Edelman Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The Edelman Family Foundation funds a wide range of causes, including healthcare advocacy, genomic research, education and scholarships, Jewish classical education, free-expression and policy work, media, ending child marriage, and maternity care and emergency relief, so check your work fits one of these areas before considering an approach.
- No geographic focus is stated, though its filings show grants mainly in New York, Virginia, Rhode Island, Georgia and Pennsylvania.
- For size of request, about 8 in 10 of its 39 grants to organisations fall between $2,000 and $600,000, with a median grant of $125,000, so a request in that range is realistic, though its largest grant was $1,000,000.
- Importantly, the foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and operates by invitation only, so small nonprofits should not send a cold application; without an existing relationship or invitation, this is not a foundation you can apply to directly.
Overview
Edelman Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in New York, NY.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and web pages about the foundation (huffpost.com), with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation's recorded grants support work in healthcare advocacy, genomic research, education and scholarships, Jewish classical education, free-expression and policy work, media, ending child marriage, maternity care and emergency relief. Recipients include universities, research organisations, educational initiatives, advocacy groups and media organisations; grants have also supported general operations and organisational development. A news report describes six-figure grants to conservative organisations, though the filing records a wider range of purposes. The filing states that contributions go only to preselected charitable organisations and gives no application instructions.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in New York, Virginia, Rhode Island, Georgia and Pennsylvania.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Grant size: In its TY2022 filing, half of its 39 grants to organisations were $125,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
5 other states: 16%
- The largest single recipient received 11% of grant dollars to organisations.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 1% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 39 grants in tax year 2022 by size
Median $125k (tax year 2022)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Do No Harm · To provide support to protect healthcare from a radical, divisive, and discriminatory ideology.$1,000,0002022 tax year
- New York Genome Center · To advance genomic research with a specific focus on neurodegenerative disorders$1,000,0002022 tax year
- Brown University · For educational research and scholarship funding$800,0002022 tax year
- Ralston College · To support eduation$600,0002022 tax year
- Uatx Uatx Center For Politic · For the uatx center for politics, economics and applied history$500,0002022 tax year
- Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression · To promote fire ad campaign$500,0002022 tax year
- American Jewish Committee · To support general operating support$500,0002022 tax year
- Prager University · To support prageru personalities and the big tech independence initiative$400,0002022 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Susan H Lebovitz-Edelman — Trustee
- Joseph Edelman — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $9,052,453 | $8,320,300 | $102,159,825 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $11,193,625 | $10,366,636 | $111,065,511 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $14,765,997 | $13,907,577 | $106,774,023 | 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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- New York, NY