· Private foundation
Jeanette K & Donald O Edwards Foundation
Its FY2022 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 2022.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2022
- Under $10k3 grants · $11k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $191k
- $250k+1 grant · $558k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| EDWARDS INITIATIVE INC | $557,664 |
| KEN ANDERSON ALLIANCE | $66,000 |
| BLOC MINISTIES | $65,000 |
| NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $60,000 |
| DREWS RAINBOW FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| MADIES HOUSE | $10,000 |
| CINCINNATI SENIOR CONNECTION | $5,000 |
| GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| LASALLE HIGH SCHOOL | $1,000 |
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 (FY22–22, $66k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% 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
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 +161% since the first grant, against +50% for those funded once.
10 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2022, 5 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (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 FY2022, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $77k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BMBLOC MINISTRIES INC4× · 2017–2022 · $173k · revenue +84%
- NKNORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC2× · 2021–2022 · $120k · revenue +161%
- MHMadis House Inc2× · 2020–2022 · $20k · revenue +226%
Funded once
- LHLASALE HIGH SCHOOLone grant, 2020 · $10k
- MCMELODIC CONNECTIONSone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue -73%
- PHPRAY HOPE BELIEVE FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $1k · revenue +50%
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.
To inspire a community of uc and uc health supporters through the power of philanthropy.
Secure organ and tissue donors and coordinate transplant services.
As a trusted and connected partner, we inspire generous people to invest in a more equitable and vibrant region now and for generations to come.
Higher education for christian leadership and service in the church and in professions.
The UWGC Foundation provides a flexible vehicle to perpetuate financial support of UWGC, its initiatives, its agencies, and the human services they provide.
Eskenazi Health Foundation inspires, energizes and promotes a vital, healthy Indianapolis community by providing strategic guidance and philanthropic resources to Eskenazi Health.
To maximize private philanthropic support for Indiana University
How this is measured
7 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. 7 of the 17 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.
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: Duke Energy Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Jeanette K & Donald O Edwards Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jeanette K & Donald O Edwards Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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