Funding search · EIN 232502319 · Bethlehem, PA

Shaffer Family Charitable Trust

Name: Shaffer Family Charitable Trust grants, 2022–2024
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.

52
grants reported: $1.9M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

donee

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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.

Top recipients

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

United Way of Greater Lehigh Valley3 grants · $750,000
Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley3 grants · $375,000
St Luke'S Hospital3 grants · $150,000
New Bethany Ministries3 grants · $105,000
Communities in Schools of the Lehigh Valley3 grants · $75,000
The Arc3 grants · $60,000
Bishop'S Annual Appeal3 grants · $45,000
Hispanic Center Lehigh Valley2 grants · $40,000
The Children'S Home of Easton2 grants · $40,000
Cadc of Bethlehem2 grants · $40,000

Giving over time

$697,000

2022

$581,500

2023

$609,750

2024

Grant history

All 52 reported grants, largest first.

$250,000
United Way of Greater Lehigh Valley · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$250,000
United Way of Greater Lehigh Valley · Bethlehem, PA · 2023
Unrestricted use by donee
$250,000
United Way of Greater Lehigh Valley · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$125,000
Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley · Allentown, PA · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$125,000
Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley · Allentown, PA · 2023
Unrestricted use by donee
$125,000
Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley · Allentown, PA · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$50,000
St Luke'S Hospital · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$50,000
St Luke'S Hospital · Bethlehem, PA · 2023
Unrestricted use by donee
$50,000
St Luke'S Hospital · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$35,000
New Bethany Ministries · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$35,000
New Bethany Ministries · Bethlehem, PA · 2023
Unrestricted use by donee
$35,000
New Bethany Ministries · Allentown, PA · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$25,000
Communities in Schools of the Lehigh Valley · Allentown, PA · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$25,000
Communities in Schools of the Lehigh Valley · Allentown, PA · 2023
Unrestricted use by donee
$25,000
Communities in Schools of the Lehigh Valley · Allentown, PA · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$25,000
Meals On Wheels of the Greater Lehigh Valley · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$20,000
Cadc of Bethlehem · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$20,000
Hispanic Center Lehigh Valley · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$20,000
The Arc · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$20,000
The Children'S Home of Easton · Easton, PA · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$20,000
The Arc · Bethlehem, PA · 2023
Unrestricted use by donee
$20,000
The Children'S Home of Easton · Easton, PA · 2023
Unrestricted use by donee
$20,000
Cadc of Bethlehem · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$20,000
Hispanic Center Lehigh Valley · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$20,000
Ncc Foundation · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$20,000
Project of Easton · Easton, PA · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$20,000
The Arc · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$15,000
Bishop'S Annual Appeal · Allentown, PA · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$15,000
Bishop'S Annual Appeal · Allentown, PA · 2023
Unrestricted use by donee
$15,000
Jewish Family Service · Allentown, PA · 2023
Unrestricted use by donee
$15,000
Bishop'S Annual Appeal · Allentown, PA · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$15,000
Jewish Family Service · Allentown, PA · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$10,000
Easter Seals Eastern Pa · Allentown, PA · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$10,000
Easter Seals Eastern Pa · Allentown, PA · 2023
Unrestricted use by donee
$10,000
Allentown Area Ecumenical Food Bank · Allentown, PA · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$10,000
Cancer Support Community · Allentown, PA · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$10,000
Victory House · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$7,500
Allentown Symphony Association · Allentown, PA · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$5,500
Shanthi Project · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$5,250
Miller-Keystone Blood Center · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$5,000
Lehigh Valley Summerbridge · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$5,000
Boys & Girls Club of Allentown · Allentown, PA · 2023
Unrestricted use by donee
$5,000
Minsi Trails Council · Allentown, PA · 2023
Unrestricted use by donee
$5,000
Allentown Symphony Association · Allentown, PA · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$5,000
Boys & Girls Club of Allentown · Allentown, PA · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$5,000
Lehigh Valley Summerbridge · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$4,500
Miller-Keystone Blood Center · Bethlehem, PA · 2023
Unrestricted use by donee
$4,500
Miller-Keystone Blood Center · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$2,000
Stephen'S Place · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
Unrestricted use by donee
$2,000
Stephen'S Place · Bethlehem, PA · 2023
Unrestricted use by donee
$2,000
Stephen'S Place · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee
$0
Easter Seals Eastern Pa · Allentown, PA · 2022
Unrestricted use by donee

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