Friends of Stowe Vibrancy Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
820827505
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Stowe, VT, USA
Rating
59
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$91,070
Expenses
$78,258
Assets
$42,731

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Elise McKenna (Co-President of the Board)
  • Carol Schaal (Vice President of the Board)
  • Cristina Mink (Co-President of the Board)
  • Abigail Bourgeois (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Elise McKenna (Co-President of the Board)
  • Carol Schaal (Vice President of the Board)
  • Candace Elmquist (Treasurer of the Board)

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

Stowe Vibrancys mission is to increase the vibrancy of the Town of Stowe through the enhancement of social recreational cultural economic and physical characteristics of the village.

What it reported doing in 2025

Traditional Christmas in Stowe event - The community of Stowe and its visitors kickoff the holiday season with this beloved and time honored festival named a 2018 - 2019 Top Ten Winter Event by the Vermont Chamber of Commerce. Watch the whole Stowe community light up at night. Expect gorgeous tree lightings childrens lantern parade holiday decorations festive wagon rides a holiday bazaar visits with Santa and Mrs. Claus live holiday music and a Santa Stroll to support local businesses and much more. Est. 500 attendees.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

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: 32
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 29.6%; rating input score 30
  • Program expense ratio: 34.4%; rating input score 34

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: 14.1%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.55; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 37.4%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -7.7% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.8% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 29.6% of revenue deployed · 34.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 6 filed program accomplishments · $27K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 30/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 34/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.