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Margaret Watt Edwards Foundation Attn Bronwen Edwards-Denney Co-Trustee

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.

$137k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$37k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$234kHealth$219kReligion$178kPhilanthropy$141kArts & Culture$110kEnvironment$89kAnimals$62kCivil Rights$17kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k14 grants · $52k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $85k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$36,500
BLOSSER CENTER FOR DYSLEXIA RESOURCES$19,500
GRACE MEMORIAL EPISCOPAL CHURCH$18,500
UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH$10,000
OREGON NATURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL DBA OREGON WILD$5,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE COLUMBIA WILLAMETTE INC$5,000
WEBB SCHOOL$5,000
CENTRAL CITY CONCERN$5,000
PACIFIC YOUTH CHOIR$5,000
WESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION$4,500
OREGON FOOD BANK$4,000
ANIMAL AID$3,800
OREGON ZOO FOUNDATION$2,600
OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING$2,600
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%OREGON OUTREACH INC: $1k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 11% of Margaret Watt Edwards Foundation Attn Bronwen Edwards-Denney Co-Trustee’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Margaret Watt Edwards Foundation Attn Bronwen Edwards-Denney Co-Trusteelessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$886k · 16 repeat orgs$52k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +39% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
9

Total granted

$886k
$18k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+39%

Still filing today

75%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $34k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthArts & CultureAnimalsEnvironmentHuman ServicesOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • THE BLOSSER CENTER FOR DYSLEXIA RESOURCES
    9× · 2017–2025 · $214k · revenue +55%
  • MI
    MID-PACIFIC INSTITUTE
    6× · 2017–2022 · $193k · revenue +33%
  • PY
    PACIFIC YOUTH CHOIR
    9× · 2017–2025 · $85k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • PP
    PORTLAND POLICE BUREAU SUNSHINE DIVISION
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • SO
    SISTER'S OF ST MARY'S
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF BATES COLLEGE
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
University of Oregon Foundation

The purpose and mission of the foundation are, acting on its own or through affiliates, to support and assist the university of oregon in its activities by management and administration of foundation assets representing privately donated…

Education
2
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
3
Oregon Research Institute

Oregon research institute is an independent behavioral sciences research center dedicated to understanding human behavior and improving the quality of human life through the prevention and treatment of health, educational, and social…

Social Science
4
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
5
Oregon Agricultural Trust

Oregon agricultural trust partners with farmers and ranchers to protect agricultural lands for the benefit of oregons economy, communities, and landscapes.

Environment
6
Ashland University

Ashland university, guided by our christian heritage, is a comprehensive, private university that provides a transformative learning experience, shaping graduates who work, serve and lead with integrity in their local, national, and global…

Education
7
University of the Ozarks

True to our christian heritage, we prepare students from diverse religious, cultural, educational and economic backgrounds to live life fully.

Education
8
The University of British Columbia

Pursuing excellence in research learning and engagement to foster global citizenship and advance a sustainable and just society across British Columbia Canada and the world.

Education
9
Portland State University Foundation

Portland state university foundation is responsible for raising and managing private resources to advance psu's priorities and mission to be a leading urban university.

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10
University of Portland

The university of portland, an independently governed catholic university guided by the congregation of holy cross, addresses significant questions of human concern through interdisciplinary studies of the arts, sciences, and humanities…

Education
11
Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences

Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences educates and trains health care professionals emphasizing service among rural and medically under-served communities throughout the Northwest.

Education
12
U of O Foundation Supporting Organization

See schedule othe purpose and mission of the organization is to support and assist the university of oregon foundation in its activities by management and administration of organization assets representing privately donated funds, by…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Oregon Public Broadcasting; the most unlike its peers is Grace Institute. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

25 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. 25 of the 34 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
15/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MID-PACIFIC INSTITUTE: $193,000 · OtherMID-PACIFIC INSTITUTEGRACE MEMORIAL EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $158,500 · OtherGRACE MEMORIAL EPISCOPAL CHURCHSISTERS OF ST MARY OF OREGON FOUNDATION: $16,000 · OtherOREGON FOOD BANK: $15,000 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $16,740 · Other+12 more: $31,000 · Other+12 moreTHE BLOSSER CENTER FOR DYSLEXIA RESOURCES: $213,918 · HealthTHE BLOSSER CENTER FOR …+2 more: $10,000 · HealthHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $141,033 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNI…PACIFIC YOUTH CHOIR: $85,494 · Arts & CulturePACIFIC YOU…OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING: $19,150 · Arts & CultureOREGON PUBL…Grace Institute: $5,000 · Arts & CultureWESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY: $47,367 · EnvironmentOregon Natural Resources Council Fund Oregon Wild: $34,873 · EnvironmentTHE OREGON ZOO FOUNDATION: $46,100 · AnimalsANIMAL AID INC: $15,550 · Animals+1 more: $633 · AnimalsUNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH: $10,000 · EducationPRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES OF BATES COLLEGE: $9,000 · EducationTHE WEBB SCHOOL: $5,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $4,500 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND: $2,000 · Education
Other$430,240Health$223,918Philanthropy$141,033Arts & Culture$109,644Environment$82,240Animals$62,283Education$30,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE BLOSSER CENTER FOR DYSLEXIA RESOURCES: $213,918 over 9y, 7.3% of budgetMID-PACIFIC INSTITUTE: $193,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $141,033 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPACIFIC YOUTH CHOIR: $85,494 over 9y, 3.6% of budgetWESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY: $47,367 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE OREGON ZOO FOUNDATION: $46,100 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetOregon Natural Resources Council Fund Oregon Wild: $34,873 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetOREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING: $19,150 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $16,740 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetANIMAL AID INC: $15,550 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetOREGON FOOD BANK: $15,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES OF BATES COLLEGE: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE COLUMBIA WILLAMETTE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WEBB SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCentral City Concern: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGrace Institute: $5,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCEEDS OF PEACE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII FOODBANK INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON OUTREACH INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTUALATIN HILLS SWIM CLUB: $800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDOVE LEWIS EMERGENCY ANIMAL HOSPITAL INC: $633 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 THE BLOSSER CENTER FOR DYSLEXIA RESOURCES ↗
  • Who funds MID-PACIFIC INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC YOUTH CHOIR ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds THE OREGON ZOO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Oregon Natural Resources Council Fund Oregon Wild ↗
  • Who funds OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF HAWAII FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL AID INC ↗
  • Who funds OREGON FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH ↗
  • Who funds PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES OF BATES COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE COLUMBIA WILLAMETTE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WEBB SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Central City Concern ↗
  • Who funds Grace Institute ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CEEDS OF PEACE ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND ↗
  • Who funds HAWAII FOODBANK INC ↗
  • Who funds OREGON OUTREACH INC ↗
  • Who funds TUALATIN HILLS SWIM CLUB ↗
  • Who funds DOVE LEWIS EMERGENCY ANIMAL HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds HAWAI'I LGBT LEGACY FOUNDATION ↗

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.

The Oregon Community …Juan Young TrustOCF Joseph E Weston P…Marie Lamfrom Charita…Raymond James Charita…American Endowment Fo…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Blackbaud Giving …Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…
The Oregon Community FoundationOR21.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Juan Young Trust · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Margaret Watt Edwards Foundation Attn Bronwen Edwards-Denney Co-Trustee funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Margaret Watt Edwards Foundation Attn Bronwen Edwards-Denney Co-Trustee. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
  • Central City Concern: 10% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of the Columbia Willamette Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Oregon Natural Resources Council Fund Oregon Wild: 2% of income from government
  • Pacific Youth Choir: 1% of income from government
  • Oregon Public Broadcasting: 1% of income from government
  • Western Rivers Conservancy: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 34 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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