Funding search · EIN 236952392 · Bethlehem, PA

Shafer Family Charitable Trust

Name: Shafer Family Charitable Trust grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

85
grants reported: $302,500
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $4,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

care compassionate church educational senior community artistic benefit

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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.

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Top recipients

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

Masonic Charities Fund8 grants · $40,000
Children'S Home of Easton3 grants · $23,000
The State Theatre4 grants · $20,000
Albrightsville Volunteer Fire Co3 grants · $19,000
Moravian Village of Bethlehem4 grants · $18,000
Epworth United Methodist Church4 grants · $18,000
St Luke'S School of Nursing4 grants · $16,000
St John'S Lutheran Church3 grants · $15,000
Visiting Nurse Assoc of Bethlehem3 grants · $15,000
Meals On Wheels3 grants · $11,000

Giving over time

$73,000

2022

$71,000

2023

$80,500

2024

$78,000

2025

Grant history

All 85 reported grants, largest first.

$11,000
Masonic Charities Fund · Elizabethtown, PA · 2022
General operating
$8,000
Children'S Home of Easton · Easton, PA · 2025
For purpose of compassionate care fd
$8,000
Children'S Home of Easton · Easton, PA · 2024
For purpose of compassionate care fd
$7,000
Albrightsville Volunteer Fire Co · Albrightsville, PA · 2025
For support of fire services
$7,000
Albrightsville Volunteer Fire Co · Albrightsville, PA · 2024
For support of fire services
$7,000
Children'S Home of Easton · Easton, PA · 2023
For purpose of compassionate care fd
$7,000
Childrens Home of Easton Pa · Easton, PA · 2022
General operating
$6,000
Epworth United Methodist Church · Bethlehem, PA · 2025
For church assistance programs
$5,000
Masonic Charities Fund · Elizabethtown, PA · 2025
For purpose of compassionate care fd
$5,000
Masonic Charities Fund · Elizabethtown, PA · 2025
For compassionate care fund
$5,000
Moravian Village of Bethlehem · Bethlehem, PA · 2025
For senior assistance programs
$5,000
St John'S Lutheran Church · Nazareth, PA · 2025
For church assistance programs
$5,000
The State Theatre · Easton, PA · 2025
For community theatre programs
$5,000
Visiting Nurse Assoc of Bethlehem · Bethlehem, PA · 2025
For purpose of senior care programs
$5,000
Masonic Charities Fund · Elizabethtown, PA · 2024
For purpose of compassionate care fd
$5,000
Masonic Charities Fund · Elizabethtown, PA · 2024
For compassionate care fund
$5,000
Moravian Village of Bethlehem · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
For senior assistance programs
$5,000
St John'S Lutheran Church · Nazareth, PA · 2024
For church assistance programs
$5,000
The State Theatre · Easton, PA · 2024
For community theatre programs
$5,000
Vision of Eagles · Kunkletown, PA · 2024
For purpose of community assistance
$5,000
Visiting Nurse Assoc of Bethlehem · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
For purpose of senior care programs
$5,000
Albrightsville Volunteer Fire Co · Albrightsville, PA · 2023
For support of fire services
$5,000
Masonic Charities Fund · Elizabethtown, PA · 2023
For purpose of compassionate care fd
$5,000
St John'S Lutheran Church · Nazareth, PA · 2023
For church assistance programs
$5,000
The State Theatre · Easton, PA · 2023
For community theatre programs
$5,000
Visiting Nurse Assoc of Bethlehem · Bethlehem, PA · 2023
For purpose of senior care programs
$5,000
Albrightsville Volunteer Fire Company · Albrightsville, PA · 2022
General operating
$5,000
St John'S Evan Lutheran Church · Nazareth, PA · 2022
General operating
$5,000
The State Theatre · Easton, PA · 2022
General operating
$5,000
Visiting Nurse Association · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
General operating
$4,000
Lehigh Valley Zoo · Schnecksville, PA · 2025
For purpose of zoo programs
$4,000
Meals On Wheels · Allentown, PA · 2025
For the benefit of senior assistance
$4,000
St Luke'S School of Nursing · Bethlehem, PA · 2025
For nursing education programs
$4,000
Epworth United Methodist Church · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
For church assistance programs
$4,000
Lehigh Valley Zoo · Schnecksville, PA · 2024
For purpose of zoo programs
$4,000
Meals On Wheels · Allentown, PA · 2024
For the benefit of senior assistance
$4,000
St Luke'S School of Nursing · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
For nursing education programs
$4,000
Epworth United Methodist Church · Bethlehem, PA · 2023
For church assistance programs
$4,000
Moravian Village of Bethlehem · Bethlehem, PA · 2023
For senior assistance programs
$4,000
St Luke'S School of Nursing · Bethlehem, PA · 2023
For nursing education programs
$4,000
Vision of Eagles · Kunkletown, PA · 2023
For purpose of community assistance
$4,000
Epworth United Methodist Church · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
General operating
$4,000
Moravian Village of Bethlehem · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
General operating
$4,000
St Luke'S School of Nursing · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
General operations
$4,000
Vision of Eagles Foundation · Kunkletown, PA · 2022
General operating
$3,000
Flint Hill Farm Educational Center · Coopersburg, PA · 2025
For educational farm programs
$3,000
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit · Bethlehem, PA · 2025
For pediatric compassionate care
$3,000
Flint Hill Farm Educational Center · Coopersburg, PA · 2024
For educational farm programs
$3,000
Lehigh Valley Zoo · Schnecksville, PA · 2023
For purpose of zoo programs
$3,000
Masonic Charities Fund · Elizabethtown, PA · 2023
For compassionate care fund
$3,000
Meals On Wheels · Allentown, PA · 2023
For the benefit of senior assistance
$3,000
Meals On Wheels of the Greater Lehigh · Allentown, PA · 2022
General operating
$3,000
Third Street Alliance · Easton, PA · 2022
General operating
$2,500
Artsquest · Bethlehem, PA · 2025
For artistic educational programs
$2,500
Artsquest · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
For artistic educational programs
$2,500
Artsquest · Bethlehem, PA · 2023
For artistic educational programs
$2,500
Artsquest · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
General operating
$2,000
Equi-Librium · Nazareth, PA · 2025
For purpose of equine therapy prog
$2,000
Special Recreation Services · Bangor, PA · 2025
For purpose of community assistance
$2,000
Equi-Librium · Nazareth, PA · 2024
For purpose of equine therapy prog
$2,000
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
For pediatric compassionate care
$2,000
Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra · Allentown, PA · 2024
For purpose of musical programs
$2,000
Equi-Librium · Nazareth, PA · 2023
For purpose of equine therapy prog
$2,000
Flint Hill Farm Educational Center · Coopersburg, PA · 2023
For educational farm programs
$2,000
Third Street Alliance for Women · Easton, PA · 2023
For women & children assistance
$2,000
Equi-Librium · Nazareth, PA · 2022
General operating
$2,000
Flint Hill Farm Educational Center · Coopersburg, PA · 2022
General operating
$2,000
The Easton Home · Easston, PA · 2022
General operating
$1,000
Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra · Allentown, PA · 2025
For purpose of musical programs
$1,000
Project of Easton · Easton, PA · 2025
For purpose of educational programs
$1,000
Project of Easton · Easton, PA · 2024
For purpose of educational programs
$1,000
Rajah Temple Complex · Blandon, PA · 2024
For church assistance programs
$1,000
Sights for Hope · Allentown, PA · 2024
For purpose of compassionate care fd
$1,000
Masonic Charities Fund · Elizabethtown, PA · 2023
For purpose of compassionate care fd
$1,000
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit · Bethlehem, PA · 2023
For pediatric compassionate care
$1,000
Project of Easton · Easton, PA · 2023
For purpose of educational programs
$1,000
Rajah Temple Complex · Blandon, PA · 2023
For church assistance programs
$1,000
Sights for Hope · Allentown, PA · 2023
For purpose of compassionate care fd
$1,000
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
General operating
$1,000
Project of Easton · Easton, PA · 2022
General operating
$1,000
Rajah Temple Complex · Blandon, PA · 2022
General operating
$1,000
Sights for Hope · Allentown, PA · 2022
General operating
$500
Rajah Temple Complex · Blandon, PA · 2025
For church assistance programs
$500
Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra · Allentown, PA · 2023
For purpose of musical programs
$500
Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra · Allentown, PA · 2022
General operating

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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.