Funding search · EIN 256032032 · Erie, PA

Erie Community Foundation

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

1,039
grants reported
$62.3M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$21,009
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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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  • United Way of Erie County3 grants · $5.6M
  • Erie City Mission3 grants · $2.9M
  • Erie Cancer Wellness Foundation3 grants · $1.8M
  • Hamot Health Foundation3 grants · $1.6M
  • Erie Philharmonic3 grants · $1.6M
  • The Nonprofit Partnership3 grants · $1.2M
  • Erie Zoological Society3 grants · $1.1M
  • Foundation for Free Enterprise Education3 grants · $1.0M
  • Minority Community Investment Coalition2 grants · $1.0M
  • Second Harvest Food Bank3 grants · $913,193

Giving over time

$17.3M
2022
$20.6M
2023
$24.4M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 1,039 grants.

  • $3.5M

    United Way of Erie County · Erie, PA · 2023

    Various projects

  • $2.3M

    Erie City Mission · Erie, PA · 2024

    Various projects

  • $1.3M

    Erie Cancer Wellness Foundation · Erie, PA · 2022

    Various projects

  • $1.3M

    Hamot Health Foundation · Erie, PA · 2024

    Various projects

  • $1.2M

    United Way of Erie County · Erie, PA · 2024

    Various projects

  • $938,814

    United Way of Erie County · Erie, PA · 2022

    Various projects

  • $609,966

    The Nonprofit Partnership · Erie, PA · 2024

    Various projects

  • $574,921

    Erie Philharmonic · Erie, PA · 2024

    Various projects

  • $550,859

    Erie Downtown Development Corporation · Erie, PA · 2024

    Various projects

  • $529,804

    Erie Philharmonic · Erie, PA · 2023

    Various projects

  • $500,000

    Minority Community Investment Coalition · Erie, PA · 2024

    Various projects

  • $500,000

    Minority Community Investment Coalition · Erie, PA · 2023

    Various projects

  • $469,829

    Erie Philharmonic · Erie, PA · 2022

    Various projects

  • $451,356

    East Side Renaissance · Erie, PA · 2024

    Various projects

  • $427,440

    Erie Zoological Society · Erie, PA · 2023

    Various projects

  • $406,549

    Corry Ymca · Corry, PA · 2022

    Various projects

  • $394,536

    Erie Independence House · Erie, PA · 2023

    Various projects

  • $391,663

    The Nonprofit Partnership · Erie, PA · 2023

    Various projects

  • $390,642

    Mercy Center for Women · Erie, PA · 2022

    Various projects

  • $382,336

    Erie Zoological Society · Erie, PA · 2024

    Various projects

  • $354,554

    Foundation for Free Enterprise Education · Erie, PA · 2024

    Various projects

  • $340,497

    Erie City Mission · Erie, PA · 2023

    Various projects

  • $340,303

    Erie Independence House · Erie, PA · 2024

    Various projects

  • $338,136

    Foundation for Free Enterprise Education · Erie, PA · 2022

    Various projects

  • $337,123

    Mercyhurst Preparatory School · Erie, PA · 2024

    Various projects

  • $327,755

    Foundation for Free Enterprise Education · Erie, PA · 2023

    Various projects

  • $322,877

    Erie United Methodist Alliance · Erie, PA · 2023

    Various projects

  • $319,503

    Erie County Historical Society and Museums · Erie, PA · 2023

    Various projects

  • $309,286

    Second Harvest Food Bank · Erie, PA · 2022

    Various projects

  • $309,227

    Erie City Mission · Erie, PA · 2022

    Various projects

  • $302,541

    Second Harvest Food Bank · Erie, PA · 2023

    Various projects

  • $301,366

    Second Harvest Food Bank · Erie, PA · 2024

    Various projects

  • $292,575

    Flagship Niagara League · Erie, PA · 2022

    Various projects

  • $290,276

    New Hope Presbyterian Church of Erie · Erie, PA · 2024

    Various projects

  • $282,485

    Erie County Historical Society and Museums · Erie, PA · 2022

    Various projects

  • $276,695

    Julia Hospice and Palliative Care · McKean, PA · 2024

    Various projects

  • $267,580

    Erie County Historical Society · Erie, PA · 2024

    Various projects

  • $266,722

    Erie Cancer Wellness Foundation · Erie, PA · 2023

    Various projects

  • $265,301

    Erie Zoological Society · Erie, PA · 2022

    Various projects

  • $264,489

    Oliver Hazard Perry Shipyard · Erie, PA · 2023

    Various projects

  • $258,603

    Erie Art Museum · Erie, PA · 2023

    Various projects

  • $252,372

    Erie Art Museum · Erie, PA · 2022

    Various projects

  • $250,000

    Union City Pride · Union City, PA · 2022

    Various projects

  • $247,638

    Erie Art Museum · Erie, PA · 2024

    Various projects

  • $244,864

    Flagship Niagara League · Erie, PA · 2023

    Various projects

  • $243,925

    Mercyhurst Preparatory School · Erie, PA · 2023

    Various projects

  • $243,011

    Erie Arts & Culture · Erie, PA · 2022

    Various projects

  • $238,774

    Erie Cancer Wellness Foundation · Erie, PA · 2024

    Various projects

  • $227,476

    Mercy Center for Women · Erie, PA · 2024

    Various projects

  • $224,838

    Emmaus Ministries · Erie, PA · 2024

    Various projects

  • $218,027

    The Nonprofit Partnership · Erie, PA · 2022

    Various projects

  • $215,809

    Mercy Center for Women · Erie, PA · 2023

    Various projects

  • $215,354

    Eagle'S Nest Leadership Corporation · Erie, PA · 2024

    Various projects

  • $203,556

    Erie Center for Arts & Technology · Erie, PA · 2022

    Various projects

  • $200,000

    East Side Renaissance · Erie, PA · 2022

    Various projects

  • $197,240

    Emmaus Ministries · Erie, PA · 2023

    Various projects

  • $190,048

    Experience Children'S Museum · Erie, PA · 2023

    Various projects

  • $189,588

    Anna Shelter · Erie, PA · 2024

    Various projects

  • $186,926

    Experience Children'S Museum · Erie, PA · 2022

    Various projects

  • $184,811

    Ahn Saint Vincent Hospital · Erie, PA · 2022

    Various projects

  • $183,505

    Emmaus Ministries · Erie, PA · 2022

    Various projects

  • $180,799

    Hamot Health Foundation · Erie, PA · 2022

    Various projects

  • $180,598

    Women'S Care Center · Erie, PA · 2024

    Various projects

  • $179,970

    Erie'S Black Wall Street · Erie, PA · 2023

    Various projects

  • $177,539

    Barber National Institute · Erie, PA · 2023

    Various projects

  • $175,810

    Corry Community Development Corporation · Corry, PA · 2024

    Various projects

  • $175,178

    Erie Arts & Culture · Erie, PA · 2023

    Various projects

  • $171,677

    Shriners Hospitals for Children · Erie, PA · 2022

    Various projects

  • $170,297

    Luther Memorial Church & Learning Center · Erie, PA · 2023

    Various projects

  • $169,434

    Erie Playhouse · Erie, PA · 2023

    Various projects

  • $169,022

    Wayside Presbyterian · Erie, PA · 2024

    Various projects

  • $168,986

    Sisters of St Joseph Neighborhood Network · Erie, PA · 2023

    Various projects

  • $167,389

    Ymca of Greater Erie · Erie, PA · 2024

    Various projects

  • $165,199

    Wayside Presbyterian · Erie, PA · 2023

    Various projects

  • $164,807

    Wqln · Erie, PA · 2023

    Various projects

  • $163,923

    Luther Memorial Church & Learning Center · Erie, PA · 2024

    Various projects

  • $163,886

    Anna Shelter · Erie, PA · 2023

    Various projects

  • $162,630

    Wayside Presbyterian · Erie, PA · 2022

    Various projects

  • $158,288

    Shriners Hospitals for Children · Erie, PA · 2024

    Various projects

  • $154,007

    Luther Memorial Church & Learning Center · Erie, PA · 2022

    Various projects

  • $152,064

    Camp Judson · North Springfield, PA · 2022

    Various projects

  • $150,819

    Erie Downtown Development Corporation · Erie, PA · 2023

    Various projects

  • $150,000

    Ben Franklin Technology Partners · State College, PA · 2022

    Various projects

  • $146,869

    Erie Playhouse · Erie, PA · 2022

    Various projects

  • $146,692

    Asbury Woods Partnership · Erie, PA · 2022

    Various projects

  • $145,191

    Park United Methodist Church · North East, PA · 2022

    Various projects

  • $144,535

    Erie County Convention Center Authority · Erie, PA · 2023

    Various projects

  • $143,551

    Maria House Project · Erie, PA · 2024

    Various projects

  • $141,871

    Sarah Reed Children'S Center · Erie, PA · 2024

    Various projects

  • $141,227

    Park United Methodist Church · North East, PA · 2024

    Various projects

  • $140,608

    Mercyhurst University · Erie, PA · 2024

    Various projects

  • $140,213

    Hamot Health Foundation · Erie, PA · 2023

    Various projects

  • $139,594

    First Presbyterian Church of the Covenant · Erie, PA · 2024

    Various projects

  • $138,266

    Asbury Woods Partnership · Erie, PA · 2024

    Various projects

  • $137,499

    Uscri - Erie Field Office · Erie, PA · 2024

    Various projects

  • $135,579

    Edinboro Market · Edinboro, PA · 2023

    Various projects

  • $132,129

    Erie Humane Society · Erie, PA · 2022

    Various projects

  • $131,440

    Park United Methodist Church · North East, PA · 2023

    Various projects

  • $130,217

    Erie United Methodist Alliance · Erie, PA · 2024

    Various projects

  • $130,144

    Anna Shelter · Erie, PA · 2022

    Various projects

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