VERMONT FOODBANK: Form 990, tax year 2018

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Organization: VERMONT FOODBANK (EIN 22-3021942)
Tax period: 2018-10-01 to 2019-09-30
Filed: 2020-01-28
IRS object ID: 202030289349300438
Schema version: 2018v3.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2020-01-28T13:53:33-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2019-09-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	134260189	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BOISSELLE MORTON & WOLKOWICZ LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	48 BAY ROAD PO BOX 374	AddressLine1Txt
City	HADLEY	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	01035	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2018-10-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	223021942	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	VERMONT FOODBANK	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	VERM	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	8024763341	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	33 PARKER ROAD	AddressLine1Txt
City	BARRE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	05641	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	JULIE-ANN GRAVES	PersonNm
Person Title	CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	8024763341	PhoneNum
Signature	2020-01-20	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	JOSEPH P WOLKOWICZ CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00734754	PTIN
Phone	4135870099	PhoneNum
Preparation	2020-01-20	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	64.88.174.3	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2020-01-20	IPDt
IP Tm	08:19:41	IPTm
IP Timezone	ES	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	D3CBB27DBA44D0DF4AAFC6D1677B6F9538CE9AAF	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	D3CBB27DBA44D0DF4AAFC6D1677B6F9538CE9AAF	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2018	TaxYr
Build TS	2020-09-23 17:36:50Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	JOHN SAYLES	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	33 PARKER ROAD	AddressLine1Txt
City	BARRE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	05641	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$31,641,025	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.VTFOODBANK.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1989	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	VT	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	TO GATHER AND SHARE QUALITY FOOD AND NURTURE PARTNERSHIPS SO THAT NO ONE IN VERMONT WILL GO HUNGRY.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	11	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	11	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	69	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	1547	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$26,069,192	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$26,021,519	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$214,582	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$220,529	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$57,649	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$192,319	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$331,817	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$179,071	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$26,673,240	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$26,613,438	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$17,835,519	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$16,430,793	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$3,595,739	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$3,935,836	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$1,648,627	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$3,399,524	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$3,239,395	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$24,830,782	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$23,606,024	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$1,842,458	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$3,007,414	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$11,007,152	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$14,785,742	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$378,739	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$1,042,652	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$10,628,413	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$13,743,090	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	THE MISSION OF THE VERMONT FOODBANK IS TO GATHER AND SHARE QUALITY FOOD AND NURTURE PARTNERSHIPS SO THAT NO ONE IN VERMONT WILL GO HUNGRY.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$21,217,292	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$16,430,793	GrantAmt
Revenue	$220,529	RevenueAmt
Desc	FOOD DISTRIBUTION - APPROXIMATELY 12 MILLION POUNDS OF DONATED FOOD, PRODUCE, USDA FOODS AND PURCHASED FOOD DELIVERED DIRECTLY TO INDIVIDUALS AND OVER 215 MEMBER NETWORK PARTNERS SERVING AS MANY AS 153,100 VERMONTERS.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$21,217,292	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	0	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	0	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (1)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	Yes (1)	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	0	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (1)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	23	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	69	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	11	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	11	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	VT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	FL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NH	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	RI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	JULIE-ANN GRAVES	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	8024763341	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	33 PARKER ROAD	AddressLine1Txt
City	BARRE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	05641	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (14 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	OfficerOfficerInd
SUSAN BASSETT
TRUSTEE "PAST"	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
SAMARA BUSHEY
TRUSTEE	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MICHAEL HOURIGAN
TRUSTEE	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
PENROSE JACKSON
TRUSTEE	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MITZI JOHNSON
TRUSTEE	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
LIZ RUFFA
TRUSTEE	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JAN SCITES
TRUSTEE	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JEFF TIEMAN
TRUSTEE	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JOSEPH ZUARO
TRUSTEE	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DOUG LANTAGNE
CHAIR	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
BETH RUSNOCK
VICE-CHAIR	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
MARTHA TROMBLEY OAKES
SECRETARY	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
JOHN SAYLES
CEO	40.00		$146,236	$0	$26,064	Yes (X)
JULIE-ANN GRAVES
CFO	40.00		$100,149	$0	$18,578	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$246,385	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$44,642	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	3	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$4,440,094	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$21,581,425	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$16,516,104	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$26,021,519	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	MEMBERSHIP & DELIVERY FEES	Desc
Business	624210	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$220,529	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$220,529	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$220,529	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$167,066	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$167,066	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$3,775,541	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$9,678	OtherAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$3,758,226	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$1,740	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$17,315	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$7,938	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$25,253	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$25,253	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$1,167,855	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$1,267,621	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$99,766	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	-$99,766	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	MISCELLANEOUS	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$278,837	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$278,837	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$278,837	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$26,613,438	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$120,763	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$471,156	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,685,388	TotalAmt
Program Services	$12,685,388	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,745,405	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,745,405	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$299,260	TotalAmt
Management And General	$212,309	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$86,951	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,824,459	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,998,434	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$278,181	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$547,844	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$68,413	TotalAmt
Program Services	$49,356	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,917	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$13,140	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$483,521	TotalAmt
Program Services	$338,959	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$50,406	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$94,156	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$260,183	TotalAmt
Program Services	$168,946	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$38,707	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$52,530	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$48	TotalAmt
Management And General	$48	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$14,400	TotalAmt
Management And General	$14,400	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$72,595	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,333	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$70,593	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$669	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$118,103	TotalAmt
Program Services	$74,303	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,674	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$34,126	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$60,465	TotalAmt
Program Services	$38,641	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,259	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$12,565	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$317,646	TotalAmt
Program Services	$301,421	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,028	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$8,197	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$20,830	TotalAmt
Program Services	$15,658	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,829	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,343	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$55,446	TotalAmt
Program Services	$31,335	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,181	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$21,930	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$335,578	TotalAmt
Program Services	$300,982	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$17,118	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$17,478	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$91,721	TotalAmt
Program Services	$69,548	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,497	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$13,676	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt
FUNDRAISING	$663,748	$663,748
OTHER PROGRAM EXPENSES	$557,080		$557,080
VEHICLE EXPENSES	$321,789		$321,789
WAREHOUSE SUPPLIES	$308,188		$308,188

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$301,758	TotalAmt
Program Services	$210,526	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$12,958	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$78,274	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$23,606,024	TotalAmt
Program Services	$21,217,292	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$740,105	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,648,627	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,743	BOYAmt
EOY	$114,111	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$187,377	BOYAmt
EOY	$189,014	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,389,640	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,145,657	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$134,644	BOYAmt
EOY	$97,092	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,414,325	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,662,336	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$109,041	BOYAmt
EOY	$46,595	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$6,717,930	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$3,211,341	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,039,057	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,506,589	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,725,325	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,024,348	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$11,007,152	BOYAmt
EOY	$14,785,742	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$356,758	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,042,251	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$21,981	BOYAmt
EOY	$401	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$378,739	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,042,652	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,564,948	BOYAmt
EOY	$11,631,048	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,063,465	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,112,042	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,628,413	BOYAmt
EOY	$13,743,090	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$11,007,152	BOYAmt
EOY	$14,785,742	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$3,007,414	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$139,015	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Investment Expense	-$31,752	InvestmentExpenseAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	Yes (1)	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd
Federal Grant Audit Performed	Yes (1)	FederalGrantAuditPerformedInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$20,700,981	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$26,118,387	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$23,387,035	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$26,189,920	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$26,021,519	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$122,417,842	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$20,700,981	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$26,118,387	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$23,387,035	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$26,189,920	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$26,021,519	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$122,417,842	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	$122,417,842	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$91,532	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,136	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$19,988	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$71,981	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$167,066	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$352,703	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$105,796	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$205,135	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$177,084	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$131,170	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$278,837	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$898,022	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$123,668,567	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$1,031,537	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.98990	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.99240	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$88,907	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$88,907	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$4,880,871	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$1,854,371	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$3,026,500	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$1,207,509	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$990,387	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$217,122	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$540,643	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$366,583	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$174,060	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$3,506,589	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$28,135,624	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$139,015	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$115,550	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Other Revenue	$1,267,621	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$1,522,186	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$26,613,438	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$26,613,438	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$25,020,947	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$115,550	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Other Expenses Included	$1,267,621	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$1,383,171	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$23,637,776	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2	-$31,752	InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	-$31,752	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$23,606,024	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	COST OF GOODS SOLD 1,267,621.
PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	COST OF GOODS SOLD 1,267,621.

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (1)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (3 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	Non Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceAmt	Valuation Method UsedValuationMethodUsedDesc	Non Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceDesc	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt	Recipient EINRecipientEIN	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt
VARIOUS FOODSHELVES
33 PARKER ROAD	BARRE	VT	05641	$12,474,771	FMV	URGENT NEEDS FUND	URGENT NEEDS FUND
CAPSTONE COMMUNITY ACTION
20 GABLE PLACE	BARRE	VT	056414138				COMMUNITY KITCHEN ACADEMY	030216254	$109,858
CHITTENDEN FOOD SHELF
PO BOX 1603	BURLINGTON	VT	054021603				COMMUNITY KITCHEN ACADEMY	030216837	$100,759

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Type	VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS	GrantTypeTxt
Non Cash Assistance	$3,745,405	NonCashAssistanceAmt
Valuation Method Used	FMV	ValuationMethodUsedDesc
Non Cash Assistance	FOOD INVENTORY	NonCashAssistanceDesc

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	0	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	0	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	0	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	0	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	JOHN SAYLES	PersonNm
Title	CEO	TitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org	$142,157	BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Compensation Based On Rltd Orgs	$0	CompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt
Bonus Filing Organization	$0	BonusFilingOrganizationAmount
Bonus Related Organizations	$0	BonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt
Other Compensation Filing Org	$4,079	OtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Other Compensation Rltd Orgs	$0	OtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Deferred Compensation Flng Org	$0	DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Deferred Comp Rltd Orgs	$0	DeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	$26,064	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Rltd Orgs	$0	NontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org	$172,300	TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Rltd Orgs	$0	TotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Filing Org	$0	CompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Rltd Orgs	$0	CompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Food Inventory FoodInventoryGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$16,516,104	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FEEDING AMERICA GUIDE	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	0	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (1)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	0	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	THE FINANCE COMMITTEE REVIEWS A DRAFT OF THE 990, WHICH IS THEN PRESENTED AT THE JANUARY BOARD MEETING BY THE ORGANIZATION'S AUDIT FIRM.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	BOARD MEMBERS SIGN CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENTS WHEN THEY JOIN AND THEN ANNUALLY. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER REVIEW THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENTS EACH JANAUARY.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15	THE CEO HAS A YEARLY REVIEW WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WHO THEN SET THE CEO'S COMPENSATION. THE BOARD ANNUALLY COMPARES COMPENSATION WITH SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS. THE ORGANIZATION DETERMINES COMPENSATION OF THE ORGANIZATIONS' STAFF ANNUALLY BY USING COMPARABILITY STUDIES DONE BY FEEDING AMERICA AND OTHER NONPROFIT SURVEYS IN VERMONT.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	VERMONT FOODBANK MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE ON ITS WEBSITE.
FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C	THE ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS FOR OVERSIGHT OF THE AUDIT OF ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SELECTION OF AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT DID NOT CHANGE DURING THE TAX YEAR.