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United Way of Eagle River Valley

Public charity · Grantmaker Eagle, CO EIN: 84-1360915 Website

Improve lives by mobilizing caring in our community

United Way of Eagle River Valley at a glance

Total assets
$200,425
-26.0% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$187,502
-28.7% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$257,107
+1039.6% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-EZ, 2025 View filing

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

Who United Way of Eagle River Valley funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

29 grants across all recorded years

27<$50K2$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 27 grants of 29 (93%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

AvonEdwardsEagleVailCarbondaleDillonMinturnDenverFriscoGlenwoodGlenwood SpringsWolcott

Is United Way of Eagle River Valley open to new grantees?

50%

first-time grantees, 2023

In 2023, 5 of 10 grantees (50%) were first-time recipients. With only 10 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 10 points. First grants averaged $17K; repeat grants $12K. How we count

Medians: $13K first-time, $13K repeat.

  • 10% of 2023 grantees were also funded in 2022. Method
  • Giving grew 25% from 2020 to 2023. Method

Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2023). 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$100K$200K$300K$400K11 grants2019 13 grants2020 14 grants2021 5 grants2022 10 grants2023 Total only2024 0 grants2025

From 2019 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $344 (2024) to $323K (2021). In 2024 it reported $344 in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Raising a Reader Avon, COLiteracy Advocacy$25,000
YOUTHPOWER365 Eagle, COYouth Learning Programs$24,500
CASA of the Continental Divid Dillon, COChild Advocacy in Court Cases$12,500
Mountain Dreamers Frisco, COImmigrant Advocacy$12,500
The Literacy Project Avon, COLiteracy Advocacy$12,500
Trio Therapy Parnters Eagle, CORehabilitation Services$12,500
Youth Entitiy Carbondale, COFinancial Literacy$12,500
Small Champions Vail, COSports Advocacy for Disabled$12,000
Access Unbound Vail, COFinancial Support for Disabled$11,000
Homecare and Hospice of the V Edwards, COHospice Services$11,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$200,425$187,502$257,107———
2024$270,788$262,885$22,562$344Total only—
2023$31,590$262,018$399,595$146,00010$349
2022$227,493$387,243$325,205$40,3685$36
2021$188,918$440,127$629,774$323,49914—
2020$336,744$585,488$444,799$117,00713$1
2019$156,216$351,329$372,702$126,85011$2

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About United Way of Eagle River Valley

Based on IRS filings

United Way of Eagle River Valley is a public charity, based in Eagle, CO. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $200K in total assets.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

United Way of Eagle River Valley is led by Sara Amberg, Chairman since 2022 (on filings since 2019); none of the 9 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Sara Amberg

    Chairman

    Director → Chairman, 2022

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

  • Chelsea Venerdini Carnoali

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    No compensation reported

  • Gladis Omelas Ramos

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    No compensation reported

  • Micah Jackson

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    No compensation reported

  • Nancy Beltran

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    No compensation reported

  • Quinn Lyerly

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    No compensation reported

  • Sue Kuntz

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    No compensation reported

  • Vicki Stone

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    No compensation reported

  • Lee Shore

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2023

    No compensation reported

Former officers (12)
  • Former: Jeff Corn (2019–2024) — Secretary
  • Former: Brittany Kinney (2023–2024) — Director
  • Former: Julie Ahearn (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Bianca Ochoa (2022) — Director
  • Former: Brittany Hennessy (2022) — Director
  • Former: Ethan Fowler (2022) — Treasurer
  • Former: Randy Simmonds (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Rebecca Kanaly (2019–2021) — Executive Di
  • Former: Trevor Davis (2019–2021) — Treasurer
  • Former: Lawrence Stephens (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Alan Himelfarb (2019) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Paul Court (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.

Frequently asked questions about United Way of Eagle River Valley

How large is United Way of Eagle River Valley?

United Way of Eagle River Valley reported $200K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-EZ. Its revenue that year was $188K.

Where does United Way of Eagle River Valley operate?

United Way of Eagle River Valley has awarded grants in Colorado.

What is United Way of Eagle River Valley's EIN?

United Way of Eagle River Valley's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 84-1360915. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 14, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
  3. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS June 30, 2020)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS December 26, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 12, 2023)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 15, 2025)
  7. Added Form 990-EZ for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 29, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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