Funding requests
Our Foundation evaluates all applications during our annual funding cycle, through which a majority of our giving is done. The funding cycle opens with a call for applications in late spring, applications are evaluated by our committees in the summer through early fall, and applicants are notified in late fall.
2024 funding cycle
The 2024 funding cycle is now closed.
- Funding cycle opened: Wednesday, May 15, 2024
- Funding cycle application deadline: Monday, June 10, 2024 at 5 PM PT
- Applicants notified by October 2024
Please check back in early 2025 for details on the 2025 funding cycle.
Every Heartbeat Matters Applications
Every Heartbeat Matters will improve the lives of 2.5 million underserved structural heart patients by the end of 2025.
Community applications
In our global communities where employees live and work, we strive to be a good neighbor by providing donations that strengthen the community and leverage employee time and talent, always focused on underrepresented people and communities.
Requirements of organizations supported by our Foundation
U.S.-based organizations must be a tax-qualified charitable organization by demonstrating 501(c)(3) tax status by the Internal Revenue Code. Organizations based outside the U.S. must be a public charity substantially similar in governance, operation and mission to qualified U.S.-based organizations.
Additionally, all applicants must: (1) meet the donation type criteria; (2) complete the appropriate application; and (3) provide appropriate supplemental information (e.g., qualifying tax status, supporting financial statements, and program budgets).
All partners of our Every Heartbeat Matters initiative, as well as other partners conducting work with patients, are required to sign a program agreement before receiving funds. A sample template of that donation agreement is available here.
Edwards Foundation supports diversity and inclusion in our communities. As such, we require each donation recipient to certify that it does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of applicable law.