The Fred C Snyder Education Fund appears to make concentrated, place-based philanthropic investments through intermediaries: its sole reported grant is a single large, unrestricted award to a local community foundation in Upstate New York. This suggests the fund prefers to provide flexible, general support to community foundations that can steward resources locally, possibly reflecting a personal or geographic connection rather than direct program-level funding.
Highly concentrated: one large, unrestricted grant to a single community foundation rather than many small or program-specific awards; likely episodic, relationship-driven giving via intermediaries.
Fred C Snyder Education Fund’s largest reported grant is a $660,000 unrestricted award to the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties Inc in Utica, New York. That single grant stands out because it is much larger than the fund’s typical scholarship awards and it points to a grantmaking model that relies on an intermediary to direct resources locally. The fund appears to combine that place-based support with direct education funding for students, using scholarships and scholarship support at colleges and universities. Recent recipients include Clarkson University in Potsdam and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, both in New York, along with Drexel University in Philadelphia. The pattern suggests a fund focused on educational access, with one major unrestricted grant anchoring a broader stream of smaller, targeted awards. Across the recent grants on file, the funder’s support reaches both community-level infrastructure and individual learners, rather than operating through a single program area or a broad institutional portfolio.
Education-related grantmaking is the clearest through line in the recent record. The fund gave $10,000 to Drexel University for scholarship support, and it also awarded $7,000 to Clarkson University for scholarships and another $7,000 to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for scholarships. Smaller awards continued that pattern: $3,000 went to Mohawk Valley Community College for a scholarship, $2,000 to Wilkes University for scholarships, and $2,000 to SUNY Albany for scholarships. The same education focus extends to New York campuses such as SUNY Polytechnic Institute and Alfred State College, both listed with scholarship support. One sizable unrestricted grant to the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties Inc shows that the fund also supports intermediary organizations that can direct resources locally. Taken together, the grant record points to a fund that backs student aid, college scholarships, and community-based educational support.
The reported grant-size spread centers on modest awards: p25 is $2,000, median grant size is $3,000, and p75 is $6,500. That makes the $660,000 unrestricted grant to the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties Inc an outlier relative to the rest of the file. The record also shows repeated support to several recipients across multiple years, including Clarkson University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Widener University, and SUNY Polytechnic Institute, which suggests recurring relationships rather than one-time gifts. The fund gives directly to institutions and to an intermediary foundation, and it also funds individuals through scholarship support. No application process is described in the data.
$9K
$0
$558
$9K
Most grants fall between $2K and $7K, with a median of $3K.
25th Percentile
$2K
Median
$3K
75th Percentile
$7K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in NY.
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Notable grantees: Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties, Inc.
Grantmaking is concentrated in the United States, with all 15 recent grants going to U.S. recipients. New York appears most often, including Utica, Potsdam, Troy, Rome, Albany, Alfred, and Rochester. Pennsylvania also appears through Philadelphia, Chester, and Wilkes Barre. The largest grant went to Utica, while several of the scholarship awards landed at campuses in upstate New York. The pattern shows a regional reach centered on New York institutions and nearby Pennsylvania schools.
The fund supports colleges, universities, and a community foundation. Recent recipients include the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties Inc in Utica, Clarkson University in Potsdam, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, Drexel University in Philadelphia, and Mohawk Valley Community College in Rome.
The distribution is relatively modest for most awards: p25 is $2,000, the median is $3,000, and p75 is $6,500. The recent record also includes one much larger unrestricted grant of $660,000, which is far above the usual range.
Yes. Several recipients appear in multiple years, including Clarkson University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Widener University, and SUNY Polytechnic Institute. That pattern indicates repeat support rather than a single isolated gift to each of those institutions.
The recent grants point to scholarships and general educational support. The fund gave scholarship awards to universities and colleges such as Drexel University, Clarkson University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and SUNY Albany, and it also made an unrestricted general grant to the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties Inc.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HERKIMER AND ONEIDA COUNTIES INC | UTICA, NY | $8,607 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HERKIMER AND ONEIDA COUNTIES INC | UTICA, NY | $660,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE | TROY, NY | $7,000 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| CLARKSON UNIVERSITY | POTSDAM, NY | $7,000 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| WIDENER UNIVERSITY | CHESTER, PA | $4,000 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| SUNY POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE | UTICA, NY | $3,000 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| SUNY ALBANY | ALBANY, NY | $2,000 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| WILKES UNIVERSITY | WILKES BARRE, PA | $2,000 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | ROCHESTER, NY | $1,000 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| DREXEL UNIVERSITY | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $10,000 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| CLARKSON UNIVERSITY | POTSDAM, NY | $6,000 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE | TROY, NY | $5,000 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE | ROME, NY | $3,000 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| WIDENER UNIVERSITY | CHESTER, PA | $2,000 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| SUNY POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE | UTICA, NY | $2,000 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| ALFRED STATE COLLEGE | ALFRED, NY | $2,000 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
WIDENER UNIVERSITY
$4,000SCHOLARSHIPS
SUNY POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
$3,000SCHOLARSHIPS
SUNY ALBANY
$2,000SCHOLARSHIPS
WILKES UNIVERSITY
$2,000SCHOLARSHIPS
MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
$3,000SCHOLARSHIP
WIDENER UNIVERSITY
$2,000SCHOLARSHIPS
SUNY POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
$2,000SCHOLARSHIPS