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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 45-6050423

Helen R Ernst Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Devils Lake, ND. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 7 grants and $4,766 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

Accepts applications

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

Contact
Felicia St Pierre
PO Box 359
Fort Totten, ND 583350359
(701) 230-5814
Form and materials
Applications are available at the location above.
Deadlines
The deadline for submission is the last friday in september each year.
Restrictions
Applicants must be enrolled or enrolling in an accredited post-secondary institution and must be a member of the spirit lake tribe and required to carry 12 or more credits per term while maintaining term and cumulative gpa of 2.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $4,766

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $91,854

  • Tax year 2024

    $9,705

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $82,719

  • Tax year 2023

    $7,432

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $88,494

  • Tax year 2022

    $7,388

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $89,061

  • Tax year 2021

    $8,007

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $93,713

  • Tax year 2020

    $6,614

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $97,633

Grants paid in 2025

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. United Tribes Technical ColegeBismarck, ND

    Scholarships

    $1,988
  2. Cankdeska Cikana Community CollegeFort Totten, ND

    Scholarships

    $790
  3. University of North DakotaGrand Forks, ND

    Scholarships

    $500
  4. Chamberlain UniversityAddison, IL

    Scholarships

    $500
  5. Lake Region State CollegeDevils Lake, ND

    Scholarships

    $395
  6. Bismarck State CollegeBismarck, ND

    Scholarships

    $395
  7. Turtle Mountain Community CollegeBelcourt, ND

    Scholarships

    $198

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $790100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. North Dakota6 grants $4,266
  2. Illinois1 grant $500

Officers, directors and trustees

7 people as filed

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

  • Candace BergstromDIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $25
  • 1st United BankTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $726
  • Lori BrownDIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $25
  • Kathy MartinDIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Dixie OmenDIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $25
  • Penny YanktonDIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Sheldon GreywaterDIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $25

The return

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