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Joseph L K Snyder

Accepts applications Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · EIN 226217148

Joseph L K Snyder is a private foundation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In tax year 2025 it gave $707,578 in 14 grants; the typical grant was $29,725 and the largest $178,352. 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 $643,209 the year before.

21% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$681,77918$14.1 million
2024$643,20919$15.1 million
2025$707,57814$16.5 million

How to apply

ContactCharitable Trust Grant Review Commi
The Tower at PNC Plaza 300 Fifth A, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Phone or email(412) 768-6324
What to submit, deadlines, restrictionsSee footnote

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Joseph L K Snyder funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 5 states, the most to Pennsylvania.

StateGrantsAmount
Pennsylvania4$416,155
New Jersey6$136,852
West Virginia1$59,451
Georgia2$59,450
New York1$35,670

Grants paid in 2025

All 14 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Franklin & Marshall College
Lancaster, PA
General support$178,352
Moravian University
Bethlehem, PA
General support$142,682
Emanuel Reformed Church
Export, PA
General support$71,341
American FDTN for the Blind
Huntington, WV
General support$59,451
United Family & Children Society
Plainfield, NJ
General support$41,616
The Chemists Club
New York, NY
General support$35,670
American Cancer Society Inc
Atlanta, GA
General support$35,670
Ducret School of the Arts
Plainfield, NJ
95 in '95$23,780
Second Street Youth Center Inc
Plainfield, NJ
General support$23,780
Wills Eye Foundation Inc
Philadelphia, PA
General operating support$23,780
Habitat for Humanity International Inc
Americus, GA
General support$23,780
Crescent Ave Presbyterian Church
Plainfield, NJ
General support$17,835
United Way Greater Un Cty
Rahway, NJ
General support$17,835
Muhlenberg Foundation Inc
Edison, NJ
General support$12,006

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Joseph L K Snyder accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: See footnote.

How much does Joseph L K Snyder give?

$707,578 in tax year 2025, across 14 grants, with a typical grant of $29,725.

Who runs Joseph L K Snyder?

Its 2025 filing lists Norman M Carter Jr (Co-Trustee) and PNC Bank N A (Trustee).

What does Joseph L K Snyder fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, faith communities and youth programs.

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