BRATTLEBORO — Cynthia Moore is bringing millions of dollars to local nonprofits through the federal Employee Retention Tax Credit Program.
“I’m calling it Operation Fairy Godmother,” she said. “The comments that I get is that it was completely game changing. You know, $65,000 for a small nonprofit is a tremendous amount of money, $175,000 for a midsize one is huge.”
Moore previously worked for Sojourns Community Health Clinic in Westminster for 19 years. She served as its executive director for the last 17 years before leaving in February. She also was the clinic’s chief financial officer.
During the pandemic, Moore found she was very successful in applying for COVID-19 relief funding for the clinic. When she left the job, various nonprofit leaders asked her to review their finances.
While looking at financial systems and records, Moore noticed organizations hadn’t applied for one of the must lucrative programs, Employee Retention Tax Credit Program. They didn’t think they were eligible and found the process “pretty complicated,” she said.
“But I made it my business to understand it,” she said.
For instance, Moore discovered the Grammar School in Putney was eligible for a little more than $300,000. She similarly found the Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center in Brattleboro was eligible for a bunch of money.
That launched her quest…
