Nonprofit · EIN 46-1475177
VERMONT PARKS FOREVER INC
Tax-exempt · MONTPELIER, VT 05601
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $568,635 | $249,373 | $319,262 | $1,398,242 | $19,183 | $1,379,059 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $229,517 | $280,156 | -$50,639 | $1,088,557 | $31,222 | $1,057,335 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $430,306
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $32,779
- Royalties
- $104,761
- Other revenue
- $105,550
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $47,132
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $59,475
- Other salaries and wages
- $83,403
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $154,155
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $1,242
- Accounting fees
- $9,214
- Travel
- $3,162
- Depreciation
- $1,238
- Program services (functional)
- $88,613
- Management and general (functional)
- $100,520
- Fundraising (functional)
- $60,240
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,088,557
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,398,242
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $19,183
- Net assets, end of year
- $1,379,059
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $656,449
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $722,610
- Gross receipts
- $568,635
- Employees
- 3
- Volunteers
- 13
- Year formed
- 2013
- 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 December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| SARAH ALBERGHINI WINTERS | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 26 | $61,130 |
| MICHAEL LAZORCHAK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JUSTIN CUTRONI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KATE EBERLE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| EMILY LISTOWICH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NATE MCKEEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RACHEL DESAUTELS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KEVIN IZZO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MOLLY RAND | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GRATIA ROWELL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WILLIAM SUPPLE III | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| CRAIG WHIPPLE | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| ROBERT WANNOP | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| MAX ENGEL | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 10 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| SARAH ALBERGHINI WINTERS | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 26 | $53,953 |
| KATE EBERLE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JUSTIN CUTRONI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MICHAEL LAZORCHAK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NATE MCKEEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| EMILY LISTOWICH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CRAIG WHIPPLE | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| WILLIAM SUPPLE III | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| MAX ENGEL | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| ROBERT WANNOP | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 815, MONTPELIER, VT 05601-0815
- In care of
- % SARAH ALBERGHINI WINTERS
- Mailing address (990-N for 2013)
- PO Box 815, Montpelier VT 056010815
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- SARAH ALBERGHINI WINTERS, PO BOX 815, MONTPELIER, VT 05601
- Principal officer (990-N for 2013)
- CHRISTINE ZACHAI, PO Box 921, Montpelier VT 05601
- Signed the 990
- SARAH ALBERGHINI WINTERS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (802) 917-1719
- Website
- www.vermontparksforever.org
- Return prepared by
- Pace & Hawley LLC
Mission
SEE SCHEDULE O (MISSION)
Program accomplishments
- IN 2024, VERMONT PARKS FOREVER (VPF) CONTINUED ITS FOCUS ON FUNDRAISING TO SUPPORT ENHANCEMENTS TO VERMONT STATE PARKS BY INCREASING ACCESS TO PARKS FOR VERMONTERS, PROVIDING INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, AND CREATING A MORE EQUITABLE OUTDOOR EXPERIENCE IN THE STATE PARKS. VPF ALSO JOINED ITS PARTNERS IN A YEAR-LONG CELEBRATION OF THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF VERMONT STATE PARKS IN 2024! VPF CREATED A DEDICATED WEBSITE TO COLLECT STORIES AND PROMOTE THE CENTENNIAL PROGRAMMING IN THE STATE PARKS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, ON THE WEBSITE, AND THROUGH VPFS E-NEWSLETTER. VPF ALSO MANAGED PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES TO HIGHLIGHT THE CENTENNIAL AND RAISE AWARENESS AND FUNDS FOR VPF AND ITS MISSION ON BEHALF OF THE PARKS. TO READ THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY STORIES SUBMITTED BY PARK ENTHUSIASTS VISIT: HTTPS://WWW.VERMONTPARKSFOREVER.ORG/100-YEARS. VPFS PARK ACCESS FUND BEGAN IN 2016 BY PROVIDING STATE PARK PASSES FOR 100 FOSTER FAMILIES. IN 2024, THE FUND PROVIDED FREE PARK ENTRY FOR 45 COMMUNITY PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS WITH RECIPIENTS IN ALL 14 COUNTIES BY GRANTING OVER 14,000 FREE DAYS IN THE STATE PARKS A 1250% INCREASE SINCE THE FUND BEGAN. THE PARK ACCESS FUND GRANTS TIME IN THE PARKS TO VERMONTERS WHO OTHERWISE MIGHT NOT HAVE THE CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE ALL THAT VERMONTS STATE PARKS HAVE TO OFFER AND VPF COMMITS TO CONTINUALLY WORKING TOWARDS A FUTURE WHERE ALL PEOPLE FEEL WELCOME AND RENEWED THROUGH THEIR VISITS TO VERMONTS STATE PARKS. VERMONTERS SERVED INCLUDE FOSTER FAMILIES, FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN COMING TOGETHER TO EXPERIENCE GROUP CAMPING WITH THE SPRINGFIELD AREA PARENT CHILD CENTER, ADULTS RECEIVING SERVICES FROM RUTLAND COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH AFTER PROLONGED PERIODS WITHOUT HOUSING, ADULTS IN RECOVERY FROM SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AT TURNING POINT RECOVERY CENTER OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, TEENS IN EMERGENCY SHELTER AT WINDSOR COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES, AND RIDERS TAKING PART IN ADAPTIVE MOUNTAIN BIKE CLINICS THROUGH VERMONT ADAPTIVE SKI AND SPORTS, TO NAME JUST A FEW. TO READ THE FULL 2024 PARK ACCESS IMPACT REPORT VISIT: WWW.VERMONTPARKSFOREVER.ORG/PARK-ACCESS-FUND/. VPF ALSO CONTINUED ITS RESEARCH AND PLANNING IN 2024 FOR A MAJOR EXPANSION OF THE PARK ACCESS FUND THAT WILL LAUNCH FOR THE 2025 PARK SEASON. THIS PRIVATELY FUNDED PILOT PROGRAM WILL ALLOW 100,000 VERMONTERS WITH LOWER INCOMES TO USE THEIR EBT, WIC, OR PILOT PROGRAM CARD TO HAVE FREE DAY-USE ACCESS TO THE STATE PARKS FOR THE 2025 PARK SEASON. TO LEARN ABOUT THE PARK ACCESS FUND 2025 PILOT PROGRAM VISIT: HTTPS://WWW.VERMONTPARKSFOREVER.ORG/PAF-PILOT. VPFS FIRST LARGE PARTNERSHIP PROJECT TO REIMAGINE THE GROTON NATURE CENTER AS PART OF VPFS NATURAL CONNECTIONS INITIATIVE, OPENED IN JUNE OF 2023 AND, IN 2024 VPF CONTINUED TO SUPPORT MORE PROGRAMMING AND PROMOTION OF THE EVENTS AT THE CENTER. VPF IS HELPING TO INSPIRE STEWARDSHIP AND LIFE-LONG CONNECTIONS TO THE NATURAL WORLD BY INVESTING IN INNOVATIVE, CUSTOMIZED PLACE-BASED EDUCATION THROUGHOUT THE PARKS SYSTEM. LEARN MORE ABOUT NATURAL CONNECTIONS AT: HTTPS://WWW.VERMONTPARKSFOREVER.ORG/NATURAL-CONNECTIONS. VPF ALSO MANAGES THE WILLIAM CAMERON HAGEDORN MT. PHILO FOREVER FUND SUMMER INTERNSHIP EACH YEAR WHICH CREATES A PAID POSITION FOR A YOUNG PERSON TO CONNECT WITH NATURE, PRACTICE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, DEVELOP TEAMWORK AND COLLABORATION SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC. INTERNS OFTEN RETURN TO THE PARK AS PART OF THEIR SUMMER STAFF, SPEAKING TO THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS INTERNSHIP VISIT: HTTPS://WWW.VERMONTPARKSFOREVER.ORG/MT-PHILO-FOREVER-FUND. TO READ VPFS 2024 IMPACT REPORT VISIT WWW.VERMONTPARKSFOREVER.ORG/IMPACT.Expenses $88,613 · grants $47,132
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 December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 46-1475177
- 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
- 2013
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Recreation and sports (N32)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,398,242
- Income (IRS master file)
- $568,635
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $568,635 | $249,373 | $1,398,242 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $229,517 | $280,156 | $1,088,557 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $203,233 | $284,363 | $1,126,431 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2013 Officer: CHRISTINE ZACHAI | December 31, 2013 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
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 46-1475177).
Questions about VERMONT PARKS FOREVER INC
- What is the EIN of VERMONT PARKS FOREVER INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of VERMONT PARKS FOREVER INC is 46-1475177.
- Is VERMONT PARKS FOREVER INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2013.
- Are donations to VERMONT PARKS FOREVER INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does VERMONT PARKS FOREVER 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 VERMONT PARKS FOREVER INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did VERMONT PARKS FOREVER INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of VERMONT PARKS FOREVER INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names SARAH ALBERGHINI WINTERS.
- Who are the officers and directors of VERMONT PARKS FOREVER INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 14 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $61,130 (SARAH ALBERGHINI WINTERS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does VERMONT PARKS FOREVER INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $568,635, expenses of $249,373 and total assets of $1,398,242 at year end.
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