Grant Recipients

Your Erie Community Foundation recently awarded 21 nonprofit organizations with over $225,000 in grant money:

Arts & Culture

• Arts Erie – $10,000 for Culture Spark Implementation
• CAFÉ – $10,000 for Celebrate Erie 2010
• Dafmark Dance Theatre – $30,000 for Professional Lighting System
• Dan Rice Days Committee – $1,970 for Day Rice Days Entertainment
• Downtown Edinboro Arts & Music Festival - $5,000 for Downtown Edinboro Arts & Music
Festival
• Erie Art Museum – $5,000 for Blues and Jazz Festival 2010
• Erie County Historical Society and Museums – $10,000 for Erie Heritage Festival 2010
• Erie Playhouse – $20,000 for Front Lobby Renovations
• Erie Summer Festival for the Arts – $10,000 for Erie Summer Festival for the Arts 2010
• expERIEnce Children’s Museum – $50,000 for Capital Campaign Continuation
• Young Artists Debut Orchestra – $8,000 for Performance Scholarships
• Presque Isle Partnership – $5,000 for 2010 Sunset Music Series
• The Young People’s Chorus of Erie – $10,000 for Choir Scholarships
• United We Stand Theatre Troupe – $6,500 for 2010 Theater season
• Urban Erie Community Development Corp. – $7,500 for Walking in Black History 2010
• YMCA – John E. Horan Garden Apartments – $5,517 for Youth Theatre Program
• YMCA – Downtown – $5,400 for Teen Mural Painting Project

Urgent Need Requests

• Maria House – $4,500 for Emergency Extermination
• JFK Center – $4,629 for Gas Leak Repairs
• Erie Philharmonic – $15,000 for Funding Shortfall
• Sisters of St. Joseph Neighborhood Network – $1,549 for Sewage Backup Repair

Arts & Culture: $199,887
Urgent Needs: $25,578

TOTAL GRANTS: $225,465