Vermont Nonprofit Navigator
Explore the organizations and people that power Vermont's $6.8 billion nonprofit economy.
Organizations are required to list board members, key employees and anyone making over $100,000 from this or a related organization.
By default, this table shows results from all filings. Select a year to narrow your search.
| Name | Year | Title | Compensation | Other Compensation | Organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erin Koch | 2017 | Secretary | $0 | $0 | WAITSFIELD ELEMENTARY PTA |
| Rachel Frank | 2017 | Vice President | $0 | $0 | SPRINGFIELD HUMANE SOCIETY INC |
| Lee Alexander | 2017 | Trustee | $0 | $0 | SPRINGFIELD HUMANE SOCIETY INC |
| Pam Blum Former | 2017 | Finance Cochair | $0 | $0 | DRAGONHEART VERMONT INCORPORATED |
| Ellen Eccleston | 2017 | Director | $0 | $0 | DRAGONHEART VERMONT INCORPORATED |
| Linda Rhoads | 2017 | Member-At-Large | $0 | $0 | DRAGONHEART VERMONT INCORPORATED |
| Ernest Lafontaine | 2015 | Trustee | $0 | $0 | VILLAGE SCHOOL OF NORTH BENNINGTON |
| Irene Farrar | 2017 | Director | $0 | $0 | DRAGONHEART VERMONT INCORPORATED |
| Pat King | 2017 | Director | $0 | $0 | DRAGONHEART VERMONT INCORPORATED |
| Pam Parker Until May 2017 | 2016 | Board Member | $0 | $0 | UMBRELLA OF ST JOHNSBURY INC |
| Andrew Knafel | 2015 | Chairman | $0 | $0 | HILAND HALL SCHOOL |
| Debra Stenner | 2015 | Board Member | $0 | $0 | HOWARDCENTER INC |
| Daniel Calder | 2015 | Board Member | $0 | $0 | HOWARDCENTER INC |
| Nicolas Thornbro | 2017 | Sr Vice Command | $0 | $0 | VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPT OF VERMONT |
| Michelle Caver | 2017 | Commander | $0 | $0 | VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPT OF VERMONT |
| Kevin Hough | 2017 | Jr Vice Command | $0 | $0 | VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPT OF VERMONT |
| Armand Fournier | 2017 | Trustee | $0 | $0 | VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPT OF VERMONT |
| Martha Degraaf | 2017 | President | $0 | $0 | CHAMPLAIN VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL CIRCLE INC |
| Barry R Freedman | 2017 | President/Director | $0 | $64,294 | BROADLINE RISK RETENTION GROUP INC |
| Gerard Blaney | 2017 | Treasurer/Director | $0 | $89,614 | BROADLINE RISK RETENTION GROUP INC |
| Penny J Rezet | 2017 | Secretary | $0 | $71,572 | BROADLINE RISK RETENTION GROUP INC |
| Gerry J Mckee | 2017 | Assistant Treasurer | $0 | $59,327 | BROADLINE RISK RETENTION GROUP INC |
| Milton Easton | 2017 | Trustee | $0 | $0 | NEW ENGLAND YOUTH THEATER INC |
| Priscilla Svec | 2017 | Vice President | $0 | $0 | NEW ENGLAND YOUTH THEATER INC |
| Davin Dunn | 2017 | Treasurer | $0 | $0 | NEW ENGLAND YOUTH THEATER INC |
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.