The Sneath Dorothy Melcher Trust concentrates almost entirely on scholarship support for independent secondary schools, primarily traditional New England preparatory and day schools, with a smaller local Pennsylvania beneficiary. Grants are sizable and awarded repeatedly to the same handful of schools, indicating sustained relationships and a clear focus on expanding access to elite private-school education through financial aid.
Sneath Dorothy Melcher Tr Uind concentrates almost entirely on scholarships and operating support for independent secondary schools, with repeated awards to a small cluster of Massachusetts prep and day schools. The pattern is strongest at The Winsor School in Boston, where the trust has funded both scholarships and general operating support across multiple years, and at The Roxbury Latin School in West Roxbury, which has received both operating support and scholarship funding. These grants point to a funder that stays close to a limited set of school partners rather than dispersing support broadly. The trust’s recent giving also includes substantial support for The Rivers School in Weston and Noble and Greenough School in Dedham, alongside scholarship and operating grants to Milton Academy, Brooks School, Thayer Academy, and Beaver County Day School. Grant sizes commonly sit in the tens of thousands of dollars, and the trust makes direct scholarship awards as well as unrestricted institutional support. With a regional footprint centered in Massachusetts and one Pennsylvania recipient, the foundation’s profile is defined by sustained support for independent-school access and school-level stability.
Scholarship support is the clearest throughline. Sneath Dorothy Melcher Tr Uind gave $60,000 to The Winsor School for scholarships in 2025, and it also awarded $50,000 to The Roxbury Latin School for scholarships the same year. Comparable scholarship grants went to The Rivers School, Noble and Greenough School, Milton Academy, Brooks School, and Thayer Academy. The trust also funds general operating needs at the school level. It gave $60,000 to The Winsor School for general operating support in 2024 and 2023, while The Roxbury Latin School received $55,000 in 2023 and $50,000 in 2024 for general operating support. Beaver County Day School appears in both operating and scholarship categories, showing that the funder supports schools through more than one type of grant. Most recipients are Massachusetts independent schools, including Boston-area and suburban preparatory institutions.
Typical grants cluster around a moderate institutional level: p25 is $20,000, median is $30,000, and p75 is $45,000. The recent record shows repeat awards to the same schools across 2023, 2024, and 2025, which suggests ongoing relationships rather than isolated gifts. The trust gives both general operating support and scholarships, including direct individual scholarship support through school recipients. It also funds individuals, matching the scholarship-heavy pattern seen in the grant list.
$280K
$4.7M
$344K
$362K
Most grants fall between $20K and $45K, with a median of $30K.
25th Percentile
$20K
Median
$30K
75th Percentile
$45K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in MA.
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Concentrated and repeat-focused: a small number of large grants split across repeat payments to the same elite independent schools, emphasizing sustained scholarship/endowment support rather than one-off or broad-based giving.
Notable grantees: The Winsor School, The Roxbury Latin School, The Rivers School, Beaver County Day School, Noble and Greenough School
Grantmaking is heavily concentrated in Massachusetts, which accounts for the largest share of recipient locations in the recent grants list. Boston, West Roxbury, Weston, Dedham, Milton, North Andover, and Braintree all appear as recipient cities or towns. All recent grants in the provided sample went to U.S. recipients, and the trust gives no grants to organizations in its Pennsylvania headquarters state.
The trust mainly funds scholarships and general operating support for independent secondary schools. In the recent grants list, repeated awards go to Massachusetts prep and day schools such as The Winsor School, The Roxbury Latin School, The Rivers School, Noble and Greenough School, Milton Academy, Brooks School, Thayer Academy, and Beaver County Day School.
Yes. The same schools appear in multiple years, including The Winsor School in 2023, 2024, and 2025; The Roxbury Latin School in 2023, 2024, and 2025; and The Rivers School in 2023, 2024, and 2025. That pattern points to sustained relationships rather than one-time grants.
It provides both scholarships and general operating support. For example, the recent list includes scholarship grants to The Winsor School, The Rivers School, and Thayer Academy, alongside general operating grants to The Winsor School, The Roxbury Latin School, and Noble and Greenough School.
The recent grants list places the foundation’s giving in Massachusetts, with recipient locations spread across Boston, West Roxbury, Weston, Dedham, Milton, North Andover, and Braintree. All grants in the provided sample are to U.S. recipients.
The typical grant size is in the tens of thousands of dollars. The distribution given is p25 at $20,000, median at $30,000, and p75 at $45,000, with several individual awards in the $50,000 to $60,000 range.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE WINSOR SCHOOL | BOSTON, MA | $60,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| THE WINSOR SCHOOL | BOSTON, MA | $60,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| THE ROXBURY LATIN SCHOOL | WEST ROXBURY, MA | $50,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| THE ROXBURY LATIN SCHOOL | WEST ROXBURY, MA | $50,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| THE RIVERS SCHOOL | WESTON, MA | $40,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| THE RIVERS SCHOOL | WESTON, MA | $40,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| BEAVER COUNTY DAY SCHOOL | CHESTNUT HILL, MA | $30,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| MILTON ACADEMY SCHOOL | MILTON, MA | $30,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| NOBLE AND GREENOUGH SCHOOL | DEDHAM, MA | $30,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| NOBLE AND GREENOUGH SCHOOL | DEDHAM, MA | $30,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| BEAVER COUNTY DAY SCHOOL | CHESTNUT HILL, MA | $30,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| MILTON ACADEMY | MILTON, MA | $30,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| THAYER ACADEMY | BRAINTREE, MA | $20,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| BROOKS SCHOOL | NORTH ANDOVER, MA | $20,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| BROOKS SCHOOL | NORTH ANDOVER, MA | $20,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| THAYER ACADEMY | BRAINTREE, MA | $20,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| THE WINSOR SCHOOL | BOSTON, MA | $60,000 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| THE ROXBURY LATIN SCHOOL | WEST ROXBURY, MA | $50,000 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| THE RIVERS SCHOOL | WESTON, MA | $45,000 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| BEAVER COUNTY DAY SCHOOL | CHESTNUT HILL, MA | $35,000 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| NOBLE AND GREENOUGH SCHOOL | DEDHAM, MA | $35,000 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| BROOKS SCHOOL | NORTH ANDOVER, MA | $20,000 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| MILTON ACADEMY SCHOOL | MILTON, MA | $15,000 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| THAYER ACADEMY | BRAINTREE, MA | $15,000 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| MILTON ACADEMY | MILTON, MA | $5,000 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| THE WINSOR SCHOOL | BOSTON, MA | $60,000 | 2023 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| THE ROXBURY LATIN SCHOOL | WEST ROXBURY, MA | $55,000 | 2023 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| THE RIVERS SCHOOL | WESTON, MA | $45,000 | 2023 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| BEAVER COUNTY DAY SCHOOL | CHESTNUT HILL, MA | $35,000 | 2023 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| NOBLE AND GREENOUGH SCHOOL | DEDHAM, MA | $30,000 | 2023 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| MILTON ACADEMY SCHOOL | MILTON, MA | $25,000 | 2023 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| BROOKS SCHOOL | NORTH ANDOVER, MA | $20,000 | 2023 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| THAYER ACADEMY | BRAINTREE, MA | $10,000 | 2023 | GENERAL OPERATING |
THE WINSOR SCHOOL
$60,000SCHOLARSHIPS
THE WINSOR SCHOOL
$60,000SCHOLARSHIPS
THE ROXBURY LATIN SCHOOL
$50,000SCHOLARSHIPS
THE ROXBURY LATIN SCHOOL
$50,000SCHOLARSHIPS
SCHOLARSHIPS
MILTON ACADEMY SCHOOL
$30,000SCHOLARSHIPS
NOBLE AND GREENOUGH SCHOOL
$30,000SCHOLARSHIPS
NOBLE AND GREENOUGH SCHOOL
$30,000SCHOLARSHIPS
THAYER ACADEMY
$20,000SCHOLARSHIPS
BROOKS SCHOOL
$20,000SCHOLARSHIPS
BROOKS SCHOOL
$20,000SCHOLARSHIPS
THAYER ACADEMY
$20,000SCHOLARSHIPS
THE WINSOR SCHOOL
$60,000GENERAL OPERATING
THE ROXBURY LATIN SCHOOL
$50,000GENERAL OPERATING
NOBLE AND GREENOUGH SCHOOL
$35,000GENERAL OPERATING
BROOKS SCHOOL
$20,000GENERAL OPERATING
MILTON ACADEMY SCHOOL
$15,000GENERAL OPERATING
THAYER ACADEMY
$15,000GENERAL OPERATING
THE WINSOR SCHOOL
$60,000GENERAL OPERATING
THE ROXBURY LATIN SCHOOL
$55,000GENERAL OPERATING
NOBLE AND GREENOUGH SCHOOL
$30,000GENERAL OPERATING
MILTON ACADEMY SCHOOL
$25,000GENERAL OPERATING
BROOKS SCHOOL
$20,000GENERAL OPERATING
THAYER ACADEMY
$10,000GENERAL OPERATING