2015

Expenses

$58,210

Revenue

$56,768

Contributions and grants

$56,764

Assets

$2,892

Liabilities

$0

View 990EZ Submitted 01/24/2017

2014

Expenses

$63,148

Salary expenses

$65

Revenue

$59,895

Contributions and grants

$57,262

Assets

$4,334

Liabilities

$0

View 990EZ Submitted 01/19/2016

2013

Expenses

$95,454

Revenue

$114,472

Contributions and grants

$114,472

Assets

$7,587

Liabilities

$26

View 990EZ Submitted 02/03/2015

2012

View 990EZ Submitted 03/10/2014

2011

View 990EZ Submitted 03/15/2013

2010

View 990EZ Submitted 04/03/2012

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
Randy Kritkausky Executive Director $0 $0
Aleh Cherp Board Member $0 $0
Paul Soler-Sala Board Member $0 $0
Ed Shoener Treasurer $0 $0
Carolyn Schmidt Secretary $0 $0

2016

Name Title Base/Bonus Compensation Benefits and Other Compensation
Paul Soler-Sala Board Member $0 $0
Randy Kritkausky Executive Director $0 $0
Carolyn Schmidt Secretary $0 $0
Ed Shoener Treasurer $0 $0
Aleh Cherp Board Member $0 $0

2015

Name Title Base/Bonus Compensation Benefits and Other Compensation
Randy Kritkausky Executive Director $0 $0
Carolyn Schmidt Secretary $0 $0
Ed Shoener Treasurer $0 $0
Rachel Golden Board Member $0 $0
Paul Soler-Sala Board Member $0 $0
Aleh Cherp Board Member $0 $0

2014

Name Title Base/Bonus Compensation Benefits and Other Compensation
Aleh Cherp Board Member $0 $0
Paul Soler-Sala Board Member $0 $0
Rachel Golden Board Member $0 $0
Ed Shoener Treasurer $0 $0
Carolyn Schmidt Secretary $0 $0
Randy Kritkausky Executive Director $0 $0

2013

Name Title Base/Bonus Compensation Benefits and Other Compensation
Aleh Cherp Board Member $0 $0
Randy Kritkausky Executive Director $0 $0
Carolyn Schmidt Secretary $0 $0
Ed Shoener Treasurer $0 $0
Rachel Golden Board Member $0 $0
Paul Soler-Sala Board Member $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.