Dutchess County > Amenia
Two local nonprofits, the Wethersfield Foundation and Friends of Wethersfield, support Wethersfield, the Chauncey Devereux Stillman estate. Stillman, who died in 1989, was the grandson of a founder of Citibank. A convert to Catholicism, he founded the Wethersfield Institute, a separate organization promoting Catholic teaching and intellectual life.
School districts: Northeast Central School District
Libraries: Amenia Free Library
Fraternal organizations: Lions
Not-for-profit cemeteries: Smithfield Cemetery
Change agents:
Grants to local organizations have funded a food pantry, library construction, and other causes.
Recent grants:
Amenia Fire Company
Denzler-Taconic Foundation - Amenia, NY - $5,000 (2024)
Amenia Free Library
Denzler-Taconic Foundation - Amenia, NY - $20,000 (2024)
Amenia Free Library
George T. Whalen Jr. Foundation - Millbrook, NY - $1,000 (2024)
Amenia Free Library
George T. Whalen Jr. Foundation - Millbrook, NY - $1,000 (2024)
Amenia-Wassaic Community Organization
Hartman Family Foundation - Garden City, NY - $1,500 (2024)
Amenia-Wassaic Community Organization
Sachs Family Foundation - Amenia, NY - $14,000 (2024)
Angels of Light
Denzler-Taconic Foundation - Amenia, NY - $1,000 (2024)
Church of Immaculate Conception
Ambellan Charitable Foundation - Pleasant Valley, NY - $2,500 (2024)
Church of Immaculate Conception
Teresa & Albert Rotunno Family Foundation - Poughkeepsie, NY - $3,500 (2024)
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Animal Farm Foundation - Bangall, NY - $4,765 (2024)
Church of the Immaculate Conception
George T. Whalen Jr. Foundation - Millbrook, NY - $15,000 (2024)
Church of the Immaculate Conception
George T. Whalen Jr. Foundation - Millbrook, NY - $15,000 (2024)
Congregation Beth David
Sachs Family Foundation - Amenia, NY - $3,500 (2024)
Food of Life / Comida de Vida Food Pantry
Animal Farm Foundation - Bangall, NY - $6,578 (2024)
Food of Life / Comida de Vida Food Pantry
Blanksteen David & Goldie Fnd 1995 - Pennington, NJ - $25,000 (2024)
Food of Life / Comida de Vida Food Pantry
Nadon Trust Tw - Pittsburgh, PA - $2,356 (2024)
Friends of Wethersfield
Robert Model Charitable Foundation - New York, NY - $5,000 (2024)
Godspeed Horse Hostel
Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Foundation - New York, NY - $5,000 (2024)
Godspeed Horse Hostel
Leslie L Alexander Foundation - Delray Beach, FL - $15,000 (2024)
Horse Rescue Rehab and Retirement Foundation
Dunagan Foundation - Wellington, FL - $2,500 (2024)
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Dyson Foundation - Millbrook, NY - $12,000 (2024)
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Field Hall Foundation - Cortlandt Manor, NY - $1,000 (2024)
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Field Hall Foundation - Cortlandt Manor, NY - $1,000 (2024)
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
St. Thomas Episcopal Church of Amenia Ny - Pittsburgh, PA - $17,480 (2024)
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Teresa & Albert Rotunno Family Foundation - Poughkeepsie, NY - $3,500 (2024)
Town of Amenia
George T. Whalen Jr. Foundation - Millbrook, NY - $5,000 (2024)
Town of Amenia
George T. Whalen Jr. Foundation - Millbrook, NY - $5,000 (2024)
Town of Amenia
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation - Albany, NY - $600,000 (2025)
Town of Amenia
Regional Economic Development Councils - Albany, NY - $124,290 (2025)
Webutuck Central School District
U.S. Department of Education - Washington, DC - $16,289 (2024)
Wethersfield Foundation
Children's Trust - New York, NY - $5,000 (2024)
Wethersfield Foundation
George T. Whalen Jr. Foundation - Millbrook, NY - $2,000 (2024)
Wethersfield Foundation
George T. Whalen Jr. Foundation - Millbrook, NY - $2,000 (2024)
Wethersfield Foundation
Marsal Family Foundation - New York, NY - $1,000 (2024)
Wethersfield Foundation
Postage Stamp Farm Foundation - Wellington, FL - $39,000 (2024)
Wethersfield Foundation
Thanksgiving Foundation Bessemer Trust Company Na - New York, NY - $2,000 (2024)
Largest nonprofits in Amenia (by assets) include:
Wethersfield Foundation
Maplebrook School
Olivet Academy
Kildonan School
Amenia Free Library Association
Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators
Denzler-Taconic Foundation
Amenia Fire Company
Amenia Wassaic Community Organization
Violet H Simmons Scholarship Fund
Webutuck Teachers Association Benefit Fund
Silo Ridge Community Foundation
Maplebrook School Foundation