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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by VERMONT HUMANITIES COUNCIL.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,833,885
Total expenses
$1,922,074
Contributions and grants received
$1,705,838
Grants paid
$453,525
Program service revenue
$34,905
Investment income
$66,145
Other revenue
$26,997
Total assets, end of year
$3,219,605
Total liabilities, end of year
$64,895
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,154,710
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,388,386
Management and general expenses
$312,331
Fundraising expenses
$221,357
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,388,386

Program services were 72.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $630,765

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,075,073

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICES FEES

    total $34,905 · related or exempt $34,905

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $66,145 · excluded $66,145

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $26,997 · excluded $26,997

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $26,997

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $453,525 · program services $453,525

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $140,626 · program services $86,058 · management and general $34,880 · fundraising $19,688

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $554,886 · program services $282,290 · management and general $150,354 · fundraising $122,242

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $184,193 · program services $116,595 · management and general $38,454 · fundraising $29,144

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $64,952 · program services $36,483 · management and general $15,846 · fundraising $12,623

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $511 · program services $167 · management and general $258 · fundraising $86

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $21,501 · program services $7,032 · management and general $10,845 · fundraising $3,624

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $37,321 · program services $12,206 · management and general $18,825 · fundraising $6,290

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $46,485 · program services $38,269 · management and general $398 · fundraising $7,818

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $28,010 · program services $21,497 · management and general $3,818 · fundraising $2,695

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $32,952 · program services $24,573 · management and general $3,440 · fundraising $4,939

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $16,881 · management and general $16,881

  • 24a · Other expenses: HONORARIA AND SCHOLARS

    total $162,393 · program services $162,393

  • 24b · Other expenses: BOOKS, TAPES, AND VIDEO

    total $64,721 · program services $64,721

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $56,478 · program services $38,001 · management and general $13,517 · fundraising $4,960

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $31,242 · program services $26,544 · management and general $498 · fundraising $4,200

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $25,397 · program services $18,032 · management and general $4,317 · fundraising $3,048

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $829,146 · end of year $877,258

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $250,000 · end of year $260,258

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $217,146 · end of year $51,660

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $27,535 · end of year $45,667

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $798,056

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $629,374

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $185,563 · end of year $168,682

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,668,824 · end of year $1,816,080

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $93,672 · end of year $64,895

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,271,226 · end of year $2,375,989

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $813,316 · end of year $778,721

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

USING THE HUMANITIES, WE CONNECT WITH PEOPLE ACROSS VERMONT TO CREATE JUST, VIBRANT, AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES, AND TO INSPIRE A LIFELONG LOVE OF LEARNING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CONNECT WITH PEOPLE ACROSS VERMONT TO CREATE JUST, VIBRANT, AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES.

  • COMMUNITY GRANTS - COMPETITIVE GRANT ROUNDS ARE HELD TO SUPPORT HUMANITIES PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF VERMONT. APPLICATIONS ARE EVALUATED BY A BOARD COMMITTEE. GRANT OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE SEVERAL TIMES PER YEAR.

    Expenses $451,041 · Grants $310,785 · Revenue $250

  • LECTURE AND DISCUSSION PROGRAMS (INCLUDING SNAPSHOT) - THESE PROGRAMS BRING HUMANITIES PRESENTATION, DISCUSSIONS, AND CONFERENCES TO INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE STATE. EVERY YEAR, SPEAKERS MAKE MORE THAN 150 APPEARANCES AT LOCAL LIBRARIES, SCHOOLS, HISTORICAL SOCIETIES, SENIOR CENTERS, AND OTHER COMMUNITY SPACES.

    Expenses $266,161 · Grants $41,540 · Revenue $12,550

  • HUMANITIES BASED LITERACY PROGRAMS - VARIETY OF PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE LITERACY IN VERMONT. PROGRAMS INCLUDE "VERMONT READS" A ONE BOOK ANNUAL STATEWIDE READING, EARLY LITERACY WORKSHOPS FOR CHILDCARE PROVIDERS, AS WELL AS FAMILY LITERACY TRAININGS FOR PARENTS. HUMANITIESCAMPS ARE WEEKLONG SUMMER DAY CAMPS THAT AIM TO STRENGTHEN LITERACY SKILLS AND BUILD POSITIVE PEER GROUPS AND A LOVE OF READING. "CONNECTIONS" WORKS ON LITERACY WITH PERSONS IN AND EMERGING FROM THE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM.

    Expenses $671,184 · Grants $101,200 · Revenue $22,105

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Luis Vivanco

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $350
    From this org
    $350
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Gizelle Guyette

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ron Miller

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Yasmine Ziesler

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kiah Morris

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joseph Antonioli

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Ellen Bethea

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Sandra Gartner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Susanna Gellert

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • T Elijah Hawkes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Jinny Huh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Candace Lewis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Dottie Morris

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Kathryn Santiago

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Patricia Sears

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Vera Sheehan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Christopher Kaufman Ilstrup

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $157,706
    From this org
    $140,276
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,430
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,276
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,430
    Filer's total
    $157,706

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
7 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202622249349301437

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