VERMONT PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH & EDUCATION FUND INC
EIN 51-0163801 · Environment (C016)
What they do
IN 1975, THE VERMONT PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH and EDUCATION FUND (VPIREF) WAS ESTABLISHED AS VPIRGS 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. VPIREFS MISSION is to PROMOTE and PROTECT THE HEALTH of VERMONTS PEOPLE, ENVIRONMENT, and LOCALLY-BASED ECONOMY BY INFORMING and MOBILIZING INDIVIDUALS and COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1975
- Location
- 9 BALDWIN ST, MONTPELIER, VT 05602-2970
- County
- Washington
- In care of
- PAUL BURNS