FundersSouth Carolina

Edward a Bond Foundation

Hilton Head, SC · EIN 04-6742955. Reported 131 grants totalling $389,600 to 56 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,000median grant
$389,600granted, 2021-2024
56organizations funded
68%of grantees funded again the next year
$2,072,054assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Edward a Bond Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $30,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
27 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
68 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
28 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
6 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
2 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston, MA$54,500442024
Lahey Hospital Medical CenterBurlington, MA$40,000332023
Saint John's Prepatory SchoolDanvers, MA$32,500222024
Heritage Classic FoundationHilton Head Island, SC$23,200442024
St Francis By the SeaHilton Head Island, SC$22,500442024
National Academy of ConstructionAustin, TX$22,000442024
Arts Center of Coastal CarolinaHilton Head Island, SC$20,000442024
Hilton Head Symphony OrchestraHilton Head Island, SC$20,000442024
The MolesMontvale, NJ$14,500442024
Boston Childrens HospitalBoston, MA$12,500112023
Holy Family Catholic ChurchDorchester, MA$12,500222024
Saint John's PrepDanvers, MA$10,000222022
Medical University of South Carolina FoundationCharleston, SC$8,000332024
Hope LodgeBoston, MA$7,500442024
Tunnel to Towers FoundationStaten Island, NY$7,000442024
Dana Farber CancerBoston, MA$6,000332023
Saint Jude's Children HospitalMemphis, TN$6,000442024
Hilton Head Humane SocietyHilton Head Island, SC$5,000442024
Holy Family ChurchDorchester, MA$5,000112021
Hilton Head Regional HospitalHilton Head Island, SC$3,500222022
Catholic CharitiesRock Hill, SC$3,000222024
Childrens Hospital at Dartmouth Hitchcock (chad)Lebanon, NH$3,000222024
Soar Special RecreationHilton Head Island, SC$3,000332024
Technical College of the Low CountryBeaufort, SC$3,000332024
Construction Management Association of AmericaVienna, VA$2,500332024
Construction Management Association of America- Fellows ProgramAlexandria, VA$2,500222024
Family Promise of Beaufort CountyBluffton, SC$2,500332024
Friends of the Hilton Head LibraryHilton Head Island, SC$2,500442024
Palmetto Animal LeagueOkatie, SC$2,500442024
The Junior Jazz FoundationHilton Head Island, SC$2,500332024
Brunswick Medical Center FoundationHilton Head, SC$2,000112024
Cape Ann Animal AidGloucester, MA$2,000222024
Catholic Schools FoundationBoston, MA$2,000222022
Dalat Annual Fund(rce International)Wheaton, IL$2,000222024
First Tee Low CountryHilton Head Island, SC$2,000332024
New England CollegeHenniker, NH$2,000222024
Society for Marketing Professional Services(smps)Alexandria, VA$2,000332024
Boys & Girls Club of Hilton Head IslandHilton Head Island, SC$1,500222024
Community Foundation of the Low CountryHilton Head Island, SC$1,500222022
Lucy Mackenzie Humane SocietyWest Windsor, VT$1,500222022
Hilton Head HerosHilton Head, SC$1,250222022
Back Country United FoundationCraig, CO$1,000112021
Birdies for CharityEast Moline, IL$1,000112022
Childrens Hospital at Dartmouth ChadLebanon, NH$1,000112021
Childrens Hospital at Dartmouth HitchcockLebanon, NH$1,000112022
Cmaa FoundationDeerfield Beach, FL$1,000112021
National Speakers Association FoundationAnnapolis, MD$1,000222022
Programs for Exceptional PeopleBluffton, SC$1,000112021
Smps FoundationAlexandria, VA$1,000112021
Heroes of the Low CountryBluffton, SC$750112022
Backcountry Discovery RoutesSeattle, WA$500112022
Heros of the Low CountryBluffton, SC$500112021
Sandalwood Community Food PantryHilton Head Island, SC$500112021
Wounded Warrior ProjectTopeka, KS$200112024
St Rose of Lima ChurchChelsea, MA$100112024
Veterans of Foreign WarsLexington, SC$100112021

39 of 56 (70%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 68%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 43 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
9 grants
Community Improvement
8 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
7 grants
Medical Research
6 grants
Arts & Culture
4 grants
Human Services
4 grants
Animal Welfare
2 grants
Health Care
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202137$114,100$1,000
202232$80,200$1,000
202329$95,000$1,000
202433$100,300$1,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 47% of this one's giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Massachusetts
$185K
South Carolina
$132K
Texas
$22K
New Jersey
$14K
Virginia
$8K
New Hampshire
$7K
New York
$7K
Tennessee
$6K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund16 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc15 shared recipientsCommunity Foundation of the Lowcountry11 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc11 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program11 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust10 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Massachusetts.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Edward a Bond Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 122 South Shore Drive, Hilton Head, SC, 29928. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 04-6742955 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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