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:
Immaculate Conception St. Anthony's Parish
Teresa & Albert Rotunno Family Foundation - Poughkeepsie, NY - $3,500 (2023)
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Teresa & Albert Rotunno Family Foundation - Poughkeepsie, NY - $3,500 (2023)
Wethersfield
La Fondation Cuvelier - New York, NY - $2,000 (2023)
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