SHELBURNE FARMS

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C600

Classification

1000

Street

1611 HARBOR RD

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

• OUTREACH FOR EARTH STEWARDSHIP

  EIN 03-0336128

Mission and programs · 2025

• SHELBURNE FARMS' MISSION IS TO INSPIRE AND CULTIVATE LEARNING FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. THE NONPROFIT OFFERS LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT ARE GROUNDED IN PLACE AND ENRICHED BY NATURE TO HELP EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS CREATE A MORE THRIVING WORLD. THE ORGANIZATION'S HOME CAMPUS IS A 1,400- ACRE DIVERSIFIED WORKING FARM LOCATED IN SHELBURNE, VERMONT ON THE HOMELANDS OF THE WINOOSKI BAND OF THE ABENAKI. THE FARM IS A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK AND SERVES AS A LIVING CLASSROOM THAT INVITES PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS, VISITORS, AND OVERNIGHT GUESTS TO LEARN, GROW, AND BE INSPIRED. SHELBURNE FARMS REALIZES ITS MISSION THROUGH PROGRAMS OFFERED UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY. OUR WORK SEEKS TO CREATE SPACE, SPARK CONVERSATIONS, AND SHARE STORIES TO INSPIRE EDUCATORS, STUDENTS, AND LEARNERS OF ALL AGES TO BUILD A BETTER FUTURE FOR EVERYONE. THROUGH ITS DIVERSE PORTFOLIO OF PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES, SHELBURNE FARMS: - ENGAGES YOUTH AND PEOPLE OF ALL AGES IN LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT INSPIRE THEM TO BUILD RESILIENT AND CARING COMMUNITIES; - PRACTICES STEWARDSHIP AND EMBODIES VALUES OF PLACE AND COMMUNITY THROUGH CARING FOR AND SHARING OUR NATURAL, AGRICULTURAL, CULTURAL, AND HUMAN RESOURCES; AND - COLLABORATES WITH EDUCATORS AND OTHER LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY WORLDWIDE. SHELBURNE FARMS IS SUPPORTED BY CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS, TUITION, FEES AND ADDITIONAL REVENUE FROM ITS MISSION ADVANCING ENTERPRISES, INCLUDING A GRASS-BASED DAIRY AND AWARD-WINNING FARMSTEAD CHEESE MAKING OPERATION, AN ORGANIC MARKET GARDEN, MAPLE SUGARING AND LUMBER OPERATION, SPECIAL EVENTS, YEAR-ROUND GUEST ACCOMMODATIONS, AND FARM-TO-TABLE FOOD SERVICES. FOLLOWING THE GIFT OF THE PROPERTY TO THE NONPROFIT IN 1984, GROWING PROGRAMS AND IMPROVING THE HISTORIC PROPERTY AS AN INSPIRING CAMPUS FOR LEARNING HAVE BEEN ONGOING ENDEAVORS. AS AN EDUCATIONAL NONPROFIT SINCE 1972, THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUES TO TOUCH THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. IN 2025, THE FARM RECEIVED CHARITABLE SUPPORT FROM 4,580 INDIVIDUAL DONORS FROM 50 STATES AND 6 COUNTRIES. SHELBURNE FARMS' PROFESSIONAL LEARNING PROGRAMS SERVED 1,672 EDUCATORS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD, BOTH ON-SITE AND VIRTUALLY. WELCOME CENTER ATTENDANCE FOR THE WALKING TRAILS AND CHILDREN'S FARMYARD TOTALED 126,485 PEOPLE. IN ADDITION, 8,890 YOUTH ATTENDED SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND SUMMER CAMPS, AND 45,142 OTHERS CAME TO VISIT OR STAY AT THE FARM AND/OR PARTICIPATE IN FAMILY AND ADULT PROGRAMS, AND EVENTS. THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR DAY ADMISSION TO THE PROPERTY. WE WELCOME AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WHO VISITS AND ENJOYS THE TRAILS TO CONSIDER A CHARITABLE GIFT TO HELP MAKE THIS POSSIBLE. EVERY EDUCATOR IS SEEN AS A LIFE-LONG PARTNER WORKING TO INCREASE THE IMPACT OF EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY LOCALLY, NATIONALLY, AND INTERNATIONALLY. ULTIMATELY THE SUCCESS OF THE EDUCATION PROGRAMS AT SHELBURNE FARMS IS MEASURED BY DEEPENING TEACHER PRACTICE AND STUDENT LEARNING, LEADING TO IMPROVEMENTS IN QUALITY OF LIFE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. THROUGH THE SHELBURNE FARMS INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE SCHOOLS, THE HUB FOR ALL PROFESSIONAL LEARNING PROGRAMMING, AN INNOVATIVE EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY GRADUATE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM IS OFFERED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT. SHELBURNE FARMS CONTINUED TO RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT DONOR-DESIGNATED FUNDING FOR ITS EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAMS. GIFTS AND GRANTS PROVIDED CRITICAL SUPPORT FOR THE FARM-BASED EDUCATION NETWORK, VERMONT FEED (FOOD EDUCATION EVERYDAY) IN COLLABORATION WITH NOFA-VT, AND FOR CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATION PROGRAMMING. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE USDA, SHELBURNE FARMS IS PLAYING A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN EXPANDING FARM TO SCHOOL PROGRAMS NATIONALLY. CAPITAL GIFTS AND GRANTS THROUGH THE CAMPAIGN FOR SHELBURNE FARMS ARE MAKING POSSIBLE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENTS AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY ON-SITE AND GLOBALLY. IN ADDITION TO LAUNCHING THE SHELBURNE FARMS INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE SCHOOLS, THE CAMPAIGN MADE IT POSSIBLE TO CONSERVE LAND IN THE HEART OF THE FARM, MAKE REPAIRS TO THE BREEDING BARN AND FORMAL FLOWER GARDENS, AND FUND A COMPLETE REHABILITATION OF THE COACH BARN AS THE FARM'S CONVENING CENTER, INCLUDING A GEOTHERMAL HEATING COOLING SYSTEM THAT IS HELPING ACHIEVE OUR NET ZERO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GOAL BY 2028, AND MORE. SHELBURNE FARMS' VISION IS A HEALTHY AND JUST WORLD ROOTED IN STEWARDSHIP AND COMMUNITY. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW SHELBURNE FARMS IS WORKING TO INSPIRE AN EMERGING GENERATION OF CHANGE MAKERS, PLEASE VISIT WWW.SHELBURNEFARMS.ORG.

  Expenses $7,937,100 · Grants $96,997 · Revenue $1,176,563

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 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. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $11,958,152

  Expenses

  $9,985,759

  Contributions

  $9,518,777

  Grants paid

  $96,997

• 2024

  Revenue

  $28,488,592

  Expenses

  $9,234,622

  Contributions

  $25,843,583

  Grants paid

  $87,000

• 2023

  Revenue

  $10,045,002

  Expenses

  $7,578,059

  Contributions

  $7,873,544

  Grants paid

  $37,700

• 2022

  Revenue

  $10,079,110

  Expenses

  $6,858,425

  Contributions

  $8,986,285

  Grants paid

  $0

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

• 2025 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2024 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2023 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2022 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $17,576,538

  Expenses

  $5,720,289

  Assets (EOY)

  $67,255,924

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,988,197

  Expenses

  $5,290,175

  Assets (EOY)

  $55,024,961

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,718,290

  Expenses

  $4,495,760

  Assets (EOY)

  $34,013,558

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,141,538

  Expenses

  $4,102,494

  Assets (EOY)

  $32,774,729

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

• HEALTHY COMMUNITIES OF THE CAPITAL AREA

  $25,000

  2025 · FARM TO SCHOOL GRANT

• THE FOOD TRUST

  $22,000

  2024 · FARM TO SCHOOL GRANT

• HEALTHY COMMUNITIES OF THE CAPITAL AREA

  $20,000

  2024 · FARM TO SCHOOL GRANT

• HEALTHY COMMUNITIES OF THE CAPITAL AREA

  $20,000

  2023 · FARM TO SCHOOL GRANT

• NEW BRITAIN ROOTS

  $17,700

  2023 · FARM TO SCHOOL GRANT

• OREGON FARM TO SCHOOL NETWORK

  $15,000

  2025 · FARM TO SCHOOL GRANT

• MOLLEN FOUNDATION FOR CHILDHOOD OBE

  $15,000

  2025 · FARM TO SCHOOL GRANT

• FARM FRESH RHODE ISLAND INC

  $15,000

  2024 · FARM TO SCHOOL GRANT

• MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

  $15,000

  2024 · FARM TO SCHOOL GRANT

• NO MORE EMPTY POTS

  $15,000

  2024 · FARM TO SCHOOL GRANT

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $5,007,000

  2023 · ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $1,338,055

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $1,242,760

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• THE US CHARITABLE GIFT TRUST

  $1,060,324

  2024 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $703,635

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $586,200

  2023 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $416,064

  2023 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $362,370

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $313,132

  2022 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST

  $152,500

  2024 · General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes

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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