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Edge Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$40k
Granted FY2023
18
Grants FY2023
9
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Religion$76kHealth$64kHuman Services$37kPhilanthropy$16kRecreation & Sports$12kCivil Rights$12kPublic Benefit$12kInternational$10kOther$0
02FY2023 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k16 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$1,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$662k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF NEWTON$10,000
PREGNANCY CARE CENTER OF CATAWBA VALLEY$10,000
BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORPORATION$5,000
STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$1,000
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES$1,000
BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION$1,000
BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOMES OF NC$1,000
YOUTH FOR CHRIST USA$1,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$1,000
CRU- CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST INTERNATIONAL$1,000
DIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION$1,000
IN TOUCH MINISTRIES$1,000
TURNING POINT$1,000
BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION$1,000
FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 66% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2k → 11%BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $2k → 17%TIM TEBOW FOUNDATION: $3k → 6%SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $2k → 13%DIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $3k → 13%FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $2k → 15%THE V FOUNDATION: $2k → 8%FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH GO TEAM: $1k → 9%BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORPORATION: $5k → 12%FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF NEWTON: $10k → 12%SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $2k → 21%FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION: $2k → 8%DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS (DAV) CHARITABLE SERVICE TRUST: $2k → 10%DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS (DAV) CHARITABLE SERVICE TRUST: $1k → 11%STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2k → 11%BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $2k → 17%TIM TEBOW FOUNDATION: $3k → 6%SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $2k → 13%DIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $2k → 13%FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $2k → 15%THE V FOUNDATION: $2k → 8%FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF NEWTON: $7k → 12%SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $2k → 21%FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION: $2k → 8%DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS (DAV) CHARITABLE SERVICE TRUST: $2k → 10%STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2k → 11%BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $2k → 17%TIM TEBOW FOUNDATION: $3k → 6%SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $2k → 13%DIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $2k → 13%FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ATTN RECEIPTING DEPARTMENT: $2k → 15%THE V FOUNDATION: $2k → 8%FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF NEWTON: $4k → 12%SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $2k → 21%FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION: $2k → 8%DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS (DAV) CHARITABLE SERVICE TRUST: $2k → 10%BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $2k → 17%TIM TEBOW FOUNDATION: $2k → 6%SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $2k → 13%DIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $2k → 13%FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ATTN RECEIPTING DEPARTMENT: $2k → 15%DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS (DAV) CHARITABLE SERVICE TRUST: $2k → 10%TIM TEBOW FOUNDATION: $2k → 6%FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $2k → 15%DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS (DAV) CHARITABLE SERVICE TRUST: $2k → 10%TIM TEBOW FOUNDATION: $2k → 6%FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION: $2k → 8%FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION: $2k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
CA
CO
MO
KY
MD
NC
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$242k · 18 repeat orgs$8k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2023, 2 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
2

Total granted

$242k
$2k

Still filing today

72%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthReligionYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyPublic BenefitPublic Safety & DisasterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • BC
    BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOMES OF NORTH CAROLINA INCORPORATED
    7× · 2017–2023 · $25k · revenue +66%
  • PC
    PREGNANCY CARE CENTER OF CATAWBA VALLEY INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $21k · revenue +157%
  • TT
    TIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $16k · revenue ×12

Funded once

  • SG
    SUSAN G KOMEN FOR THE CURE
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
  • FU
    FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH GO TEAM
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Holy Cross Hospital Inc

We, holy cross hospital and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. holy cross hospital is a member of trinity health.

Health
2
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
3
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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4
St Francis Hospital Foundation Inc

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
5
Blue Letter Bible

The specific purpose of this corporation is to present a biblical, christian ministry of the gospel, hope, encouragement and strength to as many people as possible. the intent of those who will conduct this corporation's work is to present…

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6
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

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7
Good Shepherd Hospice Foundation Inc

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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8
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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9
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
10
St Charles Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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11
St Joseph's Hospital of Tampa Foundation Inc

St. joseph's hospitals foundation secures, manages and stewards philanthropic support to benefit the health care mission of st. joseph's hospital, st. joseph's women's hospital, st. joseph's children's hospital of tampa, st. joseph's…

Health
12
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation

The samuel waxman cancer research foundation (the "foundation") funds innovative research to bring faster cures to patients. in addition to supporting ongoing collaborative research in specific cancers, our scientists are investigating the…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is Pregnancy Care Center of Catawba Valley Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 22 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
13/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF NEWTON: $20,500 · OtherFIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF NEWTONBILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION: $18,000 · OtherBILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATIO…FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 · OtherFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INCTURNING POINT: $12,000 · OtherTURNING POINTNORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST MEN: $11,000 · OtherNORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST MENBLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORPORATION: $5,000 · OtherBLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORPORATION+3 more: $3,000 · OtherPREGNANCY CARE CENTER OF CATAWBA VALLEY INC: $20,500 · HealthPREGNANCY CARE CENTER O…DIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 · HealthDIABETES RESEARCH INSTI…SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $11,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR …THE V FOUNDATION: $8,000 · HealthTHE V FOUNDATIONBAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOMES OF NORTH CAROLINA INCORPORATED: $25,000 · ReligionBAPTIST CHILDREN'S HO…IN TOUCH MINISTRIES INC: $12,000 · ReligionIN TOUCH MINISTRIES I…SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSEFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $12,000 · Youth DevelopmentFELLOWSHIP…YOUTH FOR CHRISTUSA INC: $12,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH FOR …TIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC: $16,000 · PhilanthropyDisabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service Trust: $12,000 · Public BenefitTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 · Public Safety & DisasterSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $7,000 · Education
Other$81,500Health$51,500Religion$47,000Youth Development$24,000Philanthropy$16,000Public Benefit$12,000Public Safety & Disaster$11,000Education$7,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOMES OF NORTH CAROLINA INCORPORATED: $25,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPREGNANCY CARE CENTER OF CATAWBA VALLEY INC: $20,500 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetTIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC: $16,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetDIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $12,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDisabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service Trust: $12,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetIN TOUCH MINISTRIES INC: $12,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH FOR CHRISTUSA INC: $12,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $11,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE V FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOMES OF NORTH CAROLINA INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds PREGNANCY CARE CENTER OF CATAWBA VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds TIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds DIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
  • Who funds Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service Trust ↗
  • Who funds IN TOUCH MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH FOR CHRISTUSA INC ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds THE V FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

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How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Edge Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Edge Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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Find your warmest path to Edge Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 22 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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