Air Products Foundation concentrates its giving on supporting community-wide philanthropic infrastructure in the Lehigh Valley, primarily by funding United Way fundraising campaigns and employee matching. Its grants are directed to sustain broad social services and partner fundraising efforts rather than project-level program grants, signaling a focus on enabling pooled community support. The foundation’s work appears corporate and regional in orientation, leveraging company giving to bolster local nonprofit capacity.
Air Products Foundation’s largest recent grants are recurring matching commitments to United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley, including $2,688,000 in 2025 and $2,495,307 in 2024. That pattern captures how the foundation operates: it channels substantial support into pooled community fundraising, especially in the Lehigh Valley, while also backing a smaller set of community, education, and emergency-response initiatives. The foundation is structured as a regular corporate funder, and its recent awards show a mix of campaign matches, mission support, sponsorships, and project-specific grants. Beyond United Way, the grant list includes sizable support for Louisiana-based community and civic organizations, including Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc, Manchac Volunteer Fire Department, and River Parishes Community College Foundation. It also funds education and technical learning, with awards to Southeastern Louisiana University Foundation and American Councils for International Education Actr Accels Inc. In the water-and-environment space, the foundation has backed Globalgiving for safe drinking water and water projects, reflecting a grantmaking profile that combines local community infrastructure with select issue-based grants.
Community fundraising infrastructure is a central theme. The foundation gave $603,668 to Charities Aid Foundation for general support - matching in 2025, and earlier awards in 2024 and 2023 used the same matching-contributions structure. That points to a recurring mechanism for amplifying employee and partner giving. In safe drinking water work, the foundation granted $330,000 to Globalgiving Foundation for FY24 support for safe drinking water education and $222,500 for the Lu'an Safe Drinking Water Initiative. A separate $170,000 award to Globalgiving supported a water project. Education and career pathways also appear in the recent record. River Parishes Community College Foundation received $280,000 toward academic, workforce development, and community engagement programs, while Southeastern Louisiana University Foundation received $260,000 for SLU STEM Scholars support. The foundation also funded a makerspace lab in Uzbekistan through American Councils for International Education Actr Accels Inc.
$9.9M
$77.2M
$7.6M
$10.4M
Most grants fall between $3K and $15K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$3K
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$15K
Top 10 recipient countries by grant volume for Air Products Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 1,466 | $37M | 96.1% |
| 2 | Canada |
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Highly concentrated: almost all dollars are channeled to a single regional United Way through multiple matching/support gifts rather than dispersed among many organizations or program-specific grants.
Notable grantees: United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley
Typical grants fall at $2,500 at the 25th percentile, $5,000 at the median, and $15,000 at the 75th percentile, even though the recent record also includes much larger campaign and infrastructure commitments. The grant list shows repeated support to the same organizations across multiple years, especially United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley and Charities Aid Foundation, which indicates recurring rather than one-off relationships in several cases. Air Products Foundation is a regular funder, not a donor-advised fund or private operating foundation, and it also makes grants to individuals. The recent grant pattern mixes unrestricted or general support, matching gifts, sponsorships, and project-specific awards.
Grantmaking is national, but it is heavily concentrated in the United States, which accounts for 97.5% of recipient countries in the dataset. Within the U.S., Pennsylvania receives 33% of grants, while California is the top state by grant count. Recent recipient cities also show a strong Louisiana presence, including Baton Rouge, Hammond, Gonzales, Donaldsonville, Destrehan, Akers, Springfield, Mandeville, and Sorrento. Outside the U.S., the recipient list includes Canada, Spain, India, the Netherlands, the Faroe Islands, Antigua and Barbuda, Uzbekistan, Tunisia, and Eswatini.
The foundation repeatedly supports pooled community fundraising and social-service infrastructure, especially United Way campaigns and matching gifts. It also funds community nonprofits, universities and colleges, fire departments, environmental groups, and projects tied to water, education, workforce development, and community facilities.
Yes. The recent record shows repeated awards to the same organizations across multiple years. United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025 with large campaign-match grants, and Charities Aid Foundation also received matching-support grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
The typical grant size is $2,500 at the 25th percentile, $5,000 at the median, and $15,000 at the 75th percentile. The recent data also includes much larger grants for campaign matches, capital campaigns, and mission support.
Recent grants include safe drinking water education and water projects, workforce development and STEM scholarships, emergency response support, food access, community facilities and capital campaigns, and support for environmental and civic organizations.
The geographic scope is national. Most grants go to U.S. recipients, and Pennsylvania accounts for 33% of grants, but the recipient list also includes organizations in California, Louisiana, Virginia, Washington, DC, Texas, and several non-U.S. countries.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
| 35 |
| $437K |
2.3% |
| 3 | Spain | 9 | $108K | 0.6% |
| 4 | India | 3 | $30K | 0.2% |
| 5 | Netherlands | 3 | $15K | 0.2% |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 2 | $37K | 0.1% |
| 7 | Faroe Islands | 2 | $8K | 0.1% |
| 8 | Switzerland | 1 | $100K | 0.1% |
| 9 | France | 1 | $33K | 0.1% |
| 10 | Turkey | 1 | $25K | 0.1% |
Recipient country reflects the grantee's headquarters per IRS 990-PF and Schedule F filings, not the program's implementation country.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY | ALLENTOWN, PA | $2,994,436 | 2026 | AIR PRODUCTS UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN 2024 |
| KEEP LOUISIANA BEAUTIFUL INC | MANDEVILLE, LA | $500,000 | 2026 | PROGRAM AND MISSION SUPPORT FOR 2025 |
| CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION | ALEXANDRIA, VA | $487,107 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT - MATCHING |
| GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION | WASHINGTON, DC | $330,000 | 2026 | FY24 SUPPORT FOR SAFE DRINKING WATER EDUCATION |
| BATON ROUGE AREA FOUNDATION | BATON ROUGE, LA | $202,000 | 2026 | PARTNER WITH BRAF IN SUPPORT OF VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS FOR SORRENTO PRIMARY SCHOOL |
| BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES INC | DESTREHAN, LA | $185,000 | 2026 | 2025 PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| MANCHAC VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT | AKERS, LA | $175,000 | 2026 | MISSION AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE SUPPORT |
| VALERO ENERGY FOUNDATION | SAN ANTONIO, TX | $160,000 | 2026 | 2025 TEXAS VALERO OPEN BENEFIT FOR CHILDREN PALLADIUM SPONSORSHIP |
| ARTSQUEST | BETHLEHEM, PA | $150,000 | 2026 | FOUNDING PARTNERSHIP: RE-IMAGINE THAT! CAPITAL CAMPAIGN YEAR 5 OF 10 |
| CHEMICAL MARKETING & ECONOMICS INC | MORRISTOWN, NJ | $148,000 | 2026 | FY24 PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| TANGIPAHOA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC | HAMMOND, LA | $125,000 | 2026 | WATER IMPROVEMENTS SUPPORT YEAR 2 OF 2 |
| BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING INC | NEW YORK, NY | $96,500 | 2026 | EISENHOWER GLOBAL AWARDS |
| AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS | NEW YORK, NY | $96,000 | 2026 | AICHE SUPPORT FOR FOSSI SCHOLARSHIPS AND STRATEGIC PROGRAMS 2025 |
| PENN STATE UNIVERSITY | STATE COLLEGE, PA | $90,500 | 2026 | 2025 AIR PRODUCTS CONTRIBUTION TO PENN STATE UNIVERSITY |
| UKOGF NORTHERN ALBERTA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | ED | $89,247 | 2026 | SUPPORT TOWARD POWER ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM |
| NATIONAL ACTION COUNCIL FOR MINORITIES IN ENGINEERING INC | ALEXANDRIA, VA | $80,000 | 2026 | NACME 2025 |
| ST JOHN UNITED WAY | RESERVE, LA | $75,000 | 2026 | HURRICANE RELIEF AND LONG TERM RECOVERY IN ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH |
| LIVINGSTON PARISH COUNCIL | LIVINGSTON, LA | $75,000 | 2026 | MISSION SUPPORT - LIVINGSTON PARISH OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY & EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS |
| LIVINGSTON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD | LIVINGSTON, LA | $60,000 | 2026 | SCHOOL CAMPUS IMPROVEMENTS AND PROMOTION OF STEAM EDUCATION FOR 3 LIVINGSTON PARISH SCHOOLS |
| LOUISIANA WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES FOUNDATION | BATON ROUGE, LA | $60,000 | 2026 | MISSION AND PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK ENGINEERS | ALEXANDRIA, VA | $60,000 | 2026 | 2025 AIR PRODUCTS CONTRIBUTION TO NSBE |
| LEHIGH UNIVERSITY | BETHLEHEM, PA | $56,500 | 2026 | 2025 AIR PRODUCTS CONTRIBUTION TO LEHIGH UNIVERSITY |
| SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS - HQ | CHICAGO, IL | $55,500 | 2026 | SWE PARTNERSHIP 2025 |
| TANGIPAHOA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC | HAMMOND, LA | $50,000 | 2026 | PROGRAM AND MISSION SUPPORT FOR 2025 |
| HAMMOND AREA RECREATION DISTRICT 1 | HAMMOND, LA | $50,000 | 2026 | EXPANDED SPONSORSHIP OF CHAPAPEELA SPORTS PARK |
| ARTSQUEST | BETHLEHEM, PA | $50,000 | 2026 | 2025 ARTSQUEST SPONSORSHIP |
| RECREATIONAL FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC | COVINGTON, LA | $50,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT TO EXPAND REDFISH FISHERIES STOCKING PROGRAM |
| SOCIETY OF HISPANIC PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS | CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA | $50,000 | 2026 | 2025 AIR PRODUCTS CONTRIBUTION TO SHPE |
| THE DA VINCI DISCOVERY CENTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ALLENTOWN, PA | $50,000 | 2026 | SCIENCE IN THE MAKING YEAR 3 OF 5 |
| LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION | LOS ANGELES, CA | $50,000 | 2026 | CA WILDFIRES DISASTER RELIEF SUPPORT |
| AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS | NEW YORK, NY | $44,500 | 2026 | AICHE GALA - INSPIRING THE POWER OF GOOD |
| LAUNCH | DENHAM SPRINGS, LA | $40,000 | 2026 | 2025 PROGRAM AND MISSION SUPPORT |
| LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION | LOS ANGELES, CA | $40,000 | 2026 | CA WILDFIRE DISASTER RELIEF SUPPORT |
| OUT & EQUAL | OAKLAND, CA | $38,000 | 2026 | 2025 AP CONTRIBUTION TO OUT AND EQUAL |
| UKOGF ASSOCIATION FOR WORKPLACE TRAGEDY FAMILY SUPPORT | LO | $36,550 | 2026 | PROGRAM AND MISSION SUPPORT FOR 2025 |
| TEACH FOR AMERICA INC | NEW YORK, NY | $35,000 | 2026 | GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR GREATER BATON ROUGE CHAPTER OF TEACH FOR AMERICA |
| SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY SYSTEM FOUNDATION | BATON ROUGE, LA | $35,000 | 2026 | 2025 AIR PRODUCTS CONTRIBUTION TO SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND A&M COLLEGE |
| UKOGF UNITED WAY L'ALLIANCE | PU | $33,000 | 2026 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | HAMMOND, LA | $30,000 | 2026 | FUNDING FOR TURTLE COVE STUDENT EDUCATIONAL FIELD TRIPS |
| PURDUE UNIVERSITY | WEST LAFAYETTE, IN | $30,000 | 2026 | 2025 AIR PRODUCTS CONTRIBUTION TO PURDUE UNIVERSITY |
| MANHATTAN COLLEGE | RIVERDALE, NY | $30,000 | 2026 | 2025 AIR PRODUCTS CONTRIBUTION TO MANHATTAN COLLEGE |
| UKOGF WOMEN BUILDING FUTURES SOCIETY | ED | $29,450 | 2026 | SUPPORT TOWARD THE WOMEN READY TO WORK PROGRAM |
| WILDLANDS CONSERVANCY INC | EMMAUS, PA | $25,000 | 2026 | AIR PRODUCTS ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER IMPROVEMENTS |
| WILDLANDS CONSERVANCY INC | EMMAUS, PA | $25,000 | 2026 | WILDLANDS CONSERVANCY CONSERVANCY PARTNER SUPPORT |
| PRAIRIE VIEW A&M FOUNDATION | HOUSTON, TX | $25,000 | 2026 | 2025 AIR PRODUCTS CONTRIBUTION TO PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY |
| GREATER EASTON DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP | EASTON, PA | $25,000 | 2026 | URBAN GARDENING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. |
| COLLEGE OF THE MAINLAND FOUNDATION INC | TEXAS CITY, TX | $25,000 | 2026 | 2025 AIR PRODUCTS CONTRIBUTION TO THE COLLEGE OF THE MAINLAND |
| CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS FORUM | WASHINGTON, DC | $25,000 | 2026 | 2025 CORPORATE PARTNERSHIP |
| ALTASEA AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES | SAN PEDRO, CA | $25,000 | 2026 | SPONSOR BLUE HOUR 2025: THE CULINARY ARTS OF BLUE FOOD |
| THIRD WAY INSTITUTE | WASHINGTON, DC | $25,000 | 2026 | AIR PRODUCTS' PARTICIPATION IN THIRD WAY INSTITUTE FOR 2025 |
UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY
$2,994,436AIR PRODUCTS UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN 2024
KEEP LOUISIANA BEAUTIFUL INC
$500,000PROGRAM AND MISSION SUPPORT FOR 2025
PARTNER WITH BRAF IN SUPPORT OF VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS FOR SORRENTO PRIMARY SCHOOL
BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES INC
$185,0002025 PROGRAM SUPPORT
MANCHAC VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
$175,000MISSION AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE SUPPORT
2025 TEXAS VALERO OPEN BENEFIT FOR CHILDREN PALLADIUM SPONSORSHIP
FOUNDING PARTNERSHIP: RE-IMAGINE THAT! CAPITAL CAMPAIGN YEAR 5 OF 10
CHEMICAL MARKETING & ECONOMICS INC
$148,000FY24 PROGRAM SUPPORT
TANGIPAHOA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC
$125,000WATER IMPROVEMENTS SUPPORT YEAR 2 OF 2
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS
$96,000AICHE SUPPORT FOR FOSSI SCHOLARSHIPS AND STRATEGIC PROGRAMS 2025
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY
$90,5002025 AIR PRODUCTS CONTRIBUTION TO PENN STATE UNIVERSITY
UKOGF NORTHERN ALBERTA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
$89,247SUPPORT TOWARD POWER ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
HURRICANE RELIEF AND LONG TERM RECOVERY IN ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH
LIVINGSTON PARISH COUNCIL
$75,000MISSION SUPPORT - LIVINGSTON PARISH OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY & EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
LIVINGSTON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD
$60,000SCHOOL CAMPUS IMPROVEMENTS AND PROMOTION OF STEAM EDUCATION FOR 3 LIVINGSTON PARISH SCHOOLS
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK ENGINEERS
$60,0002025 AIR PRODUCTS CONTRIBUTION TO NSBE
SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS - HQ
$55,500SWE PARTNERSHIP 2025
TANGIPAHOA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC
$50,000PROGRAM AND MISSION SUPPORT FOR 2025
HAMMOND AREA RECREATION DISTRICT 1
$50,000EXPANDED SPONSORSHIP OF CHAPAPEELA SPORTS PARK
RECREATIONAL FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC
$50,000SUPPORT TO EXPAND REDFISH FISHERIES STOCKING PROGRAM
SOCIETY OF HISPANIC PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS
$50,0002025 AIR PRODUCTS CONTRIBUTION TO SHPE
SCIENCE IN THE MAKING YEAR 3 OF 5
LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION
$50,000CA WILDFIRES DISASTER RELIEF SUPPORT
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS
$44,500AICHE GALA - INSPIRING THE POWER OF GOOD
LAUNCH
$40,0002025 PROGRAM AND MISSION SUPPORT
OUT & EQUAL
$38,0002025 AP CONTRIBUTION TO OUT AND EQUAL
UKOGF ASSOCIATION FOR WORKPLACE TRAGEDY FAMILY SUPPORT
$36,550PROGRAM AND MISSION SUPPORT FOR 2025
GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR GREATER BATON ROUGE CHAPTER OF TEACH FOR AMERICA
2025 AIR PRODUCTS CONTRIBUTION TO SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND A&M COLLEGE
UKOGF UNITED WAY L'ALLIANCE
$33,000PROGRAM SUPPORT
FUNDING FOR TURTLE COVE STUDENT EDUCATIONAL FIELD TRIPS
PURDUE UNIVERSITY
$30,0002025 AIR PRODUCTS CONTRIBUTION TO PURDUE UNIVERSITY
MANHATTAN COLLEGE
$30,0002025 AIR PRODUCTS CONTRIBUTION TO MANHATTAN COLLEGE
UKOGF WOMEN BUILDING FUTURES SOCIETY
$29,450SUPPORT TOWARD THE WOMEN READY TO WORK PROGRAM
AIR PRODUCTS ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER IMPROVEMENTS
2025 AIR PRODUCTS CONTRIBUTION TO PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY
URBAN GARDENING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
2025 AIR PRODUCTS CONTRIBUTION TO THE COLLEGE OF THE MAINLAND
SPONSOR BLUE HOUR 2025: THE CULINARY ARTS OF BLUE FOOD
AIR PRODUCTS' PARTICIPATION IN THIRD WAY INSTITUTE FOR 2025