E Merle and Ollie W Edwards Foundation Inc
Private foundation · Kinston, NC · EIN 56-2166688 · reported 2023–2025 · files as The E Merle & Ollie W Edwards Fou
30grants reported
$3,000median award
$1,000lower quartile
$500smallest grant
$176Ktotal paid
1states reached
3years giving
Gives only in NC. Every grant it reported went to a single state. If you are outside it, this is not a prospect. If you are inside it, that is the strongest signal on this page: a funder with a local mandate and less competition from out of state.
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 5 of its 30 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $53K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
2466 Old Poole RD
Kinston, NC 28504-9234
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Southside Christian Schoo Inc | Clayton, NC | $25,000 |
| Southside Christian Schoo Inc | Clayton, NC | $25,000 |
| Meredith College | Raleigh, NC | $25,000 |
| The NC Marine and Estuary Foundatio | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 |
| The NC Marine and Estuary Foundatio | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 |
| Meredith College | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 |
| The NC Marine and Estuary Foundatio | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 |
| Meredith College | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 |
| Hope Preparatory School | Kinston, NC | $8,500 |
| Ecu College of Fine Arts | Greenville, NC | $5,000 |
| Ducks Unlimited | Cary, NC | $5,000 |
| Ducks Unlimited | Cary, NC | $5,000 |
| The NC Marine and Estuary Foundatio | Raleigh, NC | $5,000 |
| Cary Academy | Cary, NC | $5,000 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Raleigh, NC | $3,500 |
| Helps | Morehead City, NC | $2,500 |
| Pinetops United Methodist Men | Pinetops, NC | $1,000 |
| Ecu Health Foundation | Greenville, NC | $1,000 |
| NC Family Policy Council | Raleigh, NC | $1,000 |
| St Paul's Episcopal Church | Greenville, NC | $1,000 |
| Pinetops United Methodist Men | Pinetops, NC | $1,000 |
| Historical & Genealogical Society | Englehard, NC | $1,000 |
| Carteret Community Theater | Morehead City, NC | $1,000 |
| NC Coastal Land Trust | Wilmington, NC | $1,000 |
| Bladen WE Care | Elizabethtown, NC | $500 |
| NC Family Policy Council | Raleigh, NC | $500 |
| Bladen WE Care | Elizabethtown, NC | $500 |
| NC Family Policy Council | Raleigh, NC | $500 |
| Bladen WE Care | Elizabethtown, NC | $500 |
| Bladen WE Care | Elizabethtown, NC | $500 |
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