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M Verna Butterer Educational Trust

Accepts applications Fountainville, Pennsylvania · EIN 237751390

M Verna Butterer Educational Trust is a private foundation in Fountainville, Pennsylvania. In tax year 2025 it gave $185,017 in 27 grants; the typical grant was $6,666 and the largest $30,835. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was down from $248,933 the year before.

27% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$249,96736$7.2 million
2024$248,93335$7.4 million
2025$185,01727$7.6 million

How to apply

ContactM Verna Butterer Educational Trust
PO Box 273, Fountainville, PA 18923
Phone or email(215) 249-0503, information@butterer.org
What to submitThe application form is attached application at buttererorg website
DeadlinesApplication deadline is march 15
RestrictionsRestricted to bucks countypa needy residents for post high school edu

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica

What M Verna Butterer Educational Trust funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 12 states, the most to Pennsylvania.

StateGrantsAmount
Pennsylvania13$108,243
New York2$16,000
Florida3$13,805
Connecticut1$12,000
New Jersey1$8,000
Ohio1$8,000
District of Columbia1$4,000
Georgia1$4,000
Michigan1$4,000
Virginia1$4,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 27 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
Scholarship portion of award for education$30,835
Sacred Heart University
Fairfield, CT
Scholarship portion of award for education$12,000
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA
Scholarship portion of award for education$9,713
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
Scholarship portion of award for education$8,326
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Scholarship portion of award for education$8,162
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Daytona Beach, FL
Scholarship portion of award for education$8,000
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA
Scholarship portion of award for education$8,000
Marist College
Poughkeepsie, NY
Scholarship portion of award for education$8,000
Moravian University
Bethlehem, PA
Scholarship portion of award for education$8,000
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
Scholarship portion of award for education$8,000
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ
Scholarship portion of award for education$8,000
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Scholarship portion of award for education$8,000
University of Scranton
Scranton, PA
Scholarship portion of award for education$7,226
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
Scholarship portion of award for education$6,666
King's College
Wilkes Barre, PA
Scholarship portion of award for education$6,638
Muhlenberg College
Allentown, PA
Scholarship portion of award for education$4,177
University of Miami
Miami, FL
Scholarship portion of award for education$4,089
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
Scholarship portion of award for education$4,000
University of Georgia
Athens, GA
Scholarship portion of award for education$4,000
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Scholarship portion of award for education$4,000
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Scholarship portion of award for education$4,000
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Scholarship portion of award for education$4,000
Ursinus College
Collegeville, PA
Scholarship portion of award for education$4,000
Individual
MA
Scholarship portion of award for education$3,919
Saint Joseph's University
Philadelphia, PA
Scholarship portion of award for education$2,500
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Scholarship portion of award for education$1,716
University of Maryland
College Park, MD
Scholarship portion of award for education$1,050

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does M Verna Butterer Educational Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Application deadline is march 15.

How much does M Verna Butterer Educational Trust give?

$185,017 in tax year 2025, across 27 grants, with a typical grant of $6,666.

Who runs M Verna Butterer Educational Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists Suzanne Barnhurst (Trustee), Miriam M Reimel (Trustee), Elissa J Kirkegard (Administrator) and Shannon E Jefferson-Stellato (Trustee).

What does M Verna Butterer Educational Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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