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Edwins Leadership & Restaurant Institute
EDWINS LEADERSHIP & RESTAURANT INSTITUTE is a unique approach to giving formerly-incarcerated adults and similarly disadvantaged and at risk individuals a foundation in the hospitality industry while providing a support network necessary for a successful re-entry. Edwins' goal is to enhance the community of cleveland's vulnerable…
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $51,820
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $968,045
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Edwins Leadership & Restaurant Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $346k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $90k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $487k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $480k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $55k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $101k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $185k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwins Foundation | $2,572,706 | 9 | 84% |
| Edwins Second Chance Life Skills Center | $92,874 | 5 | 18% |
| Edwins Restaurant and Training Center Dba Edwins Too | $74,221 | 2 | n/a |
| Edwins Butcher Shop and Training Center | $67,320 | 3 | n/a |
| Edwins Bakery and Training Center | $57,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Edwins Family Center LLC | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
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.
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How this is measured
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About Edwins Leadership & Restaurant Institute
- How much does Edwins Leadership & Restaurant Institute give?
- Edwins Leadership & Restaurant Institute reported 6 itemized grants totaling $1,145,446, out of $1,255,036 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Edwins Leadership & Restaurant Institute fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (90%), Employment (7%), Education (3%).
- Who are Edwins Leadership & Restaurant Institute's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Edwins Foundation ($2.6M), Edwins Second Chance Life Skills Center ($93k), Edwins Restaurant and Training Center Dba Edwins Too ($74k).
- Does Edwins Leadership & Restaurant Institute fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Edwins Leadership & Restaurant Institute?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Edwins Foundation.
- Where is Edwins Leadership & Restaurant Institute based?
- Edwins Leadership & Restaurant Institute is based in OH.
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