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 It is no longer being updated with new filings.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
Michelle Ollie 2015 Ccs, President $97,647 $19,745 THE CENTER FOR CARTOON STUDIES INC
Ellen Kahler 2015 Executive Di $97,636 $10,216 VERMONT SUSTAINABLE JOBS FUND INC
Mr David Sleeper 2014 Executive Director $97,625 $0 HUBBARD BROOK RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC
Cynthia Moore 2017 Exec Dir $97,610 $0 SOJOURNS COMMUNITY CLINIC INC
Ellamarie Russo-Demara 2013 Trustee/Med Staff President $97,535 $37,607 GIFFORD MEDICAL CENTER INC
Trisha Ingalls 2017 Outgoing Chief Executive Officer $97,501 $0 GILMAN HOUSING TRUST INC
Steven J Lutton 2016 Director Of Admissions/Director $97,500 $28,413 VERMONT HEALTHCARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION CENTER INC
Julie-Ann Graves 2017 Cfo $97,483 $17,506 VERMONT FOODBANK
Gail Potter 2015 Administrato $97,389 $0 OUR LADY OF PROVIDENCE VT INC
Bruce E Ingersoll 2013 Camp Director $97,369 $0 KEEWAYDIN FOUNDATION
Richard B Lloyd 2016 President & Ceo $97,325 $14,159 COLLEGE OF ST JOSEPH
Matthew Denhart 2014 Executive Dir. $97,308 $14,439 CALVIN COOLIDGE PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION INC
Jason Shattie 2016 Ceo/General $97,269 $19,300 BURLINGTON COUNTRY CLUB CORP
Viviana Waisman 2014 Executive Dir. $97,198 $5,653 WOMENS LINK WORLDWIDE INC
Richard Bidnick 2013 Library Dir $97,181 $9,684 KELLOGG HUBBARD LIBRARY
Rita St Arnauld 2014 Treasurer $97,146 $2,067 NORTHERN LIGHTS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
Gail Auclair 2014 Ceo $97,130 $17,613 LITTLE RIVERS HEALTH CARE INC
Bryan Kent 2013 Vice President $97,055 $12,460 ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT CREDIT UNIONS INC
Susana E D Williams 2016 Treasurer/Se $97,031 $2,244 CENTRAL VT MEDICAL CENTER INC
Marilyn Carter 2014 Acting Executive Director (Term 9/15/14) $96,995 $9,717 GREEN MOUNTAIN SUPPORT SERVICES INC
Heather Faley 2013 Director Of Human Resources $96,985 $6,658 BENNINGTON COLLEGE CORPORATION
Ellen Fight 2015 Camp Director $96,951 $0 KEEWAYDIN FOUNDATION
Gary Clark 2017 President $96,937 $26,142 VERMONT STUDIO CENTER INC
Daryl Burtnett 2015 Executive Director $96,828 $0 NORTHEAST WILDERNESS TRUST
Lisa Denatale 2017 President & Ceo (Jan - Nov) $96,828 $13,873 SPECIAL OLYMPICS VERMONT

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.