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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 77-0544278

The Ralph Ermoian Foundation

A private foundation in Fresno, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 4 grants and $168,000 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $168,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $3,309,720

  • Tax year 2024

    $149,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $2,956,370

  • Tax year 2023

    $155,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $2,860,701

  • Tax year 2022

    $163,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $2,808,459

  • Tax year 2021

    $141,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $2,797,938

  • Tax year 2020

    $126,500

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $2,626,353

  • Tax year 2019

    $122,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $2,664,280

  • Tax year 2018

    $81,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $2,385,957

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. UCSF FoundationSan Francisco, CA

    The UCSF Foundation is responsible for maintaining excellence in academic, research, and clinical care, as government appropriations have diminished over time.

    $108,000
  2. Individual

    [individual] is dedicated to improving the lives of orphaned, abandoned and disadvantaged children through the support of the Nuestros PequeC1os Hermanos ([individual], Spanish for "Our Little Brothers and Sisters") network of homes in Latin America and the Caribbean.

    $40,000
  3. San Joaquin Valley Town HallFresno, CA

    The San Joaquin Valley Town Hall was established to boost intellectual and cultural life by providing a venue for "thinking adults to become better informed."

    $10,000
  4. CSU Fresno FoundationFresno, CA

    The CSU Fresno Foundation is responsible for grant and contract administration, gift and donation management, oversight of foundation investments, and fiscal agent of trust accounts to support university programs.

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $108,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California3 grants $128,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Ralph P ErmoianCEO Hours 0Pay $0
  • Dr Raymond S DoumanianCFO & Secretary Hours 0Pay $0
  • Ben KrikorianDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Kevin M MurphyDirector Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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