# CWS Family Foundation (cws.foundation) > The CWS Family Foundation is a planned nonprofit set up by the grandchildren of Clyde W. Snyder. They will write its mission together and vote on it each year, with annual funding from the 2023 CWS Family Trust beginning in 2028. The full text of cws.foundation, generated from the same source as its pages. The short map is [llms.txt](https://cws.foundation/llms.txt). The foundation is planned and is not asking for or accepting donations. ## What each status means - Live: True today. - Designed: Agreed in principle; the details are being worked out by the family. - Planned: Committed for the date shown; not yet in effect. ## Pages - [CWS Family Foundation | Stay close. Make time. Do good.](https://cws.foundation/): A planned nonprofit set up by the grandchildren of Clyde W. Snyder, with a mission they write together and annual funding from the family trust from 2028. - [The mission, still unwritten | CWS Family Foundation](https://cws.foundation/mission): How the grandchildren of Clyde W. Snyder will write the foundation’s mission together and renew it with a vote every year. - [About the foundation and the trust | CWS Family Foundation](https://cws.foundation/about): How the CWS Family Foundation relates to the 2023 CWS Family Trust, and the trust’s commitment of annual, ongoing funding from 2028. - [Contact | CWS Family Foundation](https://cws.foundation/contact): Write to the CWS Family Foundation: a question about the planned foundation, or how Clyde’s grandchildren will write its mission. ## [CWS Family Foundation | Stay close. Make time. Do good.](https://cws.foundation/) ### A foundation his grandchildren will write together. The CWS Family Foundation is a planned nonprofit set up by the grandchildren of Clyde W. Snyder. They will write its mission together and vote on it every year. - First funding in 2028: Planned. - Annual mission vote: Designed. ### Cast by the family, not handed down. - Written by his grandchildren: No one is writing the mission for them. Clyde’s grandchildren gather the ideas, draft the words and decide together what the foundation is for. Status: Designed. - Renewed every year: Each year the grandchildren vote on the mission and the year’s priorities, so the foundation grows with the people who carry it. Status: Designed. - Funded for the long run: The 2023 CWS Family Trust has committed annual, ongoing funding beginning in 2028. Status: Planned. ### From the dock to the first cast. - 2023, The family trust is created: The 2023 CWS Family Trust is created and named for Clyde W. Snyder. Status: Live. - 2026, The foundation is planned: The foundation is planned, and cws.foundation is set aside as its home. Status: Live. - Before 2028, The first mission is drafted: Ideas are gathered and the first mission is drafted, discussed and put to a vote. Status: Designed. - 2028, First funding and first vote: Annual, ongoing funding from the trust begins, alongside the first annual vote on the mission. Status: Planned. ### Five steps, every year. The same cycle runs each year, so every grandchild has a voice and the mission never goes stale. 1. Gather: Every grandchild is invited to share what they believe the foundation should care about, and why. 2. Draft: Grandchildren who volunteer turn those ideas into a draft mission and a short list of priorities. 3. Discuss: The draft goes to every grandchild. They comment, argue kindly and suggest changes before anything is final. 4. Vote: The grandchildren vote on the mission and the year’s priorities. The rules for who votes and how are theirs to set. 5. Publish: The adopted mission is published here, dated, beside the ones from earlier years. ### Clyde W. Snyder, 1933–2022 Clyde was an artist and a teacher. He taught art at Pinebrook Junior College in Coopersburg, Pennsylvania, and served as an elder of the Bible Fellowship Church for sixty years. He held his faith dear, and he loved his children, grandchildren, family and friends whoever they called their God. Money was never the point for him. Fishing trips, full tables at family gatherings and showing up for other people were. The foundation begins where he did: with the people around the table, and the time spent on the water together. ### Helping people find their way back. The family’s trust also considers support each year for people leaving cults and high-control groups, and for others in need. The grandchildren may choose to take up that work here. It is only a starting point: the mission is theirs to write. ### Part of Clyde’s family? The family trust’s portal, where relatives sign in, plan together and help write the family’s values, lives at cws.family. [cws.family](https://cws.family) ## [The mission, still unwritten | CWS Family Foundation](https://cws.foundation/mission) ### The mission is not written yet, on purpose. Most foundations start with a mission statement. This one starts with the people who will write it. Clyde’s grandchildren will author the mission together, and renew it with a vote every year. - Annual mission vote: Designed. - First vote by 2028: Planned. ### Cast, wait, reel in, cast again. Each step runs once a year. The timing is set by the grandchildren; a year’s mission stays in effect until the next vote. 1. Gather: Every grandchild is invited to share what they believe the foundation should care about, and why. 2. Draft: Grandchildren who volunteer turn those ideas into a draft mission and a short list of priorities. 3. Discuss: The draft goes to every grandchild. They comment, argue kindly and suggest changes before anything is final. 4. Vote: The grandchildren vote on the mission and the year’s priorities. The rules for who votes and how are theirs to set. 5. Publish: The adopted mission is published here, dated, beside the ones from earlier years. ### What the process is designed to protect. - Every grandchild has a voice: Anyone can bring an idea, and anyone can say no. Status: Designed. - Nothing is permanent by default: The mission is renewed each year, so it can grow as the family does. Status: Designed. - Past missions stay public: Each year’s adopted mission is kept, dated, so the family can see how its purpose has changed. Status: Planned. ## [About the foundation and the trust | CWS Family Foundation](https://cws.foundation/about) ### Two pillars, one family. The CWS Family Foundation and the 2023 CWS Family Trust are separate, and they are meant to work side by side. - Nonprofit formation: Planned. - First funding in 2028: Planned. ### The 2023 CWS Family Trust The trust was created in 2023 and named for Clyde W. Snyder. It carries forward what Clyde valued most: family that stays close, time spent together and doing good for others. The 2023 CWS Family Trust has committed annual, ongoing funding beginning in 2028. Status: Planned (Annual funding from 2028). ### CWS Family Foundation The foundation is a planned nonprofit set up by Clyde’s grandchildren. Its mission, its priorities and its votes belong to them, not to the trust. Until it is formed, cws.foundation explains the plan and the process. When there is more to share, it will be shared here. Status: Planned (Nonprofit formation). ### Not accepting donations The foundation is planned and is not asking for or accepting donations. ## [Contact | CWS Family Foundation](https://cws.foundation/contact) ### Write to the foundation. Ask a question about the planned foundation, or about how Clyde’s grandchildren will write its mission. A person in the family reads every message and replies to the address you give. The site publishes no email address.