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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 38-6053755

The JF Ervin Foundation

A private foundation in Ann Arbor, MI. Its return for tax year 2025 reports $247,000 paid in grants, listed in an attachment that is not in the e-file.

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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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
James Trent Pearson
PO Box 1168
Ann Arbor, MI 481061168
(734) 769-4600
[email protected]
Form and materials
No formal certification form used, the purpose of the grant and the total of the project should be submitted
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
Grants are usually restricted to the southeastern area of Michigan

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $247,000

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $4,898,122

  • Tax year 2024

    $247,000

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $4,747,622

  • Tax year 2023

    $281,000

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $3,457,375

  • Tax year 2022

    $261,000

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $3,434,163

  • Tax year 2021

    $295,500

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $3,491,746

  • Tax year 2020

    $256,000

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $3,244,777

Grants paid in 2025

Grants listed in an attachment (not in the e-file)

As listed on the return.

  1. This return lists its grants in an attachment that is not in the IRS e-file: $247,000 in all.

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • James Trent PearsonPresident/Trustee Hours 0.12Pay $0
  • Heidi BeckerSecretary/Trustee Hours 0.14Pay $0
  • Susan R PearsonTrustee Hours 3Pay $0

The return

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