Vermont Humanities Council is a adult education center based in Montpelier, VT that was founded in 1975. As of 2019 they had $1.5 million in revenue and $2.3 million in assets.
Vermont Humanities Council has organized its activities around a mission statement which stresses that the Humanities are critically important to the lives of individual vermonters and to society as a whole. The Council strives to make Vermont a state...
Lecture and discussion programs (speakers & grants) - these programs bring Humanities lectures, presentation, and conferences to individuals across the state. Every year, speakers make more than 150 appearances at local libraries, historical societies, senior centers, and other places in the community.
First wednesdays - the first wednesdays program offers free public talks the first wednesday of the month october through may. These are hosted at 9 different locations throughout Vermont including brattleboro, essex junction, manchester, middlebury, montpelier, newport, norwich, rutland and st. johnsbury. The speakers are nationally and regionally renowned authors, artists, scholars and public figures speaking about many different topics such as national security agency, poetry, war and religion.
Humanities-based literacy programs - variety of programs to promote literacy in Vermont. "never too early" is a professional, development opportunity offering early literacy workshops for childcare providers, as well as family literacy trainings for parents. "connections": is a school of Vermont, the Vermont department of corrections, and community organizations. Humanities camps are week-long summer day camps for at-risk middle-school students. The camps aim to strengthen literacy skills and build positive peer groups and a love of reading. "voices" is a professional development program for adult education and literacy (ael) staff to facilitate book discussions. The Council also awards mini-grants annually to support literacy projects.
| Fiscal year ending | Date received by IRS | Form | PDF link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-12 | Jan 17, 2020 | 990 | View PDF |
| 2017-12 | Oct 16, 2018 | 990 | View PDF |
| 2016-12 | Mar 14, 2018 | 990 | View PDF |
| 2015-12 | Feb 28, 2017 | 990 | View PDF |
| 2014-12 | Sep 1, 2015 | 990 | View PDF |
| ...and five more Form 990 PDFs | |||
| Field | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Total grants, contributions, etc. | $1,452,704 |
| Program services | $75,863 |
| Investment income and dividends | $27,351 |
| Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 |
| Royalty revenue | $0 |
| Net rental income | $0 |
| Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $-238 |
| Net income from fundraising events | $0 |
| Net income from gaming activities | $0 |
| Net income from sales of inventory | $0 |
| Miscellaneous revenues | $10,020 |
| Total revenues | $1,565,700 |
| Vendor | Services | Amount paid | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mcsoley Mccoy and Company | Tax accounting; Audit accounting | 2020-05-17 |
| Name | Title | Compensation | Most recent data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Gilbert | Executive Director | $115,950 | Sept. 26, 2018 |
| Jim Alic | Treasurer / Director | $0 | Dec. 31, 2017 |
| █████ ████ | Secretary / Director | $0 | Dec. 31, 2017 |
| ████ ████ | Vice Chair / Director | $0 | Dec. 31, 2017 |
| ████ ███████ | Chair / Director | $0 | Dec. 31, 2017 |
| ██████ █████ | Secretary | $0 | Dec. 31, 2016 |
| █████ ███████ | Vice Chair | $0 | Dec. 31, 2016 |