Snider Foundation

The Snider Foundation is a rightwing, Pennsylvania-based 501(c)(3) foundation founded in 1978 by business executive Ed Snider.

According to the organization's website, the Snider Foundation focuses on:

• American ​Values: "Individual liberty, constitutional freedom, economic liberty and private enterprise are core values that influence our work."
• Community: "Strong communities help everyone thrive. We support organizations dedicated to building better societies."
• Jewish Culture and Survival: "Our family foundation embraces its legacy with philanthropic efforts that sustain Jewish culture and combat antisemitism."

News and Controversies

Supporting University With Ties to White Nationalism and Election Denial

In a May 2022 report, It was discovered that the Benson Center at the University of Colorado had numerous ties to far-right groups. The university has great ties to John Eastman, who was the lawyer at the center of Donald Trump's attempted coup in the aftermath of the 2020 election. The university has come under fire for its " founder’s ties to white nationalism and prominent racists, the far-right views of multiple Benson Center figures, and the support the center receives from public funds." The Snider Foundation has contributed $527,541 to the institution in recent years.

Snider Combined Funding with Koch Foundation to Create New Center at University of Maryland's Business School

In 2014, Ed Snider pledged $5 million to create the Ed Snider Center for Enterprise and Markets at The University of Maryland. The Koch Foundation contributed $1 million toward the project, allowing UM to "hire three professors and a managing director, in addition to support staff, five doctoral candidates and four post-doctoral fellows."

Ed Snider Helped Found Ayn Rand Institute, Served on Atlas Society Board, Produced Movies Based on Atlas Shrugged

After Snider's death in 2016, Ayn Rand Institute founder David Kelley wrote, "Ed [Snider] was instrumental in starting the Ayn Rand Institute in 1985. After I founded The Atlas Society, he joined our board in 1995 and served until 2009. His impact was enormous; in addition to his major financial support he contributed his business acumen to board decisions."

Snider produced Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011) as well as Atlas Shrugged: Who is John Galt? (2014), parts of a movie trilogy adapted from Ayn Rand's book Atlas Shrugged.

Grants Distributed

2020

• 30 Day Fund: $155,000
• 3rd Special Forces Group Warrior: $70,000
• Abbe Museum : $2,000
• American Antiquarian Societ: $1,000
• American Friends Of Yad Vashe: $125,000
• American Friends Of Yahad-In Unum: $85,000
• American Philosophical Society: $5,000
• Angel Fund649: $10,000
• Anti-Defamation League: $1,000
• Athletes For Care: $35,000
• Ayn Rand Institute: $75,000
• Bangor Area Recovery Network: $15,000
• Beyond Celiac: $25,000
• Celiac: $Together (Apart) For A Cure Bicycle Coalition Of Greater: $45,500
• Bill Of Rights Institute: $50,000
• Birthright Israel Foundation: $25,000
• Ymca: $49,500
• Boys & Girls Clubs Of Kennebec: $100,000
• Braver Angels : $25,000
• Broad And Liberty Inc: $25,000
• Broad Street Ministry: $250
• Cb Community Schools: $10,000
• California Community Foundation: $10,000
• Cape Ann Animal Aid4 Paws Lane: $5,000
• Cape Ann Museum Inc: $5,000
• Cape Ann Ymca: $10,000
• Central Synagogue: $1,000
• Chabad At Tulane: $1,000
• Children's Hospital Foundation 88,500
• Club Z1055 Riverton Drive : $40,000
• Commonwealth Foundation For Public Policy Alternatives: $360,000
• Community Partnership School: $10,000 1
• Community Security Service: $25,000
• Congregation Rodeph Shalom 1,500
• Covenant House: $2,500
• Daily Pennsylvanian Inc: $5,000
• David Horowitz Freedom Center: $210,000
• Delaware County Veterans: $2,500
• Ed Snider Youth Hockey: $25,300
• Emily's Entourage: $2,500
• Families Against Mandatory Minimums Foundation (Famm): $50,000
• Family Reach Foundation: $25,000
• Farnsworth Art Museum: $4,000
• Federalist Society: $50,000
• First Step Staffing Philadelphia : $
• Food And Environment Reporting: $10,000
• Foundation For Defense Of Democracies: $350,000
• Foundation For Economic Education: $65,000
• Foundation For Government Accountability: $25,000
• Foundation For Individual Rights In Education: $260,000
• Friends Central School: $5,000
• Friends Of Gloucester Dog Park 500
• Friends Of Israel Initiative: $35,000
• Friends Of The Cobbossee: $77,500
• Fuente Latina Inc : $75,000
• Gary Sinise Foundation: $1,000
• Lehrman Institute Of Teaching Civics Through American History: $75,000
• Gloucester Education Foundation: $3,000
• Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute: $2,000
• Good Shepherd Conservancy: $5,000
• Good Shepherd Food Bank: $4,200
• Greater Santa Barbara Ice Skating Association: $25,000
• Health Corps: $25,000
• Helpusadoptorgpo: $250
• Heterodox Academy : $60,000
• Hillsdale College : $10,000
• Holocaust Museum La: $100,000
• Hubbard Free Library: $2,000
• Hudson Institute Inc: $2,500
• Impact Israel 11,700
• Institute For Free Speech: $50,000
• Institute For Justice: $495,000
• Interfaith Youth Core: $30,000
• International Institute For Education And Research On Germany Antisemitism: $50,000
• Gm Island Institute: $4,000
• Israel Emergency Alliance Dba 85,000
• Israel On Campus Coalition: $125,000
• Itrek1460 Broadway: $100,000
• J Paul Getty Trust Pof Getty Research Institute 7,500
• Jewish Community Relations: $125,000
• Jewish Relief Agency: $30,000
• Jose Mateo Ballet Theater: $7,500
• Land Trust: $15,000
• Lazarus House Ministries: $250
• Letter Of The Law: $325,000
• Library Company Of Philadelphia: $2,500
• Maine Farmland Trust: $5,000
• Maine Medical Center: $25,000
• Maine Organic Farmers And Gardeners Association: $5,000
• Maine Public : $30,000
• Manhattan Institute For Policy: $8,000
• Meaningful Purpose: $10,000
• Media Impact Funders: $500 Michael J Fox Foundation For Parkinson's Research:10,000
• Middle East Media Research: $118,000
• Minding Your Mind Foundation: $40,000
• Minnesota Public Radio: $1,000
• Multidisciplinary Association For Psychedelic Studies Research/Emory University: $20,000
• Museum Of The American Revolution Support: $57,000
• National Constitution Center: $60,000
• National Museum Of American Jewish History Houdini And Copperfield: $30,000
• National Right To Work Legal Defense Foundation Partnerships/Operating: $125,000
• Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship: $20,000
• New Civil Liberties Alliance: $75,000
• Northeast Animal Shelter Inc: $1,000
• Northwestern University: $50,000
• Not One More Vet: $5,000
• On Being Project: $1,000
• One Vet At A Time Inc: $10,000
• Openmind Platform : $50,000
• Pacific Legal Foundation: $125,000
• Palestinian Media Watch Nc Salaries For Arabic: $75,000
• Is Pals Programs4965 Grundy Way: $300,000
• Socioeconomic Barriers Pennsylvania Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals: $25,000
• Phase One Foundation: $5,000
• Philadelphia Film Society: $3,000
• Philadelphia Flyers Alumni: $15,000
• Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation: $25,000
• Philadelphia Metro Wildlife: $25,000
• Philadelphia Mural Arts 30,000
• Philadelphia Museum Of Art: $5,500
• Philadelphia Police Foundation: $100,000
• Model Philadelphia Theatre Company: $5,000
• Points North Institute: $1,000
• Prager University Foundation: $15,000
• Property And Environment Research Center: $75,000
• Real Clear Foundation: $15,000
• Reason Foundation: $55,000
• Reporters Committee For Freedom Of The Press: $10,000
• Riverkeeper Inc2 : $10,000
• Rodale Institute : $5,000
• Root & Rebound: $11,000
• Samaritans Inc : $50,600
• Scholars For Peace In The Middle East Support: $125,000
• Secure Community Network Inc: $100,000
• South Carolina Aquarium: $10,000
• Special Olympics Pennsylvania Inc 1,000
• Special Operations Wounded Warriors: $5,000
• Stanford Law School: $20,000
• Stray Cat Alliance: $17,000
• Students Supporting Israel: $30,000
• Talent Market: $30,000
• Temple Ahavat Achim : $1,000
• The Administrators Of The Tulane Education Fund American Jewish Experience: $30,000
• The Als Association: $250
• The Andalusia Foundation 1,000
• The Andrew Jackson Foundation: $2,500
• The Central Fund Of Israel: $2,500
• The Conversation: $5,000
• The Edward M Kennedy Institute: $10,000
• The Fairness Center Inc: $300,000
• The Garrett Snider Initiative Dba The Childhood Resilience Foundation: $2,500
• The Gmu Foundation: $5,000
• The Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: $10,000
• The Honor Foundation: $5,000
• The Jewish Institute For National Security Of America: $50,000
• The Lawfare Project 375,000
• The Legion Fund: $115,000
• The Len Fest Institute For Journalism Support: $25,000
• The Miami Foundation: $15,000
• The New York Pops: $25,000
• The Philadelphia Orchestra: $20,000
• The Philanthropy Roundtable: $101,900
• The Philos Project: $115,000
• The Steamboat Institute: $22,500
• The Woodson Center: $1776
• True Vine Foundation: $2,500
• Trustees Of Boston University: $15,000
• Trustees Of Columbia University: $500
• Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania Penn Museum: $7,500
• Trustees Of Tufts College: $26,800
• United Charitable: $205,000
• United Nations Watch - Usa: $100,000
• University Of Colorado University: $255,000
• University Of Maryland College: $879,035
• Holocaust Memorial Museum: $85,000
• Usc Shoah Foundation Institute For Visual History And Immersive And Interactive Education: $500,000
• Ventoux Partnership Network: $200,000
• White Coat Waste Project: $25,000
• Whyy Inc150 N Sixth Street: $20,000
• Wild Bird Fund Inc: $5,000
• Willows Park Preserve: $5,000
• Woc Educators: $10,000
• World Resources Institute: $2,500
• Young America's Foundation: $25,000

2019

• 12 Plus: $30,000
• A Greener World: $25,000
• Action Inc: $10,000
• Adath Israel: $1,000
• American Friends Of Yahad-in Unum: $50,000
• American Philosophical Society: $2,500
• American Society For Yad Vashem: $90,000
• Anti-Defamation League: $11,000
• Athletes for Care: $55,000
• Ayn Rand Institute: $100,000
• Ballet Theatre of Boston: $10,000
• Bangor Area Recovery Network: $15,000
• Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia: $25,000
• Big Hearts to Little Hearts: $1,000
• Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences: $6,000
• Bill of Rights Institute: $50,000
• Birthright Israel Foundation: $25,000
• Boothbay Region YMCA: $55,984
• Boys and Girls Clubs of Kennebec Valley: $10,000
• Broad and Liberty: $5,000
• CB Community Schools: $35,200
• Camp Mechuwanapo: $1,000
• Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara: $25,000
• Cape Ann Museum: $10,000
• Cape Ann YMCA Middle Street: $10,000
• CDC Foundation: $20,000
• Chabad of the Main Line: $1,000
• Chester County Hospital: $20,000
• Children’s Burn Foundation: $8,000
• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation: $86,833
• Club Z: $30,000
• Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens: $500
• Collab-orators: $30,000
• Columbia Barnard Hillel: $5,000
• Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston: $25,000
• Committee to Protect Journalists: $1,000
• Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives: $360,000
• Community Partnership School: $10,000
• Council for Relationships: $1,000
• Covenant House: $10,000
• Creative Visions Foundation: $15,000
• Cumberland Community Foundation: $77,500
• Cystic Fibrosis Research Fund: $32,500
• Daily Pennsylvanian: $1,000
• David Horowitz Freedom Center: $235,000
• Delaware County Veterans Memorial Association in Newtown Square: $2,500
• Deliver Fund: $21,000
• Discovery Land Company Foundation: $500
• Drexel University Office of Institutional Advancement: $1,000
• Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation: $155,000
• Emory University: $25,000
• Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund: $500
• Families Against Mandatory Minimums Foundation: $55,000
• Family Reach Foundation: $40,000
• Feeding America: $20,000
• Food and Environment Reporting Network: $5,000
• Foundation for Defense of Democracies: $360,000
• Foundation for Economic Education: $65,000
• Foundation for Individual Rights in Education: $260,000
• Freedomworks Foundation: $15,000
• Friends of Israel Initiative: $25,000
• Friends of Rittenhouse Square: $2,500
• Friends of the Cobbossee Watershed: $127,500
• Friends of Gladwyne Jewish Memorial Cemetery: $250
• Friends of the High Line: $500
• Friends of Yemin Orde: $2,750
• Fringe Arts: $5,000
• Fuente Latina Inc: $50,000
• Gates Philanthropy Partners: $25,000
• George Mason University Foundation: $21,000
• Gershman Y: $1,000
• Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History: $75,000
• Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania: $1,500
• Global Wildlife Conservation: $12,500
• Gloucester Education Foundation: $1,000
• Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute: $1,000
• Good Food Institute: $500
• Grant Center for the American Jewish Experience at Tulane: $30,000
• Greater Philadelphia Film Office: $1,000
• Greater Santa Barbara Ice Skating Association: $25,000
• Griffin Gives Foundation: $5,000
• Haverford School: $2,500
• Heal the Bay: $1,000
• Help US Adopt Org: $200
• Heritage Radio Network: $500
• Heterodox Academy: $55,000
• Hillsdale College: $25,000
• Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwestern University: $50,000
• Holy Redeemer Health System: $200
• Honestly Concerned: $10,000
• Hubbard Free Library: $20,000
• Hudson Institute: $6,500
• Institute for Free Speech: $50,000
• Institute for Humane Studies: $10,000
• Institute for Justice: $550,000
• International Center of Photography: $1,000
• International Institute for Education and Research of Antisemitism: $50,000
• Investigative Reporters and Editors: $5,000
• Island Institute: $8,500
• Israel Emergency Alliance DBA Alums for Campus Fairness: $75,000
• Israel on Campus Coalition: $75,000
• ITREK: $100,000
• J Paul Getty Trust: $7,500
• Jewish Center - Chabad of Hoboken: $10,200
• Jewish Community Relations Council: $100,000
• Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles: $25,000
• Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia: $25,000
• Jewish Funders Network: $121,499
• Johns Hopkins Medicine: $1,000
• JRDF-Greater Delaware Valley Chapter: $3,000
• Kavod-Ensuring Dignity for Holocaust Survivors: $30,000
• Kennebec Land Trust: $21,333
• Kimmel Center Inc: $20,250
• Lawrence Academy: $1,000
• Legacy Youth Tennis and Education: $18,000
• Liberty Justice Center: $50,000
• Life After Hate: $12,500
• Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust: $25,000
• Maine General Health: $500
• Manhattan Institute for Policy Research: $20,000
• Masbia: $41,833
• Mass Design Group: $500
• Mediators Foundation: $12,000
• Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research: $10,000
• Middle East Media Research Institute: $75,000
• Minding Your Mind Foundation: $25,000
• Mission Kids: $72,000
• Moore College of Art and Design: $1,000
• Mount St Joseph Association: $1,000
• Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies: $5,000
• Museum of the American Revolution: $67,500
• Nantucket New School: $2,000
• National Constitution Center: $60,000
• National Foundation for Celiac Awareness DBA Beyond Celiac: $40,000
• National Museum of American Jewish History: $25,000
• National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation: $100,000
• Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship: $20,000
• New Civil Liberties Alliance: $60,000
• New York Public Radio: $500
• Northeast Animal Shelter: $1,000
• NYU Langone Health System: $5,000
• On Being Project: $1,000
• One2One Foundation: $205,000
• Openmind Platform: $50,000
• Orphaned Starfish Foundation: $15,000
• Pacific Legal Foundation: $100,000
• Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness: $10,000
• Palestinian Media Watch: $50,000
• Palisades Pride: $5,000
• Pals Programs: $16,000
• Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $17,000
• Phase One Foundation: $5,000
• Philabundance: $5,000
• Philadelphia Environmental Film Festival: $15,000
• Philadelphia Flyers Alumni Association: $15,000
• Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation: $166,667
• Philadelphia Metro Wildlife Center: $42,650
• Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates: $13,768
• Philadelphia Museum of Art: $5,500
• Philadelphia Police Foundation: $2,500
• Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House: $5,000
• Philadelphia Theatre Company: $2,500
• Philadelphia Youth Basketball: $10,000
• Philly Fights Cancer: $3,000
• Phoenix Multisport: $24,500
• Please Touch Museum: $1,500
• Prager University Foundation: $15,000
• Project Home: $120,000
• Public Citizens for Children and Youth: $2,000
• Rendell Center for Civics and Civic Engagement: $2,000
• Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press $1,000
• Riverkeeper: $10,000
• Rodale Institute: $1,000
• Root & Rebound: $31,100
• Rxart: $1,500
• Samaritans: $10,000
• Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network: $500
• Scholars for Peace in the Middle East: $75,000
• Secure Community Network: $50,000
• Shurat Hadin - Israel Law Center: $300,000
• Simon Wiesenthal Center: $510,000
• Simon Wiesenthal Centre Europe: $23,750
• Socially Responsible Agricultural Project: $1,000
• South Carolina Aquarium: $5,000
• Special Olympics Pennsylvania: $2,000
• St Monica's Church: $1,000
• State Policy Network: $1,000
• Stone Barnes Center for Food and Agriculture: $1,000
• Stray Cat Alliance: $13,500
• Students Supporting Israel: $20,500
• Support Center for Child Advocates: $15,000
• Talent Market: $30,000
• Team Rubicon: $1,000
• Temple Ahavat Achim: $1,000
• Temple University: $2,000
• The ALS Association: $200
• The Baldwin School: $1,000
• The Barnes Foundation: $7,500
• The Common Place: $3,600
• The Community Foundation of South Central Kentucky: $117,500
• The Fairness Center: $300,000
• The Federalist Society: $35,000
• The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia: $5,000
• The Greater Boston Food Bank: $15,000
• The Hermitage Andrew Jackson Foundation: $2,500
• The Jewish Institute for National Security of America: $15,000
• The Lawfare Project: $351,500
• The Lenfest Institute for Journalism: $12,500
• The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society: $1,000
• The Library Company of Philadelphia: $10,000
• The Open Door: $10,000
• The Orel Foundation: $10,000
• The Philadelphia Orchestra: $1,000
• The Philanthropy Roundtable: $58,000
• The Philos Project: $115,000
• The Steamboat Institute: $5,000
• The Wistar Institute: $6,000
• Theater at Monmouth: $13,500
• Thomas College: $1,000
• Tides Foundation: $4,397
• Trace Media: $500
• Trustees of Columbia University: $100
• Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania: $21,100
• United Nations Watch - USA: $80,000
• University of Colorado Foundation: $265,000
• University of Maryland College Park Foundation: $710,365
• U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: $50,000
• USC Shoah Foundation - The Institute for Visual History and Education: $514,000
• Vetri Community Partnership: $5,000
• White Coat Waste Project: $5,000
• Whyy: $500
• Wild Bird Fund: $10,500
• William A Farnsworth Library and Art Museum: $4,000
• William P Tatem PTA: $5,850
• Wiliamson College of the Trades: $100,000
• WITF: $3,500
• Women Make Movies: $25,000
• World Central Kitchen: $532
• World Resources Institute: $2,500
• Year Up: $100,000
• Young Americans for Liberty: $5,000

2018

• 12 Plus: $55,000
• A Greener World: $20,350
• AJC: $7,851
• American Cancer Society: $1,500
• American Friends Of Yahad-in Unum: $50,000
• American Society For Yad Vashem: $75,500
• Association of American Educators Foundation: $65,000
• Athletes for Care: $51,500
• Avenue of the Arts: $1,000
• Ayn Rand Institute: $100,000
• Ballet Theatre of Boston: $25,000
• Be a Part of the Conversation: $1,000
• Betsy Ann Ross House of Hope: $50,100
• Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia: $37,500
• Bicycle Colorado: $20,000
• Big Life Foundation USA: $20,000
• Bill of Rights Institute: $50,000
• Birthright Israel Foundation: $50,000
• Boys and Girls Clubs of Kennebec Valley: $25,000
• CB Community Schools: $35,000
• Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara: $25,000
• Cape Ann Museum: $2,500
• Cape Ann YMCA Middle Street: $10,000
• Center City District Foundation: $1,250
• Chabad at Temple: $5,000
• Chester County Hospital: $20,000
• Children’s Burn Foundation: $5,000
• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation: $40,000
• Civil Politics: $45,000
• Club Z: $30,000
• Comcast Spectator Charities: $1,000
• Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives: $350,000
• Compete: $360: $2,500
• Cradle of Liberty Council Boy: $1,000
• Cradles to Crayons: $12,000
• Creative Visions Foundation: $2,500
• Cumberland Community: $77,250
• Cystic Fibrosis Research Fund: $16,200
• David Horowitz Freedom Center: $225,000
• Delaware County Veterans Memorial Association in Newtown Square: $6,000
• Drexel University Office of Institutional Advancement: $10,000
• Eckerd College: $2,500
• Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation: $49,910
• Empire Center for Public Policy: $65,000
• Everytown for Gun Safety: $41,500
• Fairmount Park Conservancy: $15,000
• Faith in the Future Foundation: $90,000
• Family Reach Foundation: $35,000
• Famm: $50,000
• First Star: $25,000
• Foundation for Defense of Democracies: $335,000
• Foundation for Economic Education: $65,000
• Foundation for Individual Rights in Education: $250,000
• Foundation for Santa Barbara City College: $1,000
• Freedom Forum Institute: $35,000
• Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge: $31,000
• Friends Central School Corporation: $30,000
• Friends of East Whiteland Fire and Ambulance Company: $2,500
• Friends of Israel Initiative: $30,000
• Friends of Rittenhouse Square: $4,000
• Friends of the Chester County Library: $2,500
• Friends of the Children - Los Angeles: $15,000
• Friends of the Cobbossee Watershed: $116,240
• Friends of Yemin Orde: $1,000
• Fuente Latina Inc: $50,000
• Gary Sinise Foundation: $46,000
• Gershman Y: $1,000
• Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History: $75,000
• Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania: $1
• Gloucester Education Foundation: $1
• Gloucester Marine Genomics: $1
• Greater Santa Barbara Ice Skating Association: $100,000
• Heal the Bay: $20,250
• Heterodox Academy: $45,000
• Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwestern University: $50,000
• Institute for Curriculum Services: $100,000
• Institute for Free Speech: $50,000
• Institute for Justice: $505,000
• Institute to Reduce Spending: $10,000
• International Institute for Education and Research of Antisemitism: $48,750
• Israel Emergency Alliance DBA Alums for Campus Fairness: $75,000
• Israel Emergency Alliance DBA Strandwithus: $5,000
• Israel on Campus Coalition: $30,000
• ITREK: $100,000
• J Paul Getty Trust: $7,500
• Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation: $500
• Jewish Relief Agency: $25,000
• Kennebec Land Trust: $31,000
• Kimmel Center Inc: $30,000
• Lawrence Academy: $500
• Legacy Youth Tennis and Education: $20,000
• Lesley University: $4,000
• Maine Lobstermen’s Community Alliance: $2,500
• Marijuana Policy Project: $1,000
• Marine Mammals of Maine: $1,000
• Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research: $10,000
• Middle East Forum: $50,000
• Minding Your Mind: $50,000
• Mission Kids: $40,000
• Moore College of Art and Design: $1,000
• Mount St Joseph: $1,000
• Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies: $20,000
• Museum of the American Revolution: $51,000
• National Constitution Center: $50,000
• National Foundation for Celiac Awareness DBA Beyond Celiac: $105,000
• National Museum of American Jewish History: $35,250
• National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation: $90,000
• National Resources Council: $5,000
• Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship: $20,000
• New Civil Liberties Alliance: $60,000
• North Valley Animal Disaster Group: $500
• Nurturing Minds: $1,000
• NYU Langone Health System: $2,500
• Orphaned Starfish Foundation: $15,250
• Pacific Legal Foundation: $65,000
• Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness: $2,500
• Palestinian Media Watch: $50,000
• Palisades Pride: $2,500
• Pals Programs: $40,000
• Panthera: $1,200
• Parents Cooperative of Nantucket: $2,000
• Pathways for Children: $500
• Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: $50,000
• Pennsylvania Ballet: $6,000
• Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $57,700
• Phase One: $8,000
• Philabundance: $20,000
• Philadelphia Environmental Film Festival: $10,000
• Philadelphia Flyers Alumni: $50,000
• Philadelphia Futures: $29,000
• Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation: $166,667
• Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame: $1,000
• Philadelphia Metro Wildlife Center: $92,500
• Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates: $30,000
• Philadelphia Museum of Art: $6,000
• Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House: $15,000
• Philadelphia Theatre Company: $1,000
• Philadelphia Youth Basketball: $12,000
• Philanthropy Roundtable: $40,000
• Please Touch Museum: $21,250
• Project Home: $35,200
• Property & Environment Research Center: $10,000
• Prostate Cancer Foundation: $25,000
• Public Citizens for Children and Youth: $16,000
• Rails to Trials Conservancy: $25,000
• Rebel Ventures: $1,000
• Resilience Foundation: $5,000
• Root & Rebound: $51,000
• Samaritans: $8,000
• Scholars for Peace in the Middle East: $75,000
• Shurat Hadin - Israel Law Center: $300,000
• Simon Wiesenthal Center: $550,000
• South Carolina Aquarium: $2,500
• Special Olympics Pennsylvania: $35,000
• Stray Cat Alliance: $5,000
• Students for Liberty: $20,000
• Students Supporting Israel: $20,000
• Support Center for Child Advocates: $27,500
• Temple University Health System: $50,000
• Temple University: $1,000
• Texas Public Policy Foundation: $50,000
• The Better Angels Society: $1,000
• The Collab-Orators: $20,000
• The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee: $82,250
• The Fairness Center: $300,000
• The Federalist Society: $35,000
• The Hermitage Andrew Jackson Foundation: $5,000
• The Jewish Institute for National Security of America: $15,000
• The Lawfare Project: $351,500
• The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society: $28,500
• The Library Co of Philadelphia: $2,500
• The Middle East Media Research Institute: $55,000
• The Milken Institute: $5,000
• The Philadelphia Orchestra: $55,000
• The Philos Project: $115,000
• The Phoenix: $35,000
• The Pillar Foundation: $100,000
• The Steamboat Institute: $5,000
• The Wistar Institute: $5,000
• Theater at Monmouth: $25,000
• Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania: $52,000
• United Nations Watch - USA: $60,000
• United States Friends of the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust: $500
• University of Colorado Foundation: $205,000
• University of Maryland College Park Foundation: $1,103,774
• U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: $61,000
• USC Shoah Foundation - The Institute for Visual History and Education: $355,000
• Vetri Community Partnership: $51,000
• Villanova University: $10,000
• William A Farnsworth Library and Art Museum: $2,500
• Wiliamson College of the Trades: $80,000
• Winchester Foundation for Educational Excellence: $250
• Wissahickon Skating Club: $4,500
• World Resources Institute: $2,500
• Year Up: $25,500
• Youth Entrepreneurs: $45,000

2017

• American Red Cross: $2,500
• American Society for Yad Vashem: $50,000
• Ashbrook Center at Ashland University: $25,000
• Association of American Educations Foundation: $65,000
• Ayn Rand Institute: $100,000
• Betsy Ann Ross House of Hope: $50,000
• Beyond Celiac: $62,500
• Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia: $2,500
• Bicycle Colorado: $5,000
• Bill of Rights Institute: $50,000
• Birthright Israel Foundation: $50,000
• Brooklin Volunteer Fire Company: $4,000
• C.B. Community Schools: $30,000
• Cape Ann YMCA: $10,000
• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation: $32,000
• Clarion Fund: $2,000
• Clay Soper Memorial Fund: $1,000
• Club Z: $20,000
• Collab-Orators: $5,000
• Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives: $400,000
• Community Security Service: $50,000
• Cradle to Crayons: $12,000
• CRIF: $25,000
• Culture Trust Greater Philadelphia: $2,500
• David Horowitz Freedom Center: $225,000
• Drexel University: $2,500
• Ed Snider Youth Jockey Foundation: $40,000
• EdChoice: $60,000
• Emily Entourage: $10,000
• Empire Center for Public Policy: $65,000
• Fairmount Park Conservancy: $45,000
• Faith in the Future Foundation: $80,000
• Families Against Mandatory Minimums Foundation: $75,000
• Family Reach Foundation: $10,000
• First Star: $30,000
• Foundation for Defense of Democracies: $225,000
• Foundation for Economic Education: $65,000
• Foundation for Individual Rights in Education: $250,000
• Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge: $35,000
• Friends Accor-Care & Protection Children: $5,000
• Friends of Chester County Library: $5,000
• Friends of Cobbossee Watershed: $73,500
• Friends of Israel Initiative: $30,000
• Friends of Yemin Orde: $1,000
• Fuente Latina: $50,000
• Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History: $45,000
• Greater Philadelphia Film Office: $1,000
• Hamerkaz Leheker Tikshoret: $50,000
• Heal the Bay: $20,000
• Honestly Concerned: $50,000
• Ice in Paradise: $8,000
• IIBSA: $25,000
• Institute for Curriculum Services: $75,000
• Institute for Free Speech: $50,000
• Institute for Justice: $495,000
• Island Institute: $32,000
• Israel & Company: $100,000
• Israel American Academic Exchange: $50,000
• Israel Emergency Alliance: $30,000
• Israel Emergency Alliance DBA Alums for Campus Fairness: $75,000
• Israel on Campus Coalition: $30,000
• J. Paul Getty Trust: $10,000
• Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy: $2,000
• Jewish Family & Children’s SVS: $500
• Jewish Funders Network: $100,000
• Kennebec Land Trust: $21,000
• Kennebec Valley Humane Society: $600
• Kimmel Center: $20,000
• Legacy Youth Tennis and Education: $5,000
• Leukemia & Lymphoma Society: $1,000
• Live the Life: $25,000
• Louis D Brandeis Center: $100,000
• Maharishi Foundation - USA: $1,500
• MEMRI: $50,000
• Michael’s Way: $51,800
• Middle East Forum: $75,000
• Minding Your Mind Foundation: $30,000
• Mission Kids Can of Montgomery County: $40,000
• Mission of Deeds: $1,330
• Museum of the American Revolution: $50,000
• National Constitutional Center: $50,000
• National Museum of American Jewish History: $40,070
• National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation: $90,000
• New Civil Liberties Alliance: $60,000
• PA Academy of Fine Arts: $45,000
• PA SPCA: $75,000
• Pacific Legal Foundation: $65,000
• Pals Program: $31,000
• Phase One Foundation: $1,500
• Philabundance: $20,000
• Philadelphia Flyers Alumni Association: $27,500
• Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates: $45,000
• Philadelphia Museum of Art: $20,000
• Philadelphia Outward Bound: $18,500
• Philanthropy Roundtable: $40,000
• Phoenix Multisport: $50,000
• Project Home: $10,000
• Rails to Trails Conservancy: $50,000
• Root & Rebound: $45,000
• Samaritans: $3,000
• Scholars for Peace in the Middle East: $25,000
• Shurat Hdin - Israel Law Center: $300,000
• Simon Wiesenthal Center: $50,500
• Simon Wiesenthal Centre in the United Kingdom: $60,000
• Special Olympics Pennsylvania: $25,000
• Special Operations Warrior Foundation: $5,000
• Students Supporting Israel: $30,000
• Support Center for Child Advocates: $40,000
• Tazpit Press Services: $25,000
• Temple Shir Tikvah: $1,000
• Temple University Health System: $50,000
• Texas Public Policy Foundation: $50,000
• The Chester County Hospital: $10,000
• The East Whiteland Fire Company: $5,000
• The Fairness Center: $250,000
• The Lawfare Project: $300,000
• The Legion Fund: $27,500
• The Legion Fund -Community of Middle Tennessee: $37,500
• The Ohio State University Foundation: $10,000
• The Philadelphia Orchestra: $45,000
• The Philos Project: $114,000
• The Steamboat Institute: $25,000
• Theater at Monmouth: $20,000
• Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania: $10,000
• Turning Point USA: $50,000
• Turning Points for Children: $1,500
• United Nations Watch — USA: $30,000
• University of Colorado Foundation: $220,000
• U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: $50,000
• Vetri Community Partnership: $75,000
• Wildlife Rehabilitation Support of Pennsylvania: $46,753
• Williamson College of the Trades: $81,000
• World Resources Institute: $1,000
• Youth Entrepreneurs: $45,000
• Zoa’s Fuel for the Truth: $25,000

2016

• African American Museum of Philadelphia: $1,750
• AMCHA Initiative: $25,000
• American Ent Institute for Policy Research: $10,000
• American Friends of Yahad in Unum: $50,000
• American Society for Yad Veshem: $20,000
• Animal Hope and Wellness Foundation: $1,500
• Anti-Defamation League: $12,500
• Atlas Society: $5,000
• Ballet Theatre of Boston: $5,000
• Betsy Ann Ross House of Hope: $12,000
• Beyond Celiac: $75,000
• Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia: $5,000
• CB Community Schools: $25,000
• CAMERA: $25,000
• Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara: $25,000
• Cape Ann Museum: $2,500
• Center for Competitive Politics: $5,000
• Center for Independent Thought: $5,000
• Children’s Hospital Foundation: $55,000
• Christians United for Israel: $17,500
• Clarion Fund: $10,000
• Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives: $45,000
• Community Education Alliance of West Philadelphia: $5,000
• Community Security Service: $50,000
• Cradle to Crayons: $5,000
• David Horowitz Freedom Center: $75,000
• DonorsTrust: $308,081
• Drexel University: $10,000
• Electric Infrastructure Security Council: $50,000
• Emily’s Entourage: $10,000
• Ed Snider Youth Hockey Supporting Organization: $3,825,493
• Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation: $1,000
• Family Reach: $15,000
• Foundation for Individual Rights in Education: $30,000
• Federalist Society: $5,000
• First Star: $5,000
• Foreign Policy Research Institute: $5,000
• Foundation for Defense of Democracies: $30,000
• Frankford Community Development Corporation: $5,000
• Fraternal Order of Police Survivor’s Fund: $5,000
• Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge: $15,000
• Friends of Cobbossee Watershed: $40,000
• Friends of Elnet: $15,000
• Friends of Yemin Orde: $5,000
• Fuel for Truth: $10,000
• Greater Philadelphia Film Office: $2,000
• Heritage Foundation: $5,000
• Institute for Justice: $25,000
• Institute to Reduce Spending: $15,000
• Intercollegiate Studies Institute: $5,000
• International Freedom Alliance Foundation: $25,000
• Israel & Company: $12,500
• Israel American Academic Exchange: $10,000
• Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia: $135,000
• Jewish Federation of Santa Barbara: $35,000
• Kennebec Valley Humane Society: $250
• Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson: $5,000
• Klein Life: $2,000
• Lawrence Academy: $500
• Legacy Youth Tennis and Education: $20,000
• Lesley University: $1,000
• Louis D Brandeis Center: $25,000
• Lutheran Settlement House: $1,000
• Macula Vision Research Foundation: $25,000
• MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute: $5,000
• Middle East Forum: $5,000
• Minding Your Mind Foundation: $15,000
• Mission Kids CAC of Montgomery County: $11,000
• Museum of the American Revolution: $75,000
• National Museum of American Jewish History: $100,000
• National Constitution Center: $5,000
• National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation: $20,000
• NSCDA-PA: $1,000
• PA SPCA: $40,000
• PADRE Foundation: $500
• PALS: $15,000
• Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: $10,000
• Philabundance: $15,000
• Philadelphia Art Alliance: $500
• Philadelphia Flyers Alumni Association: $25,000
• Philadelphia School Partnership: $25,000
• Philanthropy Roundtable: $5,000
• Project Home: $5,000
• Project RELO: $10,000
• Redwood Library: $1,000
• Rohr Center for Jewish Life: $7,000
• Simon Wiesenthal Center: $175,000
• Still Strong Foundation: $1,000
• Stray Cat Alliance: $1,500
• SWC Museum Corp: $2,000,000
• Talent Market: $2,500
• Temple Shir Tikvah: $3,000
• The Central Fund of Israel: $65,000
• The Chester County Hospital Foundation: $50,000
• The Fairness Center: $20,000
• The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia: $2,000
• The Lawfare Project: $50,000
• The Michael Fox Foundation: $10,000
• The UCLA Foundation: $5,000
• Trustee of the University of Pennsylvania: $45,000
• United Nations Watch - USA: $15,000
• University of Colorado Foundation: $75,000
• University of Maryland College Park Foundation: $643,792
• USC — Shoah Foundation: $10,000
• Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care: $1,000
• Winchester Foundation: $5,000
• Winchester Sports Foundation: $1,000
• Zionist Organization of America: $5,000

2015

• AICE: $5,000
• AMCHA Initiatie: $10,000
• American Ent Institute for Policy Research: $7,500
• American Friends of Had Vashem: $20,000
• American Majority: $5,000
• Anti-Violence Partnership of Philadelphia: $1,000
• Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia: $5,000
• CB Community Schools: $20,000
• Camera: $15,000
• Center for Competitive Politics: $5,000
• Center for Independent Thought: $5,000hent
• Center for Israel Education: $5,000
• Children’s Hospital: $200,000
• Christians United for Israel: $10,000
• Canon Fund: $7,500
• Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives: $30,000
• Community Education Alliance of West Philadelphia: $5,000
• Community Security Service: $50,000
• Cradle to Crayons: $5,000
• David Horowitz Freedom Center: $100,000
• DonorsTrust: $286,060
• Electric Infrastructure Security Council: $35,000
• Foundation for Individual Rights in Education: $25,000
• Federalist Society: $5,000
• Foreign Policy Research Institute: $2,500
• Foundation for Defense of Democracies: $25,000
• Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge: $15,000
• Friends of Cobbossee Watershed: $15,000
• Friends of Elnet: $15,000
• Friendship Circle: $5,000
• Ganna Walska Lotusland: $1,000
• Gladwyne Fire Company: $1,000
• Greater Santa Barbara Ice Skating Association: $100,000
• Heritage Foundation: $5,000
• Institute for Justice: $25,000
• Institute to Reduce Spending: $15,000
• Intercollegiate Studies Institute: $10,000
• Israel & Co: $7,500
• Israel American Academic Exchange: $10,000
• Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia: $125,000
• Jhu-Ohns: $1,000
• Louis D Brandeis Center: $15,000
• Minding Your Mind Foundation: $15,000
• Mission Kids Cac of Montgomery County: $10,000
• National Constitution Center: $10,000
• National Museum of American Jewish History: $25,000
• National Foundation of Celiac Awareness: $191,250
• National Right to Work Legal Defense Fund: $10,000
• PA SPCA: $10,000
• Pals Program: $10,000
• PA Academy of the Fine Arts: $20,000
• Philanthropy Roundtable: $5,000
• Playfest Santa Barbara: $11,000
• Reason Foundation: $2,500
• Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation: $100,000
• Santa Barbara Jewish Federation: $35,000
• Simon Wiesenthal Center: $1,175,000
• Students First Institute: $2,500
• Students for Liberty: $2,500
• The Central Fund of Israel: $2,500
• The Lawfare Project: $12,500
• The Second Chance Foundation: $2,500
• Trustees of the University of PA: $40,000
• United Nations Watch – USA
• University of Maryland College Park Foundation: $901,137

Grants Distributed to SPN Members

The Snider Foundation contributed over $3.4 million to affiliate and associate members of the State Policy Network between 2015-2018, broken down as follows:

• American Majority: $5,000 (2015-2018)
• Association of American Educators Foundation: $130,000 (2015-2018)
• Ayn Rand Institute: $200,000 (2015-2018)
• Bill of Rights Institute: $100,000 (2015-2018)
• Center for Competitive Politics: $10,000 (2015-2018)
• Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives: $825,000 (2015-2018)
• EdChoice: $60,000 (2015-2018)
• Empire Center for Public Policy: $130,000 (2015-2018)
• Federalist Society: $45,000 (2015-2018)
• Foundation for Economic Education: $130,000 (2015-2018)
• Heritage Foundation: $10,000 (2015-2018)
• Intercollegiate Studies Institute: $15,000 (2015-2018)
• Institute for Free Speech: $100,000 (2015-2018)
• Institute for Justice: $1,050,000 (2015-2018)
• National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation: $210,000 (2015-2018)
• New Civil Liberties Alliance: $120,000 (2015-2018)
• Pacific Legal Foundation: $130,000 (2015-2018)
• Philanthropy Roundtable: $90,000 (2015-2018)
• Reason Foundation: $2,500 (2015-2018)
• Students for Liberty: $22,500 (2015-2018)
• Texas Public Policy Foundation: $100,000 (2015-2018)

Core Financials

2020

• Total Revenue: $25,542,404
• Total Expenses: $12,618,209
• Net Assets: $176,073,113

2019

• Total Revenue: $4,451,312
• Total Expenses: $12,330,066
• Net Assets: $148,967,903

2018

• Total Revenue: $4,944,854
• Total Expenses: $12,433,739
• Net Assets: $157,040,142

2017

• Total Revenue: $1,060,583
• Total Expenses: $7,677,448
• Net Assets: $162,965,257

2016

• Total Revenue: $143,078,740
• Total Expenses: $9,715,162
• Net Assets: $16,306,771

2015

• Total Revenue: $7,610,317
• Total Expenses: $4,324,518
• Net Assets: $13,020,972

Personnel

Staff

As of May 2022:

• Heather Stohler, Senior Director
• Bernard McAnena, Director of Operations
• Nathaniel Moldoff, Program Officer, Jewish Culture & Survival
• Dana Saraco, Program and Grant Manager

Former Staff

• Kimon Sargeant, Executive Director
• Thomas Pack, Program Officer, American Values

Board of Directors

As of July 2023:

• Jay Snider, President
• Lindy Snider, Vice President
• Tina Snider, Vice President
• Tom Beach, Treasurer
• Fred Shabel, Secretary
• Laurel Escoll, Trustee
• Sophie Escoll, Trustee
• Cary Snider, Trustee
• Cody Snider, Trustee
• Jacob Snider, Trustee
• Jamie Snider, Trustee
• Sarena Snider, Trustee
• Elise Westhoff, Executive Director
• John Jackson, Interim Executive Director

Former Directors

• Sandy Listen, Treasurer

Contact Information

The Snider Foundation
937 E Haverford Road, Suite 104
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010

Website: https://www.sniderfoundation.org
Web contact form: https://www.sniderfoundation.org/contact.html
Phone: (215) 643-3900

Articles and Resources

IRS Form 990 Filings

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