· Private foundation
Irving & Beatrice C Edison 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k27 grants · $24k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GATEWAY PET GUARDIANS | $20,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS | $15,000 |
| MISSOURI BAPTIST HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| THE GATHERING | $4,000 |
| BARNES-JEWISH HOPITAL FOUNDATIONS | $3,000 |
| SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN | $2,500 |
| THINK PINK ROCKS | $1,000 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $1,000 |
| MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY | $1,000 |
| DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER | $1,000 |
| HELPING STRAYS OF MONROE COUNTY | $1,000 |
| SOPHIE'S FOUNDATION INC | $500 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $500 |
| ST LOUIS AREA FOODBANK | $500 |
| COMPASSION & CHOICES | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–21, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.
41 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- GPGATEWAY PET GUARDIANS3× · 2023–2025 · $31k · revenue +79%
- SHSHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN7× · 2019–2025 · $17k · revenue +16% · 61% of their budget
- JBJOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL9× · 2017–2025 · $13k · revenue +62%
Funded once
- TBTHE BRIDGE - THE MERRYSTARKEY CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONone grant, 2023 · $5k
- PSPride St Louis Incgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $2k · revenue +56%
- CTChakota Therapeutic Riding Center NFPgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue +31%
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.
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.
The missouri historical society (mhs) is a missouri pro forma decree, not-for-profit corporation whose primary functions are educational and community programs; collections and conservation; library and research; and exhibitions.…
The saint louis zoo association was established to support and enhance the saint louis zoo by providing facilities, funds, and advice. the association provides direct financial support to the zoo for renovations, new facilities, programs,…
To promote the possibilities of charitable giving, helping charitable citizens understand how they can effectively provide for the community they love and the causes they care deeply about.
To eliminate underlying causes of health inequities, transform systems and enable individuals and communities to thrive
The university's mission is to educate and advance communities of discovery to foster a healthier society.
The st. louis jewish light is a non-profit, independent news source whose mission is to inform, inspire, educate, and connect the st. louis jewish community.
Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.
The sole purpose of the foundation is to support the saint louis art museum, including but not limited to fundraising and other activities and assisting in financing expansion and renovation of its facilities.
Mission: st. louis empowers individuals for social and economic growth through relationships and opportunity.
Greater st. louis, inc. brings together business and civic leaders to create jobs, drive inclusive economic growth, and increase the st. louis metro area's global competitiveness. we speak with a unified voice, lead with a bold agenda, and…
The mission of the foundation is to improve the health and well-being of the communities served by jefferson hospital through engagement, community-driven research and grantmaking. there are three grantmaking priorities focused on the…
To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.
How this is measured
38 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. 38 of the 66 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC ↗
- Who funds GATEWAY PET GUARDIANS ↗
- Who funds MISSOURI BAPTIST HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds JOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER ↗
- Who funds NAMI National ↗
- Who funds COTA - Children's Organ Transplant Association ↗
- Who funds BELLEVILLE AREA HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds EARLY AMERICAN COPPERSINC ↗
- Who funds COMPASSION & CHOICES ↗
- Who funds ST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL EATING DISORDERS ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES ↗
- Who funds OUR LADYS INN ↗
- Who funds Pride St Louis Inc ↗
- Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURI ↗
- Who funds THE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF ST LOUIS ↗
- Who funds BROWN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds ST LOUIS COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ST LOUIS REGIONAL PUBLIC MEDIA INC ↗
- Who funds Chakota Therapeutic Riding Center NFP ↗
- Who funds Clarion West ↗
- Who funds THINK PINK ROCKS INC ↗
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: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Centene Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation · World Wide Technology Foundation · Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Julian I & Hope R Edison Foundation Inc · Sawyer & Jean Marglous Foundation · Leon and Mary Strauss Charitable Foundation · Regional Cultural and Performing Arts Development Commission
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Irving & Beatrice C Edison Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Irving & Beatrice C Edison Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Diabetes Foundation Inc: 31% of income from government
How this is measured
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