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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2025 · 58 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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
WEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HIST$100,000
85 FUND$100,000
THE ALGEMEINER$100,000
DO NO HARM$100,000
TENEO NETWORK INC$100,000
INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF GLOBAL ANTISEMITISM AND POLICY$80,000
PHILADELPHIA METRO WILDLIFE CENTER$75,103
THE LOUIS D BRANDEIS CENTER INC$75,000
PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION$75,000
THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH$60,000
SECURE COMMUNITY NETWORK INC$60,000
DAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER$50,000
02The need
02

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its 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. Its 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
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
MN
IL
NY
PA
CA
VA
DC
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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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12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Israel On Campus Coalition Inc; 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.
03the grantee network

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
48/48
Grantees still filing
15/48
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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 budgetThe Louis D Brandeis Center Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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 budgetMUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 budgetTHE FAIRNESS CENTER INC: $16,250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE WILLIAM A FARNSWORTH LIBRARY AND ART MUSEUM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: 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

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Lindy Snider Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lindy Snider Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 20%2%6%14%25%funder's 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
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
    04Through Plinth

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    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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 58 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

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

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