Vermont Wilderness School Inc

Analysis

Vermont Wilderness School Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Brattleboro, VT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Vermont Wilderness School Inc reported income of $496k and spending of $483k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $366k to $496k (+36%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Vermont Wilderness School Inc sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile, and in the 65th percentile within VT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Yakima Area Arboretum a Nonprofit Corporation ($496k), Ozark Ecological Restoration Inc ($496k) and Heartland Conservation Alliance Inc ($496k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 42% and program service revenue 58% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $102k (21% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $208k. At year end it held assets of $158k against liabilities of $14k, net assets of $145k. It reported 37 employees.