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 It is no longer being updated with new filings.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
Scott Paulson 2013 Chariman $11,227 $0 SEVEN STARS ARTS CENTER INC
Sean Troland 2014 General Mana $11,154 $2,521 CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES INC
Michael J Bonfanti 2016 Senior Vp Information Technology $11,118 $27,763 EASTER SEALS VERMONT INC
Ed Thomas 2014 Administrator $11,110 $0 BELLOWS FALLS LODGE NO 527 LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
Ty Rolland 2016 Chief $11,106 $0 EAST MONTPELIER VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC
Eileen Smith 2015 Executive Co $11,076 $0 NATIONAL RURAL LETTER CARRIERS ASSOCIATION
Teresa Ettouzar 2013 Paid Employee $11,071 $0 WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST INC
Steven Monette 2014 Vp Finance & Cfo $11,018 $217 BRATTLEBORO RETREAT
Amy Williams 2016 Vice President $11,000 $0 NEW MUSIC ON THE POINT INC
Bern L Dibner 2015 Director $11,000 $0 CASCADE FOUNDATION
Avalon D Fennessey 2015 Director $11,000 $0 CASCADE FOUNDATION
Aurora C Dibner 2015 Director $11,000 $0 CASCADE FOUNDATION
Bern L Dibner 2016 Director $11,000 $0 CASCADE FOUNDATION
Avalon D Fennessey 2016 Director $11,000 $0 CASCADE FOUNDATION
Aurora C Dibner 2016 Director $11,000 $0 CASCADE FOUNDATION
Pam Blum 2013 Treasurer $11,000 $0 DRAGONHEART VERMONT INCORPORATED
Roxanne Jarvis 2015 Director & Benefit Mgr $11,000 $0 CENTRAL VERMONT HOSPITAL AUXILIARY INC
Amy Williams 2015 Vice President $11,000 $0 NEW MUSIC ON THE POINT INC
Mary Cohen 2015 Interim Exec $11,000 $0 RUTLAND REGION CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC
Roxanne Jarvis 2013 Director & Benefit Mgr $11,000 $0 CENTRAL VERMONT HOSPITAL AUXILIARY INC
Roxanne Jarvis 2014 Director & Benefit Mgr $11,000 $0 CENTRAL VERMONT HOSPITAL AUXILIARY INC
Jamie Masterson 2013 Director/Tchr $10,973 $0 CARING COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL
Steve Fleming 2013 President $10,950 $0 VERGENNES AREA RESCUE SQUAD
Ed Thomas 2013 Administrator $10,948 $0 BELLOWS FALLS LODGE NO 527 LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
Charlie Munson 2016 Worthy Secretary $10,948 $0 FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES

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.