United Way of Beaver County
United Way of Beaver County (UWBC) is a public charity based in Beaver, Pennsylvania. It raises and allocates resources to support member agencies and other programs serving human needs in the community.
Key facts about United Way of Beaver County
In short: United Way of Beaver County gave $559K across 28 grants in 2024 (avg $20K), mostly in Pennsylvania. 43% of 2024 grantees were new. Source: 2024 IRS Form 990.
- EIN
- 25-1086798
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2024
- Annual giving (2024)
- $558,936
- Grants made (2024)
- 28
- Average grant
- $19,962
- Median grant
- $13,250
- New grantees (estimate)
- 43% first-time grantees (12 of 28, 2024)
- Total assets
- $1,427,709
- Primary geography
- Pennsylvania (100% of itemized 2024 grant dollars)
- How to apply
- For the 2027 funding year, eligible nonprofits serving Beaver County were invited to submit an Expression of Interest application as the first step of a two-step process. Full details ↓
- Deadline
- May 31, 2026, for the 2027 funding year.
Data from IRS Form 990, 2024; updated September 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology). Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Financial Overview
From 2024 IRS Form 990 · View filing
Total Assets
$1.4M
-7.5% YoY
Annual Giving
$559K
+13.2% YoY
Grant Count
28
+55.6% YoY
Avg Grant Size
$20K
-27.2% YoY
Is United Way of Beaver County open to new grantees?
43%
first-time grantees, 2024
In 2024, 12 of 28 grantees (43%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $16K; repeat grants $23K. How we count
Medians: $8K first-time, $22K repeat.
- 43% of 2024 grantees were also funded in 2023. Method
- Giving held roughly steady from 2021 to 2024 (−4%). Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2020–2024). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Mission & Focus Areas
UWBC’s mission is to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of the community. Its filing describes support for member agencies that serve the general population in a variety of ways, and identifies its allocation and agency-relations work as involving the vetting, monitoring, and development of relationships with nonprofit organizations.
The organization’s website says its ALICE Fund provides targeted mini-grants to additional nonprofits addressing the needs of people who are Asset Limited, Income Constrained, and Employed. Its website also describes United Works as a collaboration with Job Training for Beaver County that helps eligible participants access specified training programs; this is a participant program, not an outside-applicant grant program.
The organizations listed among UWBC’s 2023 grantees illustrate a range of supported services. Lifesteps describes its mission as helping individuals and families with changing needs through programs intended to improve quality of life; Big Brothers Big Sisters describes itself as a youth matching and mentoring service organization; and Hookstown Fair describes its mission as promoting agricultural awareness, providing education and scholarships, and serving the community.
Grantmaking
IRS filing data lists 18 grants totaling $493,888 in 2023, an average of about $27,438 per grant. In 2022, the filing data lists 19 grants totaling $502,236. The organization’s 2024 filing narrative says it gave over $400,000 in grants and over $110,000 in ALICE mini-grants. UWBC’s website separately reports that it awarded $120,000 in ALICE mini-grants in 2024, supporting 14 programs.
Review Cycle
May 31, 2026, for the 2027 funding year. This is a past deadline as of September 28, 2026.
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Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
UWBC is based in Beaver, Pennsylvania. Its funding application is for nonprofits serving residents of Beaver County, and its website describes its community work and ALICE initiatives in Beaver County.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2024 grant dollars across all 28 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $494K (2023) to $580K (2021). In 2024 it made 28 grants totaling $559K.
Grant Insights
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2024
The largest 2024 recipient was The Salvation Army ($57K). Together the top 10 received $379K.
Grant Size Distribution
105 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 100 grants of 105 (95%).
Giving History
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| The Salvation Army Beaver Falls, PA | Programming | $56,981 |
| Beaver County Association Beaver Falls, PA | Programming | $45,463 |
| Mental Health Association Rochester, PA | Programming | $44,409 |
| Beaver County YMCA New Brighton, PA | Programming | $44,106 |
| Womens Center of Beaver C Beaver, PA | Programming | $43,729 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters New Brighton, PA | Programming | $40,010 |
| Beaver County Rehabilitati Aliquippa, PA | Programming | $28,369 |
| The Cornerstone of Beaver Beaver Falls, PA | Programming | $25,966 |
| Homemaker Home Health Aide Beaver, PA | Programming | $25,404 |
| Lifesteps Beaver, PA | Programming | $24,339 |
Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants reported in filing data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,427,709 | $1,034,156 | $943,551 | 0 grants listed |
| 2023 | $1,543,944 | $1,376,694 | $810,757 | 18 grants; $493,888 |
| 2022 | $1,270,205 | $1,117,227 | $813,055 | 19 grants; $502,236 |
The 2024 filing narrative separately reports over $400,000 in grants and over $110,000 in ALICE mini-grants.
| Metric | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Assets | $1,427,709 | $1,543,944 | $1,270,205 |
| Revenue | $1,034,156 | $1,376,694 | $1,117,227 |
| Expenses | $943,551 | $810,757 | $813,055 |
| Net Investment Income | $37,223 | $23,284 | $8,791 |
Data update history
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS October 28, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS October 25, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS November 9, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS November 7, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS October 21, 2025)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2024 filing lists Mary Lou Harju as executive director; Toni Sadecky as president; Tim Mascari as vice president of allocations; Joseph Vular as treasurer; and Julie Klein as secretary. It also lists Rachel Book, John Goberish, Kim Anastas, Keith Poleti, and Lynn Stephenson as directors.
United Way of Beaver County is led by Mary Lou Harju, Executive Director on every filing since 2023; 1 of 24 officers listed in 2024 is compensated.
Officers on the 2024 filing
Mary Lou Harju
Executive Director
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$85K (2023) → $88K (2024)
Toni Sadecky
President
Director → President, 2021
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ed Hill Jr.
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
George McGrady Sr.
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jim Graf
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Keith Poleti
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lynn Stephenson
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Wayne B. Cobb II
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Rachel Book
Director
On filings since 2021
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Stephanie Wilfong
Director
Directoreff → Director, 2022
On filings since 2021
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Cammy Neff
Director
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dan Nunzir
Director
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Darlene Thomas
Director
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
John Goberish
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kim Anastas
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Matt Cowie
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Pamela Vreen
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Steve Chandler
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Billie Morrison
Director
New on the 2024 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kelly Maloney
Director
New on the 2024 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Scott Brunner
Director
New on the 2024 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Joseph Vular
Treasurer
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Julie Klein
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2023
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tim Mascari
Vice President Allocations
Vpallocationeff → Vice President Allocations, 2022
On filings since 2021
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (23)
- Former: Cliff Glovier (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: John Kochanowski (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Robi Lombardo (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Dave Wytiaz (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Gloria Jacobs (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Michael Burke (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Michael Rubino (2020–2022) — Executive Director · Filing note: Ended December 22
- Former: Paulette Miller (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Roger W. Davis (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Leo Gayle (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Mary L. Harju Eff December (2022) — Executive Director
- Former: Arthur Bailey (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Bernie Hall (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: David Wytiaz (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: George Pacinda (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Lindsay Courteau (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Michelle Miller (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Susan McMullen (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Tinisi Cooper (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Louis Ferrario (2021) — Vice President Allocationend
- Former: Ed Wolford (2020) — Director
- Former: Lou Ferrario (2020) — Vice President Allocations
- Former: Marcia Ferero (2020) — President
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2024. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2024 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2024 filing was $88K, to Mary Lou Harju (Executive Director).
Contact
Mailing address: 1000 3Rd Street Ste Ste 2, Beaver, PA 15009
Phone: (724) 774-3210
Website: https://unitedwaybeaver.org
Frequently asked questions about United Way of Beaver County
How much does United Way of Beaver County give each year?
United Way of Beaver County gave $559K across 28 grants in 2024, according to its 2024 IRS Form 990. In 2023 it gave $494K across 18 grants.
What is United Way of Beaver County's typical grant size?
United Way of Beaver County's median grant in 2024 was $13,250, and its average grant was $19,962, across 28 grants on its 2024 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from United Way of Beaver County that year got $16K on average.
Where does United Way of Beaver County give grants?
United Way of Beaver County gives mostly in Pennsylvania: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2024 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Beaver Falls, PA (5 grants), Beaver, PA (5 grants), Pittsburgh, PA (4 grants) and New Brighton, PA (3 grants).
Does United Way of Beaver County give general operating support?
Not in 2024: none of the 28 grants with a stated purpose on United Way of Beaver County's 2024 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Programming" (28 grants).
Who are United Way of Beaver County's largest grantees?
United Way of Beaver County's largest 2024 grantees include The Salvation Army ($56,981), Beaver County Association ($45,463) and Mental Health Association ($44,409), according to its 2024 IRS Form 990. Together they received 26% of its itemized 2024 grant dollars.
How large is United Way of Beaver County?
United Way of Beaver County reported $1.4M in total assets on its 2024 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.0M.
What does United Way of Beaver County fund?
UWBC’s mission is to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of the community. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from United Way of Beaver County?
For the 2027 funding year, eligible nonprofits serving Beaver County were invited to submit an Expression of Interest application as the first step of a two-step process. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is United Way of Beaver County's EIN?
United Way of Beaver County's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 25-1086798. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2024.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
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