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William and Jemima Brossman Charita Charitable Foundation

Accepts applications Ephrata, Pennsylvania · EIN 236087844

William and Jemima Brossman Charita Charitable Foundation is a private foundation in Ephrata, Pennsylvania. In tax year 2024 it gave $535,050 in 25 grants; the typical grant was $3,000 and the largest $350,300. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was down from $553,036 the year before.

32% of its 2024 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
2022$561,66522$5.0 million
2023$553,03622$5.5 million
2024$535,05025$5.7 million

How to apply

ContactSteven Armbruster
Ephrata National Bank, Ephrata, PA 17522
Phone or email(717) 733-6576
What to submitApplication to be obtained from the selection committee.
RestrictionsRecipients must be 501(c)(3) organizations

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What William and Jemima Brossman Charita Charitable Foundation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Pennsylvania.

StateGrantsAmount
Pennsylvania25$535,050

Grants paid in 2024

All 25 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Brossman Family
Ephrata, PA
Scholarship$350,300
Fulton Theatre
Lancaster, PA
General fund$40,000
St Joseph's University
Philadelphia, PA
General fund$25,000
Pa College of Art and Design
Lancaster, PA
General fund$15,000
Lancaster County Career and Technology Foundation
Mount Joy, PA
General fund$15,000
Millersville University
Millersville, PA
General fund$15,000
Hacc Foundation
Harrisburg, PA
General fund$15,000
Penn State University
University Park, PA
General fund$15,000
Historical Society of Cocalico Vall
Ephrata, PA
General fund$5,000
Penn Medicine
Lancaster, PA
General fund$5,000
Pennsylvania Dutch Council Scouting America
Lancaster, PA
General fund$4,250
Lancaster Bible College
Lancaster, PA
General fund$3,000
Lancaster County Food Hub
Lancaster, PA
General fund$3,000
Elizabethtown College
Elizabethtown, PA
General fund$3,000
Good Samaritan Services
Ephrata, PA
General fund$3,000
Central Pa Food Bank
Harrisburg, PA
General fund$2,500
Lancaster Symphone Orchestra
Lancaster, PA
General fund$2,500
Hospice & Community Care
Lancaster, PA
General fund$2,500
Junior Achievement of Central Pa
York, PA
General fund$2,000
Real Life Community Services
Denver, PA
General fund$2,000
Schreiber Center for Pediatric Deve
Lancaster, PA
General fund$2,000
Friendship Community
Lititz, PA
General fund$2,000
Uds Foundation
Lancaster, PA
General fund$1,000
Theodore R Sprecher Memorial Music
Ephrata, PA
General fund$1,000
Girls on the Run
Landisville, PA
General fund$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does William and Jemima Brossman Charita Charitable Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does William and Jemima Brossman Charita Charitable Foundation give?

$535,050 in tax year 2024, across 25 grants, with a typical grant of $3,000.

Who runs William and Jemima Brossman Charita Charitable Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Ephrata National Bank (Trustee).

What does William and Jemima Brossman Charita Charitable Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, arts and culture and health.

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