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 It is no longer being updated with new filings.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
Jamie Lofy 2017 Chief Operating Officer $57,603 $27,478 THE PERMANENT FUND FOR VERMONTS CHILDREN INC
James Goudie 2013 Operations Manger $57,576 $0 NORDIC SPIRIT SOCCER CLUB INC
Masha Ivanova 2013 Secretary $57,547 $15,077 RESEARCH CENTER FOR CHILDREN YOUTH & FAMILIES INC
Barbara Frascella 2014 Business Mgr $57,523 $9,645 GREEN MOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL INC
Sarah Waring 2013 Executive Dir. $57,500 $0 THE CENTER FOR AN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY
Jody Fried 2015 Executive Director $57,464 $0 CATAMOUNT FILM & ARTS CO
Scott Mclaughlin 2016 Executive Dir. $57,454 $0 VERMONT GRANITE MUSEUM OF BARRE INC
Kim Roberge 2015 Exec. Direct $57,447 $0 CRAFTSBURY COMMUNITY CARE CENTER
Deborah Hall 2017 Executive Di $57,437 $4,841 HOMELESS PREVENTION CENTER
Jane Rodd 2013 Former Executive Director $57,430 $0 GREEN MOUNTAIN HORSE ASSOCIATION INC
Leisa Pollander 2013 Exec Directo $57,402 $7,545 SARA M HOLBROOK COMMUNITY CENTER
Seth Mobley 2015 Executive Dir. $57,385 $11,339 VERMONT COMMUNITY ACCESS MEDIA
Elsie Smith 2013 Artistic Dir. $57,377 $0 NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CIRCUS ARTSINC
Renee Swain Until 123117 2017 Executive Di $57,373 $1,249 UMBRELLA OF ST JOHNSBURY INC
Amy Mcdowell 2013 Exec Director $57,369 $13,408 BARRISTERS BOOK SHOP
Matt Powers 2014 Director $57,316 $0 WOODSTOCK HISTORY CENTER INC
Christopher J Astick 2017 Program Dire $57,288 $8,489 ELMHILL INC
Dave Pfannenstein 2015 Executive Dir. $57,279 $0 VERMONT GOLF ASSOCIATION INC
Seth Mobley 2014 Executive Dir. $57,266 $11,132 VERMONT COMMUNITY ACCESS MEDIA
Tom Mckone 2015 Library Dire $57,231 $1,766 KELLOGG HUBBARD LIBRARY
Linda Ryan 2014 Executive Director $57,217 $0 SAMARITAN HOUSE INC
Lisa M Maxfield 2014 Cfo $57,169 $6,917 VERMONT BAR ASSOCIATION
Emily Boedecker 2014 Executive Di $57,158 $0 LOCAL MOTION INC
Rebecca Duranleau 2017 Executive Director $57,151 $0 OUR HOUSE OF CENTRAL VT INC
Brooke Jenkins 2017 Executive Di $57,134 $400 GOOD SAMARITAN HAVEN

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.