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· Private foundation

Joseph L K Snyder

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$708k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$178k
Largest
01What you fund
0198% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Religion$2.1MEducation$2.0MHealth$1.5MScience & Tech$379kPhilanthropy$354kHuman Services$225kArts & Culture$140kYouth Development$86kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k10 grants · $256k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $452k
$35,670
Median grant
5
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE$178,352
MORAVIAN UNIVERSITY$142,682
EMANUEL REFORMED CHURCH$71,341
AMERICAN FDTN FOR THE BLIND$59,451
UNITED FAMILY & CHILDREN SOCIETY$41,616
THE CHEMISTS CLUB$35,670
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC$35,670
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC$23,780
SECOND STREET YOUTH CENTER INC$23,780
WILLS EYE FOUNDATION INC$23,780
DUCRET SCHOOL OF THE ARTS$23,780
UNITED WAY GREATER UN CTY$17,835
CRESCENT AVE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$17,835
MUHLENBERG FOUNDATION INC$12,006
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY19–25, $365k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 36% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN FDTN FOR THE BLIND: $59k → 19%AMERICAN FDTN FOR THE BLIND: $39k → 19%AMERICAN FDTN FOR THE BLIND: $34k → 19%UNITED FAMILY & CHILDREN SOCIETY: $42k → 10%UNITED FAMILY & CHILDREN SOCIETY: $37k → 10%UNITED FAMILY & CHILDREN SOCIETY: $30k → 10%SECOND STREET YOUTH CENTER INC: $24k → 10%UNITED FAMILY & CHILDREN SOCIETY: $21k → 10%UNITED FAMILY & CHILDREN SOCIETY: $17k → 10%UNITED FAMILY & CHILDREN SOCIETY: $17k → 10%UNITED FAMILY & CHILDREN SOCIETY: $16k → 10%SECOND STREET YOUTH CENTER INC: $16k → 10%SECOND STREET YOUTH CENTER INC: $13k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$6.9M · 28 repeat orgs$37k to everyone else

28 repeat relationships — 14 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
2

Total granted

$6.9M
$37k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+63%

Still filing today

64%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureInternationalOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • WE
    WILLS EYE FOUNDATION INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $313k · revenue +115%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC
    6× · 2017–2025 · $267k · revenue +11%
  • MU
    MORAVIAN UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2024–2025 · $210k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • AP
    AMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $20k · revenue +63%
  • HI
    HOMEFIRST INTERFAITH HOUSING
    one grant, 2023 · $17k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
2
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
3
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
4
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
5
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.

Education
6
Association of American Medical Colleges

Aamc leads & serves the academic medicine community to improve the health of people everywhere.

Education
7
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
8
University of Chicago Medical Center

Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…

Health
9
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
10
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
11
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
12
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alzheimer's New Jersey Inc and the most unlike its peers is Ducret School of the Arts. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 58 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%0%<5yr13%0%5–10yr19%0%10–20yr17%15%20–35yr15%25%35–55yr17%60%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%0%<5yr13%0%5–10yr19%0%10–20yr17%24%20–35yr15%9%35–55yr17%67%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 9% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/22
the rest of the field
9%
7,129/78,140

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 30 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/20
Grantees still filing
9/20
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

LANCASTER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY — $1,158,762 · OtherLANCASTER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARYEMANUEL REFORMED CHURCH — $684,524 · OtherEMANUEL REFORMED CHURCHTHE CHEMISTS' CLUB — $378,723 · OtherTHE CHEMISTS' CLUBCRESCENT AVE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — $280,494 · OtherCRESCENT AVE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHMORAVIAN UNIVERSITY — $210,286 · OtherMORAVIAN UNIVERSITYAMERICAN FDTN FOR THE BLIND — $106,946 · Other+9 more — $365,287 · Other+9 moreFRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE — $1,706,308 · EducationFRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGEWILLS EYE FOUNDATION INC — $313,109 · EducationWILLS EYE FOUNDATION INCAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $342,260 · HealthAMERICAN CANC…MUHLENBERG FOUNDATION INC — $182,688 · HealthMUHLENBERG FO…ALZHEIMER'S NEW JERSEY INC — $159,613 · HealthALZHEIMER'S N…AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN — $71,967 · HealthAMYOTROPHIC L…CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION — $32,643 · HealthARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC — $32,643 · Health+1 more — $20,000 · HealthAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC — $266,539 · Human ServicesUNITED FAMILY AND CHILDRENS SOCIETY — $178,896 · Human ServicesSECOND STREET YOUTH CENTER INC — $52,868 · Human ServicesUNITED WAY OF GREATER UNION COUNTY % JULIENNE CHERRY — $171,131 · PhilanthropyDUCRET SCHOOL OF THE ARTS — $140,318 · Arts & CultureHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC — $39,674 · International
Other$3,185,022Education$2,019,417Health$841,814Human Services$498,303Philanthropy$171,131Arts & Culture$140,318International$39,674

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetFRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE — $1,706,308 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHEMISTS' CLUB — $378,723 over 9y, 67% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $342,260 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWILLS EYE FOUNDATION INC — $313,109 over 7y, 4.6% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC — $266,539 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetMORAVIAN UNIVERSITY — $210,286 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMUHLENBERG FOUNDATION INC — $182,688 over 9y, 6.2% of budgetUNITED FAMILY AND CHILDRENS SOCIETY — $178,896 over 7y, 3.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER UNION COUNTY % JULIENNE CHERRY — $171,131 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetALZHEIMER'S NEW JERSEY INC — $159,613 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetDUCRET SCHOOL OF THE ARTS — $140,318 over 6y, 15% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN — $71,967 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND STREET YOUTH CENTER INC — $52,868 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC — $39,674 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLAINFIELD CITY UNION OF THE KING'S DAUGHTERS KING'S DAUGHTERS DAY SCHOOL — $35,008 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION — $32,643 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Union County Inc — $32,643 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC — $32,643 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEL CENTRO HISPANOAMERICANO — $32,643 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetAMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds FRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE
  • Who funds THE CHEMISTS' CLUB
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC
  • Who funds WILLS EYE FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC
  • Who funds MORAVIAN UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds MUHLENBERG FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds UNITED FAMILY AND CHILDRENS SOCIETY
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER UNION COUNTY % JULIENNE CHERRY
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S NEW JERSEY INC
  • Who funds DUCRET SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
  • Who funds AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN
  • Who funds SECOND STREET YOUTH CENTER INC
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC
  • Who funds PLAINFIELD CITY UNION OF THE KING'S DAUGHTERS KING'S DAUGHTERS DAY SCHOOL
  • Who funds CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION
  • Who funds Boys & Girls Clubs of Union County Inc
  • Who funds ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds EL CENTRO HISPANOAMERICANO
  • Who funds AMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOC

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Hyde and Watson FoundationNJ19.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Plainfield Foundation · Ej Grassmann Trust · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Columbia Bank Foundation · Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Joseph L K Snyder funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 30%5%19%42%75%your share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

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    How do I get to Joseph L K Snyder?

    Find your warmest path to Joseph L K Snyder through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 30 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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