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Tri-County Workforce Investment Board Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Butler, PA EIN: 25-1865354 Website

Tri-County Workforce Investment, based in Butler, Pennsylvania, is a public charity that serves Armstrong, Butler, and Indiana counties. The organization says it is the grant recipient and administrative entity for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), provides local workforce-system leadership, certifies Pennsylvania CareerLinks, and delivers Title I services through service providers.

Tri-County Workforce Investment Board Inc at a glance

In short: Tri-County Workforce Investment Board Inc gave $2.9M across 18 grants in 2025 (avg $159K), mostly in Pennsylvania. 39% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$2,866,883
-30.0% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
18
-25.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$159,271
-6.7% vs 2024
Median grant
$13,753
Total assets
$902,392
-67.3% vs 2024
New grantees (estimate)
39% first-time grantees (7 of 18, 2025; small sample)
Primary geography
Pennsylvania (99% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).

How to apply to Tri-County Workforce Investment Board Inc

Contact

Mailing address: 112 Hollywood Drive 201, Butler, PA 16001
Phone: (724) 282-9341
Website: https://tricountywib.org

Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.

Who Tri-County Workforce Investment Board Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 10 recipients in 2025

Career Track Inc: $2.2MCareer Track Inc$2.2MSteamfitters Technology Center Local 449: $386KSteamfitters Technology CenterLocal 449$386KQ&A Training & Consulting Inc: $80KQ&A Training & Consulting Inc$80KButler County Community College: $43KButler County CommunityCollege$43KEconomic Modeling LLC: $30KEconomic Modeling LLC$30KWestmorland - Fayette WIB: $28KWestmorland - Fayette WIB$28KQuality Life Services: $24KQuality Life Services$24KButler County Area Vo-Tech: $20KButler County Area Vo-Tech$20KBelleville International: $15KBelleville International$15KArmstrong Center for Community Learning: $12KArmstrong Center for CommunityLearning$12K

The largest 2025 recipient was Career Track Inc ($2.2M). Together the top 10 received $2.8M.

Grant Size Distribution

73 grants across all recorded years

62<$50K1$50–100K2$100–250K2$250–500K$500K–1M6$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 62 grants of 73 (85%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

The organization serves Armstrong, Butler, and Indiana counties, Pennsylvania. In filing year 2025, 99% of grant dollars went to recipients in Pennsylvania and 1% to a recipient in Texas.

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 18 itemized grants.

Cities

ButlerIndianaFord CityFreeportKittanningHarmonyBlairsvilleCranberry TWPDallasEvans CityJohnstownSlippery RockApolloCabotChicoraGrove CityHarrisvilleSarverSaxonburgSaxonburgh

Is Tri-County Workforce Investment Board Inc open to new grantees?

39%

first-time grantees, 2025

In 2025, 7 of 18 grantees (39%) were first-time recipients. With only 18 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 6 points. First grants averaged $11K; repeat grants $254K. How we count

Medians: $8K first-time, $24K repeat.

  • 50% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
  • Giving grew 22% from 2022 to 2025. Method

Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$2M$4M$6M14 grants2019 13 grants2020 13 grants2021 9 grants2022 9 grants2023 24 grants2024 18 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $2.4M (2022) to $4.1M (2024). In 2025 it made 18 grants totaling $2.9M.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Career Track Inc Butler, PATanf youth, wioa youth, wioa adult, dislocated worker, worc and regional grants$2,164,208
Steamfitters Technology Center Local 449 Harmony, PAArc Grant, H-1B Job Training Grant$385,565
Q&A Training & Consulting Inc Johnstown, PAArc Inspire$80,111
Butler County Community College Butler, PAIndustry Partnership Grant, BBB$42,576
Economic Modeling LLC Dallas, TXIndustry Partnership Grant$30,000
Westmorland - Fayette WIB Youngwood, PAIndustry Partnership Grant$27,713
Quality Life Services Butler, PAIndustry Partnership Grant, Worc$23,600
Butler County Area Vo-Tech Butler, PABusiness Education Partnership Grant, Industry Partnership Grant, Worc$19,951
Belleville International Butler, PABBB, Industry Partnership Grant$15,082
Armstrong Center for Community Learning Kittanning, PABusiness Education Partnership Grant$12,423
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrants
2025$902,392$5,004,752$4,996,984$2,866,88318
2024$2,762,255$6,256,813$6,256,246$4,096,49624
2023$1,686,960$4,998,367$5,021,686$2,854,8269
2022$705,158$4,548,643$4,548,643$2,357,9389
2021$452,242$4,733,028$4,733,028$2,678,82313
2020$660,565$4,444,270$4,444,270$2,561,54413
2019$996,755$4,746,603$4,746,603$2,703,93014

Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.

Mission & Focus Areas

The organization’s 2023 filing describes its activities as those designated under WIOA and its program as providing local workforce investment systems in Armstrong, Butler, and Indiana counties. Its website describes services for adults, youth, and dislocated workers, and WIOA youth programs that include paid and unpaid work experiences with academic or occupational education.

The organization’s 2025 grants show support for workforce training and related activities, including TANF and WIOA youth and adult services, dislocated-worker programs, job training, industry partnerships, and career pathways. Among the grantees, Career Track Inc. describes its mission as helping economically disadvantaged, unemployed, and dislocated residents of the three counties train for, secure, and retain jobs. Butler County Community College Education Foundation says it supports BC3 students and the college’s mission. Armstrong Center for Community Learning describes itself as serving lifelong learners and helping strengthen the workforce.

Grantmaking

In filing year 2025, the organization reported 18 grants totaling $2,866,883. Grant amounts ranged from $5,991 to $2,164,208, with a median of $13,752. Its largest reported grants were:

The website’s TANF Youth Development Program services RFP describes a provider opportunity for employment services such as work experience and job shadowing for low-income youth, with possible educational and career-awareness services. The RFP was for July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027; its proposal deadline of April 30, 2026 has passed.

The funder’s listed 2026 scholarship programs include a $2,000 Artificial Intelligence/Robotics scholarship for eligible postsecondary students in related careers; the TC2 Scholarship, offering up to three awards of up to $1,000 to graduating seniors from the three counties; and three $1,000 Indiana County Health Care Careers scholarships for eligible graduating seniors. The supplied program information describes these as currently open.

Leadership & Key People

Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings

The 2025 filing lists the following directors: Gail Steck (through March 2025), Wesley Kuchta, Laurie Kuzneski, Larry Fannie (through September 2024), Todd Luke, Erick Dixon (beginning October 2024), Jesse P. Stoltz, Peter Kyne III, Darin Alviano, and Warren Dixon.

Tri-County Workforce Investment Board Inc is led by Mary Salony, Executive Director on every filing since 2022; 1 of 34 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Mary Salony

    Executive Director

    On filings since 2022

    40 hrs/week

    $32K (2022) → $101K (2025)

  • Anna Hogg

    Chairman

    2nd Vice Chairman → Director, 2020

    Director → Chairman, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Denise McQuown-Hatter

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gail Steck

    Director -

    Director → Director -, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gladys Knox

    Director -

    Director → Director -, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jesse P. Stoltz

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Larry Fannie

    Director -

    Director → Director -, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mark Hilliard

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mark Toy

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Paul Reinert Sr.

    Director -

    Director → Director -, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Peter Kyne III

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ronald Bowersox

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Walter Schroth

    Director

    Director → Director - Beginning & Director, 2024

    Director - Beginning & Director → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Warren Dixon

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Wesley Kuchta

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Darin Alviano

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gretchen Clark

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brigette Matson

    Director -

    Director → Director -, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Evan Lyle

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Laurie Kuzneski

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lisa Campbell

    Director

    Director - Beginning → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael McDermott

    Director

    Director - Beginning → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robert Friday

    Director

    Director - Beginning → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Steven Schrecengost

    Director

    Director - Beginning → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Todd Luke

    Director

    Director - Beginning → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Andrea Sheesley

    Director - Beginning

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Erick Dixon

    Director - Beginning

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kerrie Dechurch

    Director - Beginning

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robert Landowski

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chuck Wetmore

    Assistant Secretary & Treasurer

    Assistant Secretary & Treasurer → Director, 2020

    Director → Assistant Secretary & Treasurer, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jack Nelson III

    2nd Vice Chairman

    Chairman → 2nd Vice Chairman, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mark Gordon

    Secretary

    Director → Secretary, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Philip Tack

    1st Vice Chairman

    1st Vice Chairman → 2nd Vice Chairman, 2020

    2nd Vice Chairman → 1st Vice Chairman, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Scott Docherty

    Treasurer

    Treasurer → Director, 2021

    Director → Treasurer, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (18)
  • Former: C. Scott Campbell (2019–2024) — Secretary
  • Former: Cliff Reese (2019–2024) — Director -
  • Former: Jennifer Eckels (2019–2024) — Director -
  • Former: Marlene Petro (2022–2024) — Director -
  • Former: Steve Atwood (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Fred Fornataro (2019–2022) — Executive Director
  • Former: Jp Habets (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Katherine Monko (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Brian Kozlosky (2021) — Director -
  • Former: Crystal Jack (2021) — Director
  • Former: Michael Coonley (2021) — Director -
  • Former: Kenneth Heilman (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Mike Coonley (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Scott Covert (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: James Struzzi (2020) — Director
  • Former: Paul Bergad (2020) — Director
  • Former: Craig Stauffer (2019) — Director
  • Former: Karen Brock (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Mary Salony — Executive Director: $101KMary SalonyExecutive Director$101K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $101K, to Mary Salony (Executive Director).

Frequently asked questions about Tri-County Workforce Investment Board Inc

How much does Tri-County Workforce Investment Board Inc give each year?

Tri-County Workforce Investment Board Inc gave $2.9M across 18 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $4.1M across 24 grants.

What is Tri-County Workforce Investment Board Inc's typical grant size?

Tri-County Workforce Investment Board Inc's median grant in 2025 was $13,753, and its average grant was $159,271, across 18 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from Tri-County Workforce Investment Board Inc that year got $11K on average.

Where does Tri-County Workforce Investment Board Inc give grants?

Tri-County Workforce Investment Board Inc gives mostly in Pennsylvania: 99% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Butler, PA (5 grants), Indiana, PA (3 grants) and Kittanning, PA (2 grants).

Does Tri-County Workforce Investment Board Inc give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 18 grants with a stated purpose on Tri-County Workforce Investment Board Inc's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Industry Partnership Grant" (3 grants).

Who are Tri-County Workforce Investment Board Inc's largest grantees?

Tri-County Workforce Investment Board Inc's largest 2025 grantees include Career Track Inc ($2,164,208), Steamfitters Technology Center Local 449 ($385,565) and Q&A Training & Consulting Inc ($80,111), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 92% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.

How large is Tri-County Workforce Investment Board Inc?

Tri-County Workforce Investment Board Inc reported $902K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $5.0M.

What does Tri-County Workforce Investment Board Inc fund?

The organization’s 2023 filing describes its activities as those designated under WIOA and its program as providing local workforce investment systems in Armstrong, Butler, and Indiana counties. See mission & focus areas ↑

How do I apply for a grant from Tri-County Workforce Investment Board Inc?

Tri-County Workforce Investment Board Inc has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check tricountywib.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.

What is Tri-County Workforce Investment Board Inc's EIN?

Tri-County Workforce Investment Board Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 25-1865354. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS March 25, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS March 2, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS February 25, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS March 6, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS February 27, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS February 26, 2025)
  7. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS February 27, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025

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