Erikson Institute
Erikson is a leading institution of higher education that prepares professionals to address the urgent challenges facing young children, their families and communities. Our innovative programs, transformative research and impactful advocacy empower early childhood professionals to drive lasting change. Erikson strives to build a future where every child thrives.
Erikson Institute at a glance
In short: Erikson Institute gave $427K across 8 grants in 2025 (avg $53K), top state Illinois. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $427,379
- -38.9% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 8
- +33.3% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $53,422
- -54.2% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $52,905
- Total assets
- $104,733,600
- +9.5% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Illinois (49% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Erikson Institute funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 8 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was SRI International ($88K). Together the top 8 received $427K.
Grant Size Distribution
24 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $50–100K range: 11 grants of 24 (46%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 8 itemized grants.
Cities
How Erikson Institute gives
- Giving grew 98% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $59K (2021) to $699K (2024). In 2025 it made 8 grants totaling $427K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| SRI International Menlo Park, CA | Early math research | $88,279 |
| American Academy of Pediatrics Itasca, IL | Equipping Pediatricians for Attuned Interactions and Self-Compassion project | $57,905 |
| University of Illinois Chicago, IL | Infant Early Childhood Mental Health project | $55,000 |
| University of Delaware Newark, DE | Home Visiting Program Quality Assessment | $53,040 |
| Illinois Action for Children Chicago, IL | Child Care Policy Research Partnerships | $52,770 |
| Indigo Cultural Center Inc Phoenix, AZ | Home-based childcare research | $45,547 |
| University of Chicago Chicago, IL | Home Visiting Program Quality Assessment | $43,598 |
| National Association for Family Childcare Washington, DC | Home-based childcare research | $31,240 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $104,733,600 | $33,422,139 | $30,674,126 | $427,379 | 8 | $1,747,475 |
| 2024 | $95,624,133 | $22,748,864 | $30,537,287 | $699,189 | 6 | $2,758,005 |
| 2023 | $99,327,583 | $36,668,371 | $26,066,461 | $646,577 | 6 | $2,068,320 |
| 2022 | $89,249,782 | $29,402,363 | $25,484,310 | $216,038 | 3 | $7,212,484 |
| 2021 | $94,916,051 | $33,099,799 | $26,169,760 | $59,031 | 1 | $4,284,031 |
| 2020 | $79,908,682 | $23,706,409 | $27,562,425 | $294,476 | 3 | $1,136,376 |
| 2019 | $81,810,430 | $26,247,769 | $26,229,084 | $178,005 | 4 | $3,120,194 |
About Erikson Institute
Based on IRS filings
Erikson Institute is a public charity focused on Education, based in Chicago, IL. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $104.7M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 8 grants totaling $427K. Net investment income was $1.7M.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Erikson Institute is led by Mariana Souto-Manning, President on every filing since 2022; 11 of 41 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Mariana Souto-Manning
President
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$131K (2022) → $645K (2025)
Eric Adelstein
Board Chair
Board Secretary → Vice Chair & Board Secretary, 2020
Vice Chair & Board Secretary → Board Chair, 2024
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jie-Qi Chen
Director of the Early Learning & Teaching Academy
Senior Vice President & Dean of Faculty → Director of the Early Learning & Teaching Academy, 2022
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$219K (2019) → $195K (2025)
Barbara T Bowman
Trustee
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
$111K (2020) → $3K (2025)
Patricia Offer
Director of Development
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$131K (2020) → $147K (2025)
A Kyle Mack
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cari B Sacks
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Catherine M Adduci
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Diane Goldstick Meagher
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dianne Wasieleski
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Elenne Song
Trustee
Board Vice Chair → Board Chair, 2021
Board Chair → Trustee, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Eve M Tyree
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ikram Goldman
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jenni Sorenson
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joy Segal
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Judy McCaskey
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kate Neisser
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kathy Richland Pick
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lori Laser
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mitchell J Lederer
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sabrina Gracias
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sandra Perez Sterling
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sara Crown Star
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marjorie Poulos
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Richard A Chesley
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Deana Spencer
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Frank Gettridge
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jose Cerda III
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Carol D Lee
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Charles R Middleton
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nicole Robinson
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Peggy Lim
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Linda Gilkerson
Professor
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$134K (2019) → $151K (2025)
Patricia Lawson
Vice President of Finance, Operations & Chief Financial Officer
Vice President for Finance, Operations & Chief Financial Officer → Interim President & Chief Financial Officer, 2022
Interim President & Chief Financial Officer → Vice President of Finance, Operations & Chief Financial Officer, 2023
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$208K (2019) → $234K (2025)
Maura Daly
Chief External Affairs Officer
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$176K (2020) → $279K (2025)
Pamela Epley
Vice President of Academic Affairs
Interim Senior Vice President & Dean of Faculty → Vice President of Academic Affairs, 2023
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$176K (2022) → $215K (2025)
Maria DiLorenzo
General Counsel & Board Secretary
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$48K (2024) → $130K (2025)
Ayanna Brown
Vice President for Strategic Growth & Partnerships
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$143K (2025)
Maxine McKinney de Royston
Dean of Faculty
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$159K (2025)
Lewis S Ingall
Treasurer
Trustee → Treasurer, 2022
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Susan Stone
Vice Chair
Trustee → Vice Chair, 2024
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (28)
- Former: Amanda Moreno (2022–2024) — Associate Professor
- Former: Andria Goss (2023–2024) — Associate Vice President Clinical & Community Services
- Former: Geoffrey Nagle (2019–2023) — Former President
- Former: Ashley Netzky (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Charles Chang (2019–2022) — Former Vice President of Institutional Effectiveness & Planning
- Former: Edward S Loeb (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Sheryl Bellick (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: David Behrs (2021–2022) — Former Senior Associate Vice President of Enrollment Management
- Former: Chuck Middleton (2022) — Trustee
- Former: Brian Parsonnet (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Gillian McNamee (2019–2021) — Professor
- Former: John L Hines (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Michelle L Collins (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Shirley Madigan (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Steve Gradman (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Adrienne E White-Faines (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Marcy Safyer (2020–2021) — Director Center for Children & Families
- Former: Andrew Safyer (2021) — Senior Advisor for Academic Initiatives
- Former: Tonya Bibbs (2021) — Associate Professor
- Former: Jonathan Frank (2019–2020) — Chief Information Officer
- Former: Adrienne E White (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Bowman T Barbara (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Cheryl Mendelson (2019) — V P of Institutional Advancement & Chief Marketing Officer
- Former: Clare Pinkert (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Neil Kawashima (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Sarah Manglesdorf (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Susan J Wislow (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Walter Donohue (2019) — Dean of Distance Learning & Continuing Education
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $645K, to Mariana Souto-Manning (President). 11 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Erikson Institute
How much does Erikson Institute give each year?
Erikson Institute gave $427K across 8 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $699K across 6 grants.
What is Erikson Institute's typical grant size?
Erikson Institute's median grant in 2025 was $52,905, and its average grant was $53,422, across 8 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does Erikson Institute give grants?
Erikson Institute's top state is Illinois, with 49% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990. The next largest states were California (21%) and Delaware (12%). The most frequent recipient cities were Chicago, IL (3 grants).
Does Erikson Institute give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 8 grants with a stated purpose on Erikson Institute's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support.
Who are Erikson Institute's largest grantees?
Erikson Institute's largest 2025 grantees include SRI International ($88,279), American Academy of Pediatrics ($57,905) and University of Illinois ($55,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 47% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Erikson Institute?
Erikson Institute reported $104.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $33.4M.
What is Erikson Institute?
Erikson Institute is a public charity focused on Education, based in Chicago, IL. It holds $104.7M in total assets as of 2025.
What is Erikson Institute's EIN?
Erikson Institute's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 36-2593545. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(3)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS June 16, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 13, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2024
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