The Deerfield Fund’s roots lie in the Academy’s first coordinated campaign for annual giving—launched more than 70 years ago. In those days, leaders described that first annual fund as a new “Living Endowment” whose unrestricted donations would allow the Academy to flourish even during times of national and global strain.
They knew then what we know now. Unrestricted annual dollars provide vital flexibility, allowing Deerfield to adapt to the changing needs of our students while maintaining enduring traditions.
The Deerfield Fund: Powering the Academy for over 70 years.
The Deerfield Fund fuels
virtually every facet of campus life:
- Comprehensive financial aid
- wide-ranging arts programs
- travel opportunities
- athletics
- sit-down meals
- dorm snacks
- and more!
Each year, the Deerfield Fund fuels roughly 10% of Deerfield’s operating budget. No other area of the Academy receives such broad and regular support, with gifts coming from alumni, current and past parents, grandparents, trustees, and friends of the school.
Such generosity provides a living legacy for what remains a living endowment: The Deerfield Fund, a new name for an enduring Deerfield tradition.
With that in mind and with deep appreciation for your loyalty, I ask you to make a gift to the Deerfield Fund. Joining the rest of our community, you will play a key role in powering Deerfield into the new school year.
Thank you!
Kellie Houston
Director of the Deerfield Fund
Academics
Provides materials and supplies for the Boyden Library and the 172 courses that embody DA’s spirit of joyful discovery and intellectual challenge.
FACULTY SUPPORT
Creates a range of opportunities for faculty to collaborate, engage in curricular innovation, and renew their teaching methods—on campus and around the world.
COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL AID
Ensures that cost should never be a barrier to a Deerfield education. That’s why the Deerfield Fund helps to fuel a comprehensive financial aid program that makes the Deerfield Experience possible for 40% of our students.
Athletics
Keep Big Green athletics at the top. Your gift supports dedicated coaches, full-time training professionals, and state-of-the-art equipment for student-athletes learning leadership skills through teamwork, discipline, and humility.
WHERE NEEDED MOST
Provides the financial flexibility that has always been a key to Deerfield’s strength!
HEALTH AND WELLNESS
Helps Deerfield meet its goal of promoting a broader and more intentional approach to health, one that addresses areas of stress, nutrition, self-care, confidence and community; the D.S. Chen Health and Wellness Center provides Deerfield students with comprehensive health care and counseling services.
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
Supports initiatives to strengthen community life and inclusion, including student alliances, on-campus programming, and faculty recruitment.
ARTS
Gives students the opportunity to gain confidence and develop as artists. From architecture and studio art classes, to dance, film and video, music, photography, and theater, the arts create invaluable opportunities and draw our community together.
STUDENT LIFE
Supports a central feature of the Deerfield Experience—student life—by strengthening friendships, community spirit, and traditions such as Choate Day, sit-down meals, dorm snacks, clubs, and School Meeting.
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND EDUCATION
Helps Deerfield educate our community—both inside and outside of the classroom—on the local and global impact of personal and institutional choices. From the food we serve, to the care of our athletics fields, to how we heat our buildings, our decisions matter.
Your Deerfield Fund Team
Kellie Houston
Classes of 1975-1983
Kylie Laurenitis
Classes of 1999-2013
Josh Guthman
Classes of 1984-1998
Wanda Mauran
Classes of 1943-1975 (50th Reunion Yearbook)
Olivia Judson
Classes of 2014-2028
Jeannemarie Tobin
