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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karen Nevin | 2014 | Executive Director | $35,000 | $0 | VALLEY ARTS FOUNDATION INC |
| Jeff Fuller | 2017 | Executive Director | $35,000 | $2,400 | CONNECTING HOPE INC |
| Brandon Bergey | 2014 | Executive Director | $35,000 | $5,157 | BETHANY BIRCHES CAMP INC |
| Tracy Penfield | 2015 | Founding Director | $35,000 | $4,891 | SAFEART INC |
| Alexa Manning | 2016 | Pres & Treas | $35,000 | $0 | DOWNTOWN SCHOOL |
| Karebn Duguay | 2015 | Marketing Director | $35,000 | $0 | MIDDLEBURY BUSINESS ASSOCIATION |
| Donna Samson-Sprake | 2014 | Business Man | $34,995 | $1,722 | DISABILITY RIGHTS VERMONT INC |
| Matthew Whalen | 2014 | Wellnes Coord | $34,942 | $0 | ESSEX CHIPS INC |
| Christine Scherding | 2013 | Administrative Director | $34,917 | $13,079 | UPPER VALLEY WALDORF SCHOOL |
| Jeannine Valcour | 2016 | Ex Dir (Former) | $34,904 | $0 | RIVER ARTS OF MORRISVILLE INC |
| Samira Davis | 2017 | Executive Di | $34,888 | $0 | FRIENDS OF NORTHERN LAKE CHAMPLAIN INC |
| Eric Bagley | 2014 | Club Asst Dir | $34,825 | $0 | CAPITAL SOCCER CLUB INC |
| Gail Albertelli | 2013 | Secretary | $34,770 | $11,059 | FRANKLIN COUNTY INDUSTRIAL |
| Martha Carey | 2016 | Administrator | $34,763 | $0 | COMMUNITY FOOD CUPBOARD INC |
| Dawn Hiscock-Fecteau | 2014 | Head Teacher | $34,728 | $0 | PRESCHOOL AT FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH INC |
| Cynthia Clarke | 2014 | Director | $34,688 | $180 | BRIDGE SCHOOL INC |
| Maura O'Neill | 2014 | Executive Di | $34,615 | $0 | IMAGING THE WORLD CORP |
| Connie Sanderson | 2015 | Executive Director | $34,615 | $7,770 | NEW ENGLAND KURN HATTIN HOMES |
| Andy Kolovos | 2013 | Co-Director | $34,599 | $1,730 | VERMONT FOLKLIFE CENTER |
| Sharon | 2014 | Director | $34,514 | $204 | BRIDGE SCHOOL INC |
| Rev Dr William E Cobb | 2017 | Director | $34,500 | $0 | FAITH IN ACTION NORTHERNCOMMUNITIES PARTNERSHIP |
| Lisamarie Charleworth | 2017 | Chamber Mana | $34,446 | $0 | FRANKLIN COUNTY REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC |
| Manuel O'Neill | 2014 | Trustee | $34,422 | $3,522 | GODDARD COLLEGE CORPORATION |
| Karol Smith | 2014 | Wasca Direct | $34,421 | $225 | WATERBURY AREA SENIOR CITIZENS ASSN |
| Donna Samson-Sprake | 2013 | Business Man | $34,416 | $1,844 | DISABILITY RIGHTS VERMONT 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.