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 It is no longer being updated with new filings.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
Charlie Munson 2015 Worthy Secretary $10,900 $0 FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES
Ed Thomas 2016 Administrator $10,888 $0 BELLOWS FALLS LODGE NO 527 LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
Ed Thomas 2015 Administrator $10,877 $0 BELLOWS FALLS LODGE NO 527 LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
Alexandra Smith 2015 International Placement Coordinator $10,851 $0 VOLUNTEERS FOR PEACE INC
Jenna Khan 2013 Executive Di $10,846 $0 IMAGING THE WORLD CORP
John Dyer 2014 Head Coach $10,833 $0 DRAGONHEART VERMONT INCORPORATED
Ty Rolland 2017 Chief $10,828 $0 EAST MONTPELIER VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC
Elin A Treanor 2014 Cfo & Coo $10,820 $13,892 EASTER SEALS VERMONT INC
Kathleen Tellez 2015 Assist.Teacher $10,816 $0 PRESCHOOL AT FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH INC
Ty Rolland 2014 Chief $10,812 $0 EAST MONTPELIER VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC
Jay Craven 2014 Creative Dir $10,800 $0 KINGDOM COUNTY PRODUCTIONS
Bill Elwell 2016 Former Director / Outreach Coordinator $10,800 $0 VERMONT LONG TERM DISASTER RECOVERY GROUP INC
Ann Riverws 2013 Member $10,800 $0 VERGENNES AREA RESCUE SQUAD
James Marmar 2014 Exec Director $10,800 $0 VERMONT PHARMICISTS ASSOCIATION
Harold Mitchell 2016 Resident Dir $10,800 $0 CAMP DOWNER INC
Sherry Mitchell 2016 Executive Di $10,800 $0 CAMP DOWNER INC
Bill Elwell 2015 Director / Outreach Coordinator $10,800 $0 VERMONT LONG TERM DISASTER RECOVERY GROUP INC
Rebecca Elgood 2015 Executive Direc $10,800 $0 MONTEVERDI MUSIC SCHOOL INC
James Marmar 2013 Exec Director $10,800 $0 VERMONT PHARMICISTS ASSOCIATION
Patrick Connelly 2017 Vp Student Life $10,796 $0 GREEN MOUNTAIN COLLEGE
George Lague 2015 Director $10,770 $16 VERMONT ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC
Christine Decker 2014 Actress $10,769 $0 OLDCASTLE PRODUCTIONS
Janice Marinelli 2015 Executive Director $10,769 $0 LAKE CHAMPLAIN ISLANDS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Scott Paulson 2014 Chariman $10,764 $0 SEVEN STARS ARTS CENTER INC
Andre Demers 2015 Secretary $10,740 $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.