· Private foundation
William Edgar Charitable Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k21 grants · $66k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $186k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| IRON COUNTY SHELTERED WORKSHOP | $39,620 |
| SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY | $22,600 |
| MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY | $22,000 |
| IRON COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS | $20,000 |
| OPPEL STRANGE FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| ARCADIA VALLEY FOOD PANTRY | $15,000 |
| IRON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT | $15,000 |
| CENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY | $11,000 |
| ARCADIA VALLEY R-II SCHOOL DISTRICT | $10,605 |
| SOUTHERN IRON COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION | $10,000 |
| MINERAL AREA COLLEGE | $7,500 |
| MISSOURI BAPTIST UNIVERSITY | $6,000 |
| WEBSTER UNIVERSITY | $5,500 |
| ILLINOIS COLLEGE | $5,500 |
| SOUTHWEST BAPTIST UNIVERSITY | $5,500 |
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 (FY19–22, $83k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 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
Which US states its grants reach
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 +10% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.
39 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 10 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, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $111k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ICIRON COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS ORG INC4× · 2019–2022 · $83k · revenue +5%
- AVARCADIA VALLEY SENIOR CITIZENS3× · 2020–2024 · $55k · revenue +10%
- CMCENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY7× · 2019–2025 · $35k · revenue +14%
Funded once
- AVARCADIA VALLEY CENTER CITIZENS FORone grant, 2023 · $14k
- SISOUTH IRON COMMUNITY BETTERMENT ASNone grant, 2023 · $8k
- SISOUTHERN IRON COUNTY FIRE DISTone grant, 2022 · $7k
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.
Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
True to our christian heritage, we prepare students from diverse religious, cultural, educational and economic backgrounds to live life fully.
John brown university (jbu) provides christ-centered education that prepares students to honor god and serve others by developing their intellectual, spiritual, and professional lives. (continued on schedule o)jbu serves traditional…
Xavier is a jesuit catholic university rooted in the liberal arts tradition. our mission is to educate each student intellectually, morally, and spiritually. we create learning opportunities through rigorous academic and professional…
Inspired by lutheran scholarly tradition and the liberal arts, augustana provides an education of enduring worth that challenges the intellect, fosters integrity and integrates faith with learning and service in a diverse world.
Coker university is a student-centered, comprehensive university. it is dedicated to providing every student an academic curriculum based upon a uniformly excellent liberal arts core that enhances the structured development of key personal…
Lourdes university, rooted in catholic and franciscan traditions, provides a values-centered education that enriches lives and advances academic excellence through the integration of the liberal arts and professional studies.
Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.
Through innovative learning opportunities, individual student attention, and an unwavering commitment to inclusive educational access, simpson college cultivates a diverse community of learners to lead lives of meaning and purpose.
Mcdaniel college is a diverse student-centered community committed to excellence in the liberal arts & sciences and professional studies with careful mentoring and attention to the individual. mcdaniel changes lives. we challenge students…
As an institution of higher education committed to the reformed christian perspective, dordt university equips students, alumni, and the broader community to work effectively toward christ-centered renewal in all aspects of contemporary…
How this is measured
27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 70 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 IRON COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS ORG INC ↗
- Who funds ARCADIA VALLEY SENIOR CITIZENS ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF FORT DAVIDSON ↗
- Who funds IRON COUNTY SHELTERED WORKSHOP INC ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Maryville University - St Louis ↗
- Who funds Missouri Baptist University ↗
- Who funds Webster University ↗
- Who funds LINDENWOOD EDUCATION SYSTEM ↗
- Who funds ILLINOIS COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds SOUTHWEST BAPTIST UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds FONTBONNE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds WILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds SOUTH IRON COMMUNITY BETTERMENT ASN ↗
- Who funds Ozark Valleys Community Services 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: John R Lucash Scholarship Trust · Tammy Stratman Brown Charities · Folds of Honor Foundation · Missouri Colleges Fund Inc · T Michal Flottman Scholarship Trust · Tulsa Community Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Hardin Memorial Scholarship Foundation · Griffin Family Foundation Inc · Council of Independent Colleges · Swope Memorial Loan Fund · George & Hazel Barber Scholarship Trust
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization William Edgar Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William Edgar Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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