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 It is no longer being updated with new filings.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
Jeremiah Eckhaus Md 2013 Physician $234,849 $25,286 CENTRAL VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER INC
Ewa Arnold Md 2016 Physician $234,564 $34,084 CARLOS G OTIS HEALTH CARE CENTER INC
Frederick Weston 2016 Director/Principal $234,536 $17,915 REGULATORY ASSISTANCE PROJECT
Paul Boutin Md 2014 Psychiatrist $234,480 $19,337 HEALTH CARE AND REHABILITATION SERVICES OF SOUTHEASTERN VERMONT I
Gary Clay Md 2013 Family Practice Physician $234,267 $23,644 SPRINGFIELD MEDICAL CARE SYSTEMS INC
Richard Summermatter 2013 Ob/Gyn $233,978 $15,924 SPRINGFIELD MEDICAL CARE SYSTEMS INC
Jayson Boyers 2014 Vice President $233,943 $39,650 CHAMPLAIN COLLEGE INC
Richard Cowart 2015 Principal $233,753 $15,749 REGULATORY ASSISTANCE PROJECT
Timothy Ford 2014 Ceo/President $233,721 $50,555 SPRINGFIELD MEDICAL CARE SYSTEMS INC
Lewis Milford 2015 President/Ceo/Secretary $233,492 $43,907 CLEAN ENERGY GROUP INC
Tom Greene 2013 President $233,353 $49,959 VERMONT COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS INC
Dr Robert A Pierattini 1 2013 Director $233,342 $26,550 UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT MEDICAL GROUP
Ronald J Cioffi 2017 Ceo $232,799 $30,102 VNA & HOSPICE OF THE SOUTHWEST REGION INC
David Mooney 2013 Md $232,777 $6,110 LAMOILLE COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE
Peter Gunther 2017 Cmo $232,592 $11,726 COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS OF BURLINGTON INC
Barbara M Robinson 2013 Vp Clinical Services $232,237 $35,762 RUTLAND HOSPITAL INC
Andrew Majka 2015 Past Cfo $231,743 $9,750 SPRINGFIELD MEDICAL CARE SYSTEMS INC
Stephen Wood 2016 Physician $231,569 $34,999 COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS OF THE RUTLAND REGION INC
Steve Trombley 2013 Past Ceo $231,364 $13,048 PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND
Christine Hallquist 2017 Chief Executive Officer $231,185 $30,997 VERMONT ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC
Philip T Susmann 2016 President $231,142 $36,755 NORWICH UNIVERSITY APPLIED RESEARCH INSTITUTES LTD
Vardit Ringvald 2014 Director Midd-Hatc $231,015 $79,189 PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE
Joseph T Smith 2013 Physician $231,009 $22,026 BRATTLEBORO RETREAT
Karin Morrow 2016 Cno, Until 12/2016 $230,771 $8,632 CENTRAL VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER INC
John Matthew 2017 Md, Director $230,722 $26,642 NORTHEAST WASHINGTON COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH 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.