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 It is no longer being updated with new filings.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.

Cirenas Inc

Po Box 821, Woodstock, VT | Tax-exempt since May 2011

EIN
263868907
Last filing
12/2016
Organization type
501(c)(3)
Mission category
International, Foreign Affairs & National Security
Foundation type
Organization which receives a substantial part of its support from a governmental unit or the general public
Nonprofit since
May 1, 2011

Last reported financials:

Revenue
$1,426,896
Assets
$60,891
Source: IRS

2017

Expenses

$219,512

Revenue

$1,426,896

Contributions and grants

$1,425,105

Assets

$60,891

Liabilities

$0

View 990 Submitted 11/21/2018

2016

Expenses

$1,612,689

Revenue

$243,161

Contributions and grants

$240,290

Assets

$25,347

Liabilities

$1,171,840

View 990 Submitted 12/28/2017

2015

Expenses

$190,331

Fundraising expenses

$11,091

Salary expenses

$84,677

Revenue

$368,996

Contributions and grants

$292,747

Assets

$997,646

Liabilities

$774,611

View 990 Submitted 04/04/2017

2014

Expenses

$262,107

Fundraising expenses

$8,172

Salary expenses

$118,603

Revenue

$257,589

Contributions and grants

$167,055

Assets

$143,370

Liabilities

$99,000

View 990 Submitted 01/28/2016

2013

Expenses

$316,518

Fundraising expenses

$9,003

Salary expenses

$153,791

Revenue

$218,320

Contributions and grants

$35,010

Assets

$54,085

Liabilities

$5,197

View 990 Submitted 12/09/2014

2012

View 990 Submitted 12/27/2013

2011

View 990 Submitted 12/20/2012

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
Caroline Grew Director $0 $0
Annette Grew Director $0 $0
Daniel Grew Treasurer $0 $0

2016

Name Title Base/Bonus Compensation Benefits and Other Compensation
Lawrence Lunt Director $0 $0
Daniel Grew Treasurer $0 $0
Viviana Ruiz President $0 $0

2015

Name Title Base/Bonus Compensation Benefits and Other Compensation
Karla Cosgriff Executive Director (Term May 2015) $34,375 $0
Viviana Ruiz President $0 $0
Daniel Grew Treasurer $0 $0
Lawrence Lunt Director $0 $0
Robert Thomas President (Term June 2015) $0 $0
Andrea Borel Executive Director $0 $0

2014

Name Title Base/Bonus Compensation Benefits and Other Compensation
Karla Cosgriff Executive Director $56,250 $0
Viviana Ruiz Director $0 $0
Robert Thomas President $0 $0
Daniel Grew Treasurer $0 $0
Lawrence Lunt Director $0 $0

2013

Name Title Base/Bonus Compensation Benefits and Other Compensation
Caroline Grew Secretary $35,537 $0
Tucker Szymkowicz Executive Director 2013 $35,357 $0
Viviana Ruiz Director $0 $0
Lawrence Lunt Director $0 $0
Karla Cosgriff Vice President $0 $0
Robert Thomas President $0 $0
Ric Scalzo Director $0 $0
Nathaniel Grew Treasurer $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.