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Funders to approach for Amherst College Trustees

Amherst, Massachusetts$430M revenue345 funders on file

Amherst college educates students of exceptional potential from all backgrounds so that they may seek value and advance knowledge, engage the world around them, and lead principled lives of consequence. Amherst brings together the most promising students, whatever their financial need, in order to promote diversity of experience and ideas within a purposefully small residential community. Working with faculty, staff and administrators dedicated to intellectual freedom and the highest standards of instruction in the liberal arts, Amherst undergraduates assume substantial responsibility for undertaking inquiry and for shaping their education within and beyond the curriculum. Amherst college is committed to learning through close colloquy and to expanding the realm of knowledge through scholarly research and artistic creation at the highest level. Its graduates link learning with leadership - in service to the college, to their communities, and to the world…

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$120k, your typical grant1 in 201 in 102 in 10$30k$100k$300k$1.0MChance of a first grant within two years →Likely grant for you →
Expected from this list$12M–$29Mover two years, from 48–58 new funders
Last two years (2023–24)$1.1Mfrom 32 new funders

Half the value is in your top funder, of 130

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FunderWay inChanceLikely grant
  1. 1The George I Alden TrustGives in Massachusetts (104 of 185)Similar grantees: Saint Anselm College ($250k/yr), Emerson College ($110k/yr), Assumption University ($280k/yr)2 in 10$130k
  2. 2Alfred P Sloan FoundationSimilar grantees: Northeastern University ($260k/yr), Syracuse University ($310k/yr), Simmons University ($44k/yr)1 in 10$210k
  3. 3The Helen Gurley Brown FoundationSimilar grantees: University of New Haven ($36k/yr)1 in 10$260k

127 more funders on the list for Amherst College Trustees

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