· Private foundation
Richard W Erickson Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Wasatch Parks and Recreation | $4,000 |
| Wasatch High School | $2,500 |
| Vibrant America | $2,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
| Continue Mission | $2,500 |
| CAF Utah Wingnuts Aviation Museum | $2,500 |
| The Horse of Many Colors Cancer Foundation | $1,500 |
| Vintage Aviation Museum | $1,500 |
| Utah Foster Care | $1,000 |
| National Kidney Foundation | $1,000 |
| Wasatch County | $800 |
| Yellowstone Forever | $52 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $22k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 56% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WCWasatch County4× · 2021–2025 · $13k
- IGIndividual grant recipient5× · 2021–2025 · $13k
- IGIndividual grant recipient4× · 2021–2024 · $11k
Funded once
- TOTools Of Freedom Inc - Operation Keep Em Rollingone grant, 2021 · $3k
- HVHeber Valley CAF Air Museumone grant, 2023 · $3k
- PCPRIMARY CHILDREN'S CANCERone grant, 2019 · $2k
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.
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.
Rescued wild mustangs from slaughter and brought them to sanctuary
To inspire the community to get outside and embrace Utahs incredible recreational amenities. We provide unique, local experiences that engage, educate and inspire participants to get outside and live healthy lifestyles.
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western Washington & Alaska supports families with seriously ill children by providing a caring home-away-from-home at the SEattle Ronald McDonald House and operating a house and a van service in…
The Volcan Mountain Foundation's mission is to preserve Volcan Mountain Range in its natural state for all generations.
To Promote Stewardship of our public lands by engaging the community in education, conservation and restoration projects.
Enable veterans to visit the war memorials built in their honor. with respect and gratitude to their service and sacrifice.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 22 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds Vibrant America Inc ↗
- Who funds CONTINUE MISSION ↗
- Who funds Utah Foster Care Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds Vintage Aviation Museum ↗
- Who funds Horse of Many Colors ↗
- Who funds Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain Area Inc ↗
- Who funds YELLOWSTONE FOREVER ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Richard W Erickson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Richard W Erickson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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