Funding search · EIN 931284549 · Portland, OR

Margaret Watt Edwards Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

67
grants reported
$624,100
total given
2021–2025
filing years
$4,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Hawaii Community Foundation4 grants · $141,033
  • Blosser Center for Dyslexia Resources5 grants · $122,600
  • Grace Memorial Episcopal Church5 grants · $113,500
  • Mid-Pacific Institute2 grants · $53,000
  • Pacific Youth Choir5 grants · $29,334
  • Oregon Zoo Foundation5 grants · $25,100
  • Western Rivers Conservancy5 grants · $21,200
  • Oregon Natural Resources Council Dba Oregon Wild5 grants · $21,000
  • Sisters of St Mary of Oregon Foundation4 grants · $16,000
  • Animal Aid4 grants · $15,550

Giving over time

$105,000
2021
$129,000
2022
$127,000
2023
$126,600
2024
$136,500
2025

Grant history

All 67 reported grants, largest first.

  • $42,333

    Hawaii Community Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023

    Hpa behavioral health fund

  • $42,200

    Hawaii Community Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2024

    Hpa behavioral health fund

  • $36,500

    Hawaii Community Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2025

    Hpa behavioral health fund

  • $30,000

    Grace Memorial Episcopal Church · Portland, OR · 2024

    $18,000 for church roof replacement; $12,000 for church ministry

  • $30,000

    Mid-Pacific Institute · Honolulu, HI · 2021

    Learning differences program

  • $29,100

    Blosser Center for Dyslexia Resources · Portland, OR · 2024

    Scholarships for students at the metropolitan learning center

  • $29,000

    Blosser Center for Dyslexia Resources · Portland, OR · 2023

    Scholarships for students at the metropolitan learning center

  • $25,000

    Grace Memorial Episcopal Church · Portland, OR · 2023

    $12,500 for organ improvement fund; $12,500 for church ministry

  • $25,000

    Grace Memorial Episcopal Church · Portland, OR · 2022

    $7,500 for new curate, $7,500 for music program

  • $23,500

    Blosser Center for Dyslexia Resources · Portland, OR · 2022

    Scholarships for students at the metropolitan learning center

  • $23,000

    Mid-Pacific Institute · Honolulu, HI · 2022

    Learning differences program

  • $21,500

    Blosser Center for Dyslexia Resources · Portland, OR · 2021

    Scholarships for stutdents at the metropolitan learning center

  • $20,000

    Hawaii Community Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2022

    General operating support

  • $19,500

    Blosser Center for Dyslexia Resources · Portland, OR · 2025

    To support orton-gillingham tutoring

  • $18,500

    Grace Memorial Episcopal Church · Portland, OR · 2025

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Grace Memorial Episcopal Church · Portland, OR · 2021

    $7,500 for new curate, $7,500 for music program

  • $10,000

    University of the South · Sewanee, TN · 2025

    Alyson c. Hardin & josephine hardin memorial scholarship

  • $10,000

    Oregon Zoo Foundation · Portland, OR · 2022

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    Pacific Youth Choir · Portland, OR · 2021

    General operations support

  • $8,500

    Oregon Zoo Foundation · Portland, OR · 2021

    General operating support

  • $6,334

    Pacific Youth Choir · Portland, OR · 2023

    General operations support

  • $5,000

    Central City Concern · Portland, OR · 2025

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Oregon Natural Resources Council Dba Oregon Wild · Portland, OR · 2025

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Pacific Youth Choir · Portland, OR · 2025

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Planned Parenthood of the Columbia Willamette · Portland, OR · 2025

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Webb School · Bell Buckle, TN · 2025

    Josephine j. Hardin scholarship fund

  • $5,000

    Western Rivers Conservancy · Portland, OR · 2025

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Oregon Natural Resources Council Dba Oregon Wild · Portland, OR · 2022

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Pacific Youth Choir · Portland, OR · 2022

    General operations support

  • $5,000

    Western Rivers Conservancy · Portland, OR · 2022

    For river conservation projects in the pacific northwest

  • $5,000

    Aclu of Hawaii Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2021

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Oregon Natural Resources Council Dba Oregon Wild · Portland, OR · 2021

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Western Rivers Conservancy · Portland, OR · 2021

    General operating support

  • $4,500

    University of Hawaii Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2025

    Comprehensive service center fund

  • $4,500

    Sisters of St Mary of Oregon Foundation · Beaverton, OR · 2024

    Tuition assistance for valley catholic school students

  • $4,250

    Sisters of St Mary of Oregon Foundation · Beaverton, OR · 2023

    Tuition assistance for valley catholic school students

  • $4,000

    Oregon Food Bank · Portland, OR · 2025

    General operating support

  • $4,000

    Animal Aid · Portland, OR · 2024

    General operating support

  • $4,000

    Animal Aid · Portland, OR · 2023

    General operating support

  • $3,800

    Animal Aid · Portland, OR · 2025

    General operating support

  • $3,750

    Animal Aid · Portland, OR · 2022

    General operating support

  • $3,750

    Sisters of St Mary of Oregon Foundation · Beaverton, OR · 2022

    Tuition assistance for valley catholic school students

  • $3,500

    Sisters of St Mary of Oregon Foundation · Beaverton, OR · 2021

    Tuition assistance for valley catholic school students

  • $3,200

    Western Rivers Conservancy · Portland, OR · 2024

    General operating support

  • $3,000

    Oregon Food Bank · Portland, OR · 2024

    General operating support

  • $3,000

    Oregon Natural Resources Council Dba Oregon Wild · Portland, OR · 2024

    General operating support

  • $3,000

    Pacific Youth Choir · Portland, OR · 2024

    General operations support

  • $3,000

    Oregon Food Bank · Portland, OR · 2023

    General operating support

  • $3,000

    Oregon Natural Resources Council Dba Oregon Wild · Portland, OR · 2023

    General operating support

  • $3,000

    Western Rivers Conservancy · Portland, OR · 2023

    General operating support

  • $3,000

    Grace Institute · Portland, OR · 2022

    $1,500 for scholarship fund and $1,500 for general operating support.

  • $2,600

    Oregon Public Broadcasting · Portland, OR · 2025

    General operating support

  • $2,600

    Oregon Zoo Foundation · Portland, OR · 2025

    Species recovery & conservation

  • $2,000

    Ceeds of Peace · Honolulu, HI · 2025

    General operating support

  • $2,000

    Hawaii Food Bank · Honolulu, HI · 2025

    General operating support

  • $2,000

    Oregon Zoo Foundation · Portland, OR · 2024

    Lion habitat updates

  • $2,000

    Grace Institute · Portland, OR · 2023

    $1,000 for scholarship fund; $1,000 for where needed most fund

  • $2,000

    Oregon Zoo Foundation · Portland, OR · 2023

    Rhino habitat updates

  • $1,800

    Oregon Public Broadcasting · Portland, OR · 2024

    General operating support

  • $1,650

    Oregon Public Broadcasting · Portland, OR · 2023

    General operating support

  • $1,500

    Oregon Public Broadcasting · Portland, OR · 2022

    General operating support

  • $1,500

    Oregon Public Broadcasting · Portland, OR · 2021

    General operating support

  • $800

    Portland Public Schools - Metropolitan Learning Center · Portland, OR · 2024

    Literacy program

  • $800

    Portland Public Schools - Metropolitan Learning Center · Portland, OR · 2023

    Literacy program

  • $633

    Dove Lewis Emergency Animal Hospital · Portland, OR · 2023

    General operating support

  • $500

    Hawaii Lgbt Legacy Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2025

    General operating support

  • $500

    Portland Public Schools - Metropolitan Learning Center · Portland, OR · 2022

    Literacy program

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.