Funding search · EIN 256644748 · Bethlehem, PA
Jack M Shaffer Charitable Trust
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 41
- grants reported
- $54,000
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $1,000
- 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.
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Funding pattern
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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.
- Alexa Snyder4 grants · $8,000
- Aliyah Najera3 grants · $6,000
- Alexis Traugher3 grants · $6,000
- Naveah Galan2 grants · $4,000
- Denise Cano3 grants · $3,000
- Julianna Guzzo3 grants · $3,000
- Ciani Cotto3 grants · $3,000
- Brielle Byerley2 grants · $2,000
- Daviana Jones1 grant · $2,000
- Declan Thompson1 grant · $2,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 41 reported grants, largest first.
- $2,000
Alexa Snyder · Bethlehem, PA · 2025
Scholarship
- $2,000
Alexis Traugher · Slatington, PA · 2025
Scholarship
- $2,000
Daviana Jones · Whitehall, PA · 2025
Scholarship
- $2,000
Naveah Galan · Allentown, PA · 2025
Scholarship
- $2,000
Alexa Snyder · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
Scholarship
- $2,000
Alexis Traugher · Slatington, PA · 2024
Scholarship
- $2,000
Aliyah Najera · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
Scholarship
- $2,000
Naveah Galan · Allentown, PA · 2024
Scholarship
- $2,000
Alexa Snyder · Bethlehem, PA · 2023
Scholarship
- $2,000
Alexis Traugher · Slatington, PA · 2023
Scholarship
- $2,000
Aliyah Najera · Bethlehem, PA · 2023
Scholarship
- $2,000
Mitchell Bast · Bethlehem, PA · 2023
Scholarship
- $2,000
Alexa Snyder · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
Scholarship
- $2,000
Aliyah Najera · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
Scholarship
- $2,000
Declan Thompson · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
Scholarship
- $1,000
Ciani Cotto · Bethlehem, PA · 2025
Scholarship
- $1,000
Daniela Guzzo · Bethlehem, PA · 2025
Scholarship
- $1,000
Julianna Guzzo · Bethlehem, PA · 2025
Scholarship
- $1,000
Mary Oceana Young · Allentown, PA · 2025
Scholarship
- $1,000
Mileyshka Cordero · Bethlehem, PA · 2025
Scholarship
- $1,000
Weston Greer · Bethlehem, PA · 2025
Scholarship
- $1,000
Ciani Cotto · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
Scholarship
- $1,000
Denise Cano · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
Scholarship
- $1,000
Julianna Guzzo · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
Scholarship
- $1,000
Keegan Thompson · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
Scholarship
- $1,000
Mileyshka Cordero · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
Scholarship
- $1,000
Weston Greer · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
Scholarship
- $1,000
Brielle Byerley · Easton, PA · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,000
Ciani Cotto · Bethlehem, PA · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,000
Denise Cano · Bethlehem, PA · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,000
Jenalyz Burgos · Allentown, PA · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,000
Joella Byerley · Easton, PA · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,000
Julianna Guzzo · Bethlehem, PA · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,000
Peter Bast · Bethlehem, PA · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,000
Brielle Byerley · Easton, PA · 2022
Scholarship
- $1,000
Denise Cano · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
Scholarship
- $1,000
Joella Byerley · Easton, PA · 2022
Scholarship
- $1,000
Juliana Guzzo · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
Scholarship
- $1,000
Keegan Thompson · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
Scholarship
- $0
Mitchell Bast · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
Scholarship
- $0
Peter Bast · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
Scholarship
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