Edward Jones Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- Edward Jones Foundation funds a broad range of causes rather than one field, including community service, health and human services, education, arts and culture, housing, youth development, food assistance and environmental work, so many small charities' work could in principle fit.
- However, it operates by invitation only and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a grant writer should not send a cold application unless approached by the foundation.
- Most grants are very small: about eight in ten fall between $50 and $1,000 and the median grant is about $260, so any eventual request should be modest; a few much larger grants exist, such as the one made every year to United Way of Greater St Louis, but this is not typical.
- With 65% of its grant dollars going to organisations it had also funded the previous year, the foundation looks relationship-led, tending to continue existing giving rather than open a competitive process to new applicants.
- No geographic focus is stated, so no rule about location should be assumed from the fact that its grants are concentrated in Missouri and New York.
Overview
Edward Jones Foundation is a US private foundation based in ST Louis, MO.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation's grants support a broad range of charitable work rather than one named field. Recorded purposes include community service, philanthropy and grantmaking, health and human services, education, community and neighbourhood development, arts and culture, housing, youth development, food assistance, animal-related causes and environmental work. Its recipients include community foundations and local service organisations, schools and universities, health charities and hospitals, arts organisations, food banks, youth groups, and environmental and conservation organisations. The grant record is concentrated in Missouri, with substantial giving also reaching New York and organisations in many other states.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Missouri and New York.
How to apply
The foundation's return says it makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests; it gives no further public application steps.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 65% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 10,454 grants to organisations were about $260 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 4%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 7%
- The largest single recipient received 19% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 65% of grant dollars went to organisations Edward Jones Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- <1% of grant dollars went directly to organisations outside the US (Canada).
- 40% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 6,618 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $300 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- United Way of Greater St Louis · Health/human services$3,316,9122024 tax year
- Great Rivers Greenway Foundation · Community & neighborhood development$1,833,3302024 tax year
- Inclusiv · Community service$1,800,0002024 tax year
- Scholarship Foundation of St Louis · Education$1,250,0002024 tax year
- Goalsetter Foundation · Community service$900,0002024 tax year
- Small Business Empowerment Center · Community service$850,0002024 tax year
- St Louis Community Foundation · Community service$650,0002024 tax year
- Valley of the Sun United Way · Community service$605,5152024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Andrew Miedler — Treasurer And Director
- Tina Hrevus — Secretary And Director
- Laura Ellenhorn — President And Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
2 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 tax year | $21,784,988 | $21,699,327 | $101,862,266 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $20,451,884 | $20,074,766 | $137,957,257 | 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
Registers and filings
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- ST Louis, MO