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Erickson Family Foundation at a glance

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Erickson Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$14k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Animals$10kHealth$6kEducation$3kEmployment$1k
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$271k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE ARC OF ALACHUA COUNTY$2,000
LINDEN HALL$1,000
FURBALL FARM CAT SANCTUARY$1,000
HUMANE SOCIETY OF NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA$1,000
GRIER SCHOOL$1,000
INDEPENDENT ANIMAL RESCUE$1,000
CHATHAM HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$1,000
CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE$1,000
THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES$1,000
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON AGING$1,000
THE CAT HOUSE ON THE KINGS$1,000
SUNSHINE FOUNDATION$1,000
BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ARC OF NORTH FLORIDA: $1k → 19%THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES: $1k → 14%THE ARC OF ALACHUA COUNTY: $2k → 19%THE ARC OF ALACHUA COUNTY: $2k → 19%THE ARC OF ALACHUA COUNTY: $2k → 19%THE ARC OF ALACHUA COUNTY: $1k → 19%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$23k · 4 repeat orgs$11k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
2

Total granted

$23k
$2k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+108%

Still filing today

75%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 36% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHuman ServicesHealthEducationPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY
    5× · 2021–2025 · $7k · revenue +18%
  • TA
    THE ARC OF ALACHUA COUNTY INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $7k · revenue -2%
  • AC
    Alachua County Humane Society Inc
    5× · 2020–2025 · $5k · revenue +76%

Funded once

  • TA
    THE ARC NORTH FLORIDA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +108%
  • BC
    BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC
    one grant, 2024 · $1k · revenue -3%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
All About Animals Rescue

All about animals rescue's mission is no more homeless pets.

Animals
2
Animal Rescue Coalition Inc

Arc benefits animals and the people who love them by providing access to affordable spay/neuter surgeries and wellness.

Animals
3
Animal Rescue League of New Hampshire

The animal rescue league of new hampshire improves animal welfare in our communities by helping pets and the people who care for them.

—
4
Alley Cat Rescue Inc

ACRs programs promote better care for community cats through trap-neuter-return. Local programs include placing unwanted cats in new homes, running a low-cost spay/neuter clinic, and providing support for local feral cat caretakers.…

Animals
5
Animal Rescue of the Rockies

Animal Care and Adoption - ARR's mission is to save the lives of homeless and abandoned dogs and cats. Our goal is reaching a no-kill society in the United States.

Animals
6
Athens Area Humane Society of Clarke County and Spca Inc

Theathensareahumanesocietyrescuesandprotectscompanionanimalsby providing for their wellbeing, uniting them with loving homes,and advocating for a compassionate society.

Animals
7
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The aspca's mission, as stated by founder henry bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the united states." the aspca was founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and…

Animals
8
Animal Humane Society

Animal Humane Society (AHS) established in 1878 and incorporated as a nonprofit charitable organization in 1891 works to engage the hearts, hands, and minds of the community to help animals. AHS's vision is to compassionately and…

Animals
9
Spay-Neuter Assistance Program Inc

To prevent the suffering and death of companion animals and to enrich the human-animal bond by providing excellent, accessible, and affordable spay/neuter and veterinary care.

Animals
10
Animal Rescue League of Boston

The animal rescue league of boston's vision is to confront animal cruelty and neglect at its root causes. through programs, services, and facilities focused on accessible animal care, public advocacy, and sustained anti-cruelty efforts...…

Animals
11
Alliance for Contraception in Cats & Dogs

ACC&D's mission is to advance non-surgical sterilants and contraceptives for cats and dogs and to promote their global accessibility. We envision a world in which dog and cat populations are effectively and humanely managed, improving the…

Animals
12
Flagler Humane Society Inc

We transform the lives of animals with compassionate care and services, outstanding educational programs, and advocacy for all animals.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Cat House On the Kings Inc; the most unlike its peers is Blood Cancer United Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 15 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
5/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $7,000 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETYAlachua County Humane Society Inc: $5,000 · AnimalsAlachua County Humane Society IncIndependent Animal Rescue Inc: $1,000 · AnimalsIndependent Animal Rescue IncTHE CAT HOUSE ON THE KINGS INC: $1,000 · AnimalsTHE CAT HOUSE ON THE KINGS INCFURBALL FARM PET SANCTUARY: $1,000 · AnimalsFURBALL FARM PET SANCTUARYTHE ARC OF ALACHUA COUNTY INC: $7,000 · Human ServicesTHE ARC OF ALACHUA COUNTY INCTHE ARC NORTH FLORIDA INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesTHE ARC NORTH FLORIDA INCTHE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES: $1,000 · Human ServicesTHE ARC OF THE UNITED STATESLINDEN HALL: $4,000 · OtherLINDEN HALLNATIONAL COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $1,000 · OtherNATIONAL COUNCIL ON …Chatham Habitat for Humanity Inc: $1,000 · OtherChatham Habitat for …BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 · HealthCANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $1,000 · HealthGRIER FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EducationSUNSHINE FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Animals$15,000Human Services$9,000Other$6,000Health$2,000Education$1,000Philanthropy$1,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARC OF ALACHUA COUNTY INC: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAlachua County Humane Society Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARC NORTH FLORIDA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIndependent Animal Rescue Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChatham Habitat for Humanity Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRIER FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUNSHINE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Erickson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Erickson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Erickson Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Erickson Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 15 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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