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Nonprofit · EIN 03-0304418

VERMONT ENERGY INVESTMENT CORP

Tax-exempt · WINOOSKI, VT 05404

Financials

$123.1M$121M2023$130.9M$131.1M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of VERMONT ENERGY INVESTMENT CORP by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$130,939,426$131,141,340-$201,914$53,392,034$24,668,245$28,723,789
December 31, 2023990$123,099,830$121,025,310$2,074,520$52,913,819$23,988,116$28,925,703
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$9,594,192
of which government grants
$9,594,192
Program service revenue
$120,619,050
Investment income
$726,184
Other revenue
$0

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$8,524,334
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$1,841,232
Other salaries and wages
$38,924,053
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$49,536,021
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$100,868
Accounting fees
$87,400
Occupancy
$2,049,915
Travel
$610,961
Depreciation
$558,333
Program services (functional)
$124,497,870
Management and general (functional)
$6,643,470

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$52,913,819
Total assets, end of year
$53,392,034
Total liabilities, end of year
$24,668,245
Net assets, end of year
$28,723,789
Land, buildings and equipment
$2,166,299
Net assets without donor restrictions
$28,723,789
Gross receipts
$130,939,426
Employees
426
Volunteers
0
Year formed
1986
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.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
REBECCA FOSTERCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Officer
37.5$372,517$40,677
KATHERINE MEYERSCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Officer
37.5$274,920$14,143
LISA HARRISCHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
37.5$266,073$22,500
PIERRE VAN DER MERWECHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
37.5$248,730$34,604
LOUIS HUTCHINSONCOO THROUGH NOV. 2024
Key employee
37.5$249,507$21,578
BRIAN KEALOHACHIEF GROWTH AND IMPACT OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
37.5$253,635$7,659
MATTHEW DOOLEYMAN. DIR., EN SERV/INT. COO A/O NOV
Highest-paid employee
37.5$243,190$13,032
ANGELA JOHNSONDIRECTOR, FINANCE, DCSEU
Highest-paid employee
37.5$204,658$18,621
PETER WALKEMANAGING DIRECTOR, EFFICIENCY VT
Key employee
37.5$190,505$14,403
BEN BURDICKINTERIM MANAGING DIRECTOR, DCSEU
Key employee
37.5$191,569$9,706
STEPHANIE PHILLIPSCHIEF GENERAL COUNSEL
Officer
37.5$186,999$10,205
ERNEST JOLLYMAN. DIR., DCSEU THROUGH SEP. 2024
Key employee
37.5$160,993$3,012
ELLEN ZUCKERMANCHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
1$3,750$0
OSWALDO ACOSTATREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
1$3,000$0
NANCY OWENSVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
1$2,750$0
9 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
DIANNE DILLON-RIDGLEYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$2,000
VINCENT VALDESDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$2,000
NICK RICHARDSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$2,000
CEDERICK ANTHONY PICKETTSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
1$2,000
DALE BRYKDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$2,000
JACOB PARKDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$2,000
BRANDI COLANDERDIRECTOR THROUGH SEP. 2024
Trustee or director
1$1,500
JANET BESSERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MERRIAN BORGESONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 24 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
REBECCA FOSTERCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Officer
37.5$315,599$14,670
ERNEST JOLLYMANAGING DIRECTOR, DCSEU
Key employee
37.5$228,997$2,254
MATTHEW DOOLEYMANAGING DIRECTOR, ENERGY SERVICES
Highest-paid employee
37.5$210,434$9,454
LISA HARRISCHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
37.5$206,497$6,740
KATHERINE MEYERSCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Officer
37.5$200,641$9,850
BRIAN KEALOHACHIEF GROWTH AND IMPACT OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
37.5$206,795$2,035
PIERRE VAN DER MERWECHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
37.5$187,385$11,937
ANGELA JOHNSONDIRECTOR, FINANCE, DCSEU
Highest-paid employee
37.5$186,090$9,579
LOUIS HUTCHINSONCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Key employee
37.5$190,988$1,933
STEPHANIE PHILLIPSCHIEF GENERAL COUNSEL
Officer
37.5$178,144$8,690
PETER WALKEMANAGING DIRECTOR, EFFICIENCY VT
Key employee
37.5$183,180$3,311
NANCY OWENSVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
1$4,250$0
OSWALDO ACOSTATREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
1$3,000$0
ELLEN ZUCKERMANCHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
1$2,500$0
BRANDI COLANDERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$2,500$0
DIANNE DILLON-RIDGLEYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$2,000$0
ISABELINA NAHMENSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$2,000$0
CEDERICK ANTHONY PICKETTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$2,000$0
MERRIAN BORGESONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$2,000$0
MARC MIHALYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$1,500$0
DALE BRYKDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$1,000$0
JACOB PARKDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$1,000$0
JANET BESSERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
TONY PICKETTSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
20 WINOOSKI FALLSWAY 5TH, WINOOSKI, VT 05404-0000
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
KATHERINE MEYERS, 20 WINOOSKI FALLS WAY 5TH FLOOR, WINOOSKI, VT 05404
Signed the 990
KATHERINE MEYERS, CFO
Phone
(800) 639-6069
Return prepared by
GALLAGHER FLYNN & COMPANY LLP

Mission

VEIC IS A SUSTAINABLE ENERGY COMPANY ON A MISSION TO GENERATE THE ENERGY SOLUTIONS THE WORLD NEEDS (CONTINUES IN SCHEDULE O). (CONTINUED), WORKING TO COMBAT THE CLIMATE CRISIS, BOOST COMMUNITY RESILIENCE, AND LOWER ENERGY COSTS. FOR NEARLY 40 YEARS VEIC HAS BEEN WORKING WITH GOVERNMENTS, UTILITIES, FOUNDATIONS AND BUSINESSES ACROSS NORTH AMERICA TO DEVELOP AND DEPLOY CLEAN ENERGY SERVICES THAT PROVIDE IMMEDIATE AND LASTING CHANGE. WITH EXPERTISE IN DECARBONIZATION PLANNING, PROGRAM AND FLEET SOLUTIONS, MARKETING & EDUCATION, AND NEW APPROACHES TO PILOTS AND FEDERAL FUNDING SOLUTIONS, VEIC BRINGS INNOVATIVE IDEAS TO THE MARKET THAT MEET GOALS AND REDUCE GHG. IN ADDITION TO OUR FULL-SERVICE CONSULTING BUSINESS, VEIC ADMINISTERS THREE LARGE-SCALE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY PROGRAMS: EFFICIENCY VERMONT, EFFICIENCY SMART, AND THE DC SUSTAINABLE ENERGY UTILITY (DCSEU).

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • EFFICIENCY VERMONT WORKS WITH PARTNERS TO HELP THE STATE TRANSITION TO MORE AFFORDABLE, LOW CARBON ENERGY USE THROUGH EDUCATION, INCENTIVES, AND SUPPORT FOR OUR CLEAN ENERGY WORKFORCE. THE INVESTMENTS THAT VERMONTERS HAVE MADE IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY SINCE EFFICIENCY VERMONT'S INCEPTION IN 2000 WILL SAVE OVER $3.5 BILLION OVER THE LIFETIME OF THOSE INVESTMENTS, AND AVOID OVER 14.5 MILLION TONS OF CO2E.
    Expenses $68,575,392 · revenue $71,176,014
  • THE DC SUSTAINABLE ENERGY UTILITY (DCSEU) IS THE ONLY UTILITY IN THE COUNTRY THAT COMBINES ENERGY SAVINGS GOALS WITH SOCIAL EQUITY GOALS. SINCE 2011, THE DCSEU HAS HELPED DISTRICT RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, AND INSTITUTIONS GENERATE MORE THAN $1.4 BILLION IN LIFETIME ENERGY COST SAVINGS AND PREVENT MORE THAN 7 MILLION TONS OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. THE DCSEU HAS INVESTED MORE THAN $60 MILLION IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS IN LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES. OUR WORK IS BUILDING A BRIGHTER ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND ENERGY FUTURE FOR THE DISTRICT (CONTINUES IN SCHEDULE O).(CONTINUED) IN 2024, THE DCSEU'S EFFORTS GENERATED $333 MILLION IN LIFETIME COST SAVINGS FOR DC RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES, CREATED 90 GREEN JOBS FOR DISTRICT RESIDENTS, AND PREVENTED 1.08 MILLION MTCO2E IN LIFETIME GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, THE EQUIVALENT OF 77 MILLION GALLONS OF GASOLINE CONSUMED.
    Expenses $32,617,626 · revenue $33,925,882
  • EFFICIENCY SMART HELPS PARTICIPATING MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITIES AND THEIR CUSTOMERS REDUCE THEIR ENERGY USE AND SAVE MONEY THROUGH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND FINANCIAL INCENTIVES. SINCE 2011, EFFICIENCY SMART HAS SERVED MORE THAN 65 OF AMERICAN MUNICIPAL POWER'S MEMBER UTILITIES IN FOUR STATES. IN 2024, EFFICIENCY SMART ASSISTED AN ESTIMATED 1,332 RESIDENTIAL HOUSEHOLDS AND 178 BUSINESSES. THESE CUSTOMERS WILL REALIZE MORE THAN $19.5 MILLION IN SAVINGS OVER THE LIFETIME OF THE PRODUCTS THEY INSTALLED. IN ADDITION, PARTICIPATING MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITIES WILL SAVE NEARLY $11.5 MILLION IN ENERGY, CAPACITY, AND TRANSMISSION COSTS.
    Expenses $3,029,552 · revenue $3,268,400
  • VEIC PROVIDES NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING SERVICES TO UTILITIES, BUSINESSES, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, MUNICIPALITIES, AND FOUNDATIONS. WE WORK WITH OUR CLIENTS TO DECARBONIZE THEIR ENERGY SYSTEMS THROUGH OUR FOUR CORE SERVICES: ENERGY EFFICIENCY, BUILDING DECARBONIZATION, TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION, AND MAKING ELECTRICITY GRIDS CLEAN AND FLEXIBLE. WE HELP OUR CLIENTS SAVE ENERGY, REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, AND ADVANCE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EQUITY. IN 2024, 59% OF VEIC'S ORG-WIDE CONSULTING WORK HAD AN EXPLICIT FOCUS ON LOW-TO-MODERATE-INCOME COMMUNITIES. IN 2024, VEIC EXPENDED $9,383,100 IN FEDERAL GRANTS FUNDED BY THE CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS.VEIC HAD A NET LOSS FOR 2024 AND HAD BUDGETED FOR THIS NET LOSS IN ORDER TO SUPPORT MAKING INVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT FUTURE YEAR REVENUE GROWTH. THIS WAS IN LINE WITH VEIC'S STRATEGIC PLAN TO INCREASE IMPACT AND DELIVERY OF ITS MISSION OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.
    Expenses $20,275,300 · grants $8,524,334 · revenue $12,292,447

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 yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026Not on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
03-0304418
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
1988
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Category (NTEE)
Environment (C350)
Assets (IRS master file)
$53,392,034
Income (IRS master file)
$130,939,426

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024$130,939,426$131,141,340$53,392,034XML
990December 2023$123,099,830$121,025,310$52,913,819XML
990December 2022$108,745,667$106,290,392$52,044,292IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990December 2019–––IRS
990December 2018–––IRS
990December 2017–––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 03-0304418).

Questions about VERMONT ENERGY INVESTMENT CORP

What is the EIN of VERMONT ENERGY INVESTMENT CORP?
The employer identification number (EIN) of VERMONT ENERGY INVESTMENT CORP is 03-0304418.
Is VERMONT ENERGY INVESTMENT CORP tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1988.
Are donations to VERMONT ENERGY INVESTMENT CORP tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does VERMONT ENERGY INVESTMENT CORP 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 ENERGY INVESTMENT CORP 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 ENERGY INVESTMENT CORP 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 ENERGY INVESTMENT CORP?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names KATHERINE MEYERS.
Who are the officers and directors of VERMONT ENERGY INVESTMENT CORP?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 24 people; 22 received compensation from the organization, the highest $372,517 (REBECCA FOSTER, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER).
How much revenue does VERMONT ENERGY INVESTMENT CORP have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $130,939,426, expenses of $131,141,340 and total assets of $53,392,034 at year end.

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