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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 23-7751390

M Verna Butterer Educational Trust

A private foundation in Fountainville, PA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 27 grants and $187,017 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Jan 31, 2026), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
M Verna Butterer Educational Trust
PO Box 273
Fountainville, PA 18923
(215) 249-0503
[email protected]
Form and materials
The application form is attached application at buttererorg website
Deadlines
Application deadline is march 15
Restrictions
Restricted to bucks countypa needy residents for post high school edu

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $187,017

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $7,265,072

  • Tax year 2024

    $248,933

    Grants listed
    35
    Assets, end of year
    $7,160,433

  • Tax year 2023

    $249,967

    Grants listed
    36
    Assets, end of year
    $7,108,358

  • Tax year 2022

    $225,734

    Grants listed
    33
    Assets, end of year
    $7,012,692

  • Tax year 2021

    $194,582

    Grants listed
    34
    Assets, end of year
    $6,952,258

  • Tax year 2020

    $124,959

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $6,682,453

  • Tax year 2019

    $188,831

    Grants listed
    33
    Assets, end of year
    $6,593,597

  • Tax year 2018

    $180,196

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $6,493,807

Grants paid in 2025

27 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity Park, PA

    Scholarship portion of award for education

    $30,835
  2. Sacred Heart UniversityFairfield, CT

    Scholarship portion of award for education

    $12,000
  3. Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, PA

    Scholarship portion of award for education

    $9,713
  4. Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, PA

    Scholarship portion of award for education

    $8,326
  5. University of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA

    Scholarship portion of award for education

    $8,162
  6. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityDaytona Beach, FL

    Scholarship portion of award for education

    $8,000
  7. Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, PA

    Scholarship portion of award for education

    $8,000
  8. Marist CollegePoughkeepsie, NY

    Scholarship portion of award for education

    $8,000
  9. Moravian UniversityBethlehem, PA

    Scholarship portion of award for education

    $8,000
  10. Ohio State UniversityColumbus, OH

    Scholarship portion of award for education

    $8,000
  11. Rutgers UniversityNew Brunswick, NJ

    Scholarship portion of award for education

    $8,000
  12. University of RochesterRochester, NY

    Scholarship portion of award for education

    $8,000
  13. University of ScrantonScranton, PA

    Scholarship portion of award for education

    $7,226
  14. Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, PA

    Scholarship portion of award for education

    $6,666
  15. King's CollegeWilkes Barre, PA

    Scholarship portion of award for education

    $6,638
  16. Muhlenberg CollegeAllentown, PA

    Scholarship portion of award for education

    $4,177
  17. University of MiamiCoral Gables, FL

    Scholarship portion of award for education

    $4,089
  18. Georgetown UniversityWashington, DC

    Scholarship portion of award for education

    $4,000
  19. University of GeorgiaAthens, GA

    Scholarship portion of award for education

    $4,000
  20. University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI

    Scholarship portion of award for education

    $4,000
  21. University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA

    Scholarship portion of award for education

    $4,000
  22. University of VirginiaCharlottesvle, VA

    Scholarship portion of award for education

    $4,000
  23. Ursinus CollegeCollegeville, PA

    Scholarship portion of award for education

    $4,000
  24. Worcester PolytechnicWorcester, MA

    Scholarship portion of award for education

    $3,919
  25. Saint Joseph's UniversityPhiladelphia, PA

    Scholarship portion of award for education

    $2,500
  26. University of FloridaGainesville, FL

    Scholarship portion of award for education

    $1,716
  27. University of MarylandCollege Park, MD

    Scholarship portion of award for education

    $1,050

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education16 grants $105,49796% of the total
  2. Public affairs1 grant $4,0004% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania13 grants $108,243
  2. New York2 grants $16,000
  3. Florida3 grants $13,805
  4. Connecticut1 grant $12,000
  5. New Jersey1 grant $8,000
  6. Ohio1 grant $8,000
  7. District of Columbia1 grant $4,000
  8. Georgia1 grant $4,000
  9. Michigan1 grant $4,000
  10. Virginia1 grant $4,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Suzanne BarnhurstTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $5,000
  • Miriam M ReimelTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $5,000
  • Elissa J KirkegardADMINISTRATOR Hours 30Pay $71,382
  • Shannon E Jefferson-StellatoTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $5,000

The return

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