Composting Association of Vermont Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
743056927
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2011, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Hinesburg, VT, USA
Phone
8023736499
Rating
45
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Recycling Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$99,033
Expenses
$79,201
Assets
$32,038
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRIAN JEROSE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DAN GOOSSEN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ALEX LACY (MEMBER)
  • MATT MONTGOMERY (MEMBER)
  • ROBERT SPENCER (MEMBER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To advance the production and use of compost to support soil health through practices that contribute to water quality, plant vigor, and environmental resilience. We demonstrate value of compost through education, policy, outreach, and partnerships to reduce waste, capture energy, and create jobs.

What it reported doing in 2025

Provide leadership and expertise for the responsible production and use of compost in Vermont through activities that educate the public, build cooperative relationships, promote composting and encourage the use of compost. Hands-on teaching with actual compost that can be used by trainees. Current projects and workshops include soil builders, organics diversion from mixed use buildings and on-farm community-based food scrap & agricultural waste management.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 72% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 20%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.4; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.4% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.