2015 Grants Made by

The Erie Community Foundation

Cycle 1
Helping today Grants
Nonprofit
Achievement Center
County of Erie
Early Connections
Erie Playhouse
Mission Empower
Presbyterian Homes
Sunshine Group of Erie
Young People's Chorus
of Erie

Project Funded
Behavior Analysis Clinic-Technology/Equipment
Needs
2015 Summer Jobs and More (JAM) Program
Physical Activity for Young Learners--North East
Facility Enhancement Project
Website and Marketing plan development for
Mission Empower
It's Never Too Late
Computer Tower and Printer Purchase
A child who sings is a happy child

Amount
Received
$5,100
$50,000
$10,000
$15,000
$1,800
$13,226
$350
$6,125

Urgent Grants
Nonprofit
Project Funded
Amount Received
More
House
Water
Improvement
Project
$2,000
Maria House Project

Donor Directed
290 Donor Directed Grants for a total of $3,912,222

Scholarships
14 Scholarships for a total of $15,750

Cycle 2
Helping today Grants
Nonprofit

Project Funded

Albion Area Fair, Inc.

Better Housing of Erie
ExpERIEnce Children's Museum
Flagship Niagara League
Fraternal Order of Eagles #4516
Gannon University (Erie
Chamber Orchestra)
Performing Arts Collective
Alliance (PACA)

George Knapp Show Arena Fencing

Replacement
Community Playground Safety Service
Discovery Corner: Outdoor Classroom
Erie Maritime Museum "New Face"
Phase Two
Community Improvement
Educational Outreach
Phase Two: Building PACA's
educational arts component

Amount
Received
$8,200
$23,150
$25,000
$5,000
$9,000
$9,500
$10,000

Helping today Grants Funded by ECGRA

Nonprofit

Project Funded

Hamot Health Foundation

Northwest Pennsylvania Area
Health Education Center
Women's Care Center of Erie
County, Inc.
YMCA of Greater Erie

Community Partnerships in Nursing

Diversity
Erie Healthcare Collaboration - Primary
Care Practice Transformation
Technology for WCC Client Need
YMCA Food + Fun Bus

Amount
Received
$20,000
$15,000
$10,000
$10,000

Urgent Grants
Nonprofit
Benedictine Sisters of
Erie, Inc.

Project Funded
Main Gas Line Replacement at Mount Saint
Benedict Monastery

Donor Directed
159 Donor Directed Grants totaling $2,301,057

Scholarships
9 Scholarships totaling $15,739

Amount
Received
$5,000

Cycle 3
Helping today Grants
Nonprofit
Bayfront NATO, Inc. (MLK
Center)
Erie County Community
Center for the Deaf
Erie DAWN
Erie Regional Manufacturer
Partnership
Harborcreek Township
Hornby School Restoration
Society
Multicultural Community
Resource Center
Safe Journeys
Western Pennsylvania
Conservancy
Bradley H. Foulk Children's
Advocacy Center of Erie
County
Harborcreek Youth Services

SafeNet Safety Network

St. Patrick Church

Project Funded
Community Greenroom Kitchen Update

Amount
Received
$9,200

New Roof for the ECCCD

$2,667

Erie DAWN: Housing Now

ERMP

$10,000
$8,500

Erie Area Council of Governments

Transformation Project
Hornby School Moisture & Temperature
Control
MCRC Campus Security System Upgrade &
Expansion
Outreach Vehicle
Signage and Trail Improvements

$10,000

CAC Roof Repair

$5,000

Service Delivery Request: Therapeutic Music

Initiative in Collaboration with Mercyhurst
University
Protecting our Shelter and our Neighborhood
Sister Mary Pascal Gray, SSJ Food Pantry at
St. Patrick Church Walk-In Freezer Project

$15,000

$12,300
$6,542
$7,500
$3,800

$4,490
$10,000

Helping today Grants Funded by ECGRA

Nonprofit
Bradley H. Foulk Children's
Advocacy Center of Erie
County
Harborcreek Youth Services

SafeNet Safety Network

SNOOPS
St. Patrick Church

Project Funded
CAC Roof Repair

Service Delivery Request: Therapeutic Music

Initiative in Collaboration with Mercyhurst
University
Protecting our Shelter and our Neighborhood
Food Pantry Storage Shelves
Sister Mary Pascal Gray, SSJ Food Pantry at
St. Patrick Church Walk-In Freezer Project

Amount
Received
$10,000

$15,000

$10,000
$2,000
$10,000

Urgent Grants
Nonprofit
Project Funded
Amount Received
Transporting Children to High Quality $6,000
Early Connections, Inc
$4,400
Mercy Center for Women Moving Mercy Heritage House

Donor Directed
148 Donor Directed Grants for a total of $1,056,654

Scholarships
472 Scholarships for a total of $616,549

Cycle 4
Helping today Grants
Nonprofit
Erie County Diabetes
Association
Erie Yesterday
Community Country Day
School
Erie Maritime Foundation
Erie First Assembly
Multicultural Health
Evaluation Delivery System
(MHEDS)
Historical Society of Erie
County

Project Funded
Culturally Competent Diabetes Prevention
and Management among High Risk
Individuals
DiscovERIE Passport
Facilities Improvements

Amount
Received
$19,123

$4,000
$10,202

Schooner Porcupine: Schoolship For

Presque Isle Bay
Royal Family KIDS Camp
MHEDS Health Center Facelift for Safety &
Workflow Enhancement

$25,000

1857 Yellow House Repairs

$10,000

$7,500
$10,600

Helping today Grants Funded by ECGRA

Nonprofit
Sarah Reed Children's Center
Box of Light Studios, Inc.
Urban Erie Community
Development Corporation

Project Funded
School Roof Replacement at Sarah A.
Reed Children's Center
Youth Creativity Studio
21st Century Opportunity Lab for
Newly Resettled Families

Shaping tomorrow Grants

Nonprofit
Project Funded Amount Received
The Nonprofit Partnership 2016 Operations $150,000

Urgent Grants
Nonprofit
Project Funded
Amount Received
Erie Philharmonic Build Out of New Office Space $25,000

Donor Directed
283 Donor Directed Grants for a total of $645,370

Scholarships
9 Scholarships for a total of $11,607

Amount
Received
$10,000
$15,750
$20,804