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 It is no longer being updated with new filings.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
Barbara M Casna 2014 Treasurer/Cfo $176,451 $28,780 HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
Casey Patunoff 2015 Psychiatrist $176,440 $7,046 NORTHWESTERN COUNSELING & SUPPORT SERVICES INC
Dawn M Ellinwood 2015 Vp For Student Affairs $176,384 $40,155 SAINT MICHAELS COLLEGE
Erica Hare 2015 College Cfo $176,371 $28,287 VERMONT COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS INC
Lori Profota 2016 Cno $176,365 $28,981 COPLEY HOSPITAL INC
Jeffrey Morse 2013 Ceo $176,353 $6,037 RIVER VALLEY CREDIT UNION
Dr Erick Lavallee 2016 Physician $176,322 $10,126 RICHFORD HEALTH CENTER INC
Jack Donnelly 2014 Ceo $176,086 $30,129 COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS OF BURLINGTON INC
Todd Centybear 2014 Outgoing Ceo $176,032 $29,679 HOWARDCENTER INC
Mark Tashjian 2013 Headmaster $176,031 $35,443 BURR & BURTON ACADEMY
Laura Krause 2013 Treasurer/Vp/Ceo Thru 12/31/13 $176,001 $16,666 BENNINGTON COLLEGE CORPORATION
Janine L Migden-Ostrander 2017 Principal $175,968 $28,165 REGULATORY ASSISTANCE PROJECT
George Hamilton 2016 President $175,844 $34,009 INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
Dr Jennifer P Gilwee 1 2016 Director (At Large) $175,817 $42,537 UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT MEDICAL GROUP
Stuart Graves 2014 Psychiatrist $175,763 $6,194 WASHINGTON COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES INC
Ralph Provenza 2015 Executive Di $175,742 $9,810 UNITED COUNSELING SERVICE OF BENNINGTON COUNTY INC
Louis Giramma 2015 Chief Exec.Officer $175,735 $6,634 INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Michael R Del Trecco 2014 Vice President Of Finance $175,727 $38,891 VERMONT ASSOCIATION OF HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS INC
Tao Smith 2013 Headmaster/Trustee $175,490 $0 KILLINGTON MOUNTAIN SCHOOL INC
Leslie J Keefe 2014 Vp Of Corporate Development $175,365 $6,651 SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC
Dave Whaley 2014 Secretary/Vp Development $175,244 $31,304 NORWICH UNIVERSITY
Lynne Ballard 2016 Associate Provost $175,222 $38,546 CHAMPLAIN COLLEGE INC
Christopher Bramwell 2015 Chief Of Party $175,155 $11,529 WORLD LEARNING INC
Amity Shlaes 2014 Chair & Ceo $175,154 $21,894 CALVIN COOLIDGE PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION INC
Zbigniew Golonka Phd 2013 Ct Director Of Behavioral Services $175,124 $26,017 INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

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.