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 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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- 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
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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- Upmc Group1,211 grants · $569.1M
- The William Penn Foundation4,421 grants · $589.0M
- University of Pittsburgh1,460 grants · $577.6M
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