Pennsylvania · Private foundation
John M & Gertrude E Petersen Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $961k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $425,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 27
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.5M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations John M & Gertrude E Petersen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $961k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $810k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $1.1M | 11% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $1.0M | 15% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $1.1M | 6% |
| FY2018 | 27 | $998k | 15% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Center for Women Inc | $1,250,000 | 9 | 33% |
| Family House Inc | $1,075,000 | 8 | 9% |
| Harborcreek Youth Services Inc | $755,000 | 7 | 2% |
| University of Pittsburgh | $667,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bethesda Foundation for Children | $455,325 | 3 | 22% |
| Community Country Day School | $361,000 | 9 | 3% |
| Asbury Woods Partnership Inc | $160,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Family Services of Nw Pa | $105,000 | 2 | 1% |
| United Way of Erie County | $90,000 | 9 | 0% |
| City Mission of the Evangelical Churches of Erie | $90,000 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Center for Women Inc | $1,250,000 | 9 | 33% |
| Family House Inc | $1,075,000 | 8 | 9% |
| Harborcreek Youth Services Inc | $755,000 | 7 | 2% |
| University of Pittsburgh | $667,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bethesda Foundation for Children | $455,325 | 3 | 22% |
| Community Country Day School | $361,000 | 9 | 3% |
| Asbury Woods Partnership Inc | $160,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Family Services of Nw Pa | $105,000 | 2 | 1% |
| United Way of Erie County | $90,000 | 9 | 0% |
| City Mission of the Evangelical Churches of Erie | $90,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Emmaus Ministries | $45,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Club of Erie Inc | $36,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Child Development Centers Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Martin Center | $17,142 | 2 | 1% |
| Erie Zoological Society | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Dr Gertrude a Barber Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Achievement Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
John M & Gertrude E Petersen Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About John M & Gertrude E Petersen Foundation
- How much does John M & Gertrude E Petersen Foundation give?
- John M & Gertrude E Petersen Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $960,940 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 27 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does John M & Gertrude E Petersen Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (22%), Education (16%), Housing & Shelter (12%).
- Who are John M & Gertrude E Petersen Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Mercy Center for Women Inc ($1.3M), Family House Inc ($1.1M), Harborcreek Youth Services Inc ($755k).
- Does John M & Gertrude E Petersen Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John M & Gertrude E Petersen Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as John M & Gertrude E Petersen Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include M J Surgala Tr, Erie Community Foundation, Wabtec Foundation.
- Where is John M & Gertrude E Petersen Foundation based?
- John M & Gertrude E Petersen Foundation is based in PA.
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