Massachusetts · Nonprofit
THE TRUSTEES OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE
THE TRUSTEES OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE (Massachusetts) receives grants from 293 organizations whose IRS filings report $36,766,983 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($9,035,738). 182 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $242M
- Funders on record
- 293
- Grants received
- $37M
- Net assets
- $1.3B
What The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College does
Mission
Located in south hadley, massachusetts, mount holyoke college is a highly selective, nondenominational, residential, research liberal arts college for women that is gender-diverse and welcomes applications from female, transgender, and non-binary students. Mount holyoke is renowned for educating women leaders, from medical pioneers to pulitzer prize-winning playwrights. The oldest of the seven sister colleges, we are a noted leader in liberal arts education with a mission grounded in the conviction that women can -- and should -- make a difference in the world.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Instruction, research, academic support and library services: mount holyoke college enrolls approximately 2,200 undergraduate students who benefit from small group instruction in a diverse college community with a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1. Mount holyoke's 200+ accomplished faculty members are innovative teachers dedicated to their students. They are also active scholars, research scientists, and creative artists passionate about their disciplines. The college offers 40+ departmental and interdepartmental majors. Through the liberal arts education, students explore art, literature, languages, philosophy, politics, history, mathematics and science rather than choosing one specialized track of study. The liberal arts also transcend the classroom. Students gain a complex understanding of the world in which they live through internships, study abroad, community-based learning, volunteer work and independent research. In addition to its undergraduate program, the college, through its division of professional and graduate education (page), offers a range of graduate degree programs, institutes, and courses to support emerging leaders, scientists and educators who want to…
$185,098,702 spentof which $86,655,737 as grants$151,029,595 earned by the program78% of program spendingStudent services and residential life: the division of student life cultivates a dynamic, engaged and inclusive community that enriches the student experience, promotes wellness and belonging, and supports the purposeful development of every student. Inclusion, compassion, and authenticity are the foundations of mount holyoke's residential program. To this end, most residence halls house members of all four classes along with vibrant living-learning communities, including a residence hall dedicated exclusively to the enhancement of the first year experience. The college's residence halls are unique in design and character and offer many configurations as well as common spaces to meet the developing needs of students. Along with being committed to academic success, mount holyoke cares about the overall well being of students. The college offers a range of health, counseling, public safety, and accessibility services to support the needs of its students. The office of student involvement supports more than 100 student organizations and presents a wide array of cultural, entertainment and social events, in addition to providing students with opportunities for leadership, service, and…
$38,947,500 spent$20,312,841 earned by the program16% of program spendingDining services: at mount holyoke college, dining continues to be an integral part of a student's educational experience. The college's dining commons (dc), located within its community center, is a hub of student life where community members can converse, collaborate, and relax with one another. The dc, which was named a level 1 certified green restaurant, features five food stations that promote health, wellness and sustainability by focusing on international cuisine, vegan options and avoiding food with allergens. For its vegan-friendly dining, mount holyoke's dining services has been recognized by peta with an "a" rating, and is the only college in western massachusetts to earn such a high grade. With seating in six distinctive dining rooms, the dc offers students the opportunity to interact with one another, as well as with members of the entire campus community. These intentionally designed spaces provide students with a strong foundation from which to imagine and envision future possibilities, both curricular and co-curricular. These new spaces not only connect students to each other, but also to the beauty of the college's campus and provide new opportunities for creative…
$13,161,206 spent$19,975,334 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $237,207,408.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $1.1B to $1.4B (+26%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 2% · 2018 2% · 2019 2% · 2020 3% · 2021 2% · 2022 3% · 2023 2% · 2024 2% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
11% of THE TRUSTEES OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (14% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Alexander Wirth-Cauchon
Cio & exec dir of lits
Board chair
Sally Durdan
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 79 funders to 127 funders, grant income rose $1.7M → $5.6M.
64 of 293 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 60% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $250k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Alumnae Association of Mount Holyoke College). These are real filings, and they are not money THE TRUSTEES OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE raised.
From the IRS filings of THE TRUSTEES OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 293 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE TRUSTEES OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
64% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE TRUSTEES OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 34% · 2019 23% · 2020 17% · 2021 27% · 2022 21% · 2023 18% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
51% of THE TRUSTEES OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
60% of THE TRUSTEES OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $15M that is directly attributable, 90% of it comes from funders outside Massachusetts, across 36 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $22M arriving through sponsors registered in 30 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
THE TRUSTEES OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE is better cushioned than half of the 684 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 684 education nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding THE TRUSTEES OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $23.1M on record — $20.1M federal, $3.0M state.
- Department of Education$8.4M
- National Science Foundation$7.1M
- Department of Health and Human Services$4.4M
- National Endowment for the Humanities$100k
- Department of Commerce$20k
- Department of Agriculture$19k
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$3.0M
- (EE) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES$10k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like THE TRUSTEES OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
74%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 9 related entities
- Collegiate Catalyst Fund LLC · disregarded
- Willits Hallowell Center Inc · exempt
- Alum Assoc of Mount Holyoke College · exempt
- Associated Kyoto Program Inc · exempt
- Center Redevelopment Corporation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE?
- THE TRUSTEES OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE (Massachusetts) receives grants from 293 organizations whose IRS filings report $36,766,983 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($9,035,738). 182 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE TRUSTEES OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE have?
- IRS filings report 293 organizations giving $36,766,983 in grants to THE TRUSTEES OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE, 182 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE TRUSTEES OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $9,035,738 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE TRUSTEES OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 293 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing