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Snyder Watchorn Foundation Inc

Preselected recipients only Hillsborough, North Carolina · EIN 561748840

Snyder Watchorn Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Hillsborough, North Carolina. In tax year 2025 it gave $23,800 in 14 grants; the typical grant was $1,000 and the largest $5,000. It only gives to organizations it selects itself and does not accept unsolicited applications.

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

Giving in 2025 was up from $23,000 the year before.

8% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$21,00014$0
2024$23,00014$0
2025$23,80014$0

How to apply

Snyder Watchorn Foundation Inc says in its IRS filing that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations, so unsolicited applications are unlikely to be considered. Organizations it funds are usually invited.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Snyder Watchorn Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 4 states, the most to North Carolina.

StateGrantsAmount
North Carolina9$11,800
New York2$8,500
Louisiana1$2,500
South Carolina2$1,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 14 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Fractured Atlas (Earspace)
New York City, NY
Unristricted$5,000
American Friends of Magen David
New York, NY
Unrestricted$3,500
Appalachian State University Founda
Boone, NC
Unrestricted$3,500
Trombone Shorty Foundation
New Orleans, LA
Unrestricted$2,500
Manna Foodbank
Mills River, NC
Unrestricted$1,300
Bald Head Island Conservancy
Bald Head Island, NC
Unrestricted$1,000
Duke Univ CH Amy Geissinger Fund
Durham, NC
Unrestricted$1,000
NC Botanical Gardens
Chapel Hill, NC
Unristricted$1,000
NC Zoological Society
Asheboro, NC
Unrestricted$1,000
UNC Arts & Sciences Band Gift Fund
Chapel Hill, NC
Unrestricted$1,000
UNC Arts & Sciences Foundation (Lio
Chapel Hill, NC
Unristricted$1,000
Urban Ministries
Durham, NC
Unrestricted$1,000
University of South Carolina School
Columbia, SC
Unristricted$500
University of South Carolina School
Columbia, SC
Unristricted$500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Snyder Watchorn Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

No. Its IRS filing says it only makes contributions to preselected organizations.

How much does Snyder Watchorn Foundation Inc give?

$23,800 in tax year 2025, across 14 grants, with a typical grant of $1,000.

Who runs Snyder Watchorn Foundation Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists Philip M Snyder IV (President).

What does Snyder Watchorn Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, arts and culture and environment and conservation.

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