The 2025 Arts, Culture, & Heritage Grant Program supports capital improvements and programming which provide social, educational, cultural, health, and/or economic benefits to residents of Erie County.
Donor Name: Erie County Gaming Revenue Authority (ECGRA)
State: Pennsylvania
County: Erie County (PA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/30/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The purpose is to provide capital and program funding for arts, culture, and heritage organizations in Erie County, Pennsylvania. Programs and projects must serve the general public and be open and accessible to the public.
Arts, culture, and heritage organizations and events enrich the lives of residents, protect resources, and add a dimension to quality of life through performances, interpretation, preservation, and creation of new works. ECGRA’s investment in arts, culture, and heritage encourages entrepreneurs and innovation, enables communities to engage in creative placemaking, plays an integral role in attracting new residents and businesses by elevating the quality of life, and protects what is unique to Erie County.
Funding Information
A maximum of $15,000 per application; overall $200,000 per grant cycle.
Eligible Uses of funds
- Administration costs (Maximum of 15% of grant award.)
- Marketing of event or program
- Facility expense related to the project
- Equipment and supplies
- Contracted services
- Construction
- Outcomes measurement
- Event insurance.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant is an IRS-designated 501(c)(3), municipal authority, or a municipality.
- Applicant headquarters is located in Erie County, Pennsylvania.
- Applicant is in good standing with the IRS and state and local taxing bodies.
- Applicant is in good standing with ECGRA’s reporting requirements to date.
- Applicant is current on payment of any mandated workers compensation, payment of unemployment or other required employee related insurances, and real estate taxes.
- Applicant is making sole request on behalf of organization.
- Applicant will be the recipient of the grant. Pass through grants are not permissible.
- Only one application per entity, per project, per funding cycle will be accepted.
- Applicant must either own or lease property to be improved. Non-profit groups may complete projects on property owned by local government with an executed agreement authorized by the governing body of a municipality, municipal authority, or county.
For more information, visit ECGRA.
