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Julian I & Hope R Edison Foundation Inc

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.

$2.2M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
41
Grants FY2024
34
Organizations funded FY2023
3%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,020,000
Organizations funded a year
34 to 43
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$18M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 3% of the organizations Julian I & Hope R Edison Foundation Inc 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; $1000 went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesFood & NutritionPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving39$2.0M15%
FY202334$434k3%
FY202236$340k3%
FY202134$375k18%
FY202035$227k29%
FY201937$1.6M8%
FY201843$1.5Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$4.0MPhilanthropy$1.5MHealth$1.1MArts & Culture$580kReligion$430kHuman Services$79kCivil Rights$72kFood & Nutrition$54kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Barnes Jewish Hospital$613,7267n/a
John Burroughs School$429,48671%
Temple Israel$279,4364n/a
St Louis Art Museum Foundation$192,20470%
St Louis Psychoanalytic Institute$165,00077%
Radio Arts Foundation$92,50072%
United Way of Greater St Louis Inc$92,00050%
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra$80,00060%
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression$80,00060%
Hillel at Binghamton Inc$77,500211%
Show all 43 grantees
All grantees of Julian I & Hope R Edison Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Barnes Jewish Hospital$613,7267n/a
John Burroughs School$429,48671%
Temple Israel$279,4364n/a
St Louis Art Museum Foundation$192,20470%
St Louis Psychoanalytic Institute$165,00077%
Radio Arts Foundation$92,50072%
United Way of Greater St Louis Inc$92,00050%
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra$80,00060%
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression$80,00060%
Hillel at Binghamton Inc$77,500211%
Congregation Temple Israel$72,8034n/a
St Louis Regional Public Media Inc$72,50060%
Operation Food Search Inc$40,00050%
St Louis Public Library$38,0007n/a
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$20,40030%
St Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum$20,00011%
American Jewish Committee$18,50070%
Parents as Teachers National Center Inc$14,00060%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$10,00010%
Forest Park Forever Inc$9,00070%
Chamber Music Society of St Louis Inc$7,00070%
Grand Center Inc$5,00050%
River City Journalism Fund Inc$5,00015%
The Scholarship Foundation of St Louis$3,95070%
Jewish Community Relations Council$2,75040%
American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri Foundation$2,00010%
The Little Bit Foundation$1,00010%
The Beaver Country Day School Inc$70070%
The Oasis Institute$60050%
Lower East Side Tenement Museum$50010%
St Louis Jewish Light$50040%
Jewish Community Center$40020%
The Saint Louis Zoo Association$20530%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$16020%
Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees$14520%
International Institute of Metropolitan St Louis$10010%
Jewish Family Services of St Louis$10010%
Missouri Historical Society$5510%
Nantucket Atheneum Inc$5010%
Harvard Club of St Louis$451n/a
Ready Readers$2910%
Heat Up St Louis Inc$2510%
Temple Emanuel$251n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.0M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Julian I & Hope R Edison Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJohn Burroughs School: $429,486 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetSt Louis Art Museum Foundation: $192,204 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetSt Louis Psychoanalytic Institute: $165,000 over 7y, 6.6% of budgetRadio Arts Foundation: $92,500 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetUnited Way of Greater St Louis Inc: $92,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSaint Louis Symphony Orchestra: $80,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNational Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression: $80,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHillel at Binghamton Inc: $77,500 over 2y, 11% of budgetSt Louis Regional Public Media Inc: $72,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetOperation Food Search Inc: $40,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc: $20,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSt Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum: $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetAmerican Jewish Committee: $18,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetParents as Teachers National Center Inc: $14,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam J Brennan Center for Justice Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetForest Park Forever Inc: $9,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetChamber Music Society of St Louis Inc: $7,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetGrand Center Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRiver City Journalism Fund Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetThe Scholarship Foundation of St Louis: $3,950 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Community Relations Council: $2,750 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Missouri Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Little Bit Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Beaver Country Day School Inc: $700 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Oasis Institute: $600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLower East Side Tenement Museum: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Louis Jewish Light: $500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Community Center: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Saint Louis Zoo Association: $205 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $160 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMissouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees: $145 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Institute of Metropolitan St Louis: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Family Services of St Louis: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMissouri Historical Society: $55 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNantucket Atheneum Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetReady Readers: $29 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHeat Up St Louis Inc: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 37.

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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.

Leon and Mary Strauss Charitable FoundationMO28.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Leon and Mary Strauss Charitable Foundation · Centene Foundation · Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Trio Foundation of St Louis · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Kahn Memorial Trust · The Patriot Foundation · Stanley & Lucy Lopata Foundation · The Kranzberg Family Charitable Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation · Millstone Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Julian I & Hope R Edison Foundation Inc

How much does Julian I & Hope R Edison Foundation Inc give?
Julian I & Hope R Edison Foundation Inc reported 41 grants totaling $2,185,478 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 34 and 43 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Julian I & Hope R Edison Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (51%), Philanthropy (19%), Health (14%).
Who are Julian I & Hope R Edison Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Barnes Jewish Hospital ($614k), John Burroughs School ($429k), Temple Israel ($279k).
Does Julian I & Hope R Edison Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 3% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Julian I & Hope R Edison Foundation Inc 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 Julian I & Hope R Edison Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Leon and Mary Strauss Charitable Foundation, Centene Foundation, Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation.
Where is Julian I & Hope R Edison Foundation Inc based?
Julian I & Hope R Edison Foundation Inc is based in MO.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 73 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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