Texas · Private foundation
Edwards Charitable Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $24k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $7,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $363k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Edwards Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 15 | $24k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $23k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $27k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $25k | 7% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $24k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $23k | 19% |
| FY2017 | 18 | $23k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Branch Human Resources Partnership Inc | $43,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Communities in Schools of Houston Inc | $18,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Search Homeless Services | $8,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation | $7,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Communities In Schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Inc | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| St Edwards University | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Freedom School Partners Inc | $5,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Classroom Central Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| SpringSpirit Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Teach for America Inc | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Branch Human Resources Partnership Inc | $43,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Communities in Schools of Houston Inc | $18,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Search Homeless Services | $8,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation | $7,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Communities In Schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Inc | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| St Edwards University | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Freedom School Partners Inc | $5,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Classroom Central Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| SpringSpirit Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Teach for America Inc | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Yellowstone Park Foundation | $3,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Carolinas | $3,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Fortress Youth Development Center Inc | $3,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Delta Delta Delta Foundation | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| World Vision International | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Houston Center for Literacy | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Spring Branch Education Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Christ School Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($48k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Edwards Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Shell USA Company Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Dollar General Literacy Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
About Edwards Charitable Foundation
- How much does Edwards Charitable Foundation give?
- Edwards Charitable Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $24,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Edwards Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (40%), Human Services (25%), Recreation & Sports (19%).
- Who are Edwards Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Spring Branch Human Resources Partnership Inc ($43k), Communities in Schools of Houston Inc ($19k), Search Homeless Services ($9k).
- Does Edwards Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Edwards Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Edwards Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Shell USA Company Foundation, Greater Houston Community Foundation, United Way Worldwide.
- Where is Edwards Charitable Foundation based?
- Edwards Charitable Foundation is based in TX.
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