· 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.
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 $10k6 grants · $14k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE NC MARINE AND ESTUARY FOUNDATIO | $10,000 |
| ECU COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS | $5,000 |
| BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA | $3,500 |
| HELPS | $2,500 |
| ECU HEALTH FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| PINETOPS UNITED METHODIST MEN | $1,000 |
| BLADEN WE CARE | $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 (FY20–20, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 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 +41% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 3 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, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SCSOUTHSIDE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC3× · 2021–2023 · $100k · revenue +85%
MEREDITH COLLEGE2× · 2023–2024 · $35k · revenue +1%
EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL & HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION INC3× · 2018–2020 · $18k · revenue +23%
Funded once
- SNSMITH'S NEW HOME OFWB CHURCHone grant, 2022 · $20k
- PCPITT COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATIONone grant, 2019 · $13k
- LFLCC FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2019 · $13k
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.
Supports, by financial assistance and otherwise, the various colleges within the university, the libraries, and other university-connected functions.
Erskine College exists to glorify God as a Christian academic community where students are equipped to flourish as whole persons for lives of service through the pursuit of undergraduate liberal arts and graduate theological education.
It is the mission of norfolk christian schools to equip students spiritually, intellectually, and physically to love god and to serve him as christ's ambassadors in the world.
Charlotte christian school is a christ-centered, college preparatory school, equipping and developing students to effectively integrate biblical truth and learning nto their daily lives and to impact the culture for christ.
SMC Delivers an exceptional education that fuses the empowerment of the liberal arts with crucial career skills. Our mission is to equip our students with the knowledge, skills, virtues, and mindset needed to thrive personally, create…
Catawba college is committed to providing students an education rich in personal attention that blends the knowledge and competencies of liberal studies with career preparation. catawba college draws strength from judeo-christian values,…
The mission of Toccoa Falls College is to glorify God through seeking and developing Christian servant leaders who will impact their world with the love and message of Jesus Christ.
Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.
Cary christian school provides an excellent classical education founded upon a biblical worldview. classical christian education is an integrated approach to learning which complements students' natural learning stages while infusing…
Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.
Columbia college provides educational opportunities that develop students' capacity for critical thought and expression, life-long learning, acceptance of personal responsibilty, and commitment to service and social justice.
Greensboro College provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 47 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 SOUTHSIDE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds MEREDITH COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL & HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL FEDERATION INC ↗
- Who funds HOPE PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MOUNT OLIVE INC ↗
- Who funds WOMEN FOR WOMEN ↗
- Who funds CARY ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds Methodist Home for Children Foundation ↗
- Who funds Helping a HeroOrg ↗
- Who funds EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CONGRESSIONAL SPORTSMEN'S FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PITT COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING 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: Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Family Foundation Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The E Merle & Ollie W Edwards Fou funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The E Merle & Ollie W Edwards Fou. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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