Eugene J Eder Charitable Foundation

• The foundation is invitation-only: it gives only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a small charity without an existing link should not send a cold request.
• Its stated purpose is broad, to promote community well being, and the filing lists recipients including community foundations, educational bodies, youth and camp organisations, food-assistance charities and social-service groups, so check whether your work matches those kinds of organisation before trying to make contact.
• Most of its grants fall between $5,000 and $115,000, and half are $22,000 or less, so a modest request is more realistic than a large one if a relationship is formed.
• Repeat giving is heavy: 99% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, and no submission process or timing is stated, so the best route is probably a warm introduction rather than a planned application.

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

• Jewish Community Foundation · To promote community well being
  $1,710,0002024 tax year
• Milwaukee Jewish Day School · To promote community well being
  $481,2602024 tax year
• Young Judaea Global · To promote community well being
  $161,0002024 tax year
• Washington Institute for Near East Policy · To promote community well being
  $115,0002024 tax year
• Friends of IMPJ · To promote community well being
  $100,0002024 tax year
• University of Wisconsin Law School · To promote community well being
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Hunger Task Force · To promote community well being
  $77,0002024 tax year
• Upstream Arts · To promote community well being
  $70,0002024 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.