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The Lindy Snider Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
58
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$160k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01FY2025 · 58 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $56k
  • $10k–50k25 grants · $541k
  • $50k–250k22 grants · $1.8M
$25,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$27M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ISRAEL ON CAMPUS COALITION$160,000
THE HAVERFORD SCHOOL$150,000
CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY$125,000
DO NO HARM$100,000
TENEO NETWORK INC$100,000
WEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HIST$100,000
THE ALGEMEINER$100,000
85 FUND$100,000
INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF GLOBAL ANTISEMITISM AND POLICY$80,000
PHILADELPHIA METRO WILDLIFE CENTER$75,103
PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION$75,000
THE LOUIS D BRANDEIS CENTER INC$75,000
SECURE COMMUNITY NETWORK INC$60,000
THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH$60,000
DAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER$50,000
02The need
02

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 (FY25–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $5k → 7%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.

Which US states your grants reach

ME
WA
MN
IL
NY
PA
CA
VA
DC
TX

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 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.

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The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
2
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…

Arts & Culture
3
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
4
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
5
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History

The weitzman national museum of american jewish history, on independence mall in philadelphia, presents educational programs and experiences that preserve, explore, and celebrate the history of jews in america. its purpose is to connect…

Arts & Culture
6
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
7
Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
8
American Jewish Committee

AJC's mission is to enhance the wellbeing of the Jewish people and Israel, and to advance human rights and democratic values in the United States and around the world. In pursuit of this mission, AJC advances democratic principles, fights…

Civil Rights
9
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
10
Pew Research Center

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan "fact tank" that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. Pew Research Center generates a foundation of facts that enriches the public dialogue and…

Social Science
11
The Philadelphia School

The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.

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Hebrew College

Promotes excellence in jewish learning & leadership within a pluralistic environment. see sch ohebrew college promotes excellence in jewish learning and leadership within a pluralistic environment of open inquiry, intellectual rigor,…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Israel On Campus Coalition Inc and the most unlike its peers is The Tikvah Fund. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyJewish Community FederationsYouth Ice Hockey ProgramsEducation Equity LeadershipFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Wildlife Rehabilitation Cen…Government Accountability R…Youth Sports Booster Organi…Community Arts OrganizationsChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Land Conservation Organizat…Public Library SupportAnimal Rescue and AdoptionIndependent K-8 Schools
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 20 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%9%<5yr14%15%5–10yr19%26%10–20yr16%28%20–35yr13%15%35–55yr16%9%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%10%<5yr14%21%5–10yr19%21%10–20yr16%22%20–35yr13%13%35–55yr16%12%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 9% of your grantees by number, and just 10% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/49
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,516

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.

03the grantee network

48 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 48 of the 58 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
48/48
Grantees still filing
18/48
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ISRAEL ON CAMPUS COALITION INC — $160,000 · EducationISRAEL ON CAMPUS COALITIO…HAVERFORD SCHOOL — $150,000 · EducationHAVERFORD SCHOOLTHE TIKVAH FUND — $50,000 · EducationTHE TIKVAH FUNDGRATZ COLLEGE — $36,000 · EducationGRATZ COLLEGEHETERODOX ACADEMY — $25,000 · EducationThe David Network — $25,000 · Education12 PLUS — $25,000 · EducationHUBBARD FREE LIBRARY — $25,000 · EducationPhiladelphia Flyers Alumni Association — $25,000 · Education+3 more — $16,250 · EducationWEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HIST — $100,000 · OtherWEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JE…85 FUND — $100,000 · Other85 FUNDDAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER — $50,000 · OtherDAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTERUNIVERSITY OF AUSTIN — $50,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF AUSTININFORMING AMERICA FOUNDATION — $50,000 · OtherINFORMING AMERICA FOUNDATIONTeneo Network Inc — $100,000 · OtherTeneo Network IncCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA — $28,950 · OtherINSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF GLOBAL ANTISEMITISM AND POLICY — $80,000 · OtherINSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF GLOBAL ANTIS…MIDDLE EAST FORUM — $50,000 · OtherMIDDLE EAST FORUM+15 more — $220,000 · Other+15 moreMISSION KIDS CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER — $125,000 · Crime & LegalMISSION KIDS C…Pacific Legal Foundation — $75,000 · Crime & LegalPacific Legal …The Louis D Brandeis Center Inc — $75,000 · Crime & LegalThe Louis D Br…THE FAIRNESS CENTER INC — $16,250 · Crime & LegalTHE FAIRNESS C…ALGEMEINER INC — $100,000 · Arts & CultureALGEMEINER …PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART — $50,000 · Arts & CulturePHILADELPHI…MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION — $30,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF T…NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER — $30,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL CO…THE WILLIAM A FARNSWORTH LIBRARY AND ART MUSEUM INC — $10,000 · Arts & CultureTheatre Ariel — $10,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more — $5,000 · Arts & CultureDO NO HARM — $100,000 · Public Safety & DisasterSECURE COMMUNITY NETWORK INC — $60,000 · Public Safety & DisasterTEAM RUBICON INC — $10,000 · Public Safety & DisasterPHILADELPHIA METRO WILDLIFE CENTER INC — $75,103 · AnimalsANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL TEAM — $50,000 · AnimalsPennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals — $25,000 · AnimalsWetlands and Wildlife Care Center — $10,000 · Animals+1 more — $5,000 · AnimalsTHE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH — $60,000 · HealthHEALTHCORPS INC — $50,000 · HealthHEALTH HUB SF — $20,000 · Health
Education$537,250Other$828,950Crime & Legal$291,250Arts & Culture$235,000Public Safety & Disaster$170,000Animals$165,103Health$130,000

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 budgetISRAEL ON CAMPUS COALITION INC — $160,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHAVERFORD SCHOOL — $150,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPHILADELPHIA METRO WILDLIFE CENTER INC — $75,103 over 1y, 23% of budgetPacific Legal Foundation — $75,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL TEAM — $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHEALTHCORPS INC — $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetNATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER — $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA — $28,950 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOBBOSSEECONTEE LAKE ASSOCIATION — $25,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetComcast Spectacor Charities Flyers Wives Fight For Lives — $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetThe David Network — $25,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budget12 PLUS — $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHUBBARD FREE LIBRARY — $25,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetED SNIDER YOUTH HOCKEY & EDUCATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSTUDENTS SUPPORTING ISRAEL — $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPhiladelphia Flyers Alumni Association — $25,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetHEALTH HUB SF — $20,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetGREATER SANTA BARBARA ICE SKATING ASSOCIATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPHILADELPHIA SKATING CLUB & HUMANE SOCIE TY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTheatre Ariel — $10,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $6,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREAL CLEAR FOUNDATION — $6,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPHILADELPHIA MURAL ARTS ADVOCATES INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHosts for Hospitals — $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF PHILADELPHIA — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLACK PASTORS UNITED FOR EDUCATION — $3,750 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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 Snider FoundationThe Jay and Terry Sni…The Craig Snider Foun…Another Light Foundat…Donors Trust IncErlbaum Family Founda…The Marcus Foundation…Bradley Impact Fund I…Jewish Community Foun…J Blair & Tena Frank …The Esther and Hyman …The Milstein Family F…
The Snider FoundationPA52.7× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Snider Foundation · The Jay and Terry Snider Foundation · The Craig Snider Foundation · Another Light Foundation · Donors Trust Inc · Erlbaum Family Foundation · The Marcus Foundation Inc · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · J Blair & Tena Frank Foundation · The Esther and Hyman Rapport Philanthropic Trust · The Milstein Family Foundation

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 The Lindy Snider Foundation 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 or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
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no gov · 20%2%6%14%25%your share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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.

    04Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Lindy Snider Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Lindy Snider Foundation 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 58 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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