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 It is no longer being updated with new filings.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 Turner Md 2013 Md Ob/Gyn $238,753 $35,684 PORTER HOSPITAL INC
Jennifer Fryler 2016 Unit Chief $238,653 $21,398 BRATTLEBORO RETREAT
Laurie Quinn 2015 Chief Academic Officer/Provost $238,513 $47,281 CHAMPLAIN COLLEGE INC
Dennis Heibein 2016 Physician $238,491 $8,947 WINDSOR HOSPITAL CORPORATION
Richard Sedano 2017 Principal/President & Ceo $238,292 $36,494 REGULATORY ASSISTANCE PROJECT
David Gavett 2016 Hdmaster Emerit $238,223 $21,770 GREEN MOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL INC
Paul Boutin Md 2015 Psychiatrist $238,078 $8,600 HEALTH CARE AND REHABILITATION SERVICES OF SOUTHEASTERN VERMONT I
Carol A Conroy 2014 Vp Cno $237,848 $6,164 SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER INC
Elizabeth Coleman 2014 Frm. Pres./Director Of Capa $237,527 $26,558 BENNINGTON COLLEGE CORPORATION
Leslie J Keefe 2016 Vp Of Corporate Development $237,504 $34,138 SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC
Mark Mcgee 2014 Physician Unit Chief $237,500 $18,813 BRATTLEBORO RETREAT
Lewis Milford 2017 President & Ceo $237,077 $29,321 CLEAN ENERGY GROUP INC
Terry Larsen Do 2013 Trustee $236,938 $41,009 NORTHEASTERN VERMONT REGIONAL HOSPITAL INC
Paul Boutin Md 2016 Psychiatrist $236,667 $9,942 HEALTH CARE AND REHABILITATION SERVICES OF SOUTHEASTERN VERMONT I
Leslie J Keefe 2015 Vp Of Corporate Development $236,650 $28,468 SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC
Robert Weldon 2016 Assistant Treasurer $236,640 $49,604 HOCKEY AND RINK PROTECTION INC
Richard Cowart 2017 Secretary/Principal $236,593 $15,571 REGULATORY ASSISTANCE PROJECT
Richard Cowart 2016 Director/Principal $236,499 $16,160 REGULATORY ASSISTANCE PROJECT
Sara Schaefer Md 2013 Anesthesiologist $236,387 $38,755 SPRINGFIELD HOSPITAL INC
Mark Messier 2015 Physician $236,187 $13,126 COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS OF THE RUTLAND REGION INC
Mark Mcgee 2015 Physician Unit Chief $236,125 $34,727 BRATTLEBORO RETREAT
Rassoul Rangaviz 2016 Cfo $235,948 $12,445 COPLEY HOSPITAL INC
Theodore Miller 2014 Psychiatrist $235,761 $29,128 SPRINGFIELD MEDICAL CARE SYSTEMS INC
Melvyn Patashnick 2016 Former President And Ceo $235,126 $40,820 COPLEY HOSPITAL INC
Philip Kiely Md 2016 Physician $235,087 $10,920 COPLEY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES GROUP 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.