The Edgerley Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests, so a small charity should not send it a cold proposal; the only route in is to be preselected or invited.
- Half of its grants across the three filings were $20,000 or less, and most grants fall between $2,000 and $600,000, so a modest request near the lower figure matches its usual pattern if an invitation comes.
- Its grants go to universities, youth and education groups, hospitals, arts bodies and social-service providers, and most recorded purposes are general-fund support, so organisations working in those areas are a plausible fit.
- In the latest filing, 93% of grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had also funded in one of the two prior filings, so existing relationships appear to matter a great deal.
- The filings show grants mainly in Massachusetts and Kansas, but no geographic focus is stated, so that pattern is not a rule on who may be considered.
Overview
The Edgerley Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Overland Park, KS.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 12 October 2026.
Priority Areas
Recorded grants go predominantly to Massachusetts organisations, with awards also reaching Kansas and many other states. Recipients include universities and schools, youth-development and education organisations, hospitals and health charities, community foundations, social-service providers, arts and cultural bodies, religious institutions and civic organisations. The filings identify leadership-studies education as a specific purpose for a small group of grants; most recorded purposes are general-fund support. The grant record spans diverse charitable activities and places, with repeat funding also evident across its recipient organisations.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Massachusetts and Kansas.
How to apply
The foundation contributes only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 93% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 275 grants to organisations were $20,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 1%
- The largest single recipient received 24% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 93% of grant dollars went to organisations The Edgerley Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 3% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 101 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $10,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Year Up · Support-general fund$13,000,0002024 tax year
- Harvard University · Support-general fund$7,250,0002024 tax year
- Kansas State University Foundation · To fund and support the education of leadership studies$3,030,0002024 tax year
- Massachusetts General Hospital · Support-general fund$2,500,0002024 tax year
- Boston College · Support-general fund$1,210,0002024 tax year
- Boston Foundation · Support-general fund$1,102,0002024 tax year
- City Year · Support-general fund$1,000,0002024 tax year
- American Friends of the Royal Foundation · Support-general fund$1,000,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Sandra Edgerley — Trustee
- Paul Edgerley — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $19,344,891 | $18,263,300 | $224,375,740 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $26,656,633 | $24,944,961 | $225,481,791 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $36,046,039 | $35,361,000 | $239,102,135 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
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Contact
- Overland Park, KS