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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 55-0722731

The Erickson Foundation

A private foundation in Parkersburg, WV. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $71,994 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

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

    $71,994

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,620,784
  • Tax year 2024

    $127,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,545,000
  • Tax year 2023

    $125,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,520,782
  • Tax year 2022

    $120,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,622,223
  • Tax year 2021

    $90,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,614,128
  • Tax year 2020

    $85,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,612,230
  • Tax year 2019

    $85,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,923,320
  • Tax year 2018

    $102,200

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,967,186

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Wvup FoundationParkersburg, WV

    Faculty chair in entrepreneurship

    $50,000
  2. Wood Co BoeParkersburg, WV

    Baseball stadium parkersburg south

    $15,694
  3. Wing 2 Wing FoundationHuntington, WV

    Women warriors summit

    $5,000
  4. Wvu Foundation - West Virginia UnivMorgantown, WV

    Alumni association

    $1,000
  5. Downtown PKBParkersburg, WV

    Revitalizing downtown parkersburg

    $300

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $5,00094% of the total
  2. Community development1 grant $3006% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. West Virginia5 grants $71,994

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Kathy G EddyTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Laurie A EricksonTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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