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 Free Library
George T. Whalen Jr. Foundation - Millbrook, NY - $6,000 (2022)
Amenia Free Library
George T. Whalen Jr. Foundation - Millbrook, NY - $9,000 (2021)
Church of the Immaculate Conception
George T. Whalen Jr. Foundation - Millbrook, NY - $4,000 (2022)
Church of the Immaculate Conception
George T. Whalen Jr. Foundation - Millbrook, NY - $3,750 (2021)
Comida de Vida
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation - Sheffield, MA - $10,000 (2022)
Immaculate Conception St. Anthony's Parish
Teresa & Albert Rotunno Family Foundation - Poughkeepsie, NY - $3,500 (2023)
Maplebrook School
Federal Communications Commission - Washington, DC - $2,098 (2021)
Maplebrook School
George T. Whalen Jr. Foundation - Millbrook, NY - $3,000 (2021)
Maplebrook School
James J. McCann Charitable Trust - Poughkeepsie, NY - $50,000 (2022)
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation - Sheffield, MA - $50,000 (2022)
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley - Poughkeepsie, NY - $21,000 (2021)
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Dyson Foundation - Millbrook, NY - $12,000 (2021)
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Teresa & Albert Rotunno Family Foundation - Poughkeepsie, NY - $3,500 (2023)
Town of Amenia
George T. Whalen Jr. Foundation - Millbrook, NY - $5,000 (2022)
Violet H Simmons Scholarship Fund
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation - Sheffield, MA - $33,936 (2022)
Weathersfield Foundation
Hathaway Family Foundation - Millbrook, NY - $29,000 (2022)
Webutuck Central School District
U.S. Department of Education - Washington, DC - $15,980 (2022)
Wethersfield
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation - Sheffield, MA - $110,000 (2022)
Wethersfield
George T. Whalen Jr. Foundation - Millbrook, NY - $2,000 (2022)
Wethersfield
George T. Whalen Jr. Foundation - Millbrook, NY - $2,000 (2021)
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