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← VERMONT PUBLIC CO

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by VERMONT PUBLIC CO.

Totals

Total revenue
$25,188,515
Total expenses
$21,977,945
Contributions and grants received
$14,224,180
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$9,521,655
Other revenue
$1,442,680
Total assets, end of year
$86,447,488
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,964,572
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$82,482,916
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$16,064,300
Management and general expenses
$3,976,809
Fundraising expenses
$1,936,836
Program service expenses (Part III)
$16,064,300

Program services were 73.1% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $14,224,180

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,680,566 · unrelated business $1,680,566

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $956,349 · unrelated business $956,349

  • 6a · Gross rents

    personal property $437,889

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    personal property $116,692

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    personal property $321,197

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $321,197 · unrelated business $321,197

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $70,611,796

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $62,770,707

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $7,841,089

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $7,841,089 · related or exempt $7,841,089

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $13,607

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $14,755

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$1,148 · unrelated business -$1,148

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER

    total $166,282 · related or exempt $166,282

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $166,282

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $474,521 · management and general $474,521

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $8,703,684 · program services $6,561,947 · management and general $1,410,243 · fundraising $731,494

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $812,649 · program services $561,329 · management and general $109,111 · fundraising $142,209

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,996,548 · program services $1,481,505 · management and general $398,525 · fundraising $116,518

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $702,539 · program services $509,702 · management and general $135,590 · fundraising $57,247

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $63,960 · management and general $63,960

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $123,075 · management and general $123,075

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $376,152 · management and general $376,152

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $947,995 · program services $667,192 · management and general $70,972 · fundraising $209,831

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $365,725 · program services $208,113 · management and general $50,615 · fundraising $106,997

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $376,333 · program services $195,316 · management and general $115,000 · fundraising $66,017

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $606,151 · program services $335,176 · management and general $269,347 · fundraising $1,628

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,954,000 · program services $1,744,999 · management and general $61,704 · fundraising $147,297

  • 17 · Travel

    total $255,686 · program services $150,299 · management and general $71,959 · fundraising $33,428

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,316,499 · program services $1,212,332 · management and general $32,750 · fundraising $71,417

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $317,983 · program services $233,599 · management and general $37,688 · fundraising $46,696

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM ACQUISTIONS

    total $2,292,230 · program services $2,218,136 · management and general $71,729 · fundraising $2,365

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $259,048 · management and general $55,356 · fundraising $203,692

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISC

    total $33,167 · program services -$15,345 · management and general $48,512

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,745,024 · end of year $1,998,742

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $79,141 · end of year $74,543

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $553,004 · end of year $432,286

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $138,057 · end of year $130,263

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $456,007 · end of year $792,811

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

    $32,788,783

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

    $19,330,849

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $14,346,599 · end of year $13,457,934

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $42,267,587 · end of year $40,593,419

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $18,312,026 · end of year $21,337,982

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $3,389,603 · end of year $3,389,603

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,264,429 · end of year $4,239,905

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,148,608 · end of year $1,431,906

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $51,262 · end of year $42,998

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,715,979 · end of year $2,489,668

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $67,130,959 · end of year $67,064,468

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $14,504,669 · end of year $15,418,448

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

VERMONT PUBLIC INFORMS, EDUCATES, AND ENTERTAINS THROUGH PUBLIC SERVICE JOURNALISM AND ENLIGHTENING CONTENT ROOTED IN VERMONT. OUR STORYTELLING ENRICHES LIVES AND FOSTERS COMMUNITY CONNECTION AND UNDERSTANDING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

VERMONT PUBLIC INFORMS, EDUCATES, AND ENTERTAINS THROUGH (CONTINUES ON SCHEDULE O) (CONTINUED) PUBLIC SERVICE JOURNALISM AND ENLIGHTENING CONTENT ROOTED IN VERMONT. OUR STORYTELLING ENRICHES LIVES AND FOSTERS COMMUNITY CONNECTION AND UNDERSTANDING.

  • PROGRAMMING:VERMONT PUBLIC IS VERMONT'S UNIFIED PUBLIC MEDIA ORGANIZATION, SERVING THE COMMUNITY WITH TRUSTED JOURNALISM, QUALITY MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT, AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING. VERMONT PUBLIC'S STATEWIDE RADIO AND TV NETWORKS PROVIDE FREE AND UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO ITS BROADCAST PROGRAMMING THROUGHOUT VERMONT, AS WELL AS IN PARTS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW YORK, MASSACHUSETTS AND QUEBEC, CANADA. PROGRAMS AND CONTENT ARE AVAILABLE ANYWHERE AT VERMONTPUBLIC.ORG AND WITH THE VERMONT PUBLIC APP.

    Expenses $5,887,635 · Revenue $956,349

  • CONTENT:VERMONT PUBLIC PRODUCES LOCAL, AWARD-WINNING NEWS, MUSIC, ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT CONTENT, AND PROVIDES LOCAL ACCESS TO ACCLAIMED NATIONAL PROGRAMMING FROM NPR AND PBS. IT IS HOME TO VERMONT'S ONLY CLASSICAL MUSIC NETWORK, AND A KEY SOURCE FOR EDUCATIONAL AND AGE-APPROPRIATE CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS, PLUS RESOURCES FOR PARENTS AND EDUCATORS. VERMONT PUBLIC ALSO FACILITATES CONNECTION AND RICH CONTENT EXPERIENCES THROUGH LIVE EVENTS AT THE STATION, THROUGHOUT THE REGION AND ONLINE.

    Expenses $5,448,139

  • ENGINEERING:VERMONT PUBLIC IS COMMITTED TO BRIDGING DIVIDES, PROVIDING SPACE TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER ACROSS DIFFERENCES - IN PERSON AND ONLINE, AS WELL AS ON TV AND RADIO.

    Expenses $4,728,526

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dennise Casey

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marguerite Dibble

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peter Graham

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Molly Lambert

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lane Pike Fury

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brad Robertson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hb Lozito

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Weiwei Wang

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael Seaver

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kerri Hoffman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Liz Miller

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alison Whritenour

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cd Mattison

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Travis Samuels

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Herrera Condry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tom Evslin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brendan Kinney

    INTERIM CEO & COO

    Total calculated
    $263,404
    From this org
    $228,628
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,776
    Hours/week
    42

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $228,628
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,146
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,630
    Filer's total
    $263,404
  • Brendan Leonard

    CFO THROUGH OCT 2024

    Total calculated
    $171,104
    From this org
    $141,821
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,283
    Hours/week
    42

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,821
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,091
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,192
    Filer's total
    $171,104
  • Kassandra Kohler

    INTERIM CFO & CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $163,244
    From this org
    $130,111
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,133
    Hours/week
    42

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $130,111
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,503
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,630
    Filer's total
    $163,244
  • Vijay Singh

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $67,006
    From this org
    $62,085
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,921
    Hours/week
    42
  • Angela Evancie

    SVP OF CONTENT

    Total calculated
    $199,051
    From this org
    $164,213
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,838
    Hours/week
    42

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,213
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,208
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,630
    Filer's total
    $199,051
  • Joseph Tymecki

    SVP OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $187,341
    From this org
    $161,730
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,611
    Hours/week
    42

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,730
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,084
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,527
    Filer's total
    $187,341
  • Kari Anderson

    SVP OF AUDIENCE & COMMUNITY

    Total calculated
    $184,650
    From this org
    $150,498
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,152
    Hours/week
    42

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,498
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,522
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,630
    Filer's total
    $184,650
  • Leanne Linck

    SVP OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $164,957
    From this org
    $140,412
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,545
    Hours/week
    42

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,412
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,018
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,527
    Filer's total
    $164,957
  • Jane Lindholm

    EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

    Total calculated
    $160,754
    From this org
    $127,740
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,014
    Hours/week
    42

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $127,740
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,384
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,630
    Filer's total
    $160,754
  • Scott Finn

    FORMER PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $288,521
    From this org
    $287,206
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,315
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $287,206
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,315
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $288,521

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

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 4A
SCOTT FINN, FORMER CEO; ALL COMPENSATION RECEIVED FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2024 IS SEVERANCE RELATED.

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
19 December 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202620869349300827

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