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Nonprofit · EIN 22-3021942

VERMONT FOODBANK

Tax-exempt · BARRE, VT 05641

Financials

$34.1M$36.7M2022$31.3M$35.3M2023$35.9M$34.8M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of VERMONT FOODBANK by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
September 30, 2025990$35,923,073$34,754,340$1,168,733$35,694,932$3,479,770$32,215,162
September 30, 2024990$31,270,540$35,315,990-$4,045,450$34,865,077$4,152,619$30,712,458
September 30, 2023990$34,063,087$36,682,200-$2,619,113$35,746,376$2,272,200$33,474,176
Financial details: 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$36,685,074
of which government grants
$1,748,427
Program service revenue
$15,975
Investment income
$495,367
Net gain from sales of assets
-$8,496
Net income from sales of inventory
-$1,410,140
Other revenue
-$1,273,343

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$19,845,703
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$1,180,339
Other salaries and wages
$7,030,025
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$8,210,364
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$10,323
Accounting fees
$71,212
Travel
$46,360
Depreciation
$458,124
Program services (functional)
$28,702,812
Management and general (functional)
$3,955,294
Fundraising (functional)
$2,096,234

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$34,865,077
Total assets, end of year
$35,694,932
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,479,770
Net assets, end of year
$32,215,162
Land, buildings and equipment
$10,187,693
Publicly traded securities
$11,954,686
Net assets without donor restrictions
$32,177,734
Net assets with donor restrictions
$37,428
Gross receipts
$39,546,763
Employees
101
Volunteers
4,015
Year formed
1989
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 September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
JOHN SAYLESCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Officer
40$178,578$44,596
MONICA URQUHARTCHIEF EQUITY PEOPLE/CULTURE OFFICER
Officer
40$126,989$39,256
JASON MARINGCHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER
Officer
40$122,348$39,765
CHRIS MEEHANCHIEF COMMUNITY IMPACT OFFICER
Officer
40$117,594$40,348
HILLARY ORSINICHIEF OF STAFF
Officer
40$123,522$28,974
LEESA STEWARTCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Officer
40$127,660$17,429
SARAH KEBLINCHIEF PHILANTHROPY OFFICER
Officer
40$123,037$5,613
MITZI JOHNSONBOARD CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
PENROSE JACKSONVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
AMY MARIE DAVENPORTSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
WILL EBERLETRUSTEE
Trustee or director
2$0$0
MIKE HOURIGANTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
2$0$0
IAN MACFARLANDTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
2$0$0
JACOB PARKTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
2$0$0
MELISSA ROBERGETRUSTEE
Trustee or director
2$0$0
4 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
LIZ RUFFATRUSTEE
Trustee or director
2$0
ELIZABETH SCHUMACHERTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
2$0
FITZROY BECKFORDTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
2$0
LYNN ELLEN SCHIMOLLERTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
2$0
990 for the year ended September 30, 2024: 19 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
JOHN SAYLESCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Officer
40$173,901$37,775
JULIE-ANN GRAVESFORMER CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Officer
40$128,672$24,652
CHRIS MEEHANCHIEF COMMUNITY IMPACT OFFICER
Officer
40$108,627$37,104
JASON MARINGCHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER
Officer
40$106,104$36,470
HILLARY ORSINICHIEF OF STAFF
Officer
40$119,319$21,961
ALLISON MINDELFORMER CHIEF PHILANTHROPY OFFICER
Officer
40$107,644$33,184
SARAH KEBLINCHIEF PHILANTHROPY OFFICER
Officer
40$87,399$5,344
MONICA URQUHARTCHIEF EQUITY PEOPLE AND CULTURE OFFICER
Officer
40$29,182$31,070
LEESA STEWARTCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Officer
40$38,438$13,019
MITZI JOHNSONBOARD CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
PENROSE JACKSONVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
AMY MARIE DAVENPORTSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
WILL EBERLETRUSTEE
Trustee or director
2$0$0
MIKE HOURIGANTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
2$0$0
IAN MACFARLANDTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
2$0$0
JACOB PARKTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
2$0$0
MELISSA ROBERGETRUSTEE
Trustee or director
2$0$0
LIZ RUFFATRUSTEE
Trustee or director
2$0$0
ELIZABETH SCHUMACHERTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
2$0$0
990 for the year ended September 30, 2023: 17 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
JOHN SAYLESCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Officer
40$174,669$30,017
JULIE-ANN GRAVESCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Officer
40$131,123$22,432
JASON MARINGCHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
40$121,040$27,609
CHRIS MEEHANCHIEF COMMUNITY IMPACT OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
40$108,603$29,004
ALLISON MINDELCHIEF PHILANTHROPY OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
40$106,220$28,956
HILLARY ORSINICHIEF OF STAFF
Highest-paid employee
40$103,483$1,708
AMY DAVENPORTTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
2$0$0
WILL EBERLETRUSTEE
Trustee or director
2$0$0
MICHAEL HOURIGANTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
2$0$0
BRUCE NASHTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
2$0$0
DR JACOB PARKTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
2$0$0
MELISSA ROBERGETRUSTEE
Trustee or director
2$0$0
LIZ RUFFATRUSTEE
Trustee or director
2$0$0
JEFF TIEMANTRUSTEE "PAST"
Trustee or director
2$0$0
MITZI JOHNSONCHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
PENROSE JACKSONVICE-CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
MARTHA TROMBLEY OAKESSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
33 PARKER RD, BARRE, VT 05641-9106
In care of
% VERM
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
LEESA STEWART, 33 PARKER ROAD, BARRE, VT 05641
Signed the 990
LEESA STEWART, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Phone
(802) 476-3341
Return prepared by
WARREN AVERETT LLC

Mission

TO GATHER AND SHARE QUALITY FOOD AND NURTURE PARTNERSHIPS SO THAT NO ONE IN VERMONT WILL GO HUNGRY.

990 for the year ended September 30, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, VERMONT FOODBANK DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN 14.1 MILLION POUNDS OF DONATED FOOD, USDA FOODS, AND PURCHASED FOOD DIRECTLY TO INDIVIDUALS AND TO MORE THAN 220 NETWORK PARTNERS. OF THAT, OVER 4.4 MILLION POUNDS OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES WERE DISTRIBUTED, AND 50% OF THE FOOD DISTRIBUTED WAS FRESH FOOD (PRODUCE, MEAT, EGGS, AND DAIRY). VERMONT FOODBANK ALSO WORKED WITH ALMOST 225 VERMONT FARMS TO PURCHASE, GATHER AND SHARE CLOSE TO $1.9 MILLION WORTH OF VERMONT-GROWN FOOD. DURING THE SAME PERIOD, THE FOODBANK FUNDED 369 GRANTS TOTALING CLOSE TO $1.3M TO NETWORK AND PROGRAM PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS. THESE GRANTS, WHICH REACHED EVERY COUNTY IN VERMONT, DEEPENED OUR IMPACT AND HELPED SOLVE TARGETED CHALLENGES TO FOOD ACCESS IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES (EXAMPLES INCLUDE INCREASING REFRIGERATION CAPACITY TO ENABLING PURCHASING FRESH PRODUCE FROM LOCAL, SMALL-SCALE FARMS).THE FOODBANK ALSO WORKED WITH 77 PARTNERS, HOUSING SITES, HOSPITALS, AND SCHOOLS TO HOST A TOTAL OF 760 FRESH FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVENTS ACROSS ALL VERMONT COUNTIES, DISTRIBUTING FRESH FOODS TO AN AVERAGE OF MORE THAN 10,000 HOUSEHOLDS A MONTH. THE VERMONT FOODBANK CONTINUES TO SEE INCREASES IN EXPENSES OVER PRE-PANDEMIC BUDGETS, AT THE SAME TIME THAT FEDERAL FOOD AND FUNDS ARE BEING CUT AND POLICY CHANGES ARE MAKING IT HARDER FOR PEOPLE TO MEET BASIC NEEDS, INCREASING THE NEED FOR CHARITABLE FOOD. VERMONT FOODBANK HAS RELIED ON RESERVES TO CONTINUE TO MEET THIS INCREASED LEVEL OF NEED. REVENUE IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 MET PROJECTIONS, MAINLY THROUGH PRIVATE PHILANTHROPY, AND A $1M APPROPRIATION FROM THE STATE OF VERMONT.A 2022 STUDY BY THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT SHOWS THAT 2 IN 5 PEOPLE IN VERMONT EXPERIENCED FOOD INSECURITY IN THE 12 MONTHS PRIOR. THIS DATA IS SUPPORTED BY 2023 DATA SHARED BY THE USDA, WHICH ALSO SHOWS A SECOND YEAR IN A ROW OF RISING FOOD INSECURITY RATES. THESE STUDIES SHOW THAT FOOD INSECURITY IS FAR HIGHER THAN THE 9.6% FOOD INSECURITY RATE VERMONT SAW BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, AND ALSO HIGHER THAN AT ANY POINT IN 2020 OR 2021, DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC IMPACTS. FEDERAL POLICY CHANGES ARE INCREASING FOOD AND ECONOMIC INSECURITY, AND DATA TO MEASURE THE IMPACTS OF THESE CHANGES MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN THE FUTURE. THE LEVEL OF NEED IS BEYOND WHAT OUR NETWORK OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WAS BUILT TO ADDRESS. THE VERMONT FOODBANK, THE STATE'S ONLY FOOD BANK, IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF VERMONT'S FOOD SECURITY RESPONSE SYSTEM. INCREASED LEVELS OF FOOD INSECURITY OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE STRAINED RESOURCES AT BOTH VERMONT FOODBANK AND ITS NETWORK OF MORE THAN 220 FOOD ACCESS AGENCIES (FOOD SHELVES, MEAL SITES, ETC.). PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT REMAINS STRONG, BUT THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO SUSTAIN INCREASED LEVELS OF OPERATIONS ARE OUTPACING FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND FEDERAL CUTS ARE IMPACTING BOTH RESOURCES TO VERMONT FOODBANK AND ITS PARTNERS AS WELL AS INCREASING FOOD INSECURITY FOR PEOPLE IN VERMONT. VERMONT FOODBANK IS ADVOCATING ALONGSIDE PARTNERS FOR INCREASED STATE SUPPORT TO HELP CLOSE THIS GAP.
    Expenses $28,702,812 · grants $19,845,703 · revenue $152,772

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 September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025September 30, 2026February 16, 2027Not due yet
2024September 30, 2025February 17, 2026990 on file
2023September 30, 2024February 18, 2025990 on file

IRS record

EIN
22-3021942
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
1990
Accounting year ends
September
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$35,694,932
Income (IRS master file)
$39,546,763

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990September 2025$35,923,073$34,754,340$35,694,932XML
990September 2024$31,270,540$35,315,990$34,865,077XML
990September 2023$34,063,087$36,682,200$35,746,376XML
990September 2022$36,820,063$35,115,913$37,316,599IRS
990September 2021–––IRS
990September 2020–––IRS
990September 2019–––IRS
990September 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 22-3021942).

Questions about VERMONT FOODBANK

What is the EIN of VERMONT FOODBANK?
The employer identification number (EIN) of VERMONT FOODBANK is 22-3021942.
Is VERMONT FOODBANK tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1990.
Are donations to VERMONT FOODBANK tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does VERMONT FOODBANK 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 FOODBANK due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 16, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did VERMONT FOODBANK last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.
Who is the principal officer of VERMONT FOODBANK?
The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 names LEESA STEWART.
Who are the officers and directors of VERMONT FOODBANK?
The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 19 people; 7 received compensation from the organization, the highest $178,578 (JOHN SAYLES, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER).
How much revenue does VERMONT FOODBANK have?
On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $35,923,073, expenses of $34,754,340 and total assets of $35,694,932 at year end.

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