Donations Fund Tools. Not Overhead.

Not Salaries. Not office space. Not galas. Tools.

You'll be redirected to a secure, new tab hosted by PayPal to complete your gift. A tax acknowledgment will be sent to your email. VBCTF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit · EIN: 41-4536968.

The Virginia Blue-Collar Tool Foundation is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Donations fund tools, not overhead. No paid staff. No golf tournaments. No galas. Every grant is made in-kind — we buy the tools directly and put them in a graduate's hands.

Virginia trade graduates earned their certifications. The only thing standing between them and their first day on the job is the cost of a professional tool kit. You can fix that.

Suggested Amounts

$100 — A handful of professional hand tools. Real ones, not the kind that break on the first job.

$500 — A serious head start on a trade-specific tool kit for a graduate who's ready to work.

$1,950 — One complete Apprentice Tool Grant. Everything one Virginia trade graduate needs to show up first-day ready.

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