Public Charity

SCHOOL FOR FIELD STUDIES INC

SCHOOL FOR FIELD STUDIES INC is a Public Charity headquartered in PITTSFIELD, MA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $17.1M revenue, $16.3M expenses, $12.3M total assets. 17 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $756K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 042711596 PITTSFIELD, MA Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$17.1M
Total Expenses$16.3M
Total Assets$12.3M
Grant Records17
Funding Total$756K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

SFS CREATES TRANSFORMATIVE STUDY ABROAD EXPERIENCES THROUGH FIELD-BASED LEARNING AND RESEARCH. OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS EXPLORE THE HUMAN AND ECOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS OF THE COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS FACED BY OUR LOCAL PARTNERS, CONTRIBUTING TO SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS IN THE PLACES WHERE WE LIVE AND WORK. THE SFS COMMUNITY IS PART OF A GROWING NETWORK OF INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS COMMITTED TO ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. TO PROVIDE CREDITED COLLEGE COURSES IN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES TO UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS.

Where $100 goes at School for Field Studies Inc

How School for Field Studies Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$87 Programs the work itself
$12 Management running the organization
$1 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $87 for programs

$87
Sfs provides rigorous accredited college semester study abroad programs in environmental science and field research and community service for almost 700 undergraduate students at its ten study and…
All program spending · Reported in the filing: 700 students
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

TRUSTEE Aja Szumylo
TRUSTEE Angela Foster-Rice
TRUSTEE Carrie Jenks
TRUSTEE Christy Uchida
TRUSTEE Cliff Roberts
TRUSTEE Courtenay Cabot Venton

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Top Grant Purposes

Animal Welfare
$192,850 6 grants
Education
$182,500 1 grant
General Support
$76,625 6 grants
Unspecified
$303,525 4 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $17.1M $16.3M $12.3M
2024 $14.1M $14.2M $11.2M
2023 $13.5M $12.8M $9.8M
2022 $8.4M $8.6M $6.8M
2021 $3.0M $3.9M $5.3M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $3.0M to $17.1M (+464%), with total assets most recently reported at $12.3M.

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