Edward a Bond Foundation
Hilton Head, SC · EIN 04-6742955. Reported 159 grants totalling $493,350 to 58 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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.
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.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wentworth Institute of Technology | Boston, MA | $67,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Lahey Hospital Medical Center | Burlington, MA | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| St Francis By the Sea | Hilton Head Island, SC | $38,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Saint John's Prepatory School | Danvers, MA | $32,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Heritage Classic Foundation | Hilton Head Island, SC | $28,200 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Holy Family Catholic Church | Dorchester, MA | $27,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra | Hilton Head Island, SC | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| National Academy of Construction | Austin, TX | $24,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Arts Center of Coastal Carolina | Hilton Head Island, SC | $24,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Boston Childrens Hospital | Boston, MA | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Moles | Montvale, NJ | $17,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Saint John's Prep | Danvers, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Tunnel to Towers Foundation | Staten Island, NY | $9,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Medical University of South Carolina Foundation | Charleston, SC | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Saint Jude's Children Hospital | Memphis, TN | $8,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hilton Head Humane Society | Hilton Head Island, SC | $7,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hope Lodge | Boston, MA | $7,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dana Farber Cancer | Boston, MA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Childrens Hospital at Dartmouth Hitchcock (chad) | Lebanon, NH | $5,250 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Holy Family Church | Dorchester, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Hilton Head Island | Hilton Head Island, SC | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Technical College of the Low Country | Beaufort, SC | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Construction Management Association of America | Vienna, VA | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Construction Management Association of America- Fellows Program | Alexandria, VA | $3,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Family Promise of Beaufort County | Bluffton, SC | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Hilton Head Regional Hospital | Hilton Head Island, SC | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Palmetto Animal League | Okatie, SC | $3,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Catholic Charities | Rock Hill, SC | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dalat Annual Fund(rce International) | Wheaton, IL | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Friends of the Hilton Head Library | Hilton Head Island, SC | $3,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Soar Special Recreation | Hilton Head Island, SC | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Society for Marketing Professional Services(smps) | Alexandria, VA | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Community Foundation of the Low Country | Hilton Head Island, SC | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Junior Jazz Foundation | Hilton Head Island, SC | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Turning Point USA | Phoenix, AZ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Brunswick Medical Center Foundation | Hilton Head, SC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cape Ann Animal Aid | Gloucester, MA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Catholic Schools Foundation | Boston, MA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| First Tee Low Country | Hilton Head Island, SC | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New England College | Henniker, NH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lucy Mackenzie Humane Society | West Windsor, VT | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hilton Head Heros | Hilton Head, SC | $1,250 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Wounded Warrior Project | Topeka, KS | $1,200 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| American Cancer Society | Hagerstown, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Back Country United Foundation | Craig, CO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Birdies for Charity | East Moline, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Childrens Hospital at Dartmouth Chad | Lebanon, NH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Childrens Hospital at Dartmouth Hitchcock | Lebanon, NH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cmaa Foundation | Deerfield Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Speakers Association Foundation | Annapolis, MD | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Programs for Exceptional People | Bluffton, SC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Smps Foundation | Alexandria, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Heroes of the Low Country | Bluffton, SC | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Backcountry Discovery Routes | Seattle, WA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Heros of the Low Country | Bluffton, SC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sandalwood Community Food Pantry | Hilton Head Island, SC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Rose of Lima Church | Chelsea, MA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars | Lexington, SC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
41 of 58 (71%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 69%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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.
- Lahey Hospital Medical Center
RELIGIOUS, SCIENTIFIC, OR EDUCATIONAL, ETC. - Birdies for Charity
RELIGIOUS, SCIENTIFIC, OR EDUCATIONAL ETC. - Wounded Warrior Project
RELIGIOUS, SCIENTIFIC, OR EDUCATIIONAL, ETC - St Rose of Lima Church
RELIGIOUS, SCIENTIFIC, OR EDUCTATIONAL, ETC.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 52 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 37 | $114,100 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 32 | $80,200 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 29 | $95,000 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 33 | $100,300 | $1,000 |
| 2025 | 28 | $103,750 | $2,375 |
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
46% of its giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Massachusetts.
- 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.
- 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 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
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.
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