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Trustees of Westminster School Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Simsbury, CT EIN: 06-0646960 Website

Provide educational programs and related activites to students in grades 9 through 12.

Trustees of Westminster School Inc at a glance

In short: Trustees of Westminster School Inc gave $120K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $120K), mostly in Connecticut. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$120,000
Grants made (2025)
1
Average grant
$120,000
Median grant
$120,000
Total assets
$268,209,809
+6.2% vs 2024
Primary geography
Connecticut (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Trustees of Westminster School Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Town of Simsbury: $120KTown of Simsbury$120K

The largest 2025 recipient was Town of Simsbury ($120K).

Grant Size Distribution

4 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K4$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 4 grants of 4 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

Simsbury

How Trustees of Westminster School Inc gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+0%). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$50K$100K$150K1 grant2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 0 grants2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $120K (2019) to $120K (2025). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $120K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Town of Simsbury Simsbury, CTCharitable Contribution$120,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$268,209,809$46,733,878$45,187,685$120,0001$5,281,057
2024$252,666,482$45,510,073$42,821,966——$7,135,455
2023$245,440,097$40,993,671$40,544,707$120,0001$5,976,059
2022$238,113,415$33,170,029$38,675,830$120,0001$907,186
2021$266,021,202$46,508,932$37,075,456$120,0001$721,019
2020$227,893,500$35,472,059$36,538,327$120,0001$2,500,881
2019$220,478,431$37,273,621$36,912,537$120,0001$1,229,069

About Trustees of Westminster School Inc

Based on IRS filings

Trustees of Westminster School Inc is a public charity focused on Education, based in Simsbury, CT. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $268.2M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $120K. Net investment income was $5.3M.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Trustees of Westminster School Inc is led by Renee L. Carrel, Chair since 2024 (on filings since 2019); 8 of 35 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Renee L. Carrel

    Chair

    Trustee → Vice Chair, 2023

    Vice Chair → Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Newell Grant

    Director of Advancement & Assistant Secretary

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $145K (2019) → $170K (2025)

  • Willard Sistare

    Director of Studies

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $136K (2019) → $151K (2025)

  • Shannon E. O'Shaughessy

    Director of Advancement Operations

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $144K (2020) → $175K (2025)

  • Phil Ryan

    Director of Facilities & Security Ops

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $140K (2024) → $160K (2025)

  • Bryan Martin

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Edward V. Dardani Jr.

    Trustee

    Trustee → Outgoing Trustee, 2023

    Outgoing Trustee → Trustee, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kirsten Sichler Webb

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Martin R. Irani

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Powell W. Holly III

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • David W. Kistler

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mary Minns Peck

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Christopher J. Campbell

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Elisabeth Gailun Baird

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • William L. Beckford

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gary L. Simpson

    Trustee

    Trustee → Outgoing Trustee, 2023

    Outgoing Trustee → Trustee, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Harvey Charles Demovick III

    Trustee

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeffrey H. Artis

    Trustee

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Eunice J. Han

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kathereine B. Kelter

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Philip Lauderdale

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • S. Colin Dowling

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Shannon Lanzone

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ashley Ladd

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Christopher M. Beck

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Halle Grace

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kathleen Schuster

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mathew L. Warner

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Regina Rockefeller

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Julie Collins

    Chief Financial Officer & Assistant Treasurer

    Chief Financial Officer → Chief Financial Officer & Assistant Treasurer, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $119K (2019) → $292K (2025)

  • Miles E. Bailey

    Dean of Admissions

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $152K (2020) → $175K (2025)

  • Elaine White

    Head of School

    On filings since 2022

    40 hrs/week

    $191K (2022) → $404K (2025)

  • Jessica Keough

    Associate Head of School

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $142K (2024) → $163K (2025)

  • Sara L. Whiteley

    Secretary

    Outgoing Trustee → Trustee, 2022

    Trustee → Secretary, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ian M. Morton

    Treasurer

    Trustee → Treasurer, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (41)
  • Former: Benjamin D. Williams IV (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Stephen W. Bailey (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Thomas W. McCargo (2019–2024) — Outgoing Trustee
  • Former: William D. Brewer (2019–2024) — Outgoing Trustee
  • Former: Martin Kelly (2021–2024) — Outgoing Trustee
  • Former: Helen Sun Lin (2022–2024) — Outgoing Trustee
  • Former: Andrew D. McCullough Jr. (2019–2023) — Outgoing Trustee
  • Former: David H. Hovey Jr. (2019–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Jane Kessler Lennox (2019–2023) — Outgoing Trustee
  • Former: Lori P. Durham (2019–2023) — Outgoing Trustee
  • Former: Madeleine Ekholm (2019–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Peter Smith (2019–2023) — Medical Director
  • Former: Thomas D. Sargent II (2019–2023) — Treasurer
  • Former: Eunice J. Han-Van Vredenburch (2021–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Bradford Raymond (2022–2023) — Chairman
  • Former: Mark H. Dekanter (2022–2023) — Associate Head of School
  • Former: William Vn Philip (2019–2022) — Former Head of School
  • Former: Jakub Mleczko (2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Bernhard L. Kohn Jr. (2019–2021) — Outgoing Trustee
  • Former: Beth C. Baker (2019–2021) — Outgoing Trustee
  • Former: C. Bradford Raymond (2019–2021) — Chairman
  • Former: Carol J. Kirsch (2019–2021) — Assistant Business Manager
  • Former: Colin S. Flinn (2019–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Curtis F. Brockelman Jr. (2019–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Douglas F. Londal (2019–2021) — Outgoing Trustee
  • Former: Ellen Gerry Breed (2019–2021) — Outgoing Trustee
  • Former: Hae-Young Lee (2019–2021) — Outgoing Trustee
  • Former: Heather Frahm (2019–2021) — Outgoing Trustee
  • Former: Jacqueline Ferro (2019–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Jeffrey E. Kelter (2019–2021) — Outgoing Trustee
  • Former: John A. Cosentino Jr. (2019–2021) — Outgoing Trustee
  • Former: Moyahoena Ogilvie Johnson (2019–2021) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Robert T. Horsford (2019–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Susan M. Ryan (2019–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Zooey Brown (2020–2021) — Outgoing Trustee
  • Former: Mark H. De Kanter (2021) — Associate Head of School
  • Former: Nancy Spencer (2019–2020) — Assistant Head of School
  • Former: Jon Deveaux (2019) — Senior Advancement Director
  • Former: S. Brady Mell (2019) — Trustee
  • Former: Susanna S. Brown (2019) — Trustee
  • Former: W. Thomas Earl (2019) — Former CFO

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Elaine White — Head of School: $404KElaine WhiteHead of School$404KJulie Collins — Chief Financial Officer, Asst Treasurer: $292KJulie CollinsChief Financial Officer, Asst…$292KMiles E Bailey — Dean of Admissions: $175KMiles E BaileyDean of Admissions$175KShannon E O'Shaughessy — DIR of Advancement Operations: $175KShannon E O'ShaughessyDIR of Advancement Operations$175KNewell Grant — DIR of Advancement, Asst Secretary: $170KNewell GrantDIR of Advancement, Asst…$170KJessica Keough — Associate Head of School: $163KJessica KeoughAssociate Head of School$163KPhil Ryan — Director of Facilities & Security Ops: $160KPhil RyanDirector of Facilities &…$160KWillard Sistare — Director of Studies: $151KWillard SistareDirector of Studies$151K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $404K, to Elaine White (Head of School). 8 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Trustees of Westminster School Inc

How much does Trustees of Westminster School Inc give each year?

Trustees of Westminster School Inc gave $120K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990.

How large is Trustees of Westminster School Inc?

Trustees of Westminster School Inc reported $268.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $46.7M.

What is Trustees of Westminster School Inc?

Trustees of Westminster School Inc is a public charity focused on Education, based in Simsbury, CT. It holds $268.2M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Trustees of Westminster School Inc operate?

Trustees of Westminster School Inc has awarded grants in Connecticut.

What is Trustees of Westminster School Inc's EIN?

Trustees of Westminster School Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 06-0646960. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(3)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 10, 2020)
  2. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 14, 2026)
  3. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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