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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-0774891

Eel River Valley Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Fortuna, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 4 grants and $20,000 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

2 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $20,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $839,597
  • Tax year 2024

    $19,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $811,124

Grants paid in 2025

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Fortuna Family Resource CenterFortuna, CA

    Assist low income families

    $5,000
  2. Fortuna Volunteer Fire DeptFortuna, CA

    Safety equipment purchase

    $5,000
  3. Food for PeopleEureka, CA

    Asssit low income families

    $5,000
  4. Individual

    Fund sports camp for youth

    $5,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Food and agriculture1 grant $5,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California3 grants $15,000

Officers, directors and trustees

8 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Shan GrundmanTreasurer Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Pamela J MurphyDirector Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Laurie GarrisonSecretary Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Brigid YoungVice President Hours 0Pay $0
  • Woody MurphyDirector Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Maile FeuermanPresident Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Mary BullwinkleDirector Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Sherry HazeltonDirector Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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