Erie Insurance has launched a private charitable foundation that will create long-term sustainability contributions and grantmaking. 

The Erie Indemnity Company, the management company for Erie Insurance, is donating $100 million to launch the Erie Insurance Foundation initiative and seed the endowment. 

Representatives from Erie Insurance say the seed gift will build a charitable legacy for years to come. 

Establishing the Erie Insurance Foundation is part of the company's 100th anniversary celebration in 2025. Erie Insurance and its employees are participating in several other initiatives aimed at giving back to local communities. 

“At Erie Insurance, service has been central to our success for 100 years,” said ERIE’s Chief Diversity & Community Development Officer Christy Blashock, who will also serve as president of the Erie Insurance Foundation. “We understand and embrace our great responsibility to help grow and develop communities where our own ERIE Family lives and works. A century later, these ideals remain at the heart of who we are at ERIE. This substantial seed gift, and the foundation itself, will provide support for charitable organizations well into the future.”