VERMONT NATURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL INC: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: VERMONT NATURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL INC (EIN 03-0223731)
Tax period: 2012-07-01 to 2013-06-30
Filed: 2013-11-25
IRS object ID: 201333299349300428
Schema version: 2012v2.0
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 C
Schedule D
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2013-11-25T14:25:05-08:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2013-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Fothergill Segale & Valley CPAs	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	143 Barre Street	AddressLine1
City	Montpelier	City
State	VT	State
ZIP Code	05602	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2012-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	030223731	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	VERMONT NATURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	VERM	NameControl
Phone	8022232328	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	9 BAILEY AVENUE	AddressLine1
City	MONTPELIER	City
State	VT	State
ZIP Code	05602	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	BRIAN SHUPE	Name
Title	Executive Dir.	Title
Date Signed	2013-11-20	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Linda Maclay CPA	Name
PTIN	P00202328	PTIN
Phone	8022236261	Phone

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2012	TaxYear
Build TS	2015-11-30 17:44:51Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	2133951	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncluded
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	WWW.vnrc.org	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1963	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	VT	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	To protect and restore Vermonts natural resources and environment for present and future generations through research, education, collaboration and advocacy.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	14	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	14	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	12	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	500	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	1700	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	1045341	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	1145960	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	61634	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	117328	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	16170	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	38077	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	1123145	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	1301365	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	618672	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	589652	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	96700	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	268461	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	470126	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	887133	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	1059778	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	236012	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	241587	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	2291684	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	2603613	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	108685	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	72668	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	2182999	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	2530945	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Info In Schedule O Part III	X	InfoInScheduleOPartIII
Mission Description	To protect and restore Vermonts natural resources and environment for present and future generations through research, education, collaboration and advocacy.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	269691	Expense
Description	General: provide general services to protect Vermont's natural resources that aren't specific to the Organizations other four core programs.	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	183692	Expense
Description	Energy: Help build a more informed and involved public which actively advances creative tools to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.	Description

Activity3 Activity3

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	175879	Expense
Description	Sustainable communities: Assist with policies, programs and tools needed to confront the challenges of the 21st century, including climate change, energy depletion, sprawling development patterns, and the erosion of community vitality due to national and global economic pressures.	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Other Program Service Exp	214527	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceExp
Total Program Service Expense	843789	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	true	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	true	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	true	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBonds
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccount
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuer
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	true	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	21	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	false	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	12	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	true	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Number Of8282 Filed	0	NumberOf8282Filed
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Form8899 Filed	false	Form8899Filed
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiled
Excess Business Holdings	false	ExcessBusinessHoldings
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributions
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonor
Filed Lieu1041	false	FiledLieu1041
Licensed More Than One State	false	LicensedMoreThanOneState
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	14	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	14	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	true	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	false	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	false	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	true	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	Brian Shupe	NamePerson
Telephone Number	8022232328	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	9 Bailey AVENUE	AddressLine1
City	MONTPELIER	City
State	VT	State
ZIP Code	05602	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (19 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Average Hours Per Week RelatedAverageHoursPerWeekRelated	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer
WILLIAM ROPER
Director	1.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
ELIZABETH HUMSTONE
Director	1.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
SUSAN ATWOOD-STONE
Treasurer	1.00	0.00	X	0	0	0	X
DON HOOPER
Director	1.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
MEGAN CAMP
Secretary	1.00	0.00	X	0	0	0	X
JUDY GEER
Director	1.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
ELIZABETH SKARIE
VICE CHAIR	1.00	0.00	X	0	0	0	X
VIRGINIA FARLEY
Director	1.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
GREG STRONG
Director	1.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
KINNY PEROT
Chair	1.00	0.00	X	0	0	0	X
ERIC ZENCEY
Director	1.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
GERALD TARRANT
Director	1.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
PETE LAND
Director	1.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
SALLY DODGE MOLE
Director	1.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
KELLY COLEMAN
Director	1.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
PEREZ EHRICH
Director	1.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
PETER STERLING
Director	1.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
BRIAN SHUPE
Executive Dir.	40.00	0.00		73885	0	0	X
STEPHANIE MUELLER
FINANCE MANAGER	24.00	0.00		38152	0	0	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	112037	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Number Individuals GT100 K	0	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	0	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
Membership Dues	84665	MembershipDues
All Other Contributions	1061295	AllOtherContributions
Noncash Contributions	419647	NoncashContributions
Total Contributions	1145960	TotalContributions
Total Program Service Revenue	0	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	54844	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$54,844	ExclusionAmount

Income From Invest Bond Proceeds IncomeFromInvestBondProceeds

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	895070	Securities

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expenses LessCostOthBasisSalesExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	832586	Securities

Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	62484	Securities

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	62484	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	62484	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGaming

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenue
OTHER REVENUE	36377	36377
ADVERTISING	1700		1700

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	38077	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	1301365	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	98861	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	1700	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$54,844	ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembers

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	124277	Total
Program Services	57985	ProgramServices
Management And General	30218	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	36074	Fundraising

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	419643	Total
Program Services	360752	ProgramServices
Management And General	42161	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	16730	Fundraising

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	45732	Total
Program Services	35312	ProgramServices
Management And General	6041	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	4379	Fundraising

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	79649	Total
Program Services	67433	ProgramServices
Management And General	2072	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	10144	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	11044	Total
Program Services	8984	ProgramServices
Management And General	1046	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1014	Fundraising

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForServicesInvstMgmntFees

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	19411	Total
Management And General	19411	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5406	Total
Program Services	5262	ProgramServices
Fundraising	144	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	11846	Total
Program Services	8496	ProgramServices
Management And General	1805	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1545	Fundraising

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Royalties Royalties

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	12753	Total
Program Services	9110	ProgramServices
Management And General	1822	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1821	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	9179	Total
Program Services	7724	ProgramServices
Management And General	881	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	574	Fundraising

Travel Entrtnmnt Public Officials TravelEntrtnmntPublicOfficials

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Interest Interest

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliates

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	27372	Total
Program Services	22267	ProgramServices
Management And General	2592	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	2513	Fundraising

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	12404	Total
Program Services	8936	ProgramServices
Management And General	2265	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1203	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	FundraisingFundraising
MISCELLANEOUS/MEETINGS	11266	8284	2958	24
special events	49727	49196	531
Printing and Publications	70639	59305		11334
GRANTS AWARDED	93259	93259

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	56171	Total
Program Services	41484	ProgramServices
Management And General	5486	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	9201	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1059778	Total
Program Services	843789	ProgramServices
Management And General	119289	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	96700	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	47922	BOY
EOY	78855	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	308104	BOY
EOY	300114	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	102407	BOY
EOY	29196	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	9594	BOY
EOY	2275	EOY

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Receivables From Disqual Persons ReceivablesFromDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Other Notes Loans Receivable Net OtherNotesLoansReceivableNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	28844	BOY
EOY	9562	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	615364	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	326296	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	309801	BOY
EOY	289068	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1485012	BOY
EOY	1889119	EOY

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelated

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	5424	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2291684	BOY
EOY	2603613	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	108685	BOY
EOY	72668	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	108685	BOY
EOY	72668	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1599566	BOY
EOY	1905942	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	583433	BOY
EOY	625003	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2182999	BOY
EOY	2530945	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2291684	BOY
EOY	2603613	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	241587	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconciliation Unrealized Invest	106359	ReconciliationUnrealizedInvest
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	true	AccountantCompileOrReview

Accountant Compile Or Review Basis AccountantCompileOrReviewBasis

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
FS Audited	false	FSAudited
Audit Committee	false	AuditCommittee
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	881346	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	854348	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	692680	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	1045341	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	1061061	CurrentTaxYear
Total	4534776	Total

Tax Rev Levied For Org Benefit170 TaxRevLeviedForOrgBenefit170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Value Srvc Fclts Furnished By Govt ValueSrvcFcltsFurnishedByGovt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	881346	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	854348	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	692680	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	1045341	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	1061061	CurrentTaxYear
Total	4534776	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total	705135	AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170	3829641	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	36975	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	33435	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	34070	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	41351	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	54844	CurrentTaxYear
Total	200675	Total

Net UBI NetUBI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	11755	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	42244	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	20091	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	16170	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	38077	CurrentTaxYear
Total	128337	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	4863788	TotalSupport
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.78740	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.82790	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

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

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

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)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form4720 Filed4955 Tax	false	Form4720Filed4955Tax
Correction Made	false	CorrectionMade

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	7812	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Total Lobbying Expenditures TotalLobbyingExpenditures

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	7812	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Other Exempt Purpose Expenditures OtherExemptPurposeExpenditures

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	1051966	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Total Exempt Purpose Expenditures TotalExemptPurposeExpenditures

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	1059778	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Lobbying Nontaxable LobbyingNontaxableAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	180978	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	45245	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form4720 Filed	false	Form4720Filed

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount2 LobbyingNontaxableAmount2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	169113	CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus2	154062	CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus1	158070	CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year	180978	CurrentYear
Total	662223	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling	$993,335	LobbyingCeilingAmount

Total Lobbying Expenditures2 TotalLobbyingExpenditures2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	11858	CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus2	2246	CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus1	6622	CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year	7812	CurrentYear
Total	28538	Total

Grassroots Nontaxable Amount2 GrassrootsNontaxableAmount2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	42278	CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus2	38516	CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus1	39518	CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year	45245	CurrentYear
Total	165557	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling	$248,336	GrassrootsCeilingAmount

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Current Year CurrentYear

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	204414	BeginningOfYearBalance
Investment Earnings Or Losses	21431	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures	25845	OtherExpenditures
End Of Year Balance	200000	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus1 Year CurrentYearMinus1Year

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	204819	BeginningOfYearBalance
Investment Earnings Or Losses	7244	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures	7649	OtherExpenditures
End Of Year Balance	204414	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus2 Years CurrentYearMinus2Years

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	200000	BeginningOfYearBalance
Investment Earnings Or Losses	22976	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures	18157	OtherExpenditures
End Of Year Balance	204819	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus3 Years CurrentYearMinus3Years

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	200000	BeginningOfYearBalance
Investment Earnings Or Losses	11790	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures	11790	OtherExpenditures
End Of Year Balance	200000	EndOfYearBalance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated EOY Balance	1.00000	BoardDesignatedEOYBalance
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	true	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Are Related Orgs Listed Schedule R	false	AreRelatedOrgsListedScheduleR

Buildings Buildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	477984	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	208792	Depreciation
Book Value	269192	BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	137380	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	117504	Depreciation
Book Value	19876	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	289068	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Form990 Schedule D Part XIII Form990ScheduleDPartXIII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	Part V, Line 4	Identifier
Return Reference	Part V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund.	ReturnReference
Explanation	Reserve for future operating expenses during cash flow shortages.	Explanation

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTraded

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	X	NonCashCheckbox
Number Of Contributions	8	NumberOfContributions
Noncash Contribs Rptd F990	416754	NoncashContribsRptdF990
Method Of Determining Revenues	fair value	MethodOfDeterminingRevenues

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeld
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	true	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGifts
Third Parties Used	false	ThirdPartiesUsed

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (5 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19	Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	ALL GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, POLICIES AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AT THE VERMONT NATURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL'S OFFICE UPON REQUEST.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b	Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees	STAFF COMPENSATION IS DECIDED UPON BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WHO REVIEWS SURVEYS OF NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION SALARIES AND BENEFITS, PROVIDED BY THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP PROJECT AND/OR NOONMARK READER. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION IS DECIDED UPON BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WHO REVIEW SIMILAR DOCUMENTS.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a	Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management	COMPENSATION FOR EXEC. DIRECTOR IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY BOARD INCLUDING COMPARABLE DATA.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b	Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process	THE BOARD REVIEWS THE 990 AND GIVES DOCUMENT FULL APPROVAL BEFORE FILING.
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d	Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description	OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Energy: Help build a more informed and involved public which actively advances creative tools to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: General: provide general services to protect Vermont's natural resources that aren't specific to the Organizations other four core programs.