Grants awarded
Who does M J Surgala Tr fund?
M J Surgala Tr has awarded $3.5 million across 258 grants to 93 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $10,000, with most between $5,000 and $16,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $10,000 versus $5,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$3.5M
Typical grant
$10K
Grantees
93
Grants
258
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| J Jefferson Educational Society | $681K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Erie Zoological Society
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$165K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | PA | |
| S Second Harvest Food Bank | $150K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| P Penn State Erie - the Behrend College | $130K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| U United Way of Erie County | $130K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$120K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| E Experience Children's Museum | $105K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| E Emmaus Ministries | $95K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| E Erie City Mission | $95K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $82K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $80K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| Y YMCA of Greater Erie | $80K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$80K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| W Wqln | $79K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$76K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| I Inner City Neighborhood Art House | $75K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Hamot Health Foundation
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$74K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
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$60K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
Community Shelter Services INC
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$60K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | PA | |
| U Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Erie | $55K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U Unitarian Universalist Church of Girard | $55K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Innocence Project INC
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$55K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $54K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$53K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| S Salvation Army | $45K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Bayfront Maritime Center | $41K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$40K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| S Safenet | $35K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$32K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | FL | |
Community Country Day School
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$30K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | PA | |
| T The Upper Room | $30K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| S Shriners Hospital for Children | $30K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| L Lake Erie Arboretum at Frontier Park | $28K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| H Hagen History Center | $27K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$25K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
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$25K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
Family Services of Nw PA
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$25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S St Joseph Health Foundation | $25K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| D Doctors Without Borders | $24K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| E Erie Hunt and Saddle Club INC | $20K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | PA | |
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$20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| B Benedictine Sisters of Erie | $20K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$16K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | FL | |
| E Erie Cancer Wellness Center | $15K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| G Greater Erie Community Action Committee (gecac) | $15K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$15K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | PA | |
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$15K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | PA | |
| C Crime Victim Center | $15K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Children's Advocacy Center | $12K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Mercyhurst Institute of Arts & Culture | $11K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Sight Center of Northwest Ohio | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Sight Center of Nwpa | $10K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| E Erie Arts and Culture | $10K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| S St Mary's Home of Erie | $8K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Dr Gertrude a Barber Foundation INC
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$8K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
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$7K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| E Erie Arts & Culture | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H House of Mercy Erie | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | PA | |
American Heart Association INC
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$5K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| S Sight Center of Nw PA | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
George Snow Scholarship Fund INC
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$5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | FL | |
| B Bethesda Lutheran Services | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| F Fairview School Foundation | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| A American Cancer Society | $5K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| S St George Church | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| H Habitat for Humanity | $4K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $4K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| A Achievement Center of Lecom Health | $4K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
American Lung Association
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$4K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| C Crohns & Colitis Foundation | $3K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$2K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | PA | |
| S Stand Up to Cancer | $2K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| F First Unitarian Universalist Church of Girard | $2K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| R Raymond F Kravis Center for the Performing Arts | $2K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| A American Red Cross | $2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Lake Erie Ballet Company INC
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$2K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | PA | |
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$2K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| I Individual recipient | $1K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | PA | |
| C Ceasefire PA Education Fund | $1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| H Harvard Divinity School | $1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Wounded Warrior Project INC
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$1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | FL | |
| C Cathedral of St Paul | $1K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| S St Lucy Catholic Church | $300 | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MO |
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