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VERMONT STUDIO CENTER INC

EIN 22-2478074 JOHNSON, VT

Revenue 2024
$13,021,075
Expenses 2024
$6,934,710

Program services were 78.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 613

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

Mission

TO SUPPORT ARTISTS AND WRITERS BY PROVIDING STUDIO RESIDENCIES IN AN INCLUSIVE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, HONORING CREATIVE WORK AS THE COMMUNICATION OF SPIRIT THROUGH FORM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SUPPORT ARTISTS AND WRITERS BY PROVIDING STUDIO RESIDENCIES.

  • SEE SCHEDULE OVERMONT STUDIO CENTER (VSC) PROVIDES STUDIO RESIDENCIES TO ARTISTS AND WRITERS WITHIN AN INCLUSIVE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, HONORING CREATIVE WORK AS THE COMMUNICATION OF SPIRIT THROUGH FORM. IN 2024, VSC SUPPORTED 453 RESIDENTS SELECTED FROM OVER 4,600 APPLICANTS, REPRESENTING 19 COUNTRIES ACROSS 16 RESIDENCY SESSIONS. RESIDENTS INCLUDED 63% VISUAL ARTISTS AND 37% WRITERS, WITH 168 AWARDED FULL FELLOWSHIPS AND 285 PARTIAL FELLOWSHIPS, ENSURING BROAD ACCESS TO ITS PROGRAMS.VSC'S VISITING ARTISTS AND WRITERS PROGRAM HOSTED 16 VISITING ARTISTS AND 16 VISITING WRITERS WHO DELIVERED HUNDREDS OF STUDIO VISITS, MANUSCRIPT CONSULTATIONS, LECTURES, READINGS, AND CRAFT TALKS. VERMONT WEEK WELCOMED 31 VERMONT-BASED ARTISTS AND WRITERS FOR FULLY FUNDED RESIDENCIES, REINFORCING VSC'S COMMITMENT TO ITS LOCAL COMMUNITY.SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL AND RECOVERY MILESTONES INCLUDED RAISING CORNER HOUSE ONTO A NEW FOUNDATION, PAINTING CHURCH STUDIOS BUILDING, AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THE JUNEBUG POLLINATOR GARDEN & TRAIL. IN ADDITION, VSC CONTINUED TO RECOVER FROM THE 2023 FLOOD WITH PROJECTS INCLUDING DEMOLISHED KAHN BARN AS WELL AS REPAIRED AND RENOVATED RED MILL EGRESS. THESE PROJECTS ALL STRENGTHENED THE CAMPUS AS A RESILIENT CREATIVE ENVIRONMENT.VSC CELEBRATED ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY WITH EXHIBITIONS INCLUDING COLLABORATION: PRINTS FROM THE VERMONT STUDIO CENTER ARCHIVE, FEATURING 40 RESTORED WORKS. PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE AMERICAN LITERARY TRANSLATORS ASSOCIATION, POETS & WRITERS, WINDGATE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, AND UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HELEN ZELL WRITERS' PROGRAM EXPANDED FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT.THROUGH EXPANDED PROGRAMS, ENHANCED FACILITIES, AND STRONG LOCAL AND GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS, VSC CLOSED 2024 WITH INCREASED CAPACITY TO NURTURE CREATIVITY, SUPPORT ARTISTS AND WRITERS, AND DEEPEN ITS IMPACT IN VERMONT AND BEYOND. ITS ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION INCLUDED OVER $2.5 MILLION IN LOCAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND SUBSTANTIAL SUPPORT TO THE REGIONAL ECONOMY THROUGH RESIDENT AND STAFF SPENDING.AT-A-GLANCE 2024 KEY METRICS: RESIDENTS: 453 FROM 19 COUNTRIES SESSIONS: 16 FULL FELLOWSHIPS: 168 | PARTIAL FELLOWSHIPS: 285 VISITING ARTISTS & WRITERS: 32 VERMONT WEEK PARTICIPANTS: 31 PUBLIC PROGRAMS & STUDIO VISITS: 120+ $20 MINIMUM WAGE 28 EMPLOYEES 500+ RESIDENTS AND GUESTS BUYING LOCALLY $100,000+ IN PROPERTY TAXES PAID $2.5M+ FLOWING TO LOCAL ECONOMY THROUGH CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

    Expenses $5,420,762 · Grants $2,814,079 · Revenue $4,082,410

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.

  • KATE REBERNAK

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SARAH LUTZ

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LES FISHMAN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SUSAN NEWBOLD

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DEBORAH CLEARMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HOWARD EL-YASIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MELINDA HACKETT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAURA WATT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JO WEISS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEFF CLARKE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CYRA LEVENSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HELEN WAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PEGGY WILLIAMS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HOPE SULLIVAN

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $160,507
    From this org
    $150,732
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,775
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,732
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,657
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,118
    Filer's total
    $160,507

  • MELANIE CLARK

    CHIEF OF STABILITY

    Total calculated
    $154,759
    From this org
    $141,851
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,908
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,851
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,508
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,400
    Filer's total
    $154,759

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $13,021,075
    Expenses
    $6,934,710
    Contributions
    $8,072,575
    Grants paid
    $2,814,079
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $6,476,898
    Expenses
    $6,159,882
    Contributions
    $2,286,330
    Grants paid
    $2,458,756
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,518,503
    Expenses
    $5,007,258
    Contributions
    $1,524,575
    Grants paid
    $2,057,625

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
    $4,687,878
    Expenses
    $2,272,302
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,966,980

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,687,878
    Expenses
    $2,251,294
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,966,980

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,042,680
    Expenses
    $3,389,606
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,798,643

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,139,067
    Expenses
    $5,152,628
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,461,385

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,292,062
    Expenses
    $5,040,228
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,029,821

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,907,598
    Expenses
    $4,703,118
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,909,529

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,751,918
    Expenses
    $4,290,796
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,546,149

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,643,549
    Expenses
    $4,320,999
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,587,526

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,965,396
    Expenses
    $4,098,728
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,490,706

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,965,396
    Expenses
    $4,098,728
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,490,706

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.