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Erickson Family Foundation

Accepts applications Waverly, Pennsylvania · EIN 656271668

Erickson Family Foundation is a private foundation in Waverly, Pennsylvania. In tax year 2024 it gave $7,000 in 5 grants; the typical grant was $1,000 and the largest $3,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $5,000 the year before.

20% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$5,0004$8,821
2024$7,0005$249,294

How to apply

ContactSybil H Erickson Charitable Foundat
C/O Eckersley Davis LLP PO Box 637, Waverly, PA 18471
Phone or email(570) 346-8425
What to submitWritten request

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Erickson Family Foundation funds

Where it gives

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

StateGrantsAmount
Utah1$3,000
Florida2$2,000
District of Columbia1$1,000
Pennsylvania1$1,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 5 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Best Friends Animal Society
Kanab, UT
Animal welfare$3,000
Humane Society of North Central Florida
Gainesville, FL
Animal welfare$1,000
Linden Hall
Lititz, PA
Education$1,000
The Arc of Alachua County
Gainesville, FL
Social welfare program$1,000
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Washington, DC
Medical research$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Erickson Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Erickson Family Foundation give?

$7,000 in tax year 2024, across 5 grants, with a typical grant of $1,000.

Who runs Erickson Family Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Joanna E Pagano (President), Signe C Erickson (Secretary) and Richard L Eckersley (Treasurer).

What does Erickson Family Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly animals.

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