VERMONT COUNCIL ON WORLD AFFAIRS INC

EIN 03-6010787 BURLINGTON, VT

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Revenue 2024: $385,471
Expenses 2024: $372,540

Program services were 76.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
Classification: 2000
Street: 50 LAKESIDE AVE UNIT 86

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

SEE SCHEDULE OTHE MISSION OF THE VERMONT COUNCIL ON WORLD AFFAIRS IS TO PROMOTE AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD AND ITS PEOPLE, PLACES AND CULTURES THROUGH EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT. THE FUTURE OF VERMONT DEPENDS UPON THE WORLD BEYOND OUR BORDERS. THE VERMONT COUNCIL ON WORLD AFFAIRS, IN COOPERATION WITH THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS, PROMOTES AN AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD AND ITS PEOPLE THROUGH PUBLIC FORUMS, HOSTING INTERNATIONAL VISITORS AND WORKING WITH OUR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO DEVELOP PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF AND COMMUNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD AND ITS PEOPLE, PLACES, AND CULTURES THROUGH ENGAGEMENT

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES IS A PROGRAM TO ALLOW STUDENTS AND OTHERS TO TRAVEL TO VARIOUS COUNTRIES AND LEARN ABOUT OTHER CULTURES AND GOVERNANCE.PAYLP AND LAYA ARE YOUTH EXCHANGE PROGRAMS BRINGING STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO VERMONT AND ARE FOCUSED ON VARIOUS TOPICS LIKE LEADERSHIP, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. THE OPEN WORLD PROGRAM IS A PROGRAM SUPPORTED BY THE US CONGRESS THAT PROMOTED LEADERSHIP AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE AMONG KEY EMERGING LEADERS IN THE FORMER SOVIET COUNTRIES AND EASTERN EUROPE.

Expenses $283,459 · Revenue $229,130

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.

Maureen ScanlinMAUREEN SCANLIN

CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
Patrick BrownPATRICK BROWN

VICE-CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
Andrew WaxlerANDREW WAXLER

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
Katia Vieira De Moraes LacasseKATIA VIEIRA DE MORAES LACASSE

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
Denise JohnsonDENISE JOHNSON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
Gail AlbertGAIL ALBERT

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
Jesse RobbinsJESSE ROBBINS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
Fitzroy BeckfordFITZROY BECKFORD

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
Ellen YountELLEN YOUNT

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
Mohamedou DiopMOHAMEDOU DIOP

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
Katarina KhosraviKATARINA KHOSRAVI

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
Mark AndrewsMARK ANDREWS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
Barbara JohnsonBARBARA JOHNSON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
Patricia PrestonPATRICIA PRESTON

PRESIDENT AND CEO

Total calculated

$133,188

From this org

$129,935

From related orgs

$0

Other

$3,253

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2024

Revenue

$385,471

Expenses

$372,540

Contributions

$154,836

Grants paid

$0
2023

Revenue

$470,363

Expenses

$459,378

Contributions

$189,172

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$801,818

Expenses

$644,460

Contributions

$278,946

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$385,471	$372,540	$154,836	$0
2023	$470,363	$459,378	$189,172	$0
2022	$801,818	$644,460	$278,946	$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

2021 · 990

Revenue

$336,579

Expenses

$456,424

Assets (EOY)

$20,073
2020 · 990

Revenue

$304,891

Expenses

$230,022

Assets (EOY)

$140,651
2019 · 990

Revenue

$197,510

Expenses

$173,308

Assets (EOY)

$74,781
2018 · 990

Revenue

$312,557

Expenses

$268,599

Assets (EOY)

$135,094
2017 · 990

Revenue

$262,978

Expenses

$208,137

Assets (EOY)

$348
2016 · 990

Revenue

$241,204

Expenses

$226,730

Assets (EOY)

$342
2015 · 990

Revenue

$119,144

Expenses

$137,086

Assets (EOY)

$322
2014 · 990

Revenue

$195,147

Expenses

$201,315

Assets (EOY)

$36
2013 · 990

Revenue

$112,643

Expenses

$121,507

Assets (EOY)

$306
2012 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$220,636

Assets (EOY)

$56

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$336,579	$456,424	$20,073
2020	990	$304,891	$230,022	$140,651
2019	990	$197,510	$173,308	$74,781
2018	990	$312,557	$268,599	$135,094
2017	990	$262,978	$208,137	$348
2016	990	$241,204	$226,730	$342
2015	990	$119,144	$137,086	$322
2014	990	$195,147	$201,315	$36
2013	990	$112,643	$121,507	$306
2012	990	not reported	$220,636	$56

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

MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER

$228,839

2022 PROGRAM SUPPORT
GLOBAL TIES US

$203,619

2022 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL VISITORS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
GLOBAL TIES US

$165,603

2023 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL VISITORS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER

$136,752

2024 PROGRAM SUPPORT
WORLD LEARNING INC

$106,649

2022 Participant Exchanges
MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER

$105,333

2023 PROGRAM SUPPORT
GLOBAL TIES US

$99,585

2024 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL VISITORS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

$98,399

2022 Subaward
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

$41,507

2023 Subaward
WORLD LEARNING INC

$34,498

2023 Participant Exchanges

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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.