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Greater Erie Community Action Committee

The Greater Erie Community Action Committee will eliminate poverty in Erie County through empowerment, education and community partnership.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$138k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$4.4MEducation$943kYouth Development$415kFood & Nutrition$219kCommunity Improvement$122kHealth$107k
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 3 grants below total $290,313, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,118,622 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $828,309 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $21k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $269k
$131,492
Median grant
1
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER$137,573
MERCY HILLTOP CENTER INC$131,492
MULTICULTURAL COMM RESOURCE CTR$21,248
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $1.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $87k → 13%YOUTH ALTERNATIVES INC: $23k → 14%BOOKER T WASHINGTON CENTER: $59k → 15%YMCA OF GREATER ERIE: $639k → 15%YMCA OF GREATER ERIE: $630k → 15%YMCA OF GREATER ERIE: $193k → 15%YMCA OF GREATER ERIE: $156k → 15%YMCA OF GREATER ERIE: $14k → 15%YMCA OF GREATER ERIE: $11k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.8M · 8 repeat orgs$693k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
20

Total granted

$5.8M
$693k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+45%

Still filing today

75%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • JF
    JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +66%
  • MH
    Mercy Hilltop Senior Center Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +32% · 48% of their budget
  • MC
    Multicultural Community Resource Center
    9× · 2017–2025 · $228k · revenue +82%

Funded once

  • WA
    Warren and Forest Counties EOCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $122k · revenue +49%
  • MM
    MILLCREEK MANOR
    one grant, 2024 · $107k · revenue +18%
  • CA
    COMMUNITY ACTION INC
    one grant, 2017 · $87k · revenue +9%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Greater Erie Economic Development Corporation
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2
Erie County Economic Development Charitable Fund

To facilitate both the creation and retention of jobs within erie county and increase economic opportunities for individuals and businesses through comprehensive economic development programs.

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3
Erie Together

Were working together to make the Erie region a community of opportunity where everyone can learn, work and thrive.

Community Improvement
4
Jewish Community Council of Erie

The Jewish Community Council of Erie is a community-based organization serving individuals and families in the Erie area with a wide range of social and educational services, as well as capacity-building support to other community-based…

Philanthropy
5
Erie Independence House Inc

Erie Independence House, Inc. (EIH) exists to enhance and promote independence in people with disabilities through the provision of accessible, affordable, adaptive housing necessary for them to lead productive, independent lives. We offer…

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6
Community Action Commission of Erie Huron & Richland Counties Inc

To focus all available local, state, private and federal resources upon the goal of enabling low income families and low income individual of all ages to obtain the skills knowledge and motivations, and secure the opportunities needed for…

Human Services
7
Greater Erie Community Action Committee

The Greater Erie Community Action Committee will eliminate poverty in Erie County through empowerment, education and community partnership.

Human Services
8
Erie Chamber of Commerce

The mission of the Erie Chamber of Commerce is to unite community and commerce

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9
Mental Health Services - Erie Co Northw

The mission is to establish nurturing and sustained relationships with individuals, families and community stakeholders to foster growth, self-efficancy and independence by providing innovative evidenced based treatment focused on a whole…

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10
Associated Neighborhood Centers

Serve the Youngstown area community with social, health, financial, strategic life advice, physical education and well-being services in addition to providing housing advice, food for the needy, program activities, and cultural activities.…

Community Improvement
11
Erie Regional Housing Development Corpor

To offer innovative educational, social and community building services for children, youth, senior citizens and families in the western new york area.

Housing & Shelter
12
Jefferson County Area Agency on Aging

Provide services to meet the needs of senior citizens of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Booker T Washington Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Young Entrepreneur Society Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

21 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 28 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/21
Grantees still filing
16/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ERIE CENTER ON HEALTH AND AGING: $1,265,184 · OtherERIE CENTER ON HEALTH AND AGINGMercy Hilltop Senior Center Inc: $1,109,854 · OtherMercy Hilltop Senior Center IncMulticultural Community Resource Center: $227,695 · OtherMulticultural Community Resource Center+8 more: $159,789 · Other+8 moreYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ERIE: $1,644,162 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATI…COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $87,038 · Human Services+2 more: $81,500 · Human ServicesJOHN F KENNEDY CENTER INC: $1,235,239 · HealthJOHN F KENNEDY CENTER I…MILLCREEK MANOR: $106,548 · HealthMILLCREEK MANORMetro-Erie Meals on Wheels Inc: $218,613 · Food & NutritionBETHANY OUTREACH CENTER: $13,275 · Food & NutritionMERCYHURST UNIVERSITY: $110,750 · EducationWARRENFOREST HIGHER-EDUCATION COUNCIL: $18,757 · EducationAMERICANS FOR THE COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM INC OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $16,030 · EducationKEYSTONE SMILES COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER INC: $12,953 · EducationWarren and Forest Counties EOC: $122,372 · Community ImprovementBAYFRONT NATO INC: $9,350 · Community ImprovementYouth Leadership Institute of Erie: $45,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG ENTREPRENEUR SOCIETY INC: $38,157 · Youth DevelopmentURBAN ERIE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $20,000 · Employment
Other$2,762,522Human Services$1,812,700Health$1,341,787Food & Nutrition$231,888Education$158,490Community Improvement$131,722Youth Development$83,157Employment$20,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ERIE: $1,644,162 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetERIE CENTER ON HEALTH AND AGING: $1,265,184 over 7y, 30% of budgetJOHN F KENNEDY CENTER INC: $1,235,239 over 9y, 23% of budgetMercy Hilltop Senior Center Inc: $1,109,854 over 9y, 48% of budgetMulticultural Community Resource Center: $227,695 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetMetro-Erie Meals on Wheels Inc: $218,613 over 3y, 25% of budgetWarren and Forest Counties EOC: $122,372 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetMERCYHURST UNIVERSITY: $110,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMILLCREEK MANOR: $106,548 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION INC: $87,038 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetBOOKER T WASHINGTON CENTER INC: $59,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetYouth Leadership Institute of Erie: $45,000 over 1y, 41% of budgetYOUNG ENTREPRENEUR SOCIETY INC: $38,157 over 2y, 40% of budgetURBAN ERIE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $20,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetWARRENFOREST HIGHER-EDUCATION COUNCIL: $18,757 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetAMERICANS FOR THE COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM INC OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $16,030 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetBETHANY OUTREACH CENTER: $13,275 over 1y, 13% of budgetHermitage House Youth Services Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBAYFRONT NATO INC: $9,350 over 1y, 1.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Erie Community Founda…United Way of Erie Co…Hamot Health Foundati…Greater Erie Economic…Wabtec FoundationNorthwest Institute o…Firstenergy FoundationAmerican Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Erie Community FoundationPA33.8× affinity14 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Erie Community Foundation · United Way of Erie County · Hamot Health Foundation · Greater Erie Economic Development Corporation · Wabtec Foundation · Northwest Institute of Research · Firstenergy Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Greater Erie Community Action Committee funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Greater Erie Community Action Committee. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 28 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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