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Filing year 2024

VERMONT PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH & EDUCATION FUND INC

Montpelier, Vermont·EIN 51-0163801·NTEE C016 · Environment·3
Total revenue
$1.5M
Total assets
$833k
Total expenses
$1.1M
Reported officers
6
Mission

IN 1975, THE VERMONT PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FUND (VPIREF) WAS ESTABLISHED AS VPIRG'S 501(C)3 OUTREACH AND EDUCATION ARM. VPIREF CONDUCTS INDEPENDENT RESEARCH ON THE TOP CHALLENGES FACING OUR STATE, CRAFTS COMMONSENSE SOLUTIONS, AND MOBILIZES THE PUBLIC THROUGH INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH CAMPAIGNS THAT AMPLIFY THE VOICE OF EVERYDAY VERMONTERS OVER WELL-MONEYED SPECIAL INTERESTS THAT TOO OFTEN CORRUPT OUR DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES. VPIREF'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF VERMONT'S PEOPLE, ENVIRONMENT, AND LOCALLY-BASED ECONOMY BY INFORMING AND MOBILIZING INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE.

Executive compensation

Form 990 · Schedule J · 1 reported individual · Filing year 2024

Executive Director
$131k
$141k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the Northeast region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 5 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Environment

Up 74%
from 2023

From $75k in 2023 to $131k in 2024.

$75k
2023
$131k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 68% in real terms$84k to $141k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the Northeast region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

VERMONT PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH & EDUCATION FUND INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$1.3M
$991k
2023
$1.5M
$1.1M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Environment executives earn

Comparable environment organizations nationwide pay their highest-earning executive a median of $76,731.

25th percentile
$37k
Median
$76,731
75th percentile
$130k
90th percentile
$208k

These are environment sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 1,137 organizations across 1,137 filings (2021 – 2023).

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