Edgerly Foundation

Formerly the Foundation for Partnerships Trust, the Edgerly Foundation is a charitable organisation based in Chicago, Illinois. 
==Purpose==
Its stated purpose and activities are 'giving primarily for education and community development', but its interests also include 'foreign policy' and 'legal services'. Edgerly Foundation, Foundation Directory, accessed December 1 2016. 
==Grants==
The foundation funds several counterjihad organisations, most notably the Middle East Forum. Between 2000 and 2009 it gave MEF $75,000 in grants,MEF Funding, rightweb.irc, accessed 29 January 2016 , and from 2009 to 2015, a total of USD $180,000. Spinwatch analysis of Form 990s from 2009-2015 >
Smaller sums have been given to other organisations, including the David Horowitz Freedom Center.
The Foundation's latest financial records show it brings in $540,052 in annual income.
===2010===
Grants included:
*Federalist Society: $10,000
*Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis: $100,000
*Middle East Forum: $10,000
*Foundation for Defense of Democracies: $100,000
*Fund for American Studies: $1,000
*Heritage Foundation: $100,000
*Media Research Center: $1,000
*Americans for Peace and Tolerance: $1,000 Edgerly Foundation, Form 990, 2010. 
===2011===
Grants included:
*Americans for Peace and Tolerance: $10,000 
*Middle East Forum: $10,000
*David Horowitz Freedom Center: $1,000
*Fund for American Studies: $1,000
*Federalist Society: $5,000
*Foundation for Defense of Democracies: $50,000
*Heritage Foundation: $50,000
*Media Research Center: $1,000
*Institute on Religion and Democracy: $10,100
*Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis: $10,000 Edgerly Foundation, Form 990, 2011. 
===2012===
Grants included:
*Americans for Peace and Tolerance: $17,000
*Middle East Forum: $5,000
*Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis: $10,000
*David Horowitz Freedom Center: $1,000
*Institute on Religion and Democracy: $2,000
*Federalist Society: $5,000
*Foundation for Defense of Democracies: $10,000
*Heritage Foundation: $10,000
*Freedom Alliance: $1,000
*American Freedom Law Center: $1,000 Edgerly Foundation, Form 990, 2012. 
===2013===
Grants included:
*Americans for Peace and Tolerance: $25,000
*David Horowitz Freedom Center: $1,000
*Foundation for Defense of Democracies: $10,000
*Middle East Forum: $55,000
*Heritage Foundation: $110,000
*Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis: $10,000
*Institute on Religion and Democracy: $1,000
*Federalist Society: $1,000
*American Freedom Law Center: $1,000 Edgerly Foundation, Form 990, 2013. 
===2014===
Grants included:
*Americans for Peace and Tolerance: $200,000
*David Horowitz Freedom Center: $1,000
*Foundation for Defense of Democracies: $5,000
*Middle East Forum: $50,000
*Heritage Foundation: $10,000
*Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis: $100,000
*Institute on Religion and Democracy: $1,000
*Federalist Society: $1,000
*Media Research Center: $11,000
*Freedom Watch: $1,000 Edgerly Foundation, Form 990, 2014. 
===2015===
From a total of $197,000 USD in grants that included the following organisations:
*David Horowitz Freedom Center: $2,100
*Foundation for Defense of Democracies: $1,000
*Middle East Forum: $50,000 - 'general' purpose
*Heritage Foundation: $10,000
*Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis: $50,000
*Federalist Society: $1,000
*Media Research Center: $1,000
*Act for America Education: $1,000 Edgerly Foundation, Form 990, 2015. 
==People==
The foundation has trustees but no staff. They are:
*William P Lawrence
*William S Edgerly, who also founded the Foundation for Partnerships Trust and is the former CEO of State Street Bank Freedom Foundation, Source Watch, accessed 27 October 2016. . He has deep ties to the charter school movement since he was a board member of the Pioneer Institute, and his second foundation is revealed to have funded the Freedom Foundation THE PIONEER INSTITUTE: PRIVATIZING THE COMMON WEALTH, Political Research, 13 July 2002. Accessed 27 October 2016. . 
*Lois Stiles Edgerly
*The North Trust Company : 40 h/week, at a rate of $6,7076. Edgerly Foundation, Form 990, 2015. 
==Address==
PO BOX 803878, Chicago, IL 60680-3878 Edgerly Foundation, Foundation Directory, accessed December 1 2016. 
In 1993 it received its exempt organisation status from the IRS. 
==Notes==
 
Category: Counterjihad FundersCategory: Foundations