Skilled Trade Scholarships & Apprenticeships
Giving Is Good Maintenance
Connecting people with rewarding careers
The shortage of qualified mechanics and restoration specialists is the biggest challenge facing the collector car industry. So we are setting out to change this. By making skilled trade education and apprenticeships more accessible for more people, the Piston Foundation aims to help build a new generation of tradespeople in the collector car industry.
Join Your Peers and Make a Difference
The Founders Club is a unique group of car enthusiasts and collectors who are helping us provide skilled trade education and create career opportunities in the collector car industry.
Give Your Car Collection More Meaning
Donating your collector car or rare parts to the Piston Foundation will support the education of the young technicians and mechanics needed to ensure their future enjoyment.
Make an Impact in the Car Community
Join our Partner Program to connect the charitable giving of your business with the grassroots needs of the car community and workforce development in automotive skilled trades.
Join Your Peers and Make a Difference
The Founders Club is a unique group of car enthusiasts and collectors who are helping us provide skilled trade education and create career opportunities in the collector car industry.
Give Your Car Collection More Meaning
Donating your collector car or rare parts to the Piston Foundation will support the education of the young technicians and mechanics needed to ensure their future enjoyment.
Make an Impact in the Car Community
Join our Partner Program to connect the charitable giving of your business with the grassroots needs of the car community and workforce development in automotive skilled trades.
Scholarship and Apprentice Programs
The Piston Fund
Skilled Trade Education Scholarships
The Piston Foundation helps students take their first steps towards a skilled trade career. If you are attending, accepted, or enrolled in a 2- or 4-year automotive technology program and have a strong interest in working with collector cars, a Piston Fund scholarship can help make school more affordable.
The Piston Academy
Apprenticeships in Collector Car Restoration
The Piston Academy helps qualified technicians learn the skills and craft of collector car restoration and service by apprenticing with today’s master craftspeople. The Academy provides apprenticeship placements at leading restoration shops, a hands-on learning plan, mentoring, and a training grant.
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Today
Support skilled trade education for future auto restoration technicians.
Join Us
Make a Gift
Supporting the Piston Foundation with a tax deductible donation is the way all of us who share a passion for cars can help build a sustainable future for our car community.
Become a Founder
The Founders Club is a unique opportunity to join fellow car enthusiasts and collectors who are helping us create skilled trade education and career paths in the collector car industry.
Partner with Us
Join our Partner Program and connect the charitable giving of your business with the grassroots needs of the car community and the next generation of skilled tradespeople.
Financial Transparency
Launched in January of 2021, we are proud to have received a Gold Transparency seal from Guidestar in our first year of operations. Read our 2021 Annual Report and review our 2021 financial reporting.
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