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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deborah Lamden | 2015 | Co-Pres./Exe | $37,011 | $0 | PARTNERS IN ADVENTURE INC |
| Denise Smith | 2013 | Executive Di | $37,000 | $0 | FRIENDS OF NORTHERN LAKE CHAMPLAIN INC |
| Deborah Lamden | 2016 | Co-Pres./Exe | $37,000 | $0 | PARTNERS IN ADVENTURE INC |
| Jennifer Caswell | 2016 | Program Dire | $36,955 | $0 | CAMBRIDGE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM |
| Paul Burns | 2014 | Executive Director | $36,949 | $8,624 | VERMONT PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP INC |
| Alex Stradling | 2016 | Executive Director | $36,940 | $0 | FALLS AREA COMMUNITY TELEVISION INC |
| Carolyn Ravenna | 2013 | Camp Director | $36,900 | $0 | VERMONT ELKS CHARITIES INC |
| Carolyn Ravenna | 2015 | Camp Directo | $36,900 | $0 | VERMONT ELKS CHARITIES INC |
| Sarah Rougier | 2013 | Exec Directo | $36,898 | $667 | BRISTOL FAMILY CENTER |
| Donna Samson-Sprake | 2017 | Business Man | $36,819 | $1,176 | DISABILITY RIGHTS VERMONT INC |
| Erik Peterson | 2015 | Director | $36,816 | $0 | OLDCASTLE PRODUCTIONS |
| Erin Talmage | 2013 | Museum Dir | $36,779 | $0 | BIRDS OF VERMONT MUSEUM INC |
| Joshua Ramsdell | 2015 | Director | $36,762 | $0 | MISSISQUOI VALLEY RESCUE INC |
| Brandon Bergey | 2015 | Executive Director | $36,750 | $5,400 | BETHANY BIRCHES CAMP INC |
| Gregory Knapp | 2017 | Social Room Manager | $36,709 | $0 | AMERICAN LEGION |
| Betsy Terry Orselet | 2013 | Executive Direc | $36,683 | $0 | VERMONT RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION |
| Shifra Levine Term 5518 | 2017 | Faculty Representative | $36,654 | $14,272 | UPPER VALLEY WALDORF SCHOOL |
| Margarita Fernandez | 2015 | Executive Dir. | $36,638 | $0 | VERMONT CARIBBEAN INSTITIUTE INC |
| Martha Griswold | 2014 | Interim Director - Ads | $36,615 | $0 | OXBOW SENIOR INDEPENDENCE PROGRAM INC |
| Gail Albertelli | 2014 | Secretary | $36,601 | $3,033 | FRANKLIN COUNTY INDUSTRIAL |
| Carolyn Begley | 2014 | Faculty Representative | $36,596 | $10,505 | UPPER VALLEY WALDORF SCHOOL |
| Susan Bell | 2013 | Executive Director | $36,568 | $863 | AIDS PROJECT OF SOUTHERN VERMONT INC |
| David Savidge | 2016 | Former Ex Director | $36,558 | $0 | ORANGE COUNTY DIVERSION PROGRAM |
| Julie Payne | 2017 | Executive Dir. | $36,548 | $0 | COMMUNITY JUSTICE NETWORK OF VERMONT |
| Andy Kolovos | 2015 | Co-Director | $36,540 | $1,827 | VERMONT FOLKLIFE CENTER |
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.