VERMONT INTERFAITH ACTION INC: Form 990, tax year 2023

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Organization: VERMONT INTERFAITH ACTION INC (EIN 03-0223222)
Tax period: 2023-07-01 to 2024-06-30
Filed: 2025-05-07
IRS object ID: 202521279349301732
Schema version: 2023v6.0
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 O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2025-05-07T14:22:15-04:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2024-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	030280081	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	JMM & ASSOCIATES PC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	463 MOUNTAIN VIEW DR STE 403	AddressLine1Txt
City	COLCHESTER	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	05446	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2023-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	030223222	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	VERMONT INTERFAITH ACTION INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	VERM	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	8026518889	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	152 PEARL STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	BURLINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	05401	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	MELISSA BATTAH	PersonNm
Person Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	8026518889	PhoneNum
Signature	2025-05-07	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	false	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	RANDALL L SARGENT CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00136499	PTIN
Phone	8026555665	PhoneNum
Preparation	2025-05-07	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2023	TaxYr
Build TS	2025-03-06 01:10:19Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	MELISSA BATTAH	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	152 PEARL STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	BURLINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	05401	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$433,264	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.VIAVT.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2004	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	VT	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	VERMONT INTERFAITH ACTION IS A FAITH-BASED, GRASSROOTS COALITION OF CONGREGATIONS THAT TRANSFORMS ORDINARY PEOPLE INTO EMPOWERED AND ENGAGED CITIZENS. OUR GOAL IS TO CREATE THE HOPE, POWER, KNOWLEDGE, AND POLITICAL WILL NEEDED TO MAKE COMPASSION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE A REALITY FOR ALL VERMONTERS.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	8	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	8	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	4	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	180	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$102,910	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$400,888	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$166	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$523	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$42,157	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$28,098	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$145,233	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$429,509	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$198,865	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$487,312	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$37,262	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$66,543	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$128,833	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$265,408	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$616,145	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$120,175	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$186,636	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$487,290	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$111,886	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$314,184	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$2,127	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$173,106	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$109,759	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	VERMONT INTERFAITH ACTION IS A FAITH-BASED, GRASSROOTS COALITION OF CONGREGATIONS THAT TRANSFORMS ORDINARY PEOPLE INTO EMPOWERED AND ENGAGED CITIZENS. OUR GOAL IS TO CREATE THE HOPE, POWER, KNOWLEDGE, AND POLITICAL WILL NEEDED TO MAKE COMPASSION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE A REALITY FOR ALL VERMONTERS.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$512,218	ExpenseAmt
Desc	OUR THREE LARGEST PROGRAM SERVICES WERE (1) COMMUNITY ORGANIZING TO ADVOCATE FOR INVESTMENT AND COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING IN SHELTERING THE UNHOUSED AND EXPANDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING; (2) DISMANTLING SYSTEMIC RACISM IN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR AND REIMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TO MAKE IT MORE EQUITABLE; AND (3) MOBILIZING COMMUNITIES TO ADVANCE HARM REDUCTION STRATEGIES AROUND DRUG USE.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$512,218	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	Yes (true)	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	Yes (true)	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	false	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	4	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	8	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	8	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	Yes (true)	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (true)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (true)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	MELISSA BATTAH	PersonNm
Phone	8026518889	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	152 PEARL ST	AddressLine1Txt
City	BURLINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	05401	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (9 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd
DEBORAH INGRAM
EXECUTIVE DI	40.00	Yes (X)	$74,900	$0	$15,311
MARTY ROBERTS
PRESIDENT	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
NANCY BAKER
VICE PRESIDE	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
GENE BERGMAN
TREASURER	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
FRED BREUNIG
SECRETARY	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
JOAN JAVIER-DUVAL
DIRECTOR	2.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
ELISSA JOHNK
DIRECTOR	2.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
NINA REGAN
DIRECTOR	2.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
LINDA WENTWORTH
DIRECTOR	2.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$74,900	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$15,311	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Membership Dues	$21,375	MembershipDuesAmt
All Other Contributions	$379,513	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$400,888	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$523	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$523	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$6,920	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$3,755	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$3,165	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	OTHER INCOME	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$24,933	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$24,933	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$24,933	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$429,509	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$24,933	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$523	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$93,181	TotalAmt
Program Services	$55,909	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$18,636	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$18,636	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$339,400	TotalAmt
Program Services	$315,860	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$11,770	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$11,770	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,665	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,944	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,828	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$893	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$23,138	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,346	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,330	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,462	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$26,928	TotalAmt
Program Services	$23,080	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,350	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,498	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,500	TotalAmt
Management And General	$1,500	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,122	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,195	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,927	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,579	TotalAmt
Management And General	$1,579	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,834	TotalAmt
Management And General	$2,834	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$50,600	TotalAmt
Program Services	$44,000	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,600	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,818	TotalAmt
Program Services	$16,818	ProgramServicesAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$651	TotalAmt
Program Services	$651	ProgramServicesAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,000	ProgramServicesAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,123	TotalAmt
Management And General	$1,123	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
OTHER EXPENSES	$36,889	$28,698	$8,188	$3
PROGRAM EXPENSES	$3,467	$3,467
COALITION DEVELOPMENT	$250	$250

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$616,145	TotalAmt
Program Services	$512,218	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$66,665	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$37,262	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$357,201	BOYAmt
EOY	$58,894	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$129,746	BOYAmt
EOY	$51,097	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$74	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,895	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$269	BOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$9,262	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$9,262	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$487,290	BOYAmt
EOY	$111,886	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$2,127	EOYAmt

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$314,184	BOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$314,184	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,127	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$173,106	BOYAmt
EOY	$82,644	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$27,115	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$173,106	BOYAmt
EOY	$109,759	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$487,290	BOYAmt
EOY	$111,886	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$186,636	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Prior Period Adjustments	$123,289	PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

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	$113,577	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$177,633	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$408,872	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$102,910	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$400,888	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,203,880	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$113,577	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$177,633	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$408,872	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$102,910	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$400,888	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,203,880	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$120,688	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$1,083,192	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$32	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$384	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$166	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$523	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,105	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$1,204,985	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$147,664	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.89890	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.86790	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 C IRS990ScheduleC

Total Grassroots Lobbying TotalGrassrootsLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$27,889	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$27,889	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$55,778	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$1,326,413	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$1,382,191	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$213,219	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$53,305	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$33,415	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$41,423	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$53,082	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$213,219	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$341,139	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling	$511,709	LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$23,400	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$13,944	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$67,691	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$55,778	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$160,813	TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$8,354	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$10,356	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$13,271	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$53,305	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$85,286	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling	$127,929	GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Avg Grassroots Lobbying Expend AvgGrassrootsLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$11,700	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$6,972	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$33,846	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$27,889	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$80,407	TotalAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	SCHEDULE C, PART IV	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	PART OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S AND THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR'S TIME IS SPENT LOBBYING STATE LEGISLATORS TO ALLOCATE MORE FUNDS TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TO PROVIDE SHELTER TO HOMELESS PERSONS, AS WELL AS TO PROVIDE MORE HUMANE AND RESTORATIVE TREATMENT TO INCARCERATED PERSONS AND TO PASS MEASURES THAT WILL ADVANCE RACIAL EQUITY IN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR ALSO LOBBIES U.S. CONGRESS MEMBERS TO REFORM IMMIGRATION. THIS LOBBYING ENTAILS MEETING WITH AND SENDING EMAIL ALERTS TO VOLUNTEERS TO CONTACT THEIR LEGISLATORS, MEETING WITH ALLIES TO STRATEGIZE, AND CONTACTING LEGISLATORS DIRECTLY. EXPENSES INCLUDE MILEAGE, INTERNET AND PHONE ACCESS, PRINTED MATERIALS, AND STAFF TIME.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Agent Trustee Etc	false	AgentTrusteeEtcInd
Incl Escrow Custodial Acct Liab	Yes (true)	InclEscrowCustodialAcctLiabInd
Explanation Provided	Yes (X)	ExplanationProvidedInd

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$9,262	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$9,262	DepreciationAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	SCHEDULE D, PAGE 2, PART IV, LINE 2B	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	A PRIOR PERIOD ADJUSTMENT WAS MADE TO RECORD THE ACTIVITIES OF THE VERMONT RACIAL JUSTICE ALLIANCE AS PROGRAM ACTIVITY OF VERMONT INTERFAITH ACTION, CONSISTENT WITH THE FISCAL SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT. IN THE PRIOR YEAR, THE NET ACTIVITY OF THE VERMONT RACIAL JUSTICE ALLIANCE WAS REPORTED AS A LIABILITY OF VERMONT INTERFAITH ACTION.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (9 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	VERMONT INTERFAITH ACTION IS A FAITH-BASED, GRASSROOTS COALITION OF CONGREGATIONS THAT TRANSFORMS ORDINARY PEOPLE INTO EMPOWERED AND ENGAGED CITIZENS. OUR GOAL IS TO CREATE THE HOPE, POWER, KNOWLEDGE, AND POLITICAL WILL NEEDED TO MAKE COMPASSION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE A REALITY FOR ALL VERMONTERS.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 4	IN FY24, VIA MADE CHANGES TO THEIR BYLAWS INCLUDING CLARIFYING ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIP, CREATING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS TO ELECT DIRECTORS TO THE BOARD, CLARIFYING THE DUTIES OF OFFICERS AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND REQUIRING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR OFFICERS OR STAFF WHO CAMPAIGN FOR OR BECOME ELECTED OFFICIALS.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 6	MEMBERS PAY DUES TO VIA AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ELECT DIRECTORS TO THE BOARD.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7A	VIA'S BYLAWS ALLOW FOR MEMBERS TO ELECT DIRECTORS TO THE BOARD.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	INFORMATION IS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE BOARD AND DISCUSSED AT A BOARD MEETING.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C	WE DISCUSS POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AT BOARD MEETINGS.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A	THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE CONDUCTS AN EVALUATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ANNUALLY TO DETERMINE WHETHER A MERIT INCREASE IS DESERVED. THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE ALSO COMPARES THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S SALARY TO THE MARKET RATE AVERAGE OF OTHER VERMONT NON-PROFIT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S AND LOOKS AT THE CPI FOR THE NORTHEAST TO DETERMINE IF OTHER INCREASES TO KEEP THE SALARY CURRENT ARE NECESSARY.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9	A PRIOR PERIOD ADJUSTMENT WAS MADE TO RECORD THE ACTIVITIES OF THE VERMONT RACIAL JUSTICE ALLIANCE AS PROGRAM ACTIVITY OF VERMONT INTERFAITH ACTION, CONSISTENT WITH THE FISCAL SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT. IN THE PRIOR YEAR, THE NET ACTIVITY OF THE VERMONT RACIAL JUSTICE ALLIANCE WAS REPORTED AS A LIABILITY OF VERMONT INTERFAITH ACTION.