California · Private foundation
Edwards 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.
- $17k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $406k
- 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 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 | 12 | $17k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $19k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $20k | 23% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $24k | 7% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $25k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $25k | 12% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $29k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $30k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vista Hill Foundation | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Hopelink | $17,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Lions Camp Horizon Foundation 7506 Gemini St | $11,500 | 5 | 4% |
| Food Bank of Northern Nevada Inc | $8,500 | 8 | 0% |
| American Association of University Women Aauw-San Jose Branch | $4,500 | 2 | n/a |
| University Unitarian Church | $3,700 | 3 | n/a |
| Project Cornerstone Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Lewis & Clark College | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arts for All Nevada | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cvhs Music Boosters | $350 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($98k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Edwards Foundation
- How much does Edwards Foundation give?
- Edwards Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $16,700 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Edwards Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (30%), Human Services (23%), Recreation & Sports (8%).
- Who are Edwards Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Vista Hill Foundation ($40k), Hopelink ($18k), Lions Camp Horizon Foundation 7506 Gemini St ($12k).
- Does Edwards Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Edwards 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 Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Edwards Foundation based?
- Edwards Foundation is based in CA.
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