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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by VERMONT HUMANITIES COUNCIL.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,994,159
Total expenses
$2,347,925
Contributions and grants received
$1,969,160
Grants paid
$775,850
Program service revenue
$19,675
Investment income
$2,777
Other revenue
$2,547
Total assets, end of year
$3,301,935
Total liabilities, end of year
$208,084
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,093,851
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,696,263
Management and general expenses
$366,000
Fundraising expenses
$285,662
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,696,263

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)

    $1,366,026

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $603,134

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $19,675 · related or exempt $19,675

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,777 · excluded $2,777

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $2,547 · related or exempt $2,547

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,547

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $775,850 · program services $775,850

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $142,200 · program services $86,741 · management and general $31,285 · fundraising $24,174

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $597,817 · program services $221,131 · management and general $219,023 · fundraising $157,663

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $87,302 · program services $39,973 · management and general $24,088 · fundraising $23,241

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $52,610 · program services $27,061 · management and general $15,159 · fundraising $10,390

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $157,593 · program services $102,275 · management and general $28,300 · fundraising $27,018

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,227 · program services $2,489 · management and general $472 · fundraising $266

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $23,872 · program services $23,872

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $44,131 · program services $33,206 · management and general $9,677 · fundraising $1,248

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $20,976 · management and general $20,976

  • 24a · Other expenses: HONORARIA AND SCHOLARS

    total $192,905 · program services $190,505 · management and general $0 · fundraising $2,400

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

    total $78,947 · program services $78,947

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $57,797 · program services $27,587 · management and general $7,009 · fundraising $23,201

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $41,106 · program services $31,356 · management and general $8,772 · fundraising $978

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $71,592 · program services $55,270 · management and general $1,239 · fundraising $15,083

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $738,993 · end of year $238,548

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $500,534 · end of year $508,296

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $377,736 · end of year $702,445

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,335 · end of year $2,580

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $26,671 · end of year $16,417

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

    $798,056

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

    $593,277

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $225,755 · end of year $204,779

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,485,297 · end of year $1,628,870

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $112,277 · end of year $208,084

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,691,898 · end of year $2,572,072

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $552,146 · end of year $521,779

Mission and programs · 2023

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 $739,030 · Grants $677,650

  • LECTURE AND DISCUSSION PROGRAMS (INCLUDING FIRST WEDNESDAYS) - 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 $725,063 · Grants $12,200 · Revenue $22,222

  • 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. HUMANITIES CAMPS ARE WEEK-LONG 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 $232,170 · Grants $86,000

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Steve Stettler

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Beverly Belisle

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Morgan Moore

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Vera Longtoe Sheehan

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Yasmine Ziesler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Denise Bailey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Ellen Bethea

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Susan Burch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Judith Chalmer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • T Elijah Hawkes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Jinny Huh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Shanta Lee Gander

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $700
    From this org
    $700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Lizzy Lyons

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Adrienne Major

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Patricia Menduni

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Ron Miller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Mary Otto

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Patricia Sears

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Luis Vivanco

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $1,350
    From this org
    $1,350
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Christopher Kaufman Ilstrup

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $142,200
    From this org
    $132,246
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,954
    Hours/week
    40

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.

Grants on this return

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
25 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443039349301054

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