cws.family · The CWS Family Trust
Named for Clyde. Built for family.
A home for Clyde W. Snyder’s children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren: the story of the man the trust is named for, what the trust is for, and the portal where our family will plan, vote and write our values together.
Who we’re named for
The happiest man on the boat.
Clyde W. Snyder · 1933–2022
Clyde was an artist and a teacher, and for sixty years an elder of the Bible Fellowship Church. He held his faith dear, and he loved his children, grandchildren, family and friends whoever they called their God.
Money was never the point in the Snyder family. Fishing trips, full tables at family gatherings and showing up for others were.
The trust’s mission
Named for Clyde. Built for family.
The CWS Family Trust carries forward what Clyde W. Snyder valued most (family that stays close, time spent together and doing good for others) as the family’s long-term owner of what it builds.
The trust was created in 2023 and named for Clyde W. Snyder (1933–2022), an artist and teacher who served as an elder of the Bible Fellowship Church for sixty years. Clyde held his faith dear, and he loved his children, grandchildren, family and friends whoever they called their God. In the Snyder family, money was never the point; fishing trips, full tables at family gatherings and showing up for others were. The trust turns those values into something lasting, and it stands with The Glemser Foundation. Family and the foundation are its two pillars, and the trust is built on both.
Owns for the long term
The family’s patient, long-term owner of the businesses it builds.
Backs builders
Co-invests alongside entrepreneurs building real businesses.
Teaches the family
Family values, practical finances and planning ahead with qualified advisors.
Stands with The Glemser Foundation
The trust’s other pillar, guiding young professionals and entrepreneurs.
Helps people find their way back
Our family has seen the harm religious extremism and cults can do. Each year the trust considers funding for efforts that support former and current members of cults and high-control groups, and others in need.
Makes time for family
Beginning in 2028, helping fund the trips and gatherings Clyde loved.
The family portal
One dock for the whole family.
Every household keeps its own boat and chooses when to go out. cws.family is the dock we share: accounts, planning, elections and the words we write together.
- In build
One family sign-in
Relatives sign in through Federated Trust, so every account belongs to a verified person and access can be granted or taken back.
- In build
Opt in, opt out
Choose how involved you want to be, from newsletters to elections, and change your mind at any time. Taking part is always a choice.
- Designed
Elections
Vote on the family’s representatives and on the questions the trust puts to the family, with results everyone can see.
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Write our values together
Draft, discuss and vote on the trust’s values and mission each year, so they stay the family’s words, not one person’s.
Our sister site
The CWS Foundation
The CWS Foundation, a planned nonprofit set up by Clyde’s grandchildren; the trust commits annual funding beginning in 2028.