Edwards Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 46-1702755 · since 2014edwards.com/about-us/funding-cycle·United States·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$9M

Annual giving, 2024 tax year

From the Form 990-PF filing

$2,000 to $100k

Grant range

From grants in the 990-PF filings

$7,500

Typical grant (median)

224 grants in the latest filing

Open to applications

Fixed application deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

If your work sits within its stated themes of heart valve disease, underserved health care or community development, and you are based in the U.S., the foundation's focus is a fit.
It excludes U.S.-based organisations that are not 501(c)(3) charities and private foundations under Section 509(a), so those should not apply.
Most of its grants are small: about 8 in 10 of its 647 grants to organisations fall between $2,000 and $100,000, and half were $7,000 or less, so a modest, well-costed request is the typical size to ask for.
Its annual cycle opens with a call for applications in late spring, so prepare your tax status, financial statements and programme budget in advance.
Being new to the foundation is not a barrier, but in its latest filing 79% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had also funded in earlier filings, so building contact early matters.

Overview

Edwards Foundation is a US private foundation based in Irvine, CA.

What they fund

Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

Edwards Foundation backs Every Heartbeat Matters, which seeks to increase access to treatment for structural heart patients facing barriers. Its health programmes educate, screen and treat underserved people to reduce the global burden of heart valve disease, and it supports other work advancing health care for underserved patients through awareness, research and direct care. Its community programmes strengthen the communities where Edwards employees live and work, addressing hunger, housing, workforce development, education and other basic needs, with opportunities for employee volunteering. It supports eligible charitable organisations in the United States and may fund specific charitable projects led by organisations based outside the country.

Themes

Heart valve disease
Underserved health care
Community development

Geographic Focus

U.S.

What They Don't Fund

U.S.-based organizations that are not a tax-exempt charitable organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
A private foundation as defined in Section 509(a) of the Code

How to apply

Applicants complete the appropriate application and provide supplemental information such as qualifying tax status, supporting financial statements and programme budgets.

Deadlines: The annual application cycle opens with a call for applications in late spring.

Application success factors

Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 79% 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 647 grants to organisations were $7,000 or less.

What the foundation says:

Every Heartbeat Matters partners report donation impact, and results are reviewed together to identify successes and opportunities to improve.

Where grants go

From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.

Grant dollars by state

California39%

Virginia19%

District of Columbia10%

Illinois9%

Massachusetts4%

New York4%

6 other states: 11%

Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 5%

The largest single recipient received 15% of grant dollars to organisations.
In tax year 2024, 79% of grant dollars went to organisations Edwards Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
33% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.

Grants

224 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $7,500

How much do they typically give?

Share of 224 grants in tax year 2024 by size

Under $1k2%

$1k–$2.5k15%

$2.5k–$5k6%

$5k–$10k29%

$10k–$25k25%

$25k–$50k8%

$50k–$100k3%

$100k–$250k8%

$250k–$500k4%

$500k–$1M<1%

$1M and over<1%

Median $7,500 (tax year 2024)

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

Charities Aid Foundation America · General operating support
$1,523,9282024 tax year
Thoracic Surgery Foundation · 2025 tsf every heartbeat matters program
$550,0002024 tax year
Pyxera Global · Every heartbeat matters pro bono corps
$370,0002024 tax year
United Way Orange County · General operating support
$356,0972024 tax year
Matching Gifts US - Orange County · General operating support
$305,8792024 tax year
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · The act registry: expanding global partnerships and impact
$300,0002024 tax year
Matching Gifts US - Other · General operating support
$258,5342024 tax year
American Association for Thoracic Surgery · Aats foundation every heartbeat matters initiative
$250,0002024 tax year

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

Officers and directors

Wayne Markowitz — Director
Linnette Torres — Director
Martyn Thomas — Director
Scott Ullem — Director
Christine Z Mccauley — Director
Seth Clancy — Director
Linda Park — Secretary
Mark Wilterding — Treasurer
Bernard Zovighian — Chairman
Amanda C Fowler — Executive Director

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

Year	Total expenses	Grants paid	Assets	Filing document
2022 tax year	$11,119,644	$9,702,034	$59,215,487	Filing for 2022 tax year
2023 tax year	$10,930,362	$9,397,097	$56,296,533	Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year	$10,881,236	$9,017,682	$81,376,305	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.