Massachusetts · Public charity
Trustees of Deerfield Academy
Deerfield academy is an independent secondary school committed to high standards of scholarship, citizenship, and personal responsibility. Through a rigorous liberal arts curriculum, extensive co-curricular program, and supportive residential environment, deerfield encourages each student to develop an inquisitive and creative mind,…
- $16M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $309k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $13,637
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Trustees of Deerfield Academy funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $309k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $401k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $326k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $277k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $518k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $208k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $204k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $207k | 60% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town of Deerfield Massachusetts | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Franklin County | $131,213 | 8 | 3% |
| Tilton Fund Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 30% |
| Baystate Health Foundation Inc | $85,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Franklin County Inc | $72,500 | 8 | 6% |
| Northampton Youth and Community Rowing Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 15% |
| The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Deerfield | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Historic Deerfield Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.0M), not named here.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Trustees of Deerfield Academy
- How much does Trustees of Deerfield Academy give?
- Trustees of Deerfield Academy reported 5 itemized grants totaling $308,637, out of $15,940,403 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Trustees of Deerfield Academy fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (71%), Public Safety & Disaster (8%), Philanthropy (6%).
- Who are Trustees of Deerfield Academy's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Town of Deerfield Massachusetts ($250k), United Way of Franklin County ($131k), Tilton Fund Inc ($100k).
- Does Trustees of Deerfield Academy fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Trustees of Deerfield Academy?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Trustees of Deerfield Academy based?
- Trustees of Deerfield Academy is based in MA.
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