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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R Longe | 2016 | Esteemed Loyal Knight | $0 | $0 | BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER ELKS OF THE USA |
| Jessica Nordhaus | 2015 | Director | $0 | $0 | YOUNG WRITERS PROJECT INC |
| Douglas Dickey | 2015 | Chairman | $0 | $0 | YOUNG WRITERS PROJECT INC |
| Sara Quayle | 2015 | Director | $0 | $0 | YOUNG WRITERS PROJECT INC |
| Val Gardner | 2015 | Director | $0 | $0 | YOUNG WRITERS PROJECT INC |
| Ellen Zeman | 2016 | Chair | $0 | $0 | VERMONT FAMILY NETWORK |
| Nicholas Morley | 2015 | Director | $0 | $0 | YOUNG WRITERS PROJECT INC |
| Colin Dodgson | 2015 | Director | $0 | $0 | YOUNG WRITERS PROJECT INC |
| Suzy Mead | 2016 | Director | $0 | $0 | HINESBURG COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER INC |
| Michael Mathon | 2015 | Treasurer | $0 | $0 | YOUNG WRITERS PROJECT INC |
| Kathy Yanulavich | 2015 | Director | $0 | $0 | YOUNG WRITERS PROJECT INC |
| Roberta Soll | 2016 | Director | $0 | $0 | HINESBURG COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER INC |
| Celia Evans | 2016 | Director | $0 | $0 | CENTER FOR WOODLANDS EDUCATION INC |
| R Corey | 2016 | Esteemed Leading Knight | $0 | $0 | BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER ELKS OF THE USA |
| Allison Colburn | 2016 | Ex-Officio Non Voting | $0 | $0 | THE CHILD CARE CENTER IN NORWICH INC |
| Kathy Folley | 2015 | Secretary | $0 | $0 | YOUNG WRITERS PROJECT INC |
| Don Posner | 2015 | Director | $0 | $0 | YOUNG WRITERS PROJECT INC |
| Beth Sengle | 2016 | Director | $0 | $0 | HINESBURG COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER INC |
| Jeff Baron | 2015 | Director | $0 | $0 | YOUNG WRITERS PROJECT INC |
| Heather Purintin | 2016 | Director | $0 | $0 | HINESBURG COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER INC |
| Lynn Anderson | 2015 | Director | $0 | $0 | MENNEN ENVIRONMENTAL FOUNDATION INC |
| Stevie Spencer | 2016 | Treasurer | $0 | $0 | LEWIS CREEK WATER SHED ASSOCIATION |
| Peter Erb | 2016 | Vice President | $0 | $0 | LEWIS CREEK WATER SHED ASSOCIATION |
| Ginny Roberts | 2016 | Director | $0 | $0 | HINESBURG COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER INC |
| Mary Eversole | 2017 | Secretary | $0 | $0 | VERMONT HIGHWAY SAFETY ALLIANCE |
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.