2023 Grant Recipients
Each year the groups that receive grants from the Erie yacht Club Foundation, let us know why they appreciate the funds they received and what they did with them.
Camp Fitch
Camp Fitch enjoyed introducing sailing to their campers thanks to the grant from the Erie Yacht Club Foundation.
Intercollegiate Sailing
The Battle of Lake Erie Regatta 2023
2022 Grant Recipients
Regional Science Consortium
$1,400 to the Regional Science Consortium at the Tom Ridge Center for assistance with the nearshore weather buoys.
United Way of Erie County
$6,020 to United Way for scholarships for high school students in their Community Schools program to take sailing classes, plus $1,000 for a former scholarship recipient to participate on the Reyburn Race Team
Bayfront Center for Maritime Studies/YMCA
$4,500 to the YMCA and the Bayfront Maritime Center for a mini-camp for inner-city teens
Intercollegiate Sailing
$5,700 to support Intercollegiate sailing at Gannon University and Penn State Behrend.
Asbury Woods
$1,500 to Asbury Woods for the Children's Water Festival educational program for 500 fifth graders.
YMCA Camp Fitch
$4,150 to Camp Fitch for a Hobie sailboat
Presque Isle Lighthouse Station
$3,550 to the Presque Isle Light Station for a self-guided tour of the 3 Erie Lighthouses
National Alliance on Mental Illness
$3,897 to the National Alliance on Mental Illness for a therapy sail for those with mental illness
Flagship Niagara League
$5,000 to the Flagship Niagara League to support the 2022 Tall Ships Festival.
2021 Grant Recipients
Regional Science Consortium
$1,100 to create 3D photogrammetry illustrations of Lake Erie shipwrecks
United Way of Erie County
.$5,400 for scholarships to allow 8 underserved youth to attend the Reyburn Sailing School
Bayfront Center for Maritime Studies/YMCA
$4,500 for a minicamp for inner-city teens
Gannon University Sailing Team
$1,300 to support Intercollegiate sailing
Penn State Behrend Sailing Team
$1,500 to support Intercollegiate sailing
Mercyhurst University Sailing Team
$650 to support Intercollegiate sailing
Erie Regional Library Foundation
$5,000 to partner with the Erie Maritime Museum to expand a traveling interpretive trunk program that focuses on life of sailor in Perry's fleet
2020 Grant Recipients
Regional Science Consortium
$1,000 for the near-shore weather buoy
Erie County Library
.$1,400 for materials for a series of Maritime-related educational programs
Bayfront Center for Maritime Studies/YMCA
$4,500 for a minicamp for inner-city youth
Bayfront Center for Maritime Studies
$2,000 for the support vessel Porcupine
2019 Grant Recipients
Bayfront Center for Maritime Studies
$1,250 for an adaptive sailing program
Gannon University Sailing Team
$1,200 for intercollegiate sailing
Mercyhurst University Sailing Team
$1,850 for intercollegiate sailing
Penn State Behrend Sailing Club
$1,625 for intercollegiate sailing
Great Lakes Children’s Water Festival
$1,000 for an educational program on water quality for youth
United Way of Erie County
$4,850 for sailing school scholarships
Reyburn Sailing School
$6,440 for new sails for their fleet of boats
Reyburn Sailing School
$5,850 for development of a new sailing curriculum
2018 Grant Recipients
Bayfront Center for Maritime Studies
$1,000 for not sure
Flagship Niagara League
$1,000 for not sure
Frolic on the Bay
$375 to provide a unique boating experience to those less fortunate
Mercyhurst University Sailing Team
$3,000 for intercollegiate sailing
Penn State Behrend Sailing Club
$1,500 for intercollegiate sailing
Regional Science Consortium
$500 for not sure
Reyburn Sailing School
$5,008 for sailing school scholarships