Nonprofit · EIN 03-0267404
GROUNDWORKS COLLABORATIVE INC
Tax-exempt · BRATTLEBORO, VT 05301
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $4,552,920 | $4,027,061 | $525,859 | $4,743,800 | $428,664 | $4,315,136 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $3,209,992 | $3,485,787 | -$275,795 | $4,056,501 | $267,224 | $3,789,277 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $3,352,174 | $3,439,176 | -$87,002 | $4,304,553 | $246,152 | $4,058,401 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $4,485,459
- Program service revenue
- $27,941
- Investment income
- $39,071
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $2,272
- Other revenue
- $449
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $202,572
- Other salaries and wages
- $2,334,842
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $3,381,718
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $18,850
- Occupancy
- $220,665
- Depreciation
- $53,034
- Program services (functional)
- $3,187,893
- Management and general (functional)
- $621,984
- Fundraising (functional)
- $217,184
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $4,056,501
- Total assets, end of year
- $4,743,800
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $428,664
- Net assets, end of year
- $4,315,136
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $1,039,652
- Publicly traded securities
- $138,053
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $3,800,994
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $514,142
- Gross receipts
- $4,552,920
- Employees
- 70
- Volunteers
- 90
- Year formed
- 2015
- State of legal domicile
- VT
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIBBY BENNETT | Executive Dir. Officer | 40 | $100,955 |
| JON HOOVER | Executive Dir. Officer | 40 | $87,425 |
| CAZ CLARK | Trustee Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| CHRIS DOUGHERTY | Trustee Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| JACOB SMITH | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 0 | $0 |
| BARBARA CHARKEY | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 0 | $0 |
| CANDICE TAYLOR | Trustee Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| PETER ELWELL | President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| BETH KIENDL | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| LAURA CHAPMAN | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RA VANDYK | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ALEX FISCHER | Trustee Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 14 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIBBY BENNETT | Executive Dir. Officer | 40 | $70,406 |
| CHARLIE RAUBICHECK | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| IMOGENE DRAKES | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STEPHANIE HUESTIS | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| CRAIG HAMMOND | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRUCE BERG | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DREW GRADINGER | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PETER ELWELL | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BETH KIENDL | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| ANN FIELDER | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RITA RAMIREZ | President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| SARA RYAN | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| CHARLENE GALARNEAU | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RA VANDYK | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 14 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOSHUA DAVIS | Executive Dir. Officer | 40 | $95,098 |
| CHARLIE RAUBICHECK | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| IMOGENE DRAKES | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STEPHANIE HUESTIS | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| CRAIG HAMMOND | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRUCE BERG | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DREW GRADINGER | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PETER ELWELL | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BETH KIENDL | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| ANN FIELDER | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RITA RAMIREZ | President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| SARA RYAN | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| RA VANDYK | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CONNIE SNOW | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 54 S MAIN ST 54 SOUTH MAIN ST, BRATTLEBORO, VT 05301-0000
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- PETER ELWELL, 54 SOUTH MAIN STREET, BRATTLEBORO, VT 05301
- Signed the 990
- BARBARA CHARKEY, Treasurer
- Phone
- (802) 257-5415
- Website
- WWW.GROUNDWORKSVT.ORG
- Return prepared by
- DOWNEY PIECIAK FITZGERALD & CO PC
Mission
GROUNDWORKS COLLABORATIVE, INC. PROVIDES EMERGENCY SHELTER, HOUSING ASSISTANCE & A FOOD SHELF FOR HOMELESS PERSONS.
Program accomplishments
- Groundworks Collaborative was established in 2015 following the merger of the Brattleboro Area Drop In Center and Morningside Shelter. We provide ongoing support to families and individuals facing housing and food insecurities in the greater Brattleboro, Vermont area. We envision a community in which every person has their basic needs met, including a safe and dignified place to call home. Our programs include:Foodworks - Providing supplemental food to over 1000 individuals per month, Foodworks is open Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays for curbside pickup. Tuesdays are reserved for deliveries to those who are unable to pick up food during open hours.Groundworks Shelter - Our year-round, 30-bed shelter for families and individuals supports residents as they secure sustainable housing. Seasonal Overflow Shelter Open nightly from November through April, the SOS provides a warm place to sleep and a hot meal each night for those with nowhere else to go.Day Shelter The Day Shelter is typically open Monday through Friday from 7am5pm and Saturdays from 7amnoon, offering a safe place where our neighbors experiencing homelessness can come in out of the weather and access services such as email, telephones, a mailing address, laundry, showers, coffee and a kitchen to prepare a meal.Housing Support Case Management Our Case Management team works with over 200 area households toward finding and maintaining stable housing.Representative Payee Program provides financial management to individuals receiving Social Security disability payments (SSI & SSDI) to ensure rent and basic living expenses are paid on time each month, maintaining housing and good financial standing.Healthworks Our collaborations with the Brattleboro Retreat, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, and Health Care & Rehabilitation Services (HCRS) host a Licensed Mental Health Clinician, a Registered Nurse, and a Licensed Alcohol & Drug Counselor (respectively), each providing 1640 hours per week of critical support to our clients. Changeworks We conduct various activities to promote empowerment for individual needs and advocacy for systems change.Expenses $3,187,893 · revenue $28,390
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 03-0267404
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1979
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $4,743,800
- Income (IRS master file)
- $4,552,920
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $4,552,920 | $4,027,061 | $4,743,800 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $3,209,992 | $3,485,787 | $4,056,501 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2023 | $3,352,174 | $3,439,176 | $4,304,553 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $2,832,296 | $2,842,168 | $4,356,182 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 03-0267404).
Questions about GROUNDWORKS COLLABORATIVE INC
- What is the EIN of GROUNDWORKS COLLABORATIVE INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of GROUNDWORKS COLLABORATIVE INC is 03-0267404.
- Is GROUNDWORKS COLLABORATIVE INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1979.
- Are donations to GROUNDWORKS COLLABORATIVE INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does GROUNDWORKS COLLABORATIVE INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of GROUNDWORKS COLLABORATIVE INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did GROUNDWORKS COLLABORATIVE INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of GROUNDWORKS COLLABORATIVE INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names PETER ELWELL.
- Who are the officers and directors of GROUNDWORKS COLLABORATIVE INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 12 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $100,955 (LIBBY BENNETT, Executive Dir.).
- How much revenue does GROUNDWORKS COLLABORATIVE INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $4,552,920, expenses of $4,027,061 and total assets of $4,743,800 at year end.
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