Public Charity

VERMONT LAND TRUST INC

VERMONT LAND TRUST INC is a Public Charity headquartered in MONTPELIER, VT. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $20.6M revenue, $18.7M expenses, $64.9M total assets. 115 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $15.6M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 030264836 MONTPELIER, VT Land Resources Conservation NTEE: C34 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$20.6M
Total Expenses$18.7M
Total Assets$64.9M
Grant Records115
Funding Total$15.6M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

ROOTED IN VERMONT SINCE 1977, THE VERMONT LAND TRUST UNITES LAND AND LIVES FOR THE ENDURING BENEFIT OF PEOPLE AND THE PLACE WE SHARE. WE HELP PEOPLE PROTECT, CARE FOR, AND CONNECT TO LAND. THIS INCLUDES THE FARMS, FORESTS, NATURAL AREAS, AND COMMUNITY SPACES THAT DEFINE US.

Where $100 goes at Vermont Land Trust Inc

How Vermont Land Trust Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$88 Programs the work itself
$9 Management running the organization
$3 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $88 for programs

$68
Conservationthe Vermont Land Trust is a member-supported land conservation organization that has worked with families, communities, farmers, and forestland owners since 1977 to conserve over 2,000 parcels of…
77% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 650,000 acres; 410,000 acres of productive
$12
Stewardshipthe Vermont Land Trust accepts the responsibility to safeguard and uphold, for the benefit of all vermonters, the legal agreement signed voluntarily by the landowner
13% of program spending
$5
Vermont forest carbonthe vermont forest carbon is a project to pilot aggregating small, separately owned, individual parcels of forest land for carbon sequestration to provide a broader set…
6% of program spending

Plus 2 more programs. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2025
Support for purchase of Greensboro conservation easement.
$50,000
2025
CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES, SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
$30,962
2024
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$1,168,659
2024
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$387,793
2024
FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT.
$250,000

Showing up to 5 of 115 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

TRUSTEE Abbie Corse
VP FOR ENGAGEMENT Abby White
PROJECT DIRECTOR Allan Karnatz
TRUSTEE Carolyn Gilbert
TRUSTEE Cheryl Morse
LEGAL DIRECTOR Christine Mcshea

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$12,586,742 57 grants
Environment & Conservation
$1,149,759 24 grants
Animal Welfare
$1,033,578 22 grants
Research & Policy
$20,000 1 grant
Unspecified
$790,589 8 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $20.6M $18.7M $64.9M
2024 $26.7M $21.0M $62.1M
2023 $17.4M $20.8M $53.2M
2022 $27.5M $19.8M $52.5M
2021 $16.7M $14.6M $54.0M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $16.7M to $20.6M (+23%), with total assets most recently reported at $64.9M.

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