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Grant Types

• Helping Today
• Shaping Tomorrow
• Urgent Grants
• Community Impact Sponsorships

Below are Erie Community Foundation partners with funding opportunities:

• Young Erie Philanthropists
• H.E.Y.! - Hear Erie's Youth
• Erie Women's Fund
• LGBT Community Endowment

Grant Guidelines

• A Helping Today applicant must meet with a member of the Foundation's Community Impact Team prior to a Grant Cycle deadline in order to submit an application.
• An online Helping Today grant application must be completed and submitted prior to the Grant Cycle deadline.
• If your nonprofit has an emergency and your request cannot wait until the next grant cycle, please contact the Community Impact Team at 814-454-0843 to obtain the Access Code for applying for an Urgent Request.

• 2023 Grant Guidelines

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For more information on applying for a grant, please contact our Community Impact Team:

• Patrick Herr, Vice President of Community Impact
• Rachel Cacchione, Director of Community Impact
• Kelly Patterson, Community Impact Associate