Florida · Private foundation
Edwardson Family Foundation
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.
- $5.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 60
- Grants FY2025
- 46
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,485,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 46 to 60
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 14
- Total assets, FY2025
- $78M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations Edwardson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $78k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 60 | $5.7M | 22% |
| FY2024 | 46 | $3.6M | 15% |
| FY2023 | 53 | $1.8M | 23% |
| FY2022 | 56 | $3.8M | 16% |
| FY2021 | 60 | $2.0M | 20% |
| FY2020 | 59 | $1.5M | 19% |
| FY2019 | 60 | $2.5M | 23% |
| FY2018 | 50 | $1.6M | 24% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Chicago | $3,049,182 | 7 | 0% |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $2,382,257 | 6 | n/a |
| Ravinia Festival Association | $2,095,040 | 9 | 2% |
| Opportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us | $1,609,700 | 8 | 1% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $1,310,434 | 7 | 0% |
| Advance Illinois Nfp | $1,022,343 | 9 | 4% |
| Rush University Medical Center | $944,250 | 8 | 0% |
| International Fellowship of Evangelical Students USA Inc | $655,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Lincoln Park Zoological Society | $588,668 | 9 | 0% |
| Boca Grande Health Clinic Fndtn Inc | $560,000 | 3 | 2% |
Show all 79 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 68 recipients with no EIN on record ($7.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Edwardson Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 65 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: The Chicago Community Trust · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Linda & Barry Allen Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Carbonari Family Foundation · Square One Foundation · The Canning Foundation · Patrick G and Shirley W Ryan Foundation · Lavin Family Foundation · Carol Bernick Family Foundation · Dr Scholl Foundation · Lloyd a Fry Foundation
How this is measured
About Edwardson Family Foundation
- How much does Edwardson Family Foundation give?
- Edwardson Family Foundation reported 60 grants totaling $5,682,093 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 46 and 60 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Edwardson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (31%), Arts & Culture (12%), Housing & Shelter (10%).
- Who are Edwardson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Chicago ($3.0M), Trustees of Purdue University ($2.4M), Ravinia Festival Association ($2.1M).
- Does Edwardson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Edwardson Family 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 Edwardson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Robert R McCormick Foundation, Linda & Barry Allen Foundation.
- Where is Edwardson Family Foundation based?
- Edwardson Family Foundation is based in FL.
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