Deerfield Academy is honored to have many loyal supporters whose generosity and devotion have led them to join our eminent circles of giving.
Alumni pre-15th Reunion year
$1-$1,796
Alumni 15th Reunion year and beyond, Parents, and Friends
$1-$4,999
Named in honor of the year in which Deerfield Academy was founded, the Society has four levels: Member, Barton Circle, Ashley Circle, and Sheldon Circle.
Member
Alumni pre-15th
Reunion year
$1,797-$24,999
Alumni 15th Reunion year and beyond, Parents, and Friends
$5,000-$24,999
Barton Circle
All Alumni, Parents,
and Friends
$25,000-$49,999
Named in honor of Bruce Barton P’33,’39 G’66, a Deerfield trustee from 1956 to 1967, Barton played a major role in Deerfield fundraising campaigns for five decades, beginning in 1929 when he penned an elegant “fundraising book” announcing Deerfield’s first building and endowment campaign.
Ashley Circle
All Alumni, Parents,
and Friends
$50,000-$99,999
Named in honor of Tom Ashley ’11, one of Deerfield’s most respected alumni and faculty members, Ashley influenced Headmaster Frank Boyden to reinstate the boarding department and helped to define the Academy’s modern educational philosophy with an emphasis on character development and service.
Sheldon Circle
All Alumni, Parents,
and Friends
$100,000+
Named in honor of Jennie Arms Sheldon, a MIT-educated scientist, champion of women’s education, and influential Deerfield trustee, Sheldon helped to establish the Academy’s modern endowment in 1939 with a bequest made in memory of her father, George Albert Arms.
Deerfield recognizes the loyalty that consecutive year donors exhibit by giving back to the Academy year after year. Size of gift is not considered, only frequency of giving. At the end of every fiscal year, consecutive giving is updated, and donors with the following noteworthy consecutive giving milestones are honored:
Bronze Level
Five years of consecutive giving including last fiscal year
Silver Level
Ten years of
consecutive giving
including last
fiscal year
Gold Level
25 years of
consecutive giving
including last
fiscal year
In 1902, Frank Boyden arrived at Deerfield and began the transformation of the Academy as we know it today. Deerfield recognizes philanthropy to the Academy at such a level that its effects have been transformative. Those individuals who have cumulatively given $1,000,000 or more in their lifetimes are inducted into the 1902 Society.
Deerfield recognizes individuals who provide for the Academy through bequests, trusts, retirement fund gifts, life insurance, real estate, and other planned gifts. There is no minimum amount required to join.
7 Boyden Lane, PO Box 87, Deerfield, MA 01342
NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY AS TO STUDENTS: Deerfield Academy admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.
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