Pennsylvania · Private foundation
M J Surgala Tr
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $829k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 51
- Grants FY2024
- 35
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 35 to 59
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $23M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations M J Surgala Tr funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 50 | $828k | 16% |
| FY2023 | 35 | $713k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 58 | $729k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 55 | $625k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 59 | $647k | 27% |
| FY2019 | 55 | $617k | 18% |
| FY2018 | 46 | $436k | 24% |
| FY2017 | 55 | $600k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Educational Society of Erie Inc | $783,000 | 7 | 29% |
| Pennsylvania State University | $300,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Erie Zoological Society | $225,660 | 7 | 1% |
| United Way of Erie County | $175,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Erie Homes for Children & Adults Inc | $160,000 | 8 | 0% |
| City Mission of the Evangelical Churches of Erie | $150,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Emmaus Ministries | $135,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Flagship Niagara League | $129,750 | 8 | 4% |
| Mercy Center for Women Inc | $120,000 | 8 | 2% |
| ExpERIEnce Children's Museum | $113,000 | 7 | 2% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 46 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
M J Surgala Tr supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 65 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.
Open a dossier: Erie Community Foundation · Wabtec Foundation · Merwin Foundation · The Britton Family Foundation · Kern Family Foundation Inc · United Way of Erie County · Northwest Charitable Foundation · Firstenergy Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · John M & Gertrude E Petersen Foundation · McBrier Foundation · The Arts Council of Erie
How this is measured
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About M J Surgala Tr
- How much does M J Surgala Tr give?
- M J Surgala Tr reported 51 grants totaling $828,850 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 35 and 59 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does M J Surgala Tr fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (17%), Public Benefit (15%), Health (12%).
- Who are M J Surgala Tr's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Jefferson Educational Society of Erie Inc ($783k), Pennsylvania State University ($300k), Erie Zoological Society ($226k).
- Does M J Surgala Tr fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does M J Surgala Tr accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as M J Surgala Tr?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Erie Community Foundation, Wabtec Foundation, Merwin Foundation.
- Where is M J Surgala Tr based?
- M J Surgala Tr is based in PA.
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