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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 35-7317145

The Ervin Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Radnor, PA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $100,000 paid in grants.

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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

3 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $100,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,538,564

  • Tax year 2023

    $45,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,542,732

  • Tax year 2022

    $100,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,563,377

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Harvard Law SchoolBoston, MA

    To support the HLS institute to end mass incarceration

    $35,000
  2. Saint James SchoolPhiladelphia, PA

    For general support

    $20,000
  3. Freedom ReadsHamden, CT

    For general support

    $20,000
  4. Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of YouthWashington, DC

    To support the campaign for fair sentencing of youth

    $15,000
  5. Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of YouthWashington, DC

    To support the campaign for fair sentencing of youth

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Crime and legal aid2 grants $25,00038% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $20,00031% of the total
  3. Human services1 grant $20,00031% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts1 grant $35,000
  2. District of Columbia2 grants $25,000
  3. Connecticut1 grant $20,000
  4. Pennsylvania1 grant $20,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Margaret C ErvinTRUSTEE Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Miriam Roberts ErvinTRUSTEE Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Fiduciary Trust Company Intl of PATRUSTEE Hours 5Pay $25,074

The return

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