Funding search · EIN 116556638 · Erie, PA
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A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 144
- grants reported
- $2.3M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $10,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Top recipients
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- Jefferson Educational Society3 grants · $581,000
- Second Harvest Food Bank3 grants · $100,000
- United Way of Erie County3 grants · $95,000
- Mount St Benedict Monastery3 grants · $80,000
- Erie Homes for Children & Adults3 grants · $80,000
- Experience Children'S Museum3 grants · $80,000
- Erie City Mission3 grants · $70,000
- Erie Zoological Society2 grants · $60,880
- Mercy Center for Women3 grants · $60,000
- Emmaus Ministries3 grants · $55,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 144 grants.
- $411,000
Jefferson Educational Society · Erie, PA · 2023
General funds
- $100,000
Jefferson Educational Society · Erie, PA · 2024
General funds
- $70,000
Jefferson Educational Society · Erie, PA · 2022
General funds
- $55,280
Erie Zoological Society · Erie, PA · 2022
General funds
- $55,000
United Way of Erie County · Erie, PA · 2024
General funds
- $50,000
Erie City Mission · Erie, PA · 2024
General funds
- $50,000
Erie Homes for Children & Adults · Erie, PA · 2024
General funds
- $50,000
Mount St Benedict Monastery · Erie, PA · 2024
General funds
- $50,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Erie, PA · 2024
General funds
- $50,000
Unitarian Universalist Church of Girard · Girard, PA · 2024
General funds
- $50,000
Ymca of Greater Erie · Erie, PA · 2022
General funds
- $40,000
Penn State Erie - the Behrend College · Erie, PA · 2022
General funds
- $30,000
Emmaus Ministries · Erie, PA · 2024
General funds
- $30,000
Experience Children'S Museum · Erie, PA · 2023
General funds
- $30,000
Mercy Center for Women · Erie, PA · 2023
General funds
- $30,000
Experience Children'S Museum · Erie, PA · 2022
General funds
- $30,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Erie, PA · 2022
General funds
- $26,000
Erie Playhouse · Erie, PA · 2023
General funds
- $25,600
Flagship Niagara League · Erie, PA · 2022
General funds
- $25,000
Family Services of Nw Pa · Erie, PA · 2024
General funds
- $25,000
Inner City Neighborhood Art House · Erie, PA · 2024
General funds
- $25,000
Innocence Project · New York, NY · 2024
General funds
- $25,000
Wqln · Erie, PA · 2022
General funds
- $21,500
Erie Philharmonic Orchestra · Erie, PA · 2023
General funds
- $20,400
Erie Philharmonic Orchestra · Erie, PA · 2022
General funds
- $20,000
Erie Philharmonic · Erie, PA · 2024
General funds
- $20,000
Experience Children'S Museum · Erie, PA · 2024
General funds
- $20,000
Julia Hospice & Palliative Care · Erie, PA · 2024
General funds
- $20,000
St Joseph Health Foundation · Paterson, NJ · 2024
General funds
- $20,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Erie, PA · 2023
General funds
- $20,000
United Way of Erie County · Erie, PA · 2023
General funds
- $20,000
Community Shelter Services · Erie, PA · 2022
General funds
- $20,000
Emmaus Ministries · Erie, PA · 2022
General funds
- $20,000
Erie Homes for Children & Adults · Erie, PA · 2022
General funds
- $20,000
Inner City Neighborhood Art House · Erie, PA · 2022
General funds
- $20,000
Mercy Center for Women · Erie, PA · 2022
General funds
- $20,000
Mount St Benedict Monastery · Erie, PA · 2022
General funds
- $20,000
United Way of Erie County · Erie, PA · 2022
General funds
- $17,600
Boca Raton Museum of Art · Boca Raton, FL · 2024
General funds
- $16,000
Hamot Health Foundation · Erie, PA · 2022
General funds
- $15,500
Hamot Health Foundation · Erie, PA · 2024
General funds
- $15,000
Boys & Girls Club of Erie · Erie, PA · 2024
General funds
- $15,000
St Pauls Free Clinic · Erie, PA · 2024
General funds
- $15,000
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Erie · Erie, PA · 2024
General funds
- $12,600
Erie Dawn · Erie, PA · 2023
General funds
- $11,000
Bayfront Maritime Center · Erie, PA · 2024
General fund
- $10,500
Hamot Health Foundation · Erie, PA · 2023
General funds
- $10,010
Salvation Army · Erie, PA · 2023
General funds
- $10,000
Erie Dawn · Erie, PA · 2024
General funds
- $10,000
Erie Playhouse · Erie, PA · 2024
General funds
- $10,000
Mercy Center for Women · Erie, PA · 2024
General funds
- $10,000
Sarah a Reed Children'S Center · Erie, PA · 2024
General funds
- $10,000
The Sight Center of Northwest Ohio · Toledo, OH · 2024
General funds
- $10,000
The Upper Room of Erie · Erie, PA · 2024
General funds
- $10,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
General funds
- $10,000
Erie City Mission · Erie, PA · 2023
General funds
- $10,000
Erie Homes for Children & Adults · Erie, PA · 2023
General funds
- $10,000
Inner City Neighborhood Art House · Erie, PA · 2023
General funds
- $10,000
Mount St Benedict Monastery · Erie, PA · 2023
General funds
- $10,000
St Pauls Free Clinic · Erie, PA · 2023
General funds
- $10,000
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Erie · Erie, PA · 2023
General funds
- $10,000
Bayfront Maritime Center · Erie, PA · 2022
General funds
- $10,000
Boys and Girls Club of Erie · Erie, PA · 2022
General funds
- $10,000
Community Country Day School · Erie, PA · 2022
General funds
- $10,000
Erie Cancer Wellness Center · Erie, PA · 2022
General funds
- $10,000
Erie City Mission · Erie, PA · 2022
General funds
- $10,000
Erie Dawn · Erie, PA · 2022
General funds
- $10,000
Hagen History Center · Erie, PA · 2022
General funds
- $10,000
Innocence Project · New York, NY · 2022
General funds
- $10,000
Salvation Army · Erie, PA · 2022
General funds
- $10,000
Shriners Hospital for Children · Erie, PA · 2022
General funds
- $10,000
St Pauls Free Clinic · Erie, PA · 2022
General funds
- $10,000
The Upper Room · Erie, PA · 2022
General funds
- $10,000
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Erie · Erie, PA · 2022
General funds
- $8,000
Flagship Niagara League · Erie, PA · 2024
General funds
- $7,000
Wqln · Erie, PA · 2024
General funds
- $7,000
Boca Raton Museum of Art · Boca Raton, FL · 2022
General funds
- $5,600
Erie Zoological Society · Erie, PA · 2023
General funds
- $5,501
Mercyhurst Institute of Arts & Culture · Erie, PA · 2023
General funds
- $5,200
Hagen History Center · Erie, PA · 2024
General funds
- $5,000
Asbury Woods · Erie, PA · 2024
General funds
- $5,000
Children'S Advocacy Center · Erie, PA · 2024
General funds
- $5,000
Crime Victim Center · Erie, PA · 2024
General funds
- $5,000
Erie Arts & Culture · Erie, PA · 2024
General funds
- $5,000
Erie Cancer Wellness Center · Erie, PA · 2024
General funds
- $5,000
Erie Downtown Partnership · Erie, PA · 2024
General funds
- $5,000
House of Mercy Erie · Erie, PA · 2024
General funds
- $5,000
Meals On Wheels Erie · Erie, PA · 2024
General funds
- $5,000
Safenet · Erie, PA · 2024
General funds
- $5,000
Salvation Army · Erie, PA · 2024
General funds
- $5,000
St Martin Center · Erie, PA · 2024
General funds
- $5,000
Asbury Woods · Erie, PA · 2023
General funds
- $5,000
Emmaus Ministries · Erie, PA · 2023
General funds
- $5,000
Safenet · Erie, PA · 2023
General funds
- $5,000
Unitarian Universalist Church of Girard · Girard, PA · 2023
General funds
- $5,000
Asbury Woods · Erie, PA · 2022
General funds
- $5,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
General funds
- $5,000
Erie Art Museum · Erie, PA · 2022
General funds
- $5,000
Erie Arts and Culture · Erie, PA · 2022
General funds
- $5,000
Fairview School Foundation · Fairview, PA · 2022
General funds
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