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 It is no longer being updated with new filings.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
Cheyenne Wood 2014 Trustee $3,000 $0 WOODSTOCK SKI RUNNERS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM INC
Kathleen M Joslyn 2014 Fmr Treasurer $3,000 $0 BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE USA
R Paul Buhr 2014 Director $3,000 $0 HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
Gloria Chien 2016 Co-Artistic Director $3,000 $0 LAKE CHAMPLAIN CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
Brad Johanson 2016 Board / Editor $3,000 $0 BRIGHT BLUE INC
Benjamin Newberry 2016 Director $3,000 $0 HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
Matt Messier 2016 Executive Director $3,000 $0 VOLUNTEERS FOR PEACE INC
Scott Griswold 2017 Vice Preside $3,000 $0 NEWPORT AMBULANCE SERVICE INC
Judy Poirier 2016 Clerk $3,000 $0 NEWPORT AMBULANCE SERVICE INC
Scott Griswold 2016 Vice Preside $3,000 $0 NEWPORT AMBULANCE SERVICE INC
Sue Barrup 2016 Secretary $3,000 $0 NEWPORT AMBULANCE SERVICE INC
Judy Poirier 2017 Clerk $3,000 $0 NEWPORT AMBULANCE SERVICE INC
John O'Farrell 2016 Former Executive Director $3,000 $0 CAMP EXCLAMATION POINT INC
John O'Farrell 2017 Former Executive Director $3,000 $0 CAMP EXCLAMATION POINT INC
Nancy Perkins 2017 Secretary $3,000 $0 VERMONT STATE GRANGE INC
Joanne Rock 2015 Secretary $3,000 $0 VERMONT MAPLE FESTIVAL INC
Aimee Koch 2016 Executive Director $2,992 $0 VERMONT CHIROPRATIC ASSOCIATION
Charles Stone 2014 Director $2,968 $0 VERMONT ENERGY INVESTMENT CORP
Sue Coakley 2016 Vice President $2,963 $0 VERMONT ENERGY INVESTMENT CORP
Joan Alibozek 2013 Treasurer $2,961 $0 HARTLAND COOPERATIVE NURSERY SCHOOL
Marcel Cote 2016 Treasurer/Executive Commit $2,952 $0 INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS
Aaron Waterman 2015 Board Member $2,938 $0 INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS
Jesse Rocheleau 2016 Treasurer $2,926 $0 BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE USA
Joshua Deppman 2016 Training Officer $2,925 $0 VERGENNES AREA RESCUE SQUAD
Roy Folsom 2016 Director $2,925 $0 WASHINGTON ELECTRIC CO-OPERATIVE 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.