The Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundation Grants
Private foundation · Royal Oak, MI · EIN 20-5966333 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024
The Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Royal Oak, MI (EIN 20-5966333). Its IRS Form 990-PF filings through tax year 2024 report $35M paid in 268 grants, with a median grant of $25K. The most recent filing reports total assets of $377.4M. It publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations.
Foundation website (as filed with the IRS) · erbff.org
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
How to apply
Open to applications: its latest 990-PF publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- Melissa Damaschke
- Phone
- (248) 498-2510
- Deadlines
- See web site
- Application materials
- See web site
- Restrictions
- See web site
Original filing text
- Contact
- MELISSA DAMASCHKE
- Address
- 400 W 4TH STREET SUITE 400 ROYAL OAK, MI, 48067
- Phone
- 2484982510
- Deadlines
- SEE WEB SITE
- Application materials
- SEE WEB SITE
- Restrictions
- SEE WEB SITE
Reported organization name: THE FRED & BARBARA ERB FAMILY FOUNDATION
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
Where The Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
| Location | Purpose | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan | Detroit, MI | Program support | Tax year 20232023 | $3M |
| The Henry Ford | Dearborn, MI | Program support | Tax year 20232023 | $2.6M |
| The Henry Ford | Dearborn, MI | Program support | Tax year 20242024 | $2.6M |
| National Wildlife Federation | Ann Arbor, MI | Program support | Tax year 20242024 | $1.3M |
| Detroit Public Media | Wixom, MI | Program support | Tax year 20242024 | $1.1M |
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (268 reported in all).
About this data
Figures are aggregated from The Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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