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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by THE ETHERIDGE FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,359,998
Total expenses
$685,598
Contributions and grants received
$1,356,257
Grants paid
$213,500
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$3,741
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,003,107
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,003,107
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$522,446
Management and general expenses
$28,422
Fundraising expenses
$134,730
Program service expenses (Part III)
$522,446

Program services were 76.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,356,257

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,741 · unrelated business $3,741

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $213,500 · program services $213,500

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $115,000 · program services $103,500 · management and general $11,500

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $7,137 · program services $6,424 · management and general $713

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $20,711 · program services $18,640 · management and general $2,071

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,886 · management and general $4,886

  • 17 · Travel

    total $36,683 · program services $36,683

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $71,469 · fundraising $71,469

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $668 · management and general $668

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,785 · management and general $3,785

  • 24a · Other expenses: OUTSIDE/PROFESSIONAL SE

    total $195,677 · program services $132,416 · management and general $0 · fundraising $63,261

  • 24b · Other expenses: CREDIT CARD PROCESSING

    total $6,460 · program services $6,460

  • 24c · Other expenses: COMPUTER/DATA PROCESSIN

    total $2,515 · management and general $2,515

  • 24d · Other expenses: PAYROLL PROCESSING FEES

    total $2,290 · program services $2,061 · management and general $229

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4,817 · program services $2,762 · management and general $2,055

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $328,039 · end of year $1,003,107

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $668 · end of year $0

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $328,707 · end of year $1,003,107

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE ETHERIDGE FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO SUPPORT GROUNDBREAKING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INTO EFFECTIVE NEW TREATMENTS FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ETHERIDGE FOUNDATION MISSION IS TO SUPPORT GROUNDBREAKING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INTO EFFECTIVE NEW TREATMENTS FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER

  • THE ETHERIDGE FOUNDATION PARTNERS WITH AND SUPPORTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT DEVELOP PLANT AND NATURE BASED TREATMENTS OUTSIDE THE CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL NORMS.

  • THE ETHERIDGE FOUNDATION PARTNERS WITH AND SUPPORTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT CONSIDER AND TREAT MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN CONJUNCTION WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS.

  • THE ETHERIDGE FOUNDATION PARTNERS WITH AND SUPPORTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK TO FIND NEW ANSWERS AND ACCESS FOR PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM THE DEVASTATING EFFECTS OF OPIOID USE DISORDER.

    Expenses $522,446 · Grants $213,500

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Anna Symonds

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $115,000
    From this org
    $115,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Melissa Etheridge

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Juli Crockett

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Deborah Klein

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

  • UC IRVINE FOUNDATION

    $50,000

    RAISE AND MANAGE PRIVATE FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE UNIVERSITY'S BROADER MISSION OF EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING, RESEARCH, AND PUBLIC SERVICE.

  • HEROIC HEARTS PROJECT

    $40,000

    TO ASSIST VETERANS HEAL FROM MILITARY TRAUMA BY PROVIDING LIFE-SAVING PSYCHEDELIC CARE THROUGH RETREATS, RESEARCH, ADVOCACY, TRAING AND EDUCATION

  • CULTIVATING BALANCE DBA MEDICINE COLLECTIVE

    $34,000

    ASSIST IN PROMOTING WHOLE HEALTH THROUGH DIRECT PRIMARY CARE, AFFORDABLE HOLISTIC EXPERIENCES, AND COMMUNITY WELLNESS SUPPORT

  • NPA FOUNDATION

    $20,000

    ASSIST IN ADVANCING THE MISSION TO DEFEND AND EXPAND ACCESS TO PSYCHEDELIC ASSISTATED CARE. WILL ALSO HELP ADVOCATE FOR OPEN ACCESS TO PSILOCYBIN-ASSISTED THERAPIES, SPECIFICALLY FOR DISABLED AND TERMINALLY ILL INDIVIDUALS WHO STAND TO BENEFIT THE MOST

  • INDIGENOUS MEDICINE CONSERVATION FUND

    $17,400

    TOWARDS MUSHROOM-RELATED BIOCULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAMS, AYAHUASCA-RELATED BIOCULTURAL CONSERATION PROGRAMS, AND PEYOTE-RELATED SUPPORT PROGRAMS,

  • THE MULTIDISCIPLIARY ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES (MAPS)

    $15,000

    EDUCATION - PSYCHEDELIC SCIENCE CONFERENCE ADDICTION WORKSHOPS

  • ADDICTION EDUCATION SOCIETY

    $10,100

    PROVIDE PUBLIC EDUCATION, INFORMATION, AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ON ISSUES RELATING TO HUMAN SUBSTANCE ADDICTION AND ITS IMPACT.

  • VILOMAH MEMORIAL FOUNDATION

    $10,000

    THROUGH PEER SUPPORT, EDUCATION, AND ADVOCACY, THE FOUNDATION FOSTERS HEALING, CHALLENGES STIGMA, ADVANCES EQUITY-CENTERED TREATMENTS AND BUILDS MEMORIAL GARDENS AS SACRED SPACES FOR REMEMBERANCE.

  • SAN FRANCISCO PSYCHEDELIC SOCIETY

    $7,000

    EDUCATE AND ADVOCATE FOR ALTERED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS BY PROVIDING COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND INTEGRATION RESOURCES WHILE FOCUSING ON HARM REDUCTION, ADDICTION RECOVERY, SPIRITUAL GROWTH, AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT WHILE HONORING INDIGENOUS LINEAGES AND DESTIGMATIZING ALL DRUGS

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
13 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202612269349303101

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