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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheryl Thrall | 2014 | Executive Director | $91,558 | $14,213 | LINCOLN STREET INC |
| Elizabeth Sightler | 2017 | Executive Director | $91,544 | $25,923 | CHAMPLAIN COMMUNITY SERVICES INC |
| W Eric Schmitt | 2015 | Vice President, Asset Management | $91,478 | $0 | HOUSING VERMONT |
| Dennis Kane | 2017 | Executive Dir. | $91,469 | $0 | VT-HEC INC |
| Ed Leclair | 2016 | Executive Direc | $91,447 | $8,343 | THE CIRCUS BARN INCORPORATED |
| Kenn Sassorossi | 2013 | Vp - Asset Management | $91,350 | $16,071 | HOUSING VERMONT |
| Thomas Donahue | 2017 | Chief Executive Officer | $91,335 | $18,831 | BROC-COMMUNITY ACTION IN SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT |
| Chris Boget | 2016 | Executive Director | $91,267 | $22,073 | LAKE CHAMPLAIN LAND TRUST INC |
| Gaye Symington | 2017 | President | $91,239 | $38,582 | HIGH MEADOWS FUND INC |
| Melanie Goodman | 2015 | Executive Di | $91,184 | $13,557 | YOUTH CATALYTICS INC |
| Terry Kellogg | 2014 | Former Ceo | $90,986 | $19,622 | 1 FOR THE PLANET INC |
| Beth Sachs | 2014 | Co-Founder/Secretary | $90,911 | $12,384 | VERMONT ENERGY INVESTMENT CORP |
| Dennis Shaffer | 2013 | Vp For Stewardship | $90,909 | $23,358 | VERMONT LAND TRUST INC |
| Julie-Ann Graves | 2014 | Cfo | $90,895 | $18,512 | VERMONT FOODBANK |
| Ellen Fight | 2013 | Camp Director | $90,835 | $0 | KEEWAYDIN FOUNDATION |
| Brenda Strysko | 2014 | Nurse Practitioner | $90,802 | $14,649 | MOUNTAIN VALLEY HEALTH COUNCIL INC |
| Joyce Touchette | 2016 | Executive Dirictor | $90,781 | $1,816 | THE CONVERSE HOME INC |
| Beth Sachs | 2013 | Co-Founder/Secretary | $90,779 | $12,024 | VERMONT ENERGY INVESTMENT CORP |
| Peter Cobb | 2014 | Executive Direc | $90,774 | $2,723 | VERMONT ASSEMBLY OF HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE AGENCIES INC |
| Kathy Benoit | 2014 | Finance Dir. | $90,692 | $5,550 | RICHFORD HEALTH CENTER INC |
| Melanie Goodman | 2013 | Executive Di | $90,594 | $14,909 | YOUTH CATALYTICS INC |
| Dennis Kane | 2016 | Executive Dir. | $90,576 | $0 | VT-HEC INC |
| Kathy Sweeten | 2017 | Executive Vp | $90,544 | $6,853 | NORTHWESTERN VERMONT BOARD OF REALTORS INC |
| Tracy Keller | 2017 | Headmaster | $90,540 | $2,973 | GREEN MOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL INC |
| Marissa Parisi | 2017 | Executive Di | $90,529 | $12,817 | HUNGER FREE 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.
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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.