Edwardson Family Foundation

• The foundation makes contributions only to organisations it has preselected and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a charity with no existing link to it should not send a cold proposal.
• Its grants have mostly gone to organisations it had already funded: 98% of its grant dollars in the filing went to such repeat recipients, which suggests a relationship-led funder where the route in is through an existing connection.
• Half of its 156 grants to organisations were about $12,500 or less, and about 8 in 10 fall between $2,500 and $200,000, so a modest request in that range is the realistic size.
• The filing shows grants mainly in Illinois, Wisconsin, Florida, Georgia and New York, but no geographic focus is stated, so that pattern should not be treated as a rule about who may apply.
• Its recorded grants span education, health, social services, humanitarian relief, arts and culture, environmental work and civic life, so a charity can judge whether its own work sits among these examples.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• University of Chicago · General operations
  $713,1822024 tax year
• Rush University Medical Center · General operations
  $400,0002024 tax year
• Boca Grande Health Clinic Foundation · General operations
  $265,0002024 tax year
• Inter Varsity Christian Foundation · General operations
  $250,0002024 tax year
• Ravinia Festival · General operations
  $220,0002024 tax year
• Ifes · General operations
  $205,0002024 tax year
• American Red Cross · General operations
  $200,0002024 tax year
• Better Government Association · General operations
  $200,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

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.