The Justamere Foundation concentrates its entire public giving on scholarship support for a single vocational college, indicating a focused commitment to supporting trades education at Williamson College of the Trades. Its grants appear targeted toward student financial aid for technical and career-focused training rather than broad charitable diversification. The foundation’s pattern suggests a philanthropic relationship with a specific institution rather than open competitive grantmaking.
Justamere Foundation’s giving is built around one institution: Williamson College of the Trades. The largest recent grants in the record are two $500,000 awards, one in 2023 for a Justamere Scholarship Endowment fund and another in 2025 for a Scholarship fund, both directed to the Media, Pennsylvania college. That concentration points to a long-running commitment to vocational education rather than a broad portfolio of charitable causes. Beyond Williamson, the foundation’s grants show a consistent emphasis on postsecondary pathways tied to work, including trade schools, apprenticeship programs, and tuition support for students entering technical careers. Recent awards also extend to scholarship and training funds connected to health care, emergency services, and military-connected students, with purpose language that repeatedly references workforce readiness and career completion. The foundation also supports selected programs that build early learning or academic access, including Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library and a summer learning program at Swarthmore College. Even with those additions, the pattern remains narrow and purpose-driven: scholarship aid, training support, and direct educational assistance for specific institutions and student groups.
A major theme in the record is skilled trades and workforce preparation. Justamere Foundation gave $150,000 to Lancaster County Career & Technology Foundation for Lancaster County Career & Technology Foundation Workforce Talent, and another $100,000 to Montgomery County Community College Foundation for the MontcoWorks Apprenticeship Program and the CNC Program. Health-care and emergency-response training also appear in the grants. In 2023, the foundation awarded $150,000 to Lehigh Carbon Community College Foundation for Strengthening LCCC's Health Care Career Pathways Scholarship fund. It later gave $88,000 to Good Fellowship Club of Chester County Inc for an EMS Certification Tuition Assistance Scholarship Fund, and $88,000 to Uwchlan Ambulance Corps Inc for its Scholarship Fund for Training Institute. Support for military-connected students is another repeated thread. Mission Edge San Diego received $140,000 in 2024 for the TFM Cybersecurity Scholarship fund for Veterans, and $112,000 in 2024 for the Task Force Movement CDL Scholarship fund for veterans and SIV Afghan refugees. The foundation also funded Harrisburg Area Community College Foundation for certified workforce training for military and veteran students in need.
$4.4M
$22M
$1.5M
$5M
Most grants fall between $5K and $38K, with a median of $19K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$19K
75th Percentile
$38K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in PA.
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Highly concentrated: almost all funding goes to one repeat grantee (two grants totaling $1,000,000), focused on scholarships rather than multiple organizations or program types.
Notable grantees: Williamson College of the Trades
Typical awards cluster in the mid-five-figure range, with a p25 of $5,000, a median grant of $19,338, and a p75 of $37,540. The record also includes a smaller set of six-figure awards and two $500,000 grants to the same college across 2023 and 2025, showing that the foundation combines frequent modest awards with occasional large commitments. The recent grants list shows repeated support to the same recipients over multiple years, including Williamson College of the Trades, Mission Edge San Diego, Thaddeus Stevens Foundation, Montgomery County Community College Foundation, Swarthmore College, and Uwchlan Ambulance Corps Inc. That pattern suggests ongoing relationships rather than one-time gifts. Justamere Foundation is a private foundation, and it makes grants nationally. It also funds individuals, but the public grant record here is dominated by institutional scholarship and training support.
Although the foundation is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, its giving lands almost entirely elsewhere: 100% of recipient grants in the country distribution are in the United States, and 0% go to recipients in Delaware. Pennsylvania is the top state by grant count. Within Pennsylvania, repeated recipient locations include Media, Lancaster, West Chester, Blue Bell, Swarthmore, Schwenksville, and Exton. Outside Pennsylvania, the record includes San Diego, California; Edison, New Jersey; and Glassboro, New Jersey. The pattern is national in scope, but the grant count is heavily centered in Pennsylvania.
The grant record is centered on educational and workforce-training organizations, especially scholarship funds, apprenticeship programs, and tuition support. Recipients include vocational colleges, community colleges, career and technical education groups, and emergency-response training organizations.
Yes. Several recipients appear across multiple years, including Williamson College of the Trades, Mission Edge San Diego, Thaddeus Stevens Foundation, Montgomery County Community College Foundation, Swarthmore College, and Uwchlan Ambulance Corps Inc.
The foundation’s typical grant sizes are $5,000 at the 25th percentile, $19,338 at the median, and $37,540 at the 75th percentile. The record also contains occasional six-figure awards, including multiple $100,000 grants and two $500,000 grants.
Pennsylvania is the top state by grant count. Recent recipient cities there include Media, Lancaster, West Chester, Blue Bell, Swarthmore, Schwenksville, Exton, Bethlehem, and Kennett Square.
Yes. The foundation is marked as funding individuals, and its grant record includes scholarship and tuition-assistance awards aimed at students, veterans, and military-connected learners.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAMSON COLLEGE OF THE TRADES | MEDIA, PA | $500,000 | 2025 | Scholarship fund |
| VALOR CLINIC FOUNDATION | BRODHEADSVLLE, PA | $304,820 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| THE HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION | LANCASTER, PA | $101,247 | 2025 | Certified workforce training for HACC's military and veteran students in need fund |
| MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION | BLUE BELL, PA | $100,000 | 2025 | MontcoWorks Apprenticeship Program |
| MISSION EDGE SAN DIEGO | SAN DIEGO, CA | $100,000 | 2025 | TFM Cybersecurity Scholarship fund - Fusion Cyber - Lincoln University scholarship fund |
| CHESTER COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC | WEST CHESTER, PA | $100,000 | 2025 | AHHAH Chester County Imagination Library Fund |
| SWARTHMORE COLLEGE | SWARTHMORE, PA | $100,000 | 2025 | Chester Children's Chorus Summer Learning Program |
| CHESTER COUNTY IU 24 | DOWNINGTOWN, PA | $90,000 | 2025 | Trade School Scholarship Fund |
| UWCHLAN AMBULANCE CORPS INC | EXTON, PA | $88,000 | 2025 | Scholarship Fund for Training Institute |
| DELAWARE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUN | MEDIA, PA | $86,905 | 2025 | Teacher Education Program |
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATI | BETHLEHEM, PA | $75,000 | 2025 | Rev. Bridging the Skills Gap: NCC Scholarship fund for high-demand careers |
| WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | WEST CHESTER, PA | $66,500 | 2025 | Fund for Unpaid Internships |
| FOUNDATION FOR POTTSTOWN EDUCATION | POTTSTOWN, PA | $60,331 | 2025 | Diversified Literature for Pottstown School Districts libraries fund |
| GOOD FELLOWSHIP CLUB OF CHESTER COUNTY INC | WEST CHESTER, PA | $60,000 | 2025 | Paramedic Certification Tuition Assistance Scholarship fund |
| PENNSYLVANIAS STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOU | CARLISLE, PA | $60,000 | 2025 | clinical medical assistant (cma) scholarship fund |
| DELAWARE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUN | MEDIA, PA | $56,783 | 2025 | High Demand Career Training Scholarship fund |
| DELAWARE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUN | MEDIA, PA | $56,120 | 2025 | Tools for Success - Tools and Boots for students in skilled trades fund |
| LITERACY COUNCIL OF NORRISTOWN INC | NORRISTOWN, PA | $50,000 | 2025 | Dolly Parton Imagination Library - Norristown and Pottstown fund |
| BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA | EXTON, PA | $50,000 | 2025 | Scouting Financial Assistance Program |
| OPEN HEARTH INC | PHOENIXVILLE, PA | $50,000 | 2025 | Family Savings Partner Program |
| MIGHTY WRITERS | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $50,000 | 2025 | Mighty Writers El Futuro Kennett Whole Child Whole family programming fund |
| PENNSYLVANIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | MEDIA, PA | $50,000 | 2025 | P.I.T. Academic |
| CHILDREN OF FALLEN PATRIOTS FOUNDATION | RESTON, VA | $50,000 | 2025 | Trade School Scholarship Fund for Gold Star Children |
| ARTS HOLDING HANDS AND HEARTS INC | KENNETT SQ, PA | $50,000 | 2025 | CHESTER COUNTY IMAGINATION LIBRARY |
| THE HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION | LANCASTER, PA | $50,000 | 2025 | HACC High School Career Readiness Program: Micro-credentials and workforce skilled training certifications scholarship fund |
| CHESTER COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC | WEST CHESTER, PA | $50,000 | 2025 | AHHAH Chester County Imagination Library Fund |
| CHESTER COUNTY FUTURES INC | COATSVILLE, PA | $50,000 | 2025 | Passport and Steps 4 Success Fund |
| CHESTER COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION | EXTON, PA | $50,000 | 2025 | Project Reconnect Scholarship Fund |
| PENNSYLVANIAS STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOU | CARLISLE, PA | $50,000 | 2025 | Supporting Student Success Scholarship fund & Transfer scholarship fund |
| HOPEWORKS N CAMDEN INC | CAMDEN, NJ | $50,000 | 2025 | Expanding Opportunity fund |
| THE HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION | LANCASTER, PA | $50,000 | 2025 | HACC Workforce Certificate Training in Healthcare and skill trades scholarship fund |
| WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | WEST CHESTER, PA | $50,000 | 2025 | Micro Scholarship Fund |
| BAYADA HOME HEALTH CARE INC | PENNSAUKEN, NJ | $40,000 | 2025 | Expanding Southeast Pennsylvania's Home Health Care Nursing Capacity through career advancement and upskilling Scholarship fund |
| VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY | VILLANOVA, PA | $40,000 | 2025 | Removing barriers to the nursing profession in partnership with the M. Louise Fitzpatrick college of nursing (fcn) scholarship fund |
| BUCKS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION | NEWTOWN, PA | $40,000 | 2025 | Scholarships for Trades Scholarship Fund |
| FOUR BLOCK FOUNDATION INC | NEW YORK, NY | $40,000 | 2025 | FourBlock Veteran Career Readiness Program (CRP) - Northeast/Mid-Atlantic virtual Cohort |
| TRICOUNTY COMMUNITY NETWORK INC | POTTSTOWN, PA | $40,000 | 2025 | C2 - Community Camp and Launching Leaders fund |
| VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY | VILLANOVA, PA | $40,000 | 2025 | Villanova Interdisciplinary Immigration Studies Training for advocates (viista) program |
| REVIVAL PRODUCTIONS INC | PARKESBURG, PA | $40,000 | 2025 | Chester County School of the Arts Financial Aid fund |
| NORTH MONTCO EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION | LANSDALE, PA | $40,000 | 2025 | Training that Works - Adult Education Grants Scholarship fund |
| KENNETT AREA COMMUNITY SERVICE | KENNETT SQ, PA | $40,000 | 2025 | Getting Ahead and Staying Ahead fund |
| GARRETT WILLIAMSON | NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA | $36,792 | 2025 | Access to Summer Camp and Youth Employment Fund |
| POTTSTOWN CHILDRENS DISCOVERY CENTER | POTTSTOWN, PA | $35,000 | 2025 | 2024 and 2025 Discovery Club fund |
| PARKESBURG POINT | PARKESBURG, PA | $35,000 | 2025 | Youth Apprentice & Trade's Education Program |
| TUESDAYS CHILDREN | MANHASSET, NY | $30,000 | 2025 | Career Resource Center Programs including Career Mentoring, skill building workshops, and take your child to work day with a family engagement activity |
| EDUCATIONAL EQUITY ALLIANCE | COATESVILLE, PA | $30,000 | 2025 | Coatesville Kids to College - Childcare fund |
| HISTORIC FAIR HILL INC | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $30,000 | 2025 | School Library Partnerships fund |
| PATHSTONE CORPORATION | ROCHESTER, NY | $30,000 | 2025 | EARN - Wheels4Work fund |
| HOUSING PARTNERSHIP OF CHESTER COUNTY INC | DOWNINGTOWN, PA | $30,000 | 2025 | Housing Stability Programs |
| MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION | BLUE BELL, PA | $30,000 | 2025 | Middle School PC Build fund |
THE HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
$101,247Certified workforce training for HACC's military and veteran students in need fund
MontcoWorks Apprenticeship Program
TFM Cybersecurity Scholarship fund - Fusion Cyber - Lincoln University scholarship fund
AHHAH Chester County Imagination Library Fund
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE
$100,000Chester Children's Chorus Summer Learning Program
CHESTER COUNTY IU 24
$90,000Trade School Scholarship Fund
UWCHLAN AMBULANCE CORPS INC
$88,000Scholarship Fund for Training Institute
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATI
$75,000Rev. Bridging the Skills Gap: NCC Scholarship fund for high-demand careers
Diversified Literature for Pottstown School Districts libraries fund
GOOD FELLOWSHIP CLUB OF CHESTER COUNTY INC
$60,000Paramedic Certification Tuition Assistance Scholarship fund
PENNSYLVANIAS STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOU
$60,000clinical medical assistant (cma) scholarship fund
High Demand Career Training Scholarship fund
Tools for Success - Tools and Boots for students in skilled trades fund
LITERACY COUNCIL OF NORRISTOWN INC
$50,000Dolly Parton Imagination Library - Norristown and Pottstown fund
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
$50,000Scouting Financial Assistance Program
Mighty Writers El Futuro Kennett Whole Child Whole family programming fund
PENNSYLVANIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
$50,000P.I.T. Academic
Trade School Scholarship Fund for Gold Star Children
ARTS HOLDING HANDS AND HEARTS INC
$50,000CHESTER COUNTY IMAGINATION LIBRARY
THE HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
$50,000HACC High School Career Readiness Program: Micro-credentials and workforce skilled training certifications scholarship fund
AHHAH Chester County Imagination Library Fund
Project Reconnect Scholarship Fund
PENNSYLVANIAS STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOU
$50,000Supporting Student Success Scholarship fund & Transfer scholarship fund
THE HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
$50,000HACC Workforce Certificate Training in Healthcare and skill trades scholarship fund
Expanding Southeast Pennsylvania's Home Health Care Nursing Capacity through career advancement and upskilling Scholarship fund
Removing barriers to the nursing profession in partnership with the M. Louise Fitzpatrick college of nursing (fcn) scholarship fund
Scholarships for Trades Scholarship Fund
FourBlock Veteran Career Readiness Program (CRP) - Northeast/Mid-Atlantic virtual Cohort
C2 - Community Camp and Launching Leaders fund
Villanova Interdisciplinary Immigration Studies Training for advocates (viista) program
REVIVAL PRODUCTIONS INC
$40,000Chester County School of the Arts Financial Aid fund
NORTH MONTCO EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
$40,000Training that Works - Adult Education Grants Scholarship fund
GARRETT WILLIAMSON
$36,792Access to Summer Camp and Youth Employment Fund
POTTSTOWN CHILDRENS DISCOVERY CENTER
$35,0002024 and 2025 Discovery Club fund
Career Resource Center Programs including Career Mentoring, skill building workshops, and take your child to work day with a family engagement activity
EDUCATIONAL EQUITY ALLIANCE
$30,000Coatesville Kids to College - Childcare fund
PATHSTONE CORPORATION
$30,000EARN - Wheels4Work fund
HOUSING PARTNERSHIP OF CHESTER COUNTY INC
$30,000Housing Stability Programs