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Valentine Perry Snyder Fund

Accepts applications Chicago, Illinois · EIN 136036765

Valentine Perry Snyder Fund is a private foundation in Chicago, Illinois. In tax year 2025 it gave $495,000 in 17 grants; the typical grant was $25,000 and the largest $100,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $425,000 the year before.

65% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$431,50017$10.3 million
2024$425,00015$11.4 million
2025$495,00017$12.7 million

How to apply

ContactJP Morgan Chase Bank N A
10 S Dearborn IL1-0111, Chicago, IL 60603
Phone or email(800) 496-2583
What to submitwww.jpmorgan.com/onlinegrants
RestrictionsFunds are granted for health welfare & education in the City of New York

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Valentine Perry Snyder Fund funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in New York.

StateGrantsAmount
New York17$495,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 17 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Fund for the City of New York
New York, NY
General$100,000
Upbeat NYC Inc
Bronx, NY
General$30,000
Illuminart Production
Staten Island, NY
General$30,000
New Women New Yorkers Inc
New York, NY
General$30,000
Connections Mentor Inc
New York, NY
General$30,000
Brooklyn Debate League
Brooklyn, NY
General$30,000
Inspiring Futures Inc
New York, NY
General operating$30,000
Josephine Herrick Project
New York, NY
General$25,000
Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls
Brooklyn, NY
General$25,000
STEM Teachers of New York City Inc
New York, NY
General$25,000
Colab Theater Group
New York, NY
General$25,000
Hook Arts Media
Brooklyn, NY
General$25,000
Research Foundation of the City FBO Welfare Right Initiative
New York, NY
General$20,000
Culture for One Inc
New York, NY
General operating$20,000
Marine Park Alliance
Brooklyn, NY
General$20,000
The Open Door Njny
New York, NY
General$20,000
I Challenge Myself Inc
New York, NY
General operating$10,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Valentine Perry Snyder Fund accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Valentine Perry Snyder Fund give?

$495,000 in tax year 2025, across 17 grants, with a typical grant of $25,000.

Who runs Valentine Perry Snyder Fund?

Its 2025 filing lists JP Morgan Chase Bank NA (trustee).

What does Valentine Perry Snyder Fund fund?

Based on its grants, mainly arts and culture and youth programs.

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