Vermont Nonprofit Navigator
Explore the organizations and people that power Vermont's $6.8 billion nonprofit economy.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agi-Hasita Nadai | 2015 | Officer | $0 | $0 | METTA EARTH INSTITUTE INC |
| Jim Merkel | 2015 | Officer | $0 | $0 | METTA EARTH INSTITUTE INC |
| Gary Ameden | 2016 | Trustee | $0 | $0 | MANCHESTER RESCUE SQUAD INC |
| Melynda Miller | 2016 | Director | $0 | $0 | NORTHEAST KINGDOM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE |
| Cathy Tempesta | 2016 | Trustee | $0 | $0 | GREEN MOUNTAIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP |
| Cameron Davis | 2015 | Officer | $0 | $0 | METTA EARTH INSTITUTE INC |
| Moira Spivey | 2016 | Vice President | $0 | $0 | MANCHESTER RESCUE SQUAD INC |
| Nancy Mobley | 2015 | Director | $0 | $0 | VALLEY ARTS FOUNDATION INC |
| Ward Smyth | 2015 | Vice President | $0 | $0 | VALLEY ARTS FOUNDATION INC |
| Julie Martin | 2016 | Staff | $0 | $0 | GUARDIANSHIP TRUST OF VERMONT INC |
| Patton Hyman | 2016 | Executive Officer | $0 | $0 | NORTHEAST KINGDOM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE |
| James Masland | 2016 | Trustee | $0 | $0 | GREEN MOUNTAIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP |
| Wayne Hersey | 2016 | Chair | $0 | $0 | GUARDIANSHIP TRUST OF VERMONT INC |
| Michael Schirling | 2016 | Director | $0 | $0 | BURLINGTON BUSINESS ASSOCIATION INC |
| Naomi Graham | 2016 | Secretary | $0 | $0 | GUARDIANSHIP TRUST OF VERMONT INC |
| Suzanne Prentiss | 2015 | Board Member | $0 | $0 | ADVANCE TRANSIT INC |
| John Blackmore | 2016 | Treasurer | $0 | $0 | NORTHEAST KINGDOM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE |
| Elisa Ziglar - Resigned In 2016 | 2015 | Director | $0 | $0 | VERMONT FEDERATION OF FAMILIES FOR CHILDRENS MENTAL HEALTH |
| Susan Yuan - Resigned In 2016 | 2015 | Director | $0 | $0 | VERMONT FEDERATION OF FAMILIES FOR CHILDRENS MENTAL HEALTH |
| Heather Tanner | 2015 | Treasurer | $0 | $0 | LYNDON SNO CRUISERS |
| Charlie Hosford | 2015 | Board Director | $0 | $0 | PROJECT HARMONY INC |
| Bethany Fleishman | 2015 | Board Member | $0 | $0 | ADVANCE TRANSIT INC |
| Demo Sofronas | 2015 | Board Member | $0 | $0 | ADVANCE TRANSIT INC |
| Paulette Rocheleau | 2016 | Director | $0 | $0 | GUARDIANSHIP TRUST OF VERMONT INC |
| William Barr | 2015 | Board Member | $0 | $0 | ADVANCE TRANSIT 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.
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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.