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 It is no longer being updated with new filings.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
Catherine Cullen 2016 Chief Clinical Officer $137,963 $16,163 VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION AND HOSPICE OF VT AND NH INC
Erin Carroll 2013 Director, Consulative Services $137,885 $12,283 VERMONT ENERGY INVESTMENT CORP
Lynn Smith 2014 Administrato $137,765 $4,152 THE MANOR INC
Kristyn Wilder 2014 Director Efficiency Smart $137,731 $7,574 VERMONT ENERGY INVESTMENT CORP
Lorraine Atwood 2013 Vp Finance & Admin. $137,731 $20,158 VERMONT LAW SCHOOL INC
Dr Jennifer P Gilwee 1 2014 Director (At Large) $137,730 $32,529 UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT MEDICAL GROUP
Dr Anne E Dixon 1 2015 Director (At Large) $137,712 $36,868 UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT MEDICAL GROUP
Kenneth A Colburn 2013 Senior Associate $137,686 $12,291 REGULATORY ASSISTANCE PROJECT
Paul Harrington 2015 Executive Vp $137,643 $20,723 VERMONT MEDICAL SOCIETY
L Patricia Stanley 2016 Head Of School $137,643 $1,365 MOUNTAIN SCHOOL AT WINHALL INC
Barry Morgenstern 2015 Ct Director Of Research $137,631 $4,134 INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Melvin Miller 2016 Psychology Professor $137,539 $25,003 NORWICH UNIVERSITY
Barry D Morgenstern Phd 2013 Ct Dir Of Research $137,532 $25,234 INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Felipe Rivera 2016 Vp For Strategy & Communic $137,504 $29,710 VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Paul Harrington 2014 Executive Vp $137,446 $27,570 VERMONT MEDICAL SOCIETY
Anthony Vargo 2016 Treasurer & Cfo $137,371 $14,609 CLEAN ENERGY GROUP INC
Mike Spillane 2016 Business Man $137,273 $6,723 INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS
David Sanville 2014 Former Cfo $137,172 $32,863 GIFFORD MEDICAL CENTER INC
Heather Bushey 2016 Cfo $137,145 $8,761 PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND
Dr Phelan Fretz 2013 Executive Di $137,115 $14,995 LEAHY CENTER FOR LAKE CHAMPLAIN INC
Sara C King 2015 Cfo $137,076 $16,763 VNA & HOSPICE OF THE SOUTHWEST REGION INC
Charles W Scranton 2017 Ex Dir/Trustee $137,000 $0 ROWLAND FOUNDATION INC
Jeffrey Wulfman 2016 Physician $136,995 $4,109 FIVE-TOWN HEALTH ALLIANCE INC
Paul Harrington 2016 Executive Vp $136,622 $16,466 VERMONT MEDICAL SOCIETY
Eric Palola 2016 Exec Dir/Sec'Y $136,526 $0 GUANACASTE DRY FOREST CONSERVATION FUND

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.