Funding search · EIN 042103542 · Amherst, MA
Amherst College Trustees
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 43
- grants reported
- $2.7M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $32,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Town of Amherst4 grants · $762,000
- Friends of the Jones Library System2 grants · $350,000
- Amherst Public Schools3 grants · $250,000
- Friends of the Jones Library System1 grant · $250,000
- Amherst Golf Club4 grants · $195,000
- Five Colleges1 grant · $130,785
- Downtown Amherst Foundation2 grants · $125,000
- Amherst Business Improvement District4 grants · $101,500
- Amherst-Pelham Regional Public Schools1 grant · $100,000
- Cooley Dickinson Hospital2 grants · $100,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 43 reported grants, largest first.
- $250,000
Friends of the Jones Library System · Amherst, MA · 2024
General support
- $250,000
Friends of the Jones Library System · Amherst, MA · 2023
General support
- $225,000
Town of Amherst · Amherst, MA · 2024
General support
- $210,000
Town of Amherst · Amherst, MA · 2023
General support
- $192,000
Town of Amherst · Amherst, MA · 2022
General support
- $135,000
Town of Amherst · Amherst, MA · 2021
General support
- $130,785
Five Colleges · Amherst, MA · 2023
General support
- $100,000
Amherst Public Schools · Amherst, MA · 2024
General support
- $100,000
Amherst-Pelham Regional Public Schools · Amherst, MA · 2023
General support
- $100,000
Downtown Amherst Foundation · Amherst, MA · 2021
General support
- $100,000
Friends of the Jones Library System · Amherst, MA · 2021
General support
- $75,000
Amherst Public Schools · Amherst, MA · 2022
General support
- $75,000
Amherst Public Schools · Amherst, MA · 2021
General support
- $55,000
Amherst Golf Club · Amherst, MA · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Cooley Dickinson Hospital · Northampton, MA · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Cooley Dickinson Hospital · Northampton, MA · 2023
General support
- $50,000
Amherst Golf Club · Amherst, MA · 2022
General support
- $50,000
Amherst Golf Club · Amherst, MA · 2021
General support
- $40,000
Amherst Golf Club · Amherst, MA · 2023
General support
- $40,000
Woodside Children'S Center · Amherst, MA · 2021
General support
- $35,225
Woodside Children'S Center · Amherst, MA · 2024
General support
- $32,000
Amherst Business Improvement District · Amherst, MA · 2024
General support
- $27,000
Amherst Business Improvement District · Amherst, MA · 2023
General support
- $25,000
The Downtown Amherst Foundation · Amherst, MA · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Downtown Amherst Foundation · Amherst, MA · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame · Springfield, MA · 2022
General support
- $25,000
American Indian College Fund · Denver, CO · 2021
Solidarity book project award
- $21,500
Amherst Business Improvement District · Amherst, MA · 2022
General support
- $21,000
Amherst Business Improvement District · Amherst, MA · 2021
General support
- $20,000
United Negro College Fund · Nw Washington, DC · 2021
Solidarity book project award
- $11,750
Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce · Amherst, MA · 2024
General support
- $11,543
New England Public Media · Springfield, MA · 2024
General support
- $11,543
New England Public Media · Springfield, MA · 2023
General support
- $11,543
New England Public Media · Springfield, MA · 2022
General support
- $10,000
Association for Asian American Studies (Aaas) · St Louis, MA · 2023
General support
- $10,000
Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop · Nw Washington, DC · 2021
Solidarity book project award
- $10,000
Indigo Arts Alliance · Portland, ME · 2021
Solidarity book project award
- $10,000
The Literacy Lab · Washington, DC · 2021
Solidarity book project award
- $10,000
Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum · Exeter, RI · 2021
Solidarity book project award
- $9,100
United Way of Franklin and Hampshire Region · Northampton, MA · 2023
General support
- $8,250
Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce · Amherst, MA · 2023
General support
- $6,040
Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce · Amherst, MA · 2022
General support
- $6,010
Amherst Committee for a Better Chance · Amherst, MA · 2023
General support
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