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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by VERMONT HUMANITIES COUNCIL.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,227,967
Total expenses
$2,289,751
Contributions and grants received
$2,118,157
Grants paid
$556,251
Program service revenue
$37,500
Investment income
$60,844
Other revenue
$11,466
Total assets, end of year
$3,178,214
Total liabilities, end of year
$93,672
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,084,542
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,707,748
Management and general expenses
$351,020
Fundraising expenses
$230,983
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,707,748

Program services were 74.6% 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)

    $1,348,467

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $769,690

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICES FEES

    total $37,500 · related or exempt $37,500

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $60,844 · excluded $60,844

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $11,466 · excluded $11,466

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $11,466

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $556,251 · program services $556,251

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $133,866 · program services $81,921 · management and general $33,203 · fundraising $18,742

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $644,115 · program services $394,177 · management and general $159,760 · fundraising $90,178

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $179,133 · program services $138,445 · management and general $27,874 · fundraising $12,814

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $70,143 · program services $44,881 · management and general $15,402 · fundraising $9,860

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,530 · program services $1,433 · management and general $698 · fundraising $399

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $28,000 · program services $15,858 · management and general $7,730 · fundraising $4,412

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $144,927 · program services $82,082 · management and general $40,008 · fundraising $22,837

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $56,013 · program services $32,929 · management and general $1,480 · fundraising $21,604

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $30,365 · program services $20,571 · management and general $5,733 · fundraising $4,061

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $40,125 · program services $24,223 · management and general $14,079 · fundraising $1,823

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $19,216 · management and general $19,216

  • 24a · Other expenses: HONORARIA AND SCHOLARS

    total $169,614 · program services $169,614

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

    total $94,041 · program services $94,041

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $56,597 · program services $33,191 · management and general $18,175 · fundraising $5,231

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $55,055 · program services $12,665 · management and general $4,943 · fundraising $37,447

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $9,760 · program services $5,466 · management and general $2,719 · fundraising $1,575

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $238,548 · end of year $829,146

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $508,296 · end of year $250,000

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $702,445 · end of year $217,146

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,580

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $16,417 · end of year $27,535

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

    $798,056

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

    $612,493

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $204,779 · end of year $185,563

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,628,870 · end of year $1,668,824

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $208,084 · end of year $93,672

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,572,072 · end of year $2,271,226

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $521,779 · end of year $813,316

Mission and programs · 2024

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 $500,163 · Grants $406,296 · Revenue $236,000

  • 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 $532,233 · Grants $21,500 · Revenue $104,566

  • HUMANITIESBASED 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 $675,352 · Grants $128,455 · Revenue $174,200

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Steven Stettler

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Yasmine Ziesler

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • T Elijah Hawkes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Kiah Morris

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Dottie Morris

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Patricia Menduni

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Adrienne Major

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Lizzy Lyons

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Jinny Huh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Luis Vivanco

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Judith Chalmer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Denise Bailey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Ellen Bethea

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $600
    From this org
    $600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Patricia Sears

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Vera Longtoe Sheehan

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $930
    From this org
    $930
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ron Miller

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Gizelle Guyette

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Christopher Kaufman Ilstrup

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $142,859
    From this org
    $132,336
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,523
    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
2024
Filed
5 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503169349304700

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