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The Snider Foundation

Name: The Snider Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

577
grants reported: $195.3M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $25,000
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.

What they fund

antisemitism ball institute snider center foundation gala campaign

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Celiac and gluten-related neurological research, chiefly through Beyond Celiac
Holocaust memory, Jewish campus life, and Israel relief organizations
Free-market and free-speech education, including the Ed Snider Center
Philadelphia arts, parks, and civic institutions; general operating support
Animal welfare, wildlife rehab, and Maine watershed conservation
Documentary film and independent journalism projects

Typical grant

Ignore the headline total: nearly all of it is four-way and five-way transfers of $1.4M to $27.7M to the Jay and Terry, Sarena, Lindy, Craig, and Tina Snider Foundations, which is family restructuring rather than open grantmaking. Real outside grants run a median of $25,000, with the middle half between $6,000 and $70,000, and $100,000 functioning as the practical ceiling. Beyond Celiac is the one exception at $575,000 in 2023 and $216,280 in 2024, and repeat support is common for it, Friends of the Cobbossee Watershed, Creative Visions, Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, and Team Rubicon.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT”
“NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH”
“TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH GRANTS PROGRAM”
“FREE SPEECH EDUCATION”
“ED SNIDER CENTER FOR ENTERPRISE AND MARKETS”

Positioning adjacent work

Tie biomedical work to celiac disease and "NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH," their only sustained research investment, at $50,000 to $200,000.
Frame social science or economics work through enterprise, markets, and free speech education rather than policy advocacy.
Ask for general operating support at $25,000; they fund unrestricted far more often than restricted projects.
Offer a documentary or public-facing media component; they funded Penn Global Documentary Institute, Creative Visions, and Kite and Key.

Worth knowing: Giving is tightly clustered around greater Philadelphia, with secondary pockets in Los Angeles, New York, and central Maine that track family locations, and many small checks go to galas and benefit events, which signals relationship-driven decisions. The 2024 transfers to five named family foundations suggest future grantmaking will be dispersed among individual Snider family members, so learn which one owns your subject area before approaching.

1 grant matching “miler” · $15,000

$15,000
Angel Fund · Wakefield, MA · 2021
Harpoon 5 miler

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

The Tina Snider Foundation3 grants · $34.1M
The Craig Snider Foundation3 grants · $32.2M
The Lindy Snider Foundation3 grants · $32.2M
The Jay and Terry Snider Foundation3 grants · $32.2M
The Sarena Snider Foundation3 grants · $32.2M
Usc Shoah Foundation - the Institute for Visual History and Education4 grants · $1.2M
Foundation for Defense of Democracies3 grants · $1.1M
University of Austin1 grant · $1.0M
Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives2 grants · $872,500
Institute for Justice3 grants · $857,500

Giving over time

$11.5M

2021

$9.3M

2022

$11.6M

2023

$162.8M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 577 grants.

$27.7M
The Craig Snider Foundation · Collegeville, PA · 2024
Grant support
$27.7M
The Jay and Terry Snider Foundation · Collegeville, PA · 2024
Grant support
$27.7M
The Lindy Snider Foundation · Collegeville, PA · 2024
Grant support
$27.7M
The Sarena Snider Foundation · Collegeville, PA · 2024
Grant support
$22.7M
The Tina Snider Foundation · Ardmore, PA · 2024
Grant support
$9.3M
The Tina Snider Foundation · Ardmore, PA · 2024
Grant support
$3.1M
The Craig Snider Foundation · Collegeville, PA · 2024
Grant support
$3.1M
The Jay and Terry Snider Foundation · Collegeville, PA · 2024
Grant support
$3.1M
The Lindy Snider Foundation · Collegeville, PA · 2024
Grant support
$3.1M
The Sarena Snider Foundation · Collegeville, PA · 2024
Grant support
$2.1M
The Tina Snider Foundation · Ardmore, PA · 2023
Operating support
$1.4M
The Craig Snider Foundation · Collegeville, PA · 2024
Grant support
$1.4M
The Jay and Terry Snider Foundation · Collegeville, PA · 2024
Grant support
$1.4M
The Lindy Snider Foundation · Collegeville, PA · 2024
Grant support
$1.4M
The Sarena Snider Foundation · Collegeville, PA · 2024
Grant support
$1.0M
University of Austin · Austin, TX · 2021
Operating support
$575,000
Beyond Celiac (National Foundation for Celiac Awareness) · Ambler, PA · 2023
Beyond celiac investments, evening beyond celiac, translational research grants program, operating support
$575,000
The Philanthropy Roundtable · Washington, DC · 2021
True diversity: make the case initiative, operating support
$535,000
Foundation for Defense of Democracies · Washington, DC · 2022
Countering ideological extremism program, domestic antisemitism project, operating support
$512,500
Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
Gala support, operating support
$500,000
American Contemporary Ballet · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Operating support
$500,000
Electric Infrastructure Security Council · Washington, DC · 2023
Operating support
$500,000
Usc Shoah Foundation - the Institute for Visual History and Education · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Pledge payment for immersive and interactive testimony experiences
$500,000
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Only in america gala honoring ed snider
$500,000
Usc Shoah Foundation - the Institute for Visual History and Education · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Pledge payment for immersive and interactive testimony experiences
$425,000
Foundation for Defense of Democracies · Washington, DC · 2021
Israel project, domestic antisemitism project, operating support
$420,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2021
Client search program, operating support
$375,000
The Lawfare Project · New York, NY · 2022
End jew hatred, operating support
$375,000
The Lawfare Project · New York, NY · 2021
Grassroots mobilization, operating support
$360,000
Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives · Harrisburg, PA · 2021
Operating support
$329,574
University of Maryland College Park Foundation · College Park, MD · 2021
Ed snider center for enterprise and markets, operating support
$313,412
Israel On Campus Coalition · Washington, DC · 2023
Operating support; aen administrators against antisemitism
$300,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2022
Operating support
$300,000
The Fairness Center · Harrisburg, PA · 2022
Operating support
$300,000
Homeboy Industries · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Bakery equipment to support workforce development
$300,000
The Fairness Center · Harrisburg, PA · 2021
Operating support
$263,500
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Operating support
$263,500
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Operating support
$250,000
Center for Security Policy · Washington, DC · 2023
Secure the grid initiative, operating support
$250,000
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2023
Capacity building for the global resilience institute
$250,000
Secure Community Network · Chicago, IL · 2022
Philadelphia security initiative, operating support
$250,000
The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Museum repairs, operating support
$231,667
Sixpoint · New York, NY · 2023
Operating support
$225,000
Cyc Lake Associations · Manchester, ME · 2021
Eurasian watermilfoil eradication and lake preservation project
$220,000
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2022
Fighting for equality in the courts of law and public opinion, operating support
$216,280
Beyond Celiac (National Foundation for Celiac Awareness) · Ambler, PA · 2024
Neurological research
$205,000
The Legion Fund · Bowling Green, KY · 2021
The legion fund snider scholarship, operating support
$200,000
American Committee for Weizmann Institute of Science · New York, NY · 2023
Identification of celiac and inflammatory bowel disease specific- immunopeptides
$200,000
Stanford University · Redwood City, CA · 2023
Understanding the onset of celiac disease in genetically susceptible individuals
$200,000
The Fairness Center · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
Operating support
$200,000
University of Austin (Uatx) · Austin, TX · 2023
Operating support
$200,000
American Contemporary Ballet · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Operating support
$200,000
Children'S Scholarship Fund Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Operating support
$200,000
Secure Community Network · Chicago, IL · 2021
Operating support
$180,000
Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism · Miami Beach, FL · 2023
Isgap-oxford summer institute
$175,000
Community Security Service (Css) · Woodbury, NY · 2023
Campus prep pilot, operating support
$175,000
Environmental Progress · Albany, CA · 2023
Operating support
$175,000
Foundation for Defense of Democracies · Washington, DC · 2023
Operating support
$175,000
Israel On Campus Coalition · Washington, DC · 2022
Operating support
$175,000
Israel On Campus Coalition · Washington, DC · 2021
Operating support
$175,000
University of Coloradouniversity of Colorado Foundation · Denver, CO · 2021
Bruce d. Benson center for the study of western civilization
$170,750
Samaritans · Boston, MA · 2021
Breakfast for hope, high risk communities impact program, seed funding for suicide prevention with niche populations research (veterinarians and truckers)
$150,000
Community Security Service · New York, NY · 2022
Operating support
$145,000
Friends of Cobbossee Watershed · Augusta, ME · 2021
Operating support
$140,000
Gratz College · Melrose Park, PA · 2023
Scholarship fund for the m.a. In antisemitism studies and dimensions in testimony (dit)
$140,000
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Usc shoah foundation: expanding the contemporary antisemitism collection
$140,000
David Horowitz Freedom Center · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2021
Operating support, disruptive pictures
$137,500
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2023
Operating support
$133,750
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Operating support
$128,500
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2021
Operating support
$125,000
Central Fund of Israel · Cedarhurst, NY · 2023
Keshet david
$125,000
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Fighting for equality in the courts of law and public opinion
$125,000
Secure Community Network · Chicago, IL · 2023
Operating support and philadelphia community security initiative
$125,000
Fuente Latina · Miami, FL · 2022
Operating support
$125,000
Itrek · New York, NY · 2022
Operating support
$125,000
Jewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco Marin and Peninsula · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Support for institute for curriculum services
$125,000
Scholars for Peace in the Middle East · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2022
Litigation and operating support
$125,000
The Electric Infrastructure Security Council · Washington, DC · 2022
Operating support
$125,000
Fuente Latina · Miami, FL · 2021
Operating support
$125,000
Jewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco Marin and Peninsula · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Institute for curriculum services
$125,000
Minding Your Mind Foundation · Ardmore, PA · 2021
California regional expansion, south florida programs, operating support
$125,000
National Right To Work Legal Defense Foundation · Springfield, VA · 2021
State partnerships/operating support
$125,000
Scholars for Peace in the Middle East · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2021
Litigation, operating support
$125,000
The Travelling Press Fund · Saint Petersburg, FL · 2021
Media training project
$122,500
Philadelphia Flyers Alumni Association · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Operating support
$122,500
Children'S Hospital of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Expanding availability of evidence-based interventions for mental health, neonatology unit, empower pilot
$120,000
Jewish Funders Network · New York, NY · 2022
Pillar foundation security grants
$118,500
Jewish Funders Network · New York, NY · 2021
Pillar foundation security grants
$116,350
Friends of the Cobbossee Watershed · Augusta, ME · 2023
Director of development pilot year funding, operating support
$116,000
Ayn Rand Institute · Santa Ana, CA · 2022
Elan journo fellowship, scholarships, operating support
$115,000
The Legion Fund · Bowling Green, KY · 2022
Operating support
$115,000
The Philos Project · New York, NY · 2022
Operating support
$115,000
The Philos Project · New York, NY · 2021
Operating support
$110,000
Friends of Cobbossee Watershed · Augusta, ME · 2022
Operating support
$106,000
Hole in the Wall Gang Fund · New Haven, CT · 2022
Operating support
$105,000
Kennebec Land Trust · Winthrop, ME · 2021
Office improvement, stewardship capacity expansion, operating support
$104,750
Swc Museum Corp · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Operating support
$102,500
Ayn Rand Institute · Santa Ana, CA · 2023
Operating support
$102,500
Jewish Funders Network · New York, NY · 2023
Pillar foundation security grants, the ramon award for excellence
$102,500
The Louis D Brandeis Center · Washington, DC · 2022
Operating support

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