· Private foundation
M J Surgala Tr
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k24 grants · $90k
- $10k–50k20 grants · $334k
- $50k–250k7 grants · $405k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| JEFFERSON EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY | $100,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF ERIE COUNTY | $55,000 |
| UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF GIRARD | $50,000 |
| ERIE CITY MISSION | $50,000 |
| MOUNT ST BENEDICT MONASTERY | $50,000 |
| ERIE HOMES FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS | $50,000 |
| SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK | $50,000 |
| EMMAUS MINISTRIES | $30,000 |
| INNOCENCE PROJECT | $25,000 |
| FAMILY SERVICES OF NW PA | $25,000 |
| INNER CITY NEIGHBORHOOD ART HOUSE | $25,000 |
| ST JOSEPH HEALTH FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| JULIA HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE | $20,000 |
| EXPERIENCE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM | $20,000 |
| ERIE PHILHARMONIC | $20,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $154k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.
77 repeat relationships: 42 still active in FY2024, 35 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- JEJEFFERSON EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY OF ERIE INC7× · 2018–2024 · $783k · revenue +12% · 29% of their budget
- EZErie Zoological Society7× · 2017–2023 · $226k · revenue +30%
- UWUnited Way of Erie County8× · 2017–2024 · $175k · revenue +39%
Funded once
- LELAKE ERIE ARBORETUM AT FRONTIERone grant, 2021 · $28k · revenue -31%
- CHCOMMUNITY HEALTH NETone grant, 2019 · $20k · revenue +16%
- EHERIE HUNT AND SADDLE CLUB INCone grant, 2021 · $20k
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.
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.
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.
The mission of the erie cancer wellness center is to support those living with cancer and the people that care for them through free of charge programs and services that promote physical, emotional and mental healing.
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…
The erie community foundation works to improve the quality of life for all in our region by evaluating and addressing community issues, building permanent charitable endowments, and by promoting philanthropic and community leadership.
Motivated by the belief that healthcare is a human right, erie family health centers, inc. (erie) provides high quality, affordable care to support healthier people, families and communities. erie's mission is an outgrowth of the civil…
Erie day school is a co-educational, independent elementary school (toddler through grade 8) located in erie, pa. our educational approach values the individual talents, traits, and abilities of our students.
To provide emergency medical services with advanced and basic life support capabilities, ambulance transportation services, and providing trained personnel to assist local fire departments.
Ehca foundation (the "foundation") is a pennsylvania nonprofitcorporation and was organized as a supporting organization. thefoundation will be operated exclusively for the benefit of, and toperform functions on behalf of, erie homes for…
Erie neighborhood house provides the most comprehensive support to immigrant and low-income families in chicago. our mission is to empower our communitylatinx immigrants alongside individuals and families of all backgroundsthrough…
UPMC Williamsport is a subsidiary of UPMC Susquehanna. The mission of UPMC Susquehanna and its subsidiaries is to serve the community by providing outstanding patient care and shaping tomorrow's health care through clinical and…
How this is measured
69 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 69 of the 122 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds JEFFERSON EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY OF ERIE INC ↗
- Who funds Erie Zoological Society ↗
- Who funds United Way of Erie County ↗
- Who funds ERIE HOMES FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS INC ↗
- Who funds CITY MISSION OF THE EVANGELICAL CHURCHES OF ERIE ↗
- Who funds Flagship Niagara League ↗
- Who funds MERCY CENTER FOR WOMEN INC ↗
- Who funds ExpERIEnce Children's Museum ↗
- Who funds PUBLIC BROADCASTING OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA INC ↗
- Who funds HAMOT HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ERIE CIVIC THEATRE ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds Community Shelter Services Inc ↗
- Who funds St Pauls Free Clinic Inc ↗
- Who funds THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds SAFENET INC ↗
- Who funds ERIE DAWN INC ↗
- Who funds Erie Maritime Foundation Bayfront Maritime Center ↗
- Who funds Erie Regional Library Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF ERIE INC ↗
- Who funds SARAH A REED CHILDREN'S CENTER ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds BOCA RATON MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds ERIE ART MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds LAKE ERIE ARBORETUM AT FRONTIER ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization M J Surgala Tr funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from M J Surgala Tr. Bigger dots raise more.
- President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
- Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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