Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation
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What it says it does
BRATTLEBORO DEVELOPMENT CREDIT CORPORATION (BDCC), IS A PRIVATE, NONPROFIT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES AS A CATALYST FOR INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL GROWTH THROUGHOUT SOUTHEASTERN VERMONT, INCLUDING WINDHAM COUNTY AND THE TOWNS OF READSBORO, (SEE SCH. O)SEARSBURG, WESTON, AND WINHALL. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF BDCC IS TO INVEST IN THE DRIVERS OF THE REGIONAL ECONOMY SO THAT PEOPLE, BUSINESSES, AND COMMUNITIES IN SOUTHERN VERMONT CAN THRIVE. OUR VISION STATEMENT READS: PEOPLE WHO LOVE SOUTHERN VERMONT HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO THRIVE HERE.
- Income
- $6.3 million
- Spending
- $5.2 million
- Employees
- 22
- Volunteers
- 11
- Highest pay
- $165,274, executive director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- REAL ESTATE: OPERATION OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS AND SEVERAL LOTS IN THE EXIT ONE INDUSTRIAL PARK, HOUSING IN EXCESS OF 50 BUSINESSES, EMPLOYING IN EXCESS OF 350 PEOPLE. THE ORGANIZATION PREVIOUSLY ACQUIRED OLDER, UNOCCUPIED INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS VACATED BY MAJOR EMPLOYERS AND CONVERTED THE BUILDINGS TO FACILITIES TARGETED TO STARTUP BUSINESSES, AND TO SUPPORT REGIONAL EMPLOYERS AS THEY LOOK TO GROW AND EXPAND. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES ADMINISTRATIVE AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT TO THESE BUSINESSES, AND TO THE SOUTHERN VERMONT REGION.
- DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS: BDCC HAS ENTERED INTO AGREEMENTS, IN SUPPORT OF AFFILIATED ENTITIES; BRATTLEBORO DEVELOPMENT CREDIT CORPORATION REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS, INC. AND BRATTLEBORO DEVELOPMENT CREDIT CORPORATION REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS II, INC., ON BEHALF OF SPECIFIC EXPANSION PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF REGIONAL EMPLOYERS PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH AND JOB CREATION.
- ADMINISTERING BDCC'S STRATEGIC PROJECTS / PROGRAMS, FUNDED FROM INTERNAL SOURCES, FEDERAL, STATE, AND PRIVATE FOUNDATION GRANTS, INCLUDING WORKFORCE INTIATIVES, BUSINESS SUPPORT & LENDING, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES, AND WINDHAM COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(6) business league.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(6) business league as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 2017.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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