Over the years, the Snyder Foundation has made over $25 million in charitable donations to a variety of philanthropic causes, to fulfill dire needs in the community. Foundation grants include funds to multiple academic, community services, and faith-based institutions, as well as multiple medical entities with a particular emphasis on initiatives related to intensive care and combating AIDS, Alzheimer’s disease, heart disease, and cancer.

The majority of projects and initiatives the Snyder Foundations has helped fund are based within Union County, New Jersey. Among the entities that have benefited from the Snyder Foundation’s charitable grants are:

ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS
The Vail-Deane School in Mountainside, NJ
Westminster Christian School in Miami, FL
St. John’s Community Pre-School in Summit, NJ

MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS
Academy of Prosthedentics, North Dakota Chapter
CHEMOcare in Westfield, NJ
Children’s Specialized Hospital in Mountainside, NJ
Deborah Hearth and Lung Center in Browns Mills, NJ
John E. Runnells Hospital in Berkeley Heights, NJ
Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center in Plainfield, NJ
Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children in Philadelphia, PA
Solaris Health Care System in Edison, NJ
Trinitas Health Foundation in Elizabeth, NJ
UCPC Behavioral Healthcare in Plainfield, NJ
Union Hospital in Union, NJ

COMMUNITY SERVICES INSTITUTIONS
Birth Haven, Inc. in Andover, NJ
Blanton-Peale Counseling Center in Cranford, NJ
Boys and Girls Clubs of Union County in Plainfield, NJ
Brand New Day, Inc. in Elizabeth, NJ
Cheshire Home in Florham Park, NJ
Community Foundation of New Jersey in Morristown, NJ
Community Health Law Project (Housing Advocacy Fund) in Elizabeth, NJ
Community Health Law Project (Security Deposit Fund) in Elizabeth, NJ
Contact We Care in Scotch Plains, NJ
Council on Foundations in Washington, DC
Friendship Center for New Beginnings in Flemington, NJ
Foundation Center in New York, NY
Good News Home for Women in Flemington, NJ
Head Start in Trenton, NJ
Indian Health Services in Okmulgee, Oklahoma
Josephine’s Place
Little Sisters of the Poor in Totowa, NJ
Masonic Home for the Aged in Burlington, NJ
National Burn Victim Foundation in Orange, NJ
Occupational Center of Union County in Elizabeth, NJ
Occupational Center in Roselle, NJ
Ronald McDonald House in New Brunswick, NJ
Trail Blazers in New York, NY
YMCA of Eastern Union County in Elizabeth, NJ

FAITH-BASED INSTITUTIONS
Catholic Community Services in Newark, NJ
Community United Methodist Church in Kenilworth, NJ
Elizabeth Presbyterian Center in Elizabeth, NJ
First Baptist Church in Kenilworth, NJ
First Presbyterian Church in Cranford, NJ
Gospel Chapel in Kenilworth, NJ
Kendall Presbyterian Church in Miami, FL
Kenilworth Gospel Chapel in Kenilworth, NJ
Mount Zion Chapel in Elizabeth, NJ
Old First Presbyterian Church in Elizabeth, NJ
Osceola Presbyterian Church in Clark, NJ
St. Paul’s A.M.E. Church in Kenilworth, NJ
St. Theresa’s R. C. Church in Kenilworth, NJ
Union Baptist Church in Kenilworth, NJ

During the most recent years, the Snyder Foundation channeled the majority of its efforts and funding into two large-scale projects in particular, which have a lasting impact on their local communities and the state: 1) the renewal and expansion of the Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center in Plainfield, NJ through the reconstruction and establishment of The Harold B. and Dorothy A. Snyder Schools of Nursing and Allied Health on the Muhlenberg Campus of the Solaris Health System, and 2) the preservation and restoration of Old First Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth, NJ. Alongside these two major initiatives, the Foundation also maintained a rigorous commitment to advancing scholastic achievement, with a persistent growing emphasis on its scholarships program.