Snider Foundation
The Snider Foundation is a rightwing, Pennsylvania-based 501(c)(3) foundation founded in 1978 by business executive Ed Snider.[1][2]
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."[3]
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News and Controversies
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."[4]
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."[5]
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.[6]
Grants Distributed
2019[7]
- 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[8]
- 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[9]
- 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[10]
- 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[11]
- 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
2019[7]
- Total Revenue: $4,451,312
- Total Expenses: $12,330,066
- Net Assets: $148,967,903
2018[8]
- Total Revenue: $4,944,854
- Total Expenses: $12,433,739
- Net Assets: $157,040,142
2017[9]
- Total Revenue: $1,060,583
- Total Expenses: $7,677,448
- Net Assets: $162,965,257
2016[10]
- Total Revenue: $143,078,740
- Total Expenses: $9,715,162
- Net Assets: $16,306,771
2015[11]
- Total Revenue: $7,610,317
- Total Expenses: $4,324,518
- Net Assets: $13,020,972
Personnel
Staff
As of May 2022:[12]
- 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 December 2019:[7]
- 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
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
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
Related Sourcewatch
- American Cancer Society
- American Majority
- American Red Cross
- Anti-Defamation League
- Association of American Educators Foundation
- Ayn Rand Institute
- Bill of Rights Institute
- CAMERA
- Clarion Fund
- Center for Competitive Politics
- Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives
- David Horowitz Freedom Center
- DonorsTrust
- EdChoice
- Empire Center for Public Policy
- Federalist Society
- Foreign Policy Research Institute
- Foundation for Defense of Democracies
- Foundation for Economic Education
- Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
- Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge
- Heritage Foundation
- Intercollegiate Studies Institute
- Institute for Free Speech
- Institute for Justice
- Israel on Campus Coalition
- J. Paul Getty Trust
- Koch Foundation
- Marijuana Policy Project
- MEMRI
- Middle East Forum
- National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
- New Civil Liberties Alliance
- Pacific Legal Foundation
- Palestinian Media Watch
- Panthera
- Philanthropy Roundtable
- Prostate Cancer Foundation
- Reason Foundation
- Samaritans
- Scholars for Peace in the Middle East
- Simon Wiesenthal Center
- SPN Members
- State Policy Network
- Students for Liberty
- Talent Market
- Texas Public Policy Foundation
- Turning Point USA
- U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
- World Resources Institute
- Zionist Organization of America
References
- ↑ Guidestar, The Snider Foundation, organizational website, accessed February 1, 2021.
- ↑ The Snider Foundation, History, organizational website, accessed February 1, 2021.
- ↑ The Snider Foundation, Mission, organizational website, accessed February 1, 2021.
- ↑ Carrie Wells, "Libertarian donors fund new research center at UM's business school", Baltimore Sun, October 27, 2014, accessed February 2, 2021.
- ↑ David Kelley, "Ed Snider, RIP", Atlas Society, April 11, 2016, accessed February 2, 2021.
- ↑ IMDB, Ed Snider, organizational website, accessed February 2, 2021.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 The Snider Foundation, 2019 IRS Form 990, organization tax filing, November 10, 2020.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 The Snider Foundation, 2018 IRS Form 990, organization tax filing, November 11, 2019.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 The Snider Foundation, 2017 IRS Form 990, organization tax filing, November 13, 2018.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 The Snider Foundation, 2016 IRS Form 990, organization tax filing, March 15, 2018.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 The Snider Foundation, 2015 IRS Form 990, organization tax filing, November 13, 2010.
- ↑ The Snider Foundation, Contact, organizational website, accessed May 2022.