VERMONT LAND TRUST INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C340

Classification

1000

Street

8 BAILEY AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• CONSERVATIONTHE VERMONT LAND TRUST IS A MEMBER-SUPPORTED LAND CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION THAT HAS WORKED WITH FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES, FARMERS, AND FORESTLAND OWNERS SINCE 1977 TO CONSERVE OVER 2,000 PARCELS OF LAND IMPORTANT TO VERMONTERS. VLT HAS PERMANENTLY CONSERVED MORE THAN 650,000 ACRES. THIS LAND INCLUDES MORE THAN 1,100 WORKING FARMS, MORE THAN 410,000 ACRES OF PRODUCTIVE FORESTLAND, AND NUMEROUS PARCELS OF COMMUNITY LANDS. OUR STAFF CHOOSES INITIATIVES AND WEIGHS INVESTMENTS OF RESOURCES IN OUR EFFORT TO BEST SERVE CURRENT AND FUTURE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO VERMONT. OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE: PROTECTING AND STEWARDING FARMS, FORESTS, COMMUNITY LANDS, AND ASSOCIATED IMPORTANT NATURAL AREAS. PROTECTING AND STEWARDING LAND THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE CULTURAL, ECONOMIC, AND ECOLOGICAL VITALITY OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES. PROTECTING AND STEWARDING LAND THAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC, AND THAT IS BOTH AFFORDABLE AND AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO USE IT. IMPROVING THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES BY INVIGORATING FARMS, LAUNCHING NEW BUSINESSES, MAINTAINING SCENIC VISTAS, PROVIDING LOCAL FOOD, ENCOURAGING RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, AND FOSTERING A RENEWED SENSE OF COMMUNITY.

  Expenses $12,618,043 · Grants $147,596

• STEWARDSHIPTHE VERMONT LAND TRUST ACCEPTS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO SAFEGUARD AND UPHOLD, FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL VERMONTERS, THE LEGAL AGREEMENT SIGNED VOLUNTARILY BY THE LANDOWNER. WE CALL THIS WORK STEWARDSHIP. OUR STEWARDSHIP ROLE MEANS THAT WE MONITOR ALL OUR CONSERVED PROPERTIES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND MEET WITH ALMOST 90% OF THE OWNERS OF CONSERVED LAND. THESE EXPERIENCES, VISITING THE LAND AND CREATING RELATIONSHIPS WITH LANDOWNERS, ARE CORE TO CREATING BALANCED CARE FOR THE ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY, CULTURAL HERITAGE, AND ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY OF CONSERVED PROPERTIES.

  Expenses $2,161,640 · Revenue $5,273

• THE BREWSTER UPLANDS CONSERVATION TRUST IS AN ENTITY THAT SUPPORTS THE MANAGEMENT OF 1,000+ ACRES FOR PUBLIC ACCESS, FARMING AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.

  Expenses $422,542

• ATLAS TIMBERLANDS PROJECTTHE ATLAS TIMBERLANDS PROJECT IS A JOINT UNDERTAKING OF THE VERMONT LAND TRUST AND THE NATURE CONSERVANCY. TOGETHER, THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS HAVE OWNED AND MANAGED TIMBERLAND IN THE NORTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS BEGINNING IN 1997. THE MANAGEMENT OF THIS LAND PROVIDES DIRECT EXPERIENCE WITH THE CHALLENGES OF OWNING AND MANAGING TIMBERLAND FOR ECONOMIC AND BIODIVERSITY VALUES. THIS EXPERIENCE HAS A DIRECT IMPACT ON OUR ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND AND ADDRESS CONCERNS OF OWNERS OF CONSERVED TIMBERLAND. MUCH OF THE LAND HAS NOW BEEN SOLD, SUBJECT TO PERPETUAL CONSERVATION EASEMENTS THAT ENSURE THE IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR HIKING, HUNTING, AND OTHER NON-MOTORIZED RECREATION.

  Expenses $128,354 · Revenue $25,465

• VERMONT FOREST CARBONTHE VERMONT FOREST CARBON IS A PROJECT TO PILOT AGGREGATING SMALL, SEPARATELY OWNED, INDIVIDUAL PARCELS OF FOREST LAND FOR CARBON SEQUESTRATION TO PROVIDE A BROADER SET OF LANDOWNERS ACCESS TO CARBON MARKETS.

  Expenses $933,948 · Revenue $658,411

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $20,570,203

  Expenses

  $18,656,172

  Contributions

  $17,987,510

  Grants paid

  $147,596

• 2023

  Revenue

  $26,704,770

  Expenses

  $21,046,713

  Contributions

  $23,951,279

  Grants paid

  $46,000

• 2022

  Revenue

  $17,447,191

  Expenses

  $20,797,615

  Contributions

  $16,419,541

  Grants paid

  $2,380,897

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $27,492,178

  Expenses

  $19,840,805

  Assets (EOY)

  $52,514,440

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $16,703,041

  Expenses

  $14,580,876

  Assets (EOY)

  $53,999,994

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $15,612,327

  Expenses

  $14,107,159

  Assets (EOY)

  $47,661,388

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $20,838,201

  Expenses

  $19,834,580

  Assets (EOY)

  $44,231,760

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $15,023,018

  Expenses

  $14,704,533

  Assets (EOY)

  $46,406,619

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $12,292,038

  Expenses

  $12,388,191

  Assets (EOY)

  $46,298,636

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $13,322,291

  Expenses

  $15,169,528

  Assets (EOY)

  $44,791,737

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $13,433,232

  Expenses

  $11,480,283

  Assets (EOY)

  $42,896,850

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $16,916,370

  Expenses

  $18,493,729

  Assets (EOY)

  $36,414,419

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $14,319,889

  Assets (EOY)

  $38,045,441

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• VERMONT RELEAF COLLECTIVE

  $1,246,263

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• NEW ENGLAND FARMERS OF COLOR CO RESIST INC

  $890,792

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• GREEN COMMONS OF VERMONT

  $120,797

  2024 · TO ACQUIRE 1.03 ACRES (PUTNEY COMMON)

• TOWN OF WAITSFIELD

  $48,782

  2022 · LAND MANAGEMENT FUND

• TOWN OF BURKE

  $20,000

  2022 · LAND PROTECTION FUND

• WOBANAKI INC

  $12,000

  2023 · COTYLEDON FUND: ABENAKI GRANT FY21

• CENTER FOR WHOLE COMMUNITIES

  $10,000

  2024 · VCLS CONTRIBUTION FOR GENERAL SUPPORT

• CENTER FOR WHOLE COMMUNITIES

  $10,000

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• EQUINOX PRESERVATION TRUST

  $8,298

  2024 · EQUINOX MOUNTAIN PRESERVATION

• ABENAKI HELPING ABENAKI INC

  $7,000

  2023 · COTYLEDON FUND: ABENAKI GRANT FY21

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $1,454,827

  2023 · GENERAL PURPOSE

• VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $1,168,659

  2024 · GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $864,078

  2022 · GENERAL PURPOSE

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $387,793

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $288,588

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST

  $250,000

  2024 · FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT.

• NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

  $212,059

  2022 · LONG ISLAND SOUND

• IMPACTASSETS INC

  $202,500

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $178,433

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $138,955

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

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

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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