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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 20-8374445

Joan C Edwards Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Defiance, OH. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 3 grants and $1.9 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $1,889,553

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $29,060,061

  • Tax year 2023

    $1,612,063

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $28,889,992

  • Tax year 2022

    $1,578,750

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $31,353,099

  • Tax year 2021

    $1,461,910

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $32,941,919

  • Tax year 2020

    $1,502,911

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $29,391,529

  • Tax year 2019

    $1,691,402

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $32,174,291

  • Tax year 2018

    $1,648,101

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $31,884,186

Grants paid in 2024

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Marshall University School of MedHuntington, WV

    School of medicine endowment

    $1,695,963
  2. Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, OH

    Edwards scholars endowment

    $188,440
  3. Cleveland School Science MedicineCleveland, OH

    Scholarship

    $5,150

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education1 grant $188,440100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. West Virginia1 grant $1,695,963
  2. Ohio2 grants $193,590

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Marshall T ReynoldsDISTRIBUTION Hours 1Pay $0
  • Elizabeth HammersDISTRIBUTION Hours 1Pay $0
  • Brian McDonaldEXEC DIR / D Hours 40Pay $125,000
  • State Bank Trust CoTRUSTEE Hours 10Pay $87,179

The return

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