The James Underwood Crockett 

 Agricultural Technology Growth Fund 



James E. Mulcahy 



Clerk and 1960 Stockbridge School of Agriculture Graduate 



James Underwood Crockett was a student at the 

 Stockbridge School of Agriculture in the class of 

 1935. The James Underwood Crockett Agricultural 

 Teclinology Growth Fund (aka the Jim Crockett ATG 

 Fund) was established in his honor and memory after 

 his untimely 1979 death. The non-profit public- 

 charity status as an IRS 501(c)(3) tax-exempt entity 

 was achieved in 1982. The ERS account number is 

 04-2754324. The first contributions arrived 

 promptly, and the first grant was made in 1983. The 

 fund continues to solicit annual donations as well as 

 asking for bequest in the wills of supporters. 



The donations have been received and invested by 

 the Personal Trust Department of the State Street Bank 

 & Trust Co. in Boston. In December 2003, the Personal 

 Trust Department became a part of the U.S. Trust Co., 

 with the same trust officers, headed by Francis M. 

 Barrett Assistant Vice President, and with the same 



mailing address at 225 Franklin Street, Boston, 

 Massachusetts 02110. The trust account number is 52- 

 010157. All donations become the principal or corpus 

 of the trust for perpetual investment to generate 

 principal growth as well as producing earnings of 

 interest and dividends for distribution. 



The trustees meet twice a year and vote to grant 

 about 5% of the value of the fund from the earnings to 

 non-profit organizations, schools, etc. that are in the 

 northeast U.S. and that are involved in some phase of 

 agriculture. See the web site at www.jimcrockett.org. 



Since 1983, $120,600.00 has been distributed by 

 the trustees in mini-grants to 34 gi'antees in 96 grants, 

 usually m the $500 to $2,000 range. Over half have 

 been given to various parts of the UMass College of 

 Natural Resources & the Environment, both on the 

 Amherst campus as well as to UMass research sites in 

 Belchertown, Waltham, and Wareham. 



Editors 'Note: The Jim Crockett ATG Fund has been a generous contributor to fruit activities at the 

 University of Massachusetts, including contributions to purchase equipment for teaching, to establish 

 new plantings for educational purposes, to erect a new 1-181 sign, and to help build the Massachusetts 

 Fruit Growers ' Association endowment in support of the UMass Cold Spring Orchard Research & 

 Education Center. We are very grateful for this long-term support. 



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