United Way of Enid and Northwest Oklahoma Inc
United Way of Enid and Northwest Oklahoma Inc is an Enid, Oklahoma-based public charity that works with local agencies and community partners to address human-service needs. The organization describes its work as supporting vital programs and meeting urgent needs in the region; its website says dollars raised in the community stay in the community.
United Way of Enid and Northwest Oklahoma Inc at a glance
In short: United Way of Enid and Northwest Oklahoma Inc gave $750K across 14 grants in 2025 (avg $54K), mostly in Oklahoma. 7% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $750,000
- -4.0% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 14
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $53,571
- -4.0% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $60,000
- Total assets
- $1,819,980
- -4.0% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 7% first-time grantees (1 of 14, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- Oklahoma (100% 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 United Way of Enid and Northwest Oklahoma Inc
- Contact
Mailing address: PO Box 5828, Enid, OK 73702
Phone: (580) 237-0821
Website: https://unitedwayenid.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who United Way of Enid and Northwest Oklahoma Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was YWCA of Enid ($93K). Together the top 10 received $665K.
Grant Size Distribution
41 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $50–100K range: 22 grants of 41 (54%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The organization describes its work as serving Enid and Northwest Oklahoma. Its reported 2025 grant dollars went entirely to Oklahoma recipients.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 14 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is United Way of Enid and Northwest Oklahoma Inc open to new grantees?
7%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 1 of 14 grantees (7%) were first-time recipients. With only 14 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 7 points. First grants averaged $25K; repeat grants $56K. How we count
Medians: $25K first-time, $68K repeat.
- 93% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. 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
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $431K (2019) to $781K (2024). In 2025 it made 14 grants totaling $750K.
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
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| YWCA of Enid Enid, OK | General Support | $92,500 |
| CDSA Enid, OK | General Support | $82,500 |
| Garfield Co Child Advocacy Enid, OK | General Support | $80,000 |
| Denny Price YMCA Enid, OK | General Support | $80,000 |
| Salvation Army Enid, OK | General Support | $72,000 |
| Retired Sr Volunteers Program Enid, OK | General Support | $67,500 |
| Youth & Family Services Enid, OK | General Support | $67,500 |
| Loaves & Fishes Enid, OK | General Support | $52,500 |
| Hedges Regional Speech & Hearing Enid, OK | General Support | $40,000 |
| 4RKIDS Foundation Enid, OK | General Support | $30,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,819,980 | $1,628,084 | $1,753,955 | $750,000 | 14 | $14,268 |
| 2024 | $1,896,712 | $1,507,298 | $1,547,739 | $781,340 | 14 | $13,231 |
| 2023 | $1,771,421 | $1,144,607 | $1,231,688 | $692,400 | Total only | $4,883 |
| 2022 | $1,733,712 | $1,300,341 | $1,307,146 | $647,113 | Total only | $1,326 |
| 2021 | $1,776,004 | $1,137,875 | $892,441 | $571,000 | 13 | $30,857 |
| 2020 | $1,506,320 | $1,007,852 | $915,563 | $549,590 | 14 | $58,370 |
| 2019 | $1,253,018 | $611,968 | $748,572 | $431,495 | 14 | $28,576 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The organization’s stated mission is “impacting the community by identifying, prioritizing, and facilitating the meeting of human service needs.” Its 2024 filing says it provides financial support to fourteen partner agencies, as well as additional support to nonprofit organizations and individuals through grants and discretionary giving.
The organization’s website identifies education, financial stability, health, and basic needs as building blocks of a stable, healthy, thriving life. It also describes priorities of Healthy Community, Youth Opportunity, Financial Security, and Community Resiliency.
Among its 2025 grantees, the Boy Scouts of America received $25,000 specifically for Cherokee Area Council #469. The Boy Scouts describe their mission as preparing young people to make ethical and moral choices by instilling the values of the Scout Oath and Laws.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, the organization reported 14 grants totaling $750,000. Grant amounts ranged from $8,000 to $92,500, with a median of $60,000. All reported grant dollars went to recipients in Oklahoma.
The largest reported awards included $92,500 to YWCA of Enid, $82,500 to CDSA, $80,000 to Garfield County Child Advocacy, $80,000 to Denny Price YMCA, and $72,000 to the Salvation Army. Each was listed for general support. Other reported awards included $67,500 each to the Retired Senior Volunteers Program and Youth & Family Services, and $52,500 to Loaves & Fishes.
The grants page lists a 2019–2020 grant cycle and links to an application to become a partner agency and additional program sheets. That cycle is past; the page does not state a current application cycle or provide further process details.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists the following individuals as members: Alex Williams, Vera Porter, Tom Sheets, Kristy Skidmore, Nubia Torres, Jason Turnbow, Lincoln White, Hayden Staerkel, Mitch Zaloudek, and Shaye Reilly.
United Way of Enid and Northwest Oklahoma Inc is led by Dan Schiedel, CEO & Secretary on every filing since 2021; none of the 28 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Dan Schiedel
CEO & Secretary
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
$82K (2021) → $0 (2025)
Alex Mantz
President
2nd Vice President → 1st Vice President, 2024
1st Vice President → President, 2025
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Roxanne Pollard
Allocation Chair
Past President → Chair Member, 2024
Chair Member → Allocation Chair, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Martie Oyler
Pillars Chair
Member → Pillars Chair, 2025
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ashley Hendricks
Governance Committee Chair
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Alex Williams
Member
President → Chair Member, 2022
Chair Member → Member, 2024
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kristy Skidmore
Member
Board Member → Member, 2021
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mike Ruby
Member
President → Chair Member, 2021
Chair Member → Member, 2022
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Randy Long
Member
Board Member → Chair Member, 2021
Chair Member → Member, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Lawrence
Past President
1st Vice President → President, 2024
President → Past President, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cindy Griesel
Treasurer
Member → Chair Member, 2022
Chair Member → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jason Turnbow
Member
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lincoln White
Member
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tom Sheets
Member
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nubia Torres
Member
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Vera Porter
Member
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Hayden Staerkel
Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer Bauman
1st Vice President
Treasurer → 2nd Vice President & Treasurer, 2024
2nd Vice President & Treasurer → 1st Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mitch Zaloudek
Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marcie Mack
2nd Vice President
Member → 2nd Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Shawna Twyman
Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Shaye Reilly
Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Daulton Roberts
Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kegan Tuohy
Member
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Merl Cordray
Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michelle Yirka
Member
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tiffany Sprague
Member
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tom Hoerman
Member
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (44)
- Former: Jeff Hickman (2019–2024) — Member
- Former: Jerry Blankenship (2019–2024) — Member
- Former: Jessica Caruthers (2019–2024) — Past President
- Former: Kim Grellner (2020–2024) — Member
- Former: Bonnie Haley (2021–2024) — Chair Member
- Former: Megann Johnson (2021–2024) — Member
- Former: Taylor Hess (2023–2024) — Member
- Former: Mike Kelley Wright (2024) — Chair Meber
- Former: Rikki Compton (2019–2023) — Member
- Former: Dan Randall (2021–2023) — Member
- Former: Holly Bunt (2021–2023) — Member
- Former: Jed Peter Chad Dillingham (2022–2023) — Chair Member
- Former: Jennifer Lawrence (2023) — Chair Member
- Former: Terry Mote (2023) — Memeber
- Former: Ashley Ewbank (2019–2022) — Member
- Former: Darren Janes (2019–2022) — Member
- Former: Richard McKnight (2019–2022) — Member
- Former: Tiffany Dent (2019–2022) — Treasurer
- Former: Darrell Floyd (2021–2022) — Member
- Former: Brandi Schieber (2019–2021) — Member
- Former: Lynn Ballard (2019–2021) — Member
- Former: Trinity White (2019–2021) — Chair Member
- Former: Jessica Andrew (2020–2021) — Member
- Former: Barry Pollard (2021) — Chair Member
- Former: John Reneau (2021) — Member
- Former: Barry Robinson (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Cathy Stocker (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Dan Scheidel (2019–2020) — CEO & Board Secretary
- Former: Dana McDaniel (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: DrDarrell Floyd (2019–2020) — Past President
- Former: Esther Bouziden (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Loretta Ore-Meredith (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Phil Edwards (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Rob Collins (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Wayne McMillin (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Finny Matthew (2020) — Board Member
- Former: Marty Oyler (2020) — Board Member
- Former: Stephanie Morgan (2020) — Board Member
- Former: April Danahy (2019) — Board Member
- Former: Catherine Gann (2019) — Board Member
- Former: David Jamin (2019) — 1st Vice President
- Former: Lynne Benkendorf (2019) — Board Member
- Former: Marcy Jarrett (2019) — Board Member
- Former: Stephanie Moffit (2019) — Board Member
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 2024 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2024 filing was $114K, to Dan Schiedel (CEO & Secretary).
Frequently asked questions about United Way of Enid and Northwest Oklahoma Inc
How much does United Way of Enid and Northwest Oklahoma Inc give each year?
United Way of Enid and Northwest Oklahoma Inc gave $750K across 14 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $781K across 14 grants.
What is United Way of Enid and Northwest Oklahoma Inc's typical grant size?
United Way of Enid and Northwest Oklahoma Inc's median grant in 2025 was $60,000, and its average grant was $53,571, across 14 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from United Way of Enid and Northwest Oklahoma Inc that year got $25K on average.
Where does United Way of Enid and Northwest Oklahoma Inc give grants?
United Way of Enid and Northwest Oklahoma Inc gives mostly in Oklahoma: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Enid, OK (14 grants).
Does United Way of Enid and Northwest Oklahoma Inc give general operating support?
Yes: 100% of United Way of Enid and Northwest Oklahoma Inc's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (13 of 13) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Who are United Way of Enid and Northwest Oklahoma Inc's largest grantees?
United Way of Enid and Northwest Oklahoma Inc's largest 2025 grantees include YWCA of Enid ($92,500), CDSA ($82,500) and Garfield Co Child Advocacy ($80,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 34% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is United Way of Enid and Northwest Oklahoma Inc?
United Way of Enid and Northwest Oklahoma Inc reported $1.8M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.6M.
What does United Way of Enid and Northwest Oklahoma Inc fund?
The organization’s stated mission is “impacting the community by identifying, prioritizing, and facilitating the meeting of human service needs.” See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from United Way of Enid and Northwest Oklahoma Inc?
United Way of Enid and Northwest Oklahoma Inc has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check unitedwayenid.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is United Way of Enid and Northwest Oklahoma Inc's EIN?
United Way of Enid and Northwest Oklahoma Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 73-0582549. 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
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 4, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS March 22, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS June 22, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 26, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 19, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS March 10, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 6, 2026)
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