Funding search · EIN 256060860 · Erie, PA

Merwin Foundation

Name: Merwin Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

42
grants reported: $895,500
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $15,000
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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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Erie Philharmonic3 grants · $120,000
Success Through Sport2 grants · $110,000
Erie Zoological Society1 grant · $100,000
Cleveland Clinic2 grants · $100,000
Boys and Girls Club2 grants · $50,000
Second Harvest Food Bank1 grant · $50,000
Sight Center of Nw Pa2 grants · $40,000
Children'S Advocacy Center2 grants · $40,000
Erie City Mission2 grants · $40,000
Meals On Wheels Erie2 grants · $40,000

Giving over time

$118,500

2022

$378,500

2023

$398,500

2024

Grant history

All 42 reported grants, largest first.

$100,000
Erie Zoological Society · Erie, PA · 2024
Unrestricted
$60,000
Success Through Sport · Erie, PA · 2024
Unrestricted
$50,000
Cleveland Clinic · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Unrestricted
$50,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Erie, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$50,000
Success Through Sport · Erie, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$50,000
Cleveland Clinic · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Unrestricted
$40,000
Erie Philharmonic · Erie, PA · 2024
Unrestricted
$40,000
Erie Philharmonic · Erie, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$40,000
Erie Philharmonic · Erie, PA · 2022
Unrestricted
$30,000
Boys and Girls Club · Erie, PA · 2024
Unrestricted
$30,000
Erie City Mission · Erie, PA · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Children'S Advocacy Center · Erie, PA · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Meals On Wheels Erie · Erie, PA · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Sight Center of Nw Pa · Erie, PA · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Boys and Girls Club · Erie, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Children'S Advocacy Center · Erie, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Meals On Wheels Erie · Erie, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Safenet · Erie, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Sight Center of Nw Pa · Erie, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Aces · Erie, PA · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Mercy Center for Women · Erie, PA · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Neighborhood Art House · Erie, PA · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Erie County Historical Society · Erie, PA · 2022
Unrestricted
$12,000
American Heart Association · Erie, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$12,000
Neighborhood Art House · Erie, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
American Heart Association · Erie, PA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Sarah a Reed Children'S Center · Erie, PA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
St Martin Center · Erie, PA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Aces · Erie, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Erie City Mission · Erie, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Perry Square Alliance · Erie, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Presque Isle Partnership · Erie, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
St Martin Center · Erie, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Times Old Newsies Fund · Erie, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Safenet · Erie, PA · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
Erie Yacht Club Foundation · Erie, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Erie Yacht Club Foundation · Erie, PA · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,000
Robert Irvine Foundation · Tampa, FL · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,500
West Lake Fire Department · Erie, PA · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Hagen History Center · Erie, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
West Lake Fire Department · Erie, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
West Lake Fire Department · Erie, PA · 2022
Unrestricted

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