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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carol Lighthall | 2017 | E.D. (Until | $59,761 | $5,840 | COMMUNITY CAPITAL OF VERMONT INC |
| Mary Margaret Sloan | 2014 | Executive Director | $59,757 | $10,283 | VITAL COMMUNITIES INC |
| Julie Davenson | 2014 | Executive Dir. | $59,740 | $0 | YOUTH SERVICES |
| Sue Chase | 2017 | Executive Director | $59,690 | $0 | CAREPARTNERS ADULT DAY CENTER INC |
| Paul Cillo | 2014 | President | $59,600 | $0 | PUBLIC ASSETS INSTITUTE INC |
| Lorita Adkins | 2015 | Executive Di | $59,566 | $8,817 | ELMHILL INC |
| Catherine Delaura | 2016 | Executive Director | $59,565 | $0 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EDUCATION AND MENTORING PROJECT INC |
| Rosina Cannizzaro | 2017 | Executive Director | $59,543 | $17,947 | VERMONT YOUTH ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION INC |
| Leonard Brown | 2014 | Executive Director | $59,542 | $0 | WHITE RIVER COUNCIL ON AGING |
| Gabrielle Stebbins | 2014 | Executive Dir. | $59,500 | $6,000 | RENEWABLE ENERGY VERMONT |
| Kathleen Holsopple - Resigned Fisca | 2016 | Executive Director | $59,478 | $0 | VERMONT FEDERATION OF FAMILIES FOR CHILDRENS MENTAL HEALTH |
| Amy Mcdowell | 2014 | Exec Director | $59,453 | $10,887 | BARRISTERS BOOK SHOP |
| Ilana Snyder | 2016 | Co-Director | $59,433 | $6,000 | MARY JOHNSON CHILDRENS CENTER |
| Kirby Dunn | 2016 | Executive Director | $59,423 | $8,060 | HOMESHARE VERMONT INC |
| Richard Courcelle | 2015 | Pres/Ceo | $59,385 | $25,000 | RUTLAND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS INC |
| Kathy Finnie | 2016 | Executive Director | $59,375 | $0 | VERMONT VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION |
| Mark Helijas Left In March 2017 | 2016 | Former Executive Director | $59,375 | $0 | SECOND WIND FOUNDATION |
| Lynne Fonteneau-Mccann | 2016 | Library Direct. | $59,361 | $10,243 | BENNINGTON FREE LIBRARY |
| Ralph T Birdsey Jr | 2013 | Headmaster | $59,346 | $0 | NORTH BRANCH SCHOOL |
| Donna L Macomber | 2013 | Co Director | $59,346 | $6,900 | WOMENS COMMUNITY CENTER INC |
| Kathleen Haughey | 2017 | Executive Director | $59,325 | $9,110 | VERMONT FOLKLIFE CENTER |
| Chris O'Keefe | 2016 | Administrator | $59,231 | $0 | VERMONT FARM BUREAU INC |
| Sue Hoxie | 2014 | President | $59,208 | $0 | ADDISON COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE |
| Linda Wichlac | 2014 | Executive Director | $59,183 | $0 | BENNINGTON PROJECT INDEPENDENCE INC |
| Todd Kingsbury | 2015 | Executive Di | $59,115 | $1,275 | FAR POST SOCCER CLUB 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.