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 It is no longer being updated with new filings.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
David Winters Mcmath 2017 President/Treasurer $24,000 $0 MOBILITY WITHOUT BARRIERS FOUNDATION
Ani Hawkinson 2014 Executive Director $24,000 $1,417 HEARTSONG HEALTH IN COMMUNITY
Burton D Tepfer Md 2016 Board Member $24,000 $0 BRATTLEBORO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Mary Ellen Copeland Phd 2015 Board Member $24,000 $0 COPELAND CENTER FOR WELLNESS AND RECOVERY INCORPORATED
Ani Hawkinson 2015 Executive Director $24,000 $1,417 HEARTSONG HEALTH IN COMMUNITY
Rebecca Tanner 2017 Employee $23,979 $0 NORTHEAST KINGDOM PRESCHOOL AND CHILDCARE CORP
Jennifer Macksey 2015 Vp Admin & Fin $23,958 $1,212 SOUTHERN VERMONT COLLEGE
Andra Kisler 2013 Program Director $23,953 $0 KPAS INC
Victor Guadagno 2015 President/Board $23,949 $0 BRIGHT BLUE INC
Chase Ackerman 2016 Treasurer/Em $23,940 $0 FIRST BRANCH AMBULANCE SERVICE INC
Susan Bokelberg 2016 Assist.Teacher $23,883 $0 PRESCHOOL AT FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH INC
Ellen Krajewski 2015 Cfo $23,883 $1,765 NORTHEAST WASHINGTON COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH INC
Patti Randall 2017 Ass'T Exec Director $23,868 $0 VERMONT CHILDREN S ALLIANCE INC
Dawn Stever 2013 Director/Tchr $23,851 $0 CARING COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL
Richard Howe 2016 Production Director $23,831 $0 OLDCASTLE PRODUCTIONS
Megan Brook 2014 Executive Director $23,806 $0 VOLUNTEERS FOR PEACE INC
Sue Skaskiw 2013 Executive Director $23,790 $0 VERMONT VOLUNTEER SERVICES FOR ANIMALS
Susan Bassett 2013 Coordinator $23,765 $5,830 RUTLAND AREA FOODSHELF
Tracy Goldfine 2016 Executive Di $23,742 $0 NORTH COUNTRY ANIMAL LEAGUE INC
Maria Donza 2016 Administrative Assistant $23,600 $0 TURNING POINT CLUB OF BENNINGTON
Eliza Kuckuk 2015 Youth Program Coordinator $23,584 $0 ESSEX CHIPS INC
Lisa S Lynch 2013 Office Executive Director $23,582 $0 ARC RUTLAND AREA INC
Mary Butera 2017 Librarian $23,557 $2,400 SOUTH LONDONDERRY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC
Jo-Anne L Unruh Until 63017 2017 Executive Di $23,535 $0 VERMONT COUNCIL OF SPECIAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATORS INC
Johnathon Lafarge 2015 Studio Manager $23,483 $0 CARVING STUDIO AND SCULPTURE 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.

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.