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 It is no longer being updated with new filings.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
Susan Fayette 2013 Director Of Development $22,144 $0 KELLY S BRUSH FOUNDATION
Gary Marcotte 2015 Manager $22,126 $0 BARTON CHAMBERS APARTMENTS INC
Tara Holt 2017 Executive Direct $22,115 $0 ST JOHNSBURY WORKS
Nina Curtiss 2013 Ex. Director $22,014 $0 FRANKLIN COUNTY COURT DIVERSION INC
Debra Goodwin 2016 Executive Dir. $21,991 $0 HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC
George Joey Powers Iii 2015 Staff $21,989 $0 FALLS AREA COMMUNITY TELEVISION INC
Eric Tidblom 2014 Trustee $21,960 $4,029 HEARTBEET LIFESHARING CORPORATION
Sarah Rooker 2017 Director $21,960 $0 FLOW OF HISTORY INC
George Joey Powers Iii 2014 Staff $21,919 $0 FALLS AREA COMMUNITY TELEVISION INC
Mary Croft 2014 Acting Sec/Treas $21,914 $0 VERMONT MAPLE SUGAR MAKERS ASSOCIATION INC
Katie Amadon 2014 Director $21,911 $0 POKER HILL SCHOOL INC
Brian Bradshaw 2017 Technical Di $21,909 $0 FALLS AREA COMMUNITY TELEVISION INC
Rev David J Theroux Sse 2016 Trustee Thru 10/2016 $21,893 $142 SAINT MICHAELS COLLEGE
Rev Michael P Cronogue Sse 2015 Trustee $21,888 $0 SAINT MICHAELS COLLEGE
Kathy Avellino 2016 Assistant Director $21,888 $0 WOODSTOCK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC
Sharon Birkheimer Rooker 2014 Executive Direc $21,855 $0 HOME BUILERS & REMODELERS ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN VERMONT
Todd Shove 2013 Ex. Director $21,840 $0 LAMOILLE COUNTY UNIT FOR SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
Tracy Penfield 2017 Founding Director $21,801 $4,847 SAFEART INC
Karen Stewart 2015 Executive Director $21,785 $0 LAMOILLE AREA PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY INC
Adriana Curutchet 2014 Secretary And Treasurer $21,780 $0 THE BRIDGEWATER SUSTAINABLE EARTH FOUNDATION INC
Susan Bassett 2014 Coordinator $21,775 $6,996 RUTLAND AREA FOODSHELF
Chris Runcie Chair 2015 & Educator $21,744 $408 FOUR WINDS NATURE INSTITUTEINCORPORATED
Richard Brockway 2017 Treasurer $21,730 $0 VT LIFE & HEALTH INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION
Alan Smith Sr 2014 Adjutant $21,702 $0 AMERICAN LEGION POST 19
Lexi Shear 2015 Executive Di $21,702 $0 PACEM SCHOOL 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.

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.