ANNOUNCEMENT: 2025 Sponsorship Applications Now Open!

December 18, 2024


Sponsorship App

Funding ranges from $100 - $2,500!

✅ Is your event free, educational, and community-focused?

✅ Need support for a ticketed fundraiser or celebration?

Find out if you're eligible and apply today: https://goapply2.akoyago.com/eriecommunityfoundation

Community Impact Sponsorships

Must include the following to qualify:

  • The event must be free, open to the community.
  • Ideally, the event will be an accessible space and located along public transportation routes.
  • The event must have an articulated DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) strategy
  • The event should include opportunities for education and introspection and not be simply for entertainment or fundraising purposes.

Event Sponsorships

  • An event sponsorship supports community events or general invitation fundraisers hosted by Erie-area nonprofit organizations or occasionally local branches of national organizations.
  • An event sponsorship supports an event that attendees need to buy a ticket or a table to attend. Examples include lunch, dinner, anniversary celebration, lecture series, guest speaker event.
  • Typically, the Foundation will not sponsor walks or runs.
  • Most event requests will be considered every other year.
  • Priority will be given to events whose proceeds benefit a diversity of Erie residents and align with the Foundation’s grantmaking focus areas including health, education, community development, economic development, and regional vitality.