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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacquie Werner-Gavrin | 2015 | Director | $67,500 | $0 | RED CEDAR SCHOOL INC |
| Joel Schwartz | 2017 | Executive Director | $67,500 | $0 | BARRE AREA DEVELOPMENT INC |
| Pat Hadam | 2017 | Cfo | $67,488 | $0 | HOUSING TRUST OF RUTLAND COUNTY INC |
| Brenda Scalabrini | 2017 | Ex Dir / Tre | $67,465 | $7,022 | GRANITE CITY HOUSING INC |
| Leisa Pollander | 2017 | Exec Directo | $67,416 | $7,310 | SARA M HOLBROOK COMMUNITY CENTER |
| Nancy C Wick | 2015 | Executive Direc | $67,404 | $4,529 | VERMONT TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION |
| Carlen Finn | 2016 | Executive Dir. | $67,311 | $5,500 | VOICES FOR VERMONTS CHILDREN INC |
| David R Serra | 2013 | Executive Dir. | $67,308 | $5,120 | CALVIN COOLIDGE PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION INC |
| Kristine Bickford | 2015 | Executive Director | $67,308 | $15,087 | RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF BURLINGTON VT INC |
| Cara Robecheck | 2017 | Executive Dir. | $67,300 | $0 | VERMONT ENERGY EDUCATION PROGRAM INCORPORATED |
| Eric Brigham | 2016 | Vice President | $67,268 | $4,349 | NORWICH UNIVERSITY APPLIED RESEARCH INSTITUTES LTD |
| Karrie Thomas | 2015 | Executive Dir. | $67,250 | $1,363 | NORTHERN FOREST CANOE TRAIL INC |
| Lisa Quinlan | 2014 | Corp Vice Pr | $67,227 | $1,720 | LAKE CHAMPLAIN REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE |
| Kara Artus | 2016 | Executive Dir. | $67,157 | $9,872 | TRANSITION II INC |
| Heather Hobart | 2015 | Ex-Director | $67,101 | $0 | LAMOILLE COUNTY COURT DIVERSION PROGRAM INC |
| Dana Michalovic | 2016 | Executive Director | $67,078 | $0 | GOOD NEIGHBOR HEALTH CLINIC INC |
| Adam Pearce | 2016 | Officer | $67,060 | $0 | LOVE YOUR BRAIN FOUNDATION INC |
| Karen Gennette | 2014 | Executive Dir. | $67,059 | $0 | CRIME RESEARCH GROUP INC |
| Linda Wichlac | 2016 | Executive Director | $67,056 | $7,910 | BENNINGTON PROJECT INDEPENDENCE INC |
| Scott Johnson | 2016 | Executive Di | $67,031 | $52 | LAMOILLE FAMILY CENTER INC |
| Elizabeth O'Brien | 2016 | Executive Di | $67,000 | $0 | KINGDOM COUNTY PRODUCTIONS |
| Elizabeth O'Brien | 2017 | Executive Di | $67,000 | $0 | KINGDOM COUNTY PRODUCTIONS |
| Steven James | 2013 | Interim Dean | $66,945 | $0 | GODDARD COLLEGE CORPORATION |
| Mary F Bisselle | 2016 | Former Head | $66,899 | $0 | MAPLE STREET FOUNDATION INC |
| Jason Frishman | 2014 | President | $66,868 | $0 | NETWORKS 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.