Pennsylvania · Private foundation
McBrier Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $38k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 24
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations McBrier Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 7 | $38k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $20k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $15k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $42k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $31k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $500 | 100% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $12k | 43% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $24k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smile Train Inc | $11,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Erie Yacht Club | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Erie Yacht Club Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 7% |
| City Mission of the Evangelical Churches of Erie | $9,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Mercy Center for Women Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Public Broadcasting of Northwest Pennsylvania Inc | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Arts Council of Erie | $5,700 | 3 | 0% |
| Creative Community Connectors Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Maria House Project | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Erie Community Action Committee | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smile Train Inc | $11,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Erie Yacht Club | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Erie Yacht Club Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 7% |
| City Mission of the Evangelical Churches of Erie | $9,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Mercy Center for Women Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Public Broadcasting of Northwest Pennsylvania Inc | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Arts Council of Erie | $5,700 | 3 | 0% |
| Creative Community Connectors Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Maria House Project | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Erie Community Action Committee | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cleveland Museum of Art | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Erie Day School Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lake Shore Fire Department | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Erie Art Museum | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Fairview Fire and Rescue | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Erie Civic Theatre Association | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Presque Isle Audubon Society | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Erie Philharmonic Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Horticultural Society | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Stairways Behavioral Health Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hamot Health Foundation | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($100k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget McBrier Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 · M J Surgala Tr · Merwin Foundation · The Britton Family Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Wabtec Foundation · Northwest Charitable Foundation · Kern Family Foundation Inc · United Way of Erie County · The Henry A and Mary J MacDonald Foundation · Vorsheck Family Foundation Inc · The Arts Council of Erie
How this is measured
About McBrier Foundation
- How much does McBrier Foundation give?
- McBrier Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $37,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does McBrier Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (17%), Health (14%), Food & Nutrition (13%).
- Who are McBrier Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Smile Train Inc ($11k), Erie Yacht Club ($10k), Erie Yacht Club Foundation Inc ($10k).
- Does McBrier Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does McBrier Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as McBrier Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Erie Community Foundation, M J Surgala Tr, Merwin Foundation.
- Where is McBrier Foundation based?
- McBrier Foundation is based in PA.
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