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Erik F Johnsen Family Foundation

Accepts applications Metairie, Louisiana · EIN 726141972

Erik F Johnsen Family Foundation is a private foundation in Metairie, Louisiana. In tax year 2025 it gave $23,000 in 5 grants; the typical grant was $1,000 and the largest $10,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was down from $73,000 the year before.

75% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$50,0001$623,122
2024$73,0005$608,403
2025$23,0005$700,802

How to apply

ContactKaren J Baldwin
3113 39th St, Metairie, LA 70001
Phone or email(504) 220-0170
What to submitLetter of request is sufficient

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Erik F Johnsen Family Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 4 states, the most to Louisiana.

StateGrantsAmount
Louisiana2$11,000
Iowa1$10,000
Tennessee1$1,000
Virginia1$1,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 5 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Individual
LA
To help improve religious and physical environment$10,000
University of Virginia
Boone, IA
To help improve religious and physical environment$10,000
Jefferson Performing Arts Society
Metairie, LA
To help improve religious and physical environment$1,000
The Gordie Center
Charlottesville, VA
To help improve religious and physical environment$1,000
Rhodes College
Memphis, TN
To help improve religious and physical environment$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Erik F Johnsen Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Erik F Johnsen Family Foundation give?

$23,000 in tax year 2025, across 5 grants, with a typical grant of $1,000.

Who runs Erik F Johnsen Family Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Karen F Baldwin (Trustee).

What does Erik F Johnsen Family Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly environment and conservation, faith communities and education.

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