California · Private foundation
The Edwards Family Foundation
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.
- $167k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 49
- Grants FY2025
- 39
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 28 to 40
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 14
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations The Edwards Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 49 | $167k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 39 | $125k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 39 | $120k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 40 | $150k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 38 | $220k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 30 | $119k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 30 | $100k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 28 | $84k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lutheran World Relief Inc | $130,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Pastoral Leadership Institute | $119,000 | 5 | 6% |
| Mt Scott Park Center for Learning | $48,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc Dba Global Refuge | $41,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Hope Horizon East Palo Alto | $39,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Holt International Children's Services Inc | $37,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Rock Creek Alliance Inc | $36,000 | 8 | 12% |
| We Raise Foundation | $32,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Eureka Institute Inc (The) | $31,000 | 7 | 14% |
| The Luke Commission | $27,500 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 39 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($332k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Edwards Family Foundation 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.
Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · The Douglas and Gloria Rumberger Foundation · The Anjulicia Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Bright Funds Foundation · Innovia Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
How this is measured
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About The Edwards Family Foundation
- How much does The Edwards Family Foundation give?
- The Edwards Family Foundation reported 49 grants totaling $166,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 40 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Edwards Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (26%), Religion (23%), Education (15%).
- Who are The Edwards Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Lutheran World Relief Inc ($130k), Pastoral Leadership Institute ($119k), Mt Scott Park Center for Learning ($48k).
- Does The Edwards Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Edwards Family Foundation 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 Edwards Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc, The Douglas and Gloria Rumberger Foundation.
- Where is The Edwards Family Foundation based?
- The Edwards Family Foundation is based in CA.
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