Local nonprofits rely on community support to fund their projects and services, and during the last quarter of 2025, the Erie Community Foundation awarded $4.6 million to 734 of those nonprofits.
Of that total, $3.9 million was distributed 715 nonprofits, with $346,000 awarded to 14 nonprofits through its “Helping Today” and $482,000 to 5 nonprofits in its “Shaping Tomorrow” program.
“The Shaping Tomorrow projects are really focused on ecosystem building, really encouraging organizations to work together, so we’re really looking at projects that are shovel ready, and are really able to take ideas into action,” said Pat Herr, Vice President of Community Impact at the Erie Community Foundation.
Erie Community Foundation approves $2.7 million in grants for community projects
Herr said the focus for the Shaping Tomorrow grants is to support systemic changes, rather than organizational improvements, whereas the Helping Today grants address more urgent needs…