NonprofitsVermont Academy

Education

Vermont Academy

SAXTONS RIVER, VT

Total revenue

$18.8M

Total expenses

$18.9M

Net assets

$19.7M

Grants received

$3.4M

114 grants

EIN

030179600

Tax year

2023

Mission

We are devoted to creating confident and independent learners through personal attention in a unique vermont environment. We believe in our students and in their capacity to learn and develop into responsible, self-disciplined adults. Our faculty and staff are committed to helping students discover their individual talents and develop the character, strength, and skills to meet the challenges in their lives.

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$4.2M
Program service revenue$14.4M
Investment income$151K
Other revenue$19K
Total revenue$18.8M

Expenses

Grants paid$7.5M
Salaries & benefits$6.5M
Fundraising$725K
Other expenses$4.8M
Total expenses$18.9M
Total assets$23.0M
Net assets$19.7M

People

22 listed

NameRoleCompensation

JENNIFER ZACCARA

HEAD OF SCHOOL

Board

$239K

40 hrs/wk

MATTHEW EMSLEY

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Board

$188K

40 hrs/wk

SCOTT BUCKLEY

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

SHAWN BYRON

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

THOMAS CAPASSE

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MICHEAL CHOUKAS

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

CHRIS CROFT

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

JAYSON DUNBAR

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

WILLIAM HOSLEY

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

JEREMY HERBERT

CHAIR

Board

1 hrs/wk

BOB MCHUGH

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

TODD ORMISTON

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

JENNIFER PALMIOTTO

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

SHAWNE ROBINSON

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

JEANLISS SANCHEZ

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

DIANE WILDER

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MARY LIBUTTI

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

LINDA SAARNIJOKI

SECRETARY

Board

1 hrs/wk

GEORGE ATKINS

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

LISA BIRMINGHAM

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

TONIA FLEMING

DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT

Staff

$116K

40 hrs/wk

BRIAN GILLORAN

ASST HEAD OF SCHOOL

Staff

$114K

40 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 114 of 114

FromAmountPurposeYear
$46K
CHARITABLE GENERAL FUND
2024
$36K
EDU - EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS (PRIMARY)
2024
$20K
OTHER OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$10K
TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2024
$6K
For a designated distribution
2024
$300K
MULTIPLE GRANTS FOR PROGRAMS, OPERATIONS, OR OTHER PURPOSES
2023
$94K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$55K
CHARITABLE GENERAL FUND
2023
$35K
EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS
2023
$20K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$7K
CREATING CONFIDENT AND INDEPENDENT LEARNERS.
2023
$6K
For a designated distribution
2023
$5K
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$5K
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$5K
VERMONT ACADEMY'S INTEGRATED APPROACH TO MATH, SCIENCE, AND ENGINEERING ENABLES STUDENTS TO CONTINUE TO BE THE ENTREPRENEURS AND TINKERERS WHO HAVE LONG POPULATED THE CAMPUS. WHEREVER YOU LOOK AT VERMONT ACADEMY, STUDENTS ARE TAKING WHAT THEY LEARN INTO APPLIED CONTEXTS. ONE OF THE TRADEMARKS OF VERMONT ACADEMY STUDENTS IS THAT THEY ARE FEARLESS AND TENACIOUS AS THEY PRACTICE WHAT THEY LEARN. STEP ON THE BASKETBALL COURT OR ICE AT 6 A.M. AND AGAIN AFTER SCHOOL, AND YOU WILL SEE ATHLETES RELENTLESSLY DETERMINED IN THEIR PURSUIT OF WHAT MALCOLM GLADWELL CALLED "DELIBERATE PRACTICE." THOSE SAME ATHLETES ARE ALSO AWARD-WINNING ARTISTS AT VERMONT ACADEMY AND IN STATE COMPETITIONS.THIS GRANT IS TO ENABLE THE CONTINUANCE OF THE SCHOOL'S AWARD-WINNING FOCUS ON INDIVIDUAL STUDENT DEVELOPMENT.
2023
$5K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$1K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$1K
FIDELITY MATCHING GIFTS TO EDUCATION
2023
$500
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$100
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$100K
EDUCATIONAL
2022
$64K
CHARITABLE GENERAL FUND
2022
$57K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$28K
GENERAL OPERATIONS/DONATIONS
2022
$25K
TO HELP ORG. IN ITS EXEMPT FUNCTION
2022
$10K
Students thrive in opportunities that enable them to express the complexity and sophistication of their inner selves and inner lives. Our students understand what it means to go beyond Gladwell's theory, because practice skills must be accompanied by cultivated flexibility and scrappy problem-solving in the moment. Vermont Academy is a community of scholars and athletes, scientists and writers, artists and engineers who show us every day that cultivating passions and interests is just as important as self-awareness about how we learn and work.
2022
$10K
OTHER OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$6K
For the annual fund
2022
$4K
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$2K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2022
$1K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$90K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$90K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$88K
For recipient's exempt purpose
2021
$61K
CHARITABLE GENERAL FUND
2021
$52K
GENERAL OPERATIONS/DONATIONS
2021
$2K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2021
$131K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$92K
INDOOR AIR QUALITY
2020
$92K
INDOOR AIR QUALITY
2020
$59K
CHARITABLE GENERAL FUND
2020
$50K
GENERAL OPERATIONS/DONATIONS
2020
$25K
GENERAL USE AND/OR SPECIAL FUND/PROJECT
2020
$25K
TO AID DONEE ORGANIZATIONS IN CARRYING OUT THEIR EXEMPT CHARITABLE FUNCTIONS
2020
$10K
SUPPORT TEACHER RETENTION AND COVID-19 RESPONSE
2020
$5K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2020
$400
EDUCATION
2020
$165
GENERAL PURPOSE
2020
$145
GENERAL PURPOSE
2020
$22K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
$20K
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
2019
$11K
TO AID DONEE ORGANIZATIONS IN CARRYING OUT THEIR EXEMPT CHARITABLE FUNCTIONS
2019
$10K
GENERAL FUND
2019
$5K
2019 BOD Match - Eppinger
2019
$285K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2018
$1K
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2018
$500
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2018
$51K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2017
$5K
TO AID DONEE ORGANIZATIONS IN CARRYING OUT THEIR EXEMPT CHARITABLE FUNCTIONS
2017

Funded by

$3.4M from 38 funders · 114 grants · 2017–2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$768K · 7 grants · 2018–2023

The Richard & Barbara Whitcomb Foundatio

$330K · 6 grants · 2018–2024

Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation

$300K · 1 grant · 2023

Charles E Harwood Trust

$285K · 5 grants · 2020–2024

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

$255K · 5 grants · 2017–2022

Peter And Ann Lambertus Family Foundatio

$225K · 4 grants · 2020–2023

Vermont Energy Investment Corporation

$185K · 2 grants · 2020

National Philanthropic Trust

$136K · 5 grants · 2017–2022

Details

EIN030179600
NTEE codeB25Z
Subsection03
Ruling date1944-12
Formed1876
Employees152
Volunteers18
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