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 It is no longer being updated with new filings.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
Christopher James 2015 Principal $175,097 $12,206 REGULATORY ASSISTANCE PROJECT
Sarah M Kelly 2015 Vp Enrollment & Marketing $175,065 $39,266 SAINT MICHAELS COLLEGE
Christopher Kaltsas 2013 Headmaster,Sec. $175,000 $20,000 STRATTON MOUNTAIN SCHOOL & SKI FOUNDATION INC
George Karabakakis 2015 Ceo $174,970 $29,637 HEALTH CARE AND REHABILITATION SERVICES OF SOUTHEASTERN VERMONT I
Dawn M Ellinwood 2017 Vp For Student Affairs $174,901 $33,928 SAINT MICHAELS COLLEGE
Suzanne Anair 2016 Admin Ctrs For Nursing & Rehab $174,886 $22,556 MOUNT ANTHONY HOUSING CORPORATION
George Hamilton 2014 President $174,876 $28,873 INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
Kathleen Allden Md 2013 Psychiatrist $174,802 $22,928 HEALTH CARE AND REHABILITATION SERVICES OF SOUTHEASTERN VERMONT I
Dave Whaley 2017 Secretary/Vp Development $174,699 $39,447 NORWICH UNIVERSITY
Mary Joyce Md 2014 Trustee (Termed 1/15) $174,662 $19,233 WINDSOR HOSPITAL CORPORATION
Kathleen Allden Md 2015 Psychiatrist $174,616 $9,900 HEALTH CARE AND REHABILITATION SERVICES OF SOUTHEASTERN VERMONT I
George Hamilton 2015 President $174,603 $29,727 INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
Patricia Jannene 2013 Past Chief Nursing Officer $174,519 $2,189 PORTER HOSPITAL INC
David Magida 2014 Chief Admin Officer $174,517 $14,863 NORWICH UNIVERSITY
Sheila Boni 2015 Admin Director Of Nursing $174,513 $18,566 SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER INC
Ji Chen 2013 Director Of Pharmary $174,491 $10,459 RUTLAND HOSPITAL INC
Todd Centybear 2015 Outgoing Ceo $174,457 $27,096 HOWARDCENTER INC
Katie Smith Abbott 2016 Vp Student Affairs & Dean Of College $174,440 $73,733 PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE
Warren Leon 2016 Cesa Executive Director $174,418 $24,474 CLEAN ENERGY GROUP INC
Paul J Fonteyn 2014 President $174,355 $4,984 GREEN MOUNTAIN COLLEGE
Kimona Alin 2014 Physician $174,333 $25,424 CARLOS G OTIS HEALTH CARE CENTER INC
Mary Burns 2015 President/Ceo $174,254 $14,444 GREATER BURLINGTON YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC
Mary Burns 2015 President $174,254 $14,444 GREATER BURLINGTON YMCA FOUNDATION INC
Christopher James 2014 Principal $174,242 $11,958 REGULATORY ASSISTANCE PROJECT
Gilbert Kujovich 2013 Professor Of Law $174,085 $8,336 VERMONT LAW SCHOOL 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.