The Wesley Joseph & Marion Family Foundation concentrates its giving on private Christian schooling and vocational education, along with targeted support for healthcare institutions. It makes a small number of very large, unrestricted gifts (general purpose) to institutions rather than many small grants, and shows repeated support to at least one hospital grantee. The foundation appears to favor faith-based K–12 and postsecondary programs and regional hospitals as primary funding recipients.
Highly concentrated giving: few, large unrestricted grants to institutional grantees. Mix of one-time megagrants and repeat smaller awards to healthcare; limited breadth of recipients.
A defining feature of the Wesley Joseph & Marion Family Foundation is the scale of its largest recent gifts: a $2,000,000 general-purpose grant to Williamson College of the Trades and a $1,300,000 general-purpose grant to Scottsdale Christian Academy SCA, both in 2023. Those awards point to a pattern of large, flexible support for institutions rather than restricted project funding. The foundation’s recent giving also includes repeated support for Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia, with general-purpose grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025, which suggests an ongoing relationship rather than isolated transactions. Across the recent record, the foundation’s grantmaking aligns with private Christian schooling, vocational and trade education, and healthcare institutions. The recipients span both school and hospital settings, but the common thread is broad institutional support. General-purpose language appears throughout the grant list, reinforcing that the foundation has favored unrestricted awards. In the available recent grants, every gift went to a U.S. nonprofit, and several of the largest awards were concentrated in Pennsylvania.
In education, the foundation backs both faith-based K–12 schooling and postsecondary training. Scottsdale Christian Academy SCA received $1,300,000 in 2023 for general purpose support, showing attention to private Christian education. On the vocational side, Williamson College of the Trades received $2,000,000 in 2023, also for general purpose support, which fits the foundation’s interest in trade and workforce education. Healthcare is another clear area of support. Jefferson Hospital received three separate general-purpose grants in the recent record: $125,000 in 2023, $100,000 in 2024, and $135,000 in 2025. That sequence indicates continued institutional backing over multiple years. The foundation’s cause areas are narrow and consistent, centered on Christian education, vocational training, and regional healthcare institutions.
The foundation’s recent grants are highly concentrated at the top end of the range, with a p25 of $106,250, a median of $130,000, and a p75 of $1,008,750. That distribution reflects a small number of very large grants rather than a broad spread of smaller awards. The grant list also shows repeated support to the same recipient across multiple years, at least in the case of Jefferson Hospital. The foundation does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. The available grant language is consistently general-purpose, pointing to flexible institutional support.
$135K
$624K
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Most grants fall between $106K and $1M, with a median of $130K.
25th Percentile
$106K
Median
$130K
75th Percentile
$1M
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Notable grantees: Williamson College of the Trades, Scottsdale Christian Academy (SCA), Jefferson Hospital
Grantmaking is concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 67% of grants and is the top state by grant count. Recent recipient locations include Philadelphia and Media in Pennsylvania, plus Phoenix, Arizona. The Pennsylvania pattern is reinforced by multiple awards to Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia and a large grant to Williamson College of the Trades in Media. Outside the state, Scottsdale Christian Academy SCA in Phoenix is the clearest non-Pennsylvania recipient in the recent record.
The recent grants center on private Christian schooling, vocational and trade education, and regional healthcare institutions. Examples from the record include a Christian academy, a trade college, and a hospital, all receiving general-purpose support.
The grant-size distribution is high-value: p25 is $106,250, the median is $130,000, and p75 is $1,008,750. Recent awards also include two seven-figure grants, showing that the foundation often gives at institutional scale.
Yes. Jefferson Hospital appears multiple times in the recent grants list, with general-purpose awards in 2023, 2024, and 2025. That suggests an ongoing relationship rather than one-time support only.
Pennsylvania is the top state by grant count, receiving 67% of grants. Recent recipient cities in the state include Philadelphia and Media, alongside one clear out-of-state recipient in Phoenix, Arizona.
The recent awards are described as general purpose, which points to flexible support rather than tightly restricted project funding. The recurring themes in the record are Christian education, vocational training, and healthcare institutions.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JEFFERSON HOSPITAL | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $135,000 | 2025 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| JEFFERSON HOSPITAL | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $100,000 | 2024 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| SCOTTSDALE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY SCA | PHOENIX, AZ | $1,000 | 2024 | GENERAL PURPOSE |
| Williamson College of the Trades | Media, PA | $2,000,000 | 2023 | General Purpose |
| Scottsdale Christian Academy SCA | Phoenix, AZ | $1,300,000 | 2023 | General Purpose |
| Jefferson Hospital | Philadelphia, PA | $125,000 | 2023 | General Purpose |
JEFFERSON HOSPITAL
$135,000GENERAL PURPOSE
Jefferson Hospital
General Purpose