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 It is no longer being updated with new filings.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.

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
Marlene Bristol 2013 Nurse Practioner $105,637 $17,003 LITTLE RIVERS HEALTH CARE INC
Carroll A Hoard 2015 Director Of Nursing $105,635 $28,926 MOUNT ANTHONY HOUSING CORPORATION
Catherine Fulton 2014 Executive Director $105,632 $3,900 VERMONT PROGRAM FOR QUALITY IN HEALTH CARE INC
Catherine Murray 2014 Regional Coordinator $105,614 $13,296 REGULATORY ASSISTANCE PROJECT
Janice Valgoi 2017 Director Of Membership $105,597 $14,644 VERMONT CAPTIVE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION
Pat Elmer 2014 President & $105,543 $15,351 VERMONT ASSOCIATES FOR TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT INC
Paul Costello 2017 Executive Direc $105,541 $11,609 VERMONT COUNCIL ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT INC
Ellen Malone 2017 Disability D $105,516 $4,059 RUTLAND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE INC
Daniel Leavitt 2017 Programmer $105,475 $29,741 NORWICH UNIVERSITY APPLIED RESEARCH INSTITUTES LTD
Alice Means 2013 Hospice Director $105,473 $0 VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF CHITTENDEN AND GRAND ISLE COUNTIES
Gabriella Kaes 2015 Director, Hr - Until 05/2016 $105,399 $13,290 INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
Kim Lague 2014 Coo $105,353 $17,083 CENTRAL VERMONT HOME HEALTH & HOSPICE INC
Kathy King 2016 Director Of Dining Service $105,345 $0 WAKE ROBIN CORP
Pamela Clapp 2017 Chief Of Program Administration $105,343 $23,376 HIMALAYAN CATARACT PROJECT INC
Barbara Noordsij 2015 Psychiatrist $105,341 $13,392 WASHINGTON COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES INC
Paul Dupre 2013 Executive Di $105,325 $7,994 WASHINGTON COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES INC
David Mortensen 2015 Dir Of It $105,309 $8,887 VERMONT OXFORD NETWORK INC
Jose Zirena 2014 Cfo $105,277 $534 COPLEY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES GROUP INC
Christine Werneke 2015 Vp Of Marketing And Business Development $105,262 $23,346 VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF CHITTENDEN AND GRAND ISLE COUNTIES
Michael Wilkerson 2013 Dir Of Dev $105,190 $0 KEEWAYDIN FOUNDATION
Eric Avildsen 2017 Executive Di $105,188 $21,992 VERMONT LEGAL AID INC
Larry Assell 2013 Former Executive Director $105,168 $0 VERMONT CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC
Therese Butler 2013 Cfo $105,156 $17,099 MAPLE LEAF FARM ASS INC
Ellen Malone 2015 Disabilities $105,149 $2,925 RUTLAND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE INC
Dr Patrick Frawley 2017 Director Of Vcin Cp $105,076 $23,256 UPPER VALLEY SERVICES 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.

See something interesting? Want access to this data? Let us know!

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.