North Carolina · Private foundation
The E Merle & Ollie W Edwards Fou
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.
- $24k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 64%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 64% of the organizations The E Merle & Ollie W Edwards Fou funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $24k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $50k | 64% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $51k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $60k | 63% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $62k | 83% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $23k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $59k | 70% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $24k | 71% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southside Christian School Inc | $100,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Meredith College | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| East Carolina University Medical & Health Sciences Foundation Inc | $17,500 | 3 | 0% |
| North Carolina Coastal Federation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hope Preparatory School Inc | $8,500 | 1 | 1% |
| University of Mount Olive Inc | $7,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Women for Women | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Cary Academy | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Methodist Home for Children Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Helping a HeroOrg | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southside Christian School Inc | $100,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Meredith College | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| East Carolina University Medical & Health Sciences Foundation Inc | $17,500 | 3 | 0% |
| North Carolina Coastal Federation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hope Preparatory School Inc | $8,500 | 1 | 1% |
| University of Mount Olive Inc | $7,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Women for Women | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Cary Academy | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Methodist Home for Children Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Helping a HeroOrg | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| East Carolina University Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pitt County Council on Aging Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| North Carolina Coastal Land Trust | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Garner Dolphins Swim Team | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Elizabethtown Christian Academy Inc | $200 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($162k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The E Merle & Ollie W Edwards Fou supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About The E Merle & Ollie W Edwards Fou
- How much does The E Merle & Ollie W Edwards Fou give?
- The E Merle & Ollie W Edwards Fou reported 7 grants totaling $23,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The E Merle & Ollie W Edwards Fou fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (48%), Environment (10%), Religion (10%).
- Who are The E Merle & Ollie W Edwards Fou's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Southside Christian School Inc ($100k), Meredith College ($35k), East Carolina University Medical & Health Sciences Foundation Inc ($18k).
- Does The E Merle & Ollie W Edwards Fou fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 64% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The E Merle & Ollie W Edwards Fou 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 The E Merle & Ollie W Edwards Fou?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Family Foundation Inc, North Carolina Community Foundation, The Cannon Foundation Inc.
- Where is The E Merle & Ollie W Edwards Fou based?
- The E Merle & Ollie W Edwards Fou is based in NC.
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