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Funding search · EIN 236087844 · Ephrata, PA

William and Jemima Brossman Charita

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

94
grants reported: $2.2M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Brossman Family4 grants · $1.4M
Fulton Theatre4 grants · $165,000
Pennsylvania College of Health Scie3 grants · $75,000
Lancaster County Career4 grants · $65,000
Pa College of Art and Design4 grants · $60,000
Millersville University4 grants · $46,000
Central Pa Food Bank4 grants · $32,500
Penn State University2 grants · $30,000
Hacc Foundation2 grants · $30,000
St Joseph'S University1 grant · $25,000

Giving over time

$557,834

2021

$561,665

2022

$553,036

2023

$535,050

2024

Grant history

All 94 reported grants, largest first.

$363,915
Brossman Family · Ephrata, PA · 2022
Scholarship
$363,286
Brossman Family · Ephrata, PA · 2023
Scholarship
$350,300
Brossman Family · Ephrata, PA · 2024
Scholarship
$342,980
Brossman Family · Ephrata, PA · 2021
Scholarship
$45,000
Fulton Theatre · Lancaster, PA · 2021
General fund
$40,000
Fulton Theatre · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General fund
$40,000
Fulton Theatre · Lancaster, PA · 2023
General fund
$40,000
Fulton Theatre · Lancaster, PA · 2022
General fund
$25,000
St Joseph'S University · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General fund
$25,000
Pennsylvania College of Health Scie · Lancaster, PA · 2023
General fund
$25,000
Pennsylvania College of Health Scie · Lancaster, PA · 2022
General fund
$25,000
Pennsylvania College of Health Scie · Lancaster, PA · 2021
General fund
$25,000
Witf · Harrisburg, PA · 2021
General fund
$20,000
Harrisburg Area Community College · Harrisburg, PA · 2021
General fund
$20,000
Lancaster County Career · Mount Joy, PA · 2021
General fund
$15,000
Hacc Foundation · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
General fund
$15,000
Lancaster County Career · Mount Joy, PA · 2024
General fund
$15,000
Millersville University · Millersville, PA · 2024
General fund
$15,000
Pa College of Art and Design · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General fund
$15,000
Penn State University · University Park, PA · 2024
General fund
$15,000
Hacc Foundation · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
General fund
$15,000
Lancaster County Career · Mount Joy, PA · 2023
General fund
$15,000
Millersville University · Millersville, PA · 2023
General fund
$15,000
Pa College of Art and Design · Lancaster, PA · 2023
General fund
$15,000
Penn State University · Heshey, PA · 2023
General fund
$15,000
Lancaster County Career · Mount Joy, PA · 2022
General fund
$15,000
Millersville University · Millersville, PA · 2022
General fund
$15,000
Pa College of Art and Design · Lancaster, PA · 2022
General fund
$15,000
Pernn State Health Milton Hershey M · Heshey, PA · 2022
General fund
$15,000
Pa College of Art and Design · Lancaster, PA · 2021
General fund
$13,000
Hospice & Community Care · Lancaster, PA · 2022
General fund
$10,000
Central Pa Food Bank · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
General fund
$10,000
Central Pa Food Bank · Harrisburg, PA · 2022
General fund
$10,000
Lebanon Valley College · Lititz, PA · 2022
General
$10,000
Central Pa Food Bank · Harrisburg, PA · 2021
General fund
$6,250
Boy Scouts of America · Lancaster, PA · 2023
General fund
$6,250
Boy Scouts of America · Lancaster, PA · 2022
General fund
$6,000
Boy Scouts of America · Lancaster, PA · 2021
General fund
$5,000
Historical Society of Cocalico Vall · Ephrata, PA · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Penn Medicine · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Historical Society of Cocalico Vall · Ephrata, PA · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Lititz Rec Center · Lititz, PA · 2023
Capital campain
$5,000
Ephrata Public Library · Ephrata, PA · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Historical Society of Cocalico Vall · Ephrata, PA · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Lititz Rec Center · Lititz, PA · 2022
Capital campain
$5,000
Ephrata Public Library · Ephrata, PA · 2021
General fund
$5,000
Historical Society of Cocalico Vall · Ephrata, PA · 2021
General fund
$5,000
Lancaster County Food Hub · Lancaster, PA · 2021
General fund
$5,000
Lititz Rec Center · Lititz, PA · 2021
Capital campain
$5,000
Mainspring of Ephrata · Ephrata, PA · 2021
General fund
$4,250
Pennsylvania Dutch Council · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General fund
$3,000
Elizabethtown College · Elizabethtown, PA · 2024
General fund
$3,000
Good Samaritan Services · Ephrata, PA · 2024
General fund
$3,000
Lancaster Bible College · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General fund
$3,000
Lancaster County Food Hub · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General fund
$3,000
Elizabethtown College · Elizabethtown, PA · 2023
General fund
$3,000
Good Samaritan Services · Lancaster, PA · 2023
General fund
$3,000
Hospice & Community Care · Lancaster, PA · 2023
General fund
$3,000
Lancaster Bible College · Lancaster, PA · 2023
General fund
$3,000
Lancaster Bible College · Lancaster, PA · 2022
General fund
$3,000
Lancaster County Food Hub · Lancaster, PA · 2022
General fund
$3,000
Lighthouse Vocational Service · New Holland, PA · 2022
General fund
$3,000
Friendship Community · Lititz, PA · 2021
General fund
$3,000
Good Samaritan Services · Lancaster, PA · 2021
General fund
$3,000
Lancaster Bible College · Lancaster, PA · 2021
General fund
$3,000
Lighthouse Vocational Service · New Holland, PA · 2021
General fund
$2,500
Central Pa Food Bank · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
General fund
$2,500
Hospice & Community Care · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General fund
$2,500
Lancaster Symphone Orchestra · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General fund
$2,500
Lancaster Symphone Orchestra · Lancaster, PA · 2023
General fund
$2,500
Lancaster Symphone Orchestra · Lancaster, PA · 2022
General fund
$2,500
Lancaster Symphone Orchestra · Lancaster, PA · 2021
General fund
$2,500
Uds Foundation · Lancaster, PA · 2021
General fund
$2,000
Friendship Community · Lititz, PA · 2024
General fund
$2,000
Junior Achievement of Central Pa · York, PA · 2024
General fund
$2,000
Real Life Community Services · Denver, PA · 2024
General fund
$2,000
Schreiber Center for Pediatric Deve · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General fund
$2,000
Friendship Community · Lititz, PA · 2023
General fund
$2,000
Junior Achievement of Central Pa · York, PA · 2023
General fund
$2,000
Mainspring of Ephrata · Ephrata, PA · 2023
General fund
$2,000
Real Life Community Services · Denver, PA · 2023
General fund
$2,000
Junior Achievement of Central Pa · York, PA · 2022
General fund
$2,000
Real Life Community Services · Denver, PA · 2022
General fund
$2,000
Schreiber Center for Pediatric Deve · Lancaster, PA · 2022
General fund
$2,000
Junior Achievement of Central Pa · York, PA · 2021
General fund
$2,000
Power Packs Project · Lancaster, PA · 2021
General fund
$1,000
Girls On the Run · Landisville, PA · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Theodore R Sprecher Memorial Music · Ephrata, PA · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Uds Foundation · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Millersville University · Ephrata, PA · 2023
Scholarship
$1,000
Lebanon Valley College · Ephrata, PA · 2022
General fund
$1,000
Lebanon Valley College · Lititz, PA · 2021
General
$1,000
United Way of Lancaster · Lancaster, PA · 2021
General fund
$854
The Ephrata Farmers Day Association · Ephrata, PA · 2021
General fund

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.