Useful Choices Charitable Foundation
Useful Choices Charitable Foundation is a private foundation, based in North East, PA. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $828K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 8 grants totaling $56K. Net investment income was $46K.
Useful Choices Charitable Foundation at a glance
In short: Useful Choices Charitable Foundation gave $56K across 8 grants in 2025 (avg $7K), mostly in Pennsylvania. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $56,200
- -30.4% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 8
- -20.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $7,025
- -13.1% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $5,000
- Total assets
- $828,089
- -2.1% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Pennsylvania (57% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Useful Choices Charitable Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 7 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Alice Lloyd College ($20K). Together the top 7 received $56K.
Grant Size Distribution
41 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 41 grants of 41 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 8 itemized grants.
Cities
How Useful Choices Charitable Foundation gives
- Giving fell 34% from 2022 to 2025. Method
- In 2025 it paid out 128% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $2K (2020) to $85K (2022). In 2025 it made 8 grants totaling $56K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Alice Lloyd College Pippa Passes, KY | Flood Repair | $20,000 |
| AHA Erie Division Harrisburg, PA | Youth Fundraiser for local AED | $10,000 |
| Performing Arts Collective Alliance Erie, PA | Building upgrades | $5,000 |
| A Hand UP Erie Erie, PA | beds | $5,000 |
| Slippery Rock University Foundation Slippery Rock, PA | Equestrian Center programs | $5,000 |
| Blue Heart Santuary Inc Green Mountain, NC | Infrastructure | $4,000 |
| A Hand UP Erie Erie, PA | Supplies | $4,000 |
| McCord Memorial Library North East, PA | Support Youth Creativity | $3,200 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $828,089 | $61,855 | $80,027 | $56,200 | 8 | $63,787 | $45,615 | $49,857 |
| 2024 | $846,194 | $53,577 | $104,364 | $80,800 | 10 | $87,317 | $36,530 | $49,443 |
| 2023 | $897,651 | $44,773 | $87,340 | $62,265 | 9 | $69,953 | $27,386 | $48,255 |
| 2022 | $940,340 | $24,946 | $120,533 | $84,936 | 10 | $97,996 | $3,179 | $56,633 |
| 2021 | $1,035,905 | $57,605 | $36,594 | $11,180 | 4 | $18,516 | $39,527 | $60,222 |
| 2020 | $1,015,003 | $36,874 | $21,516 | $2,000 | 1 | — | $30,121 | $50,272 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Useful Choices Charitable Foundation reported a distributable amount of $50K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Useful Choices Charitable Foundation is led by Patrick M Sheridan, President on every filing since 2020; none of the 5 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Patrick M Sheridan
President
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Christopher Sheridan
Director
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
Jayden Sack
Director
On filings since 2023
No compensation reported
Deborah Ybarra
Vice President
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
Luke Davidoff
Secretary
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "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 Useful Choices Charitable Foundation
How much does Useful Choices Charitable Foundation give each year?
Useful Choices Charitable Foundation gave $56K across 8 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $81K across 10 grants.
What is Useful Choices Charitable Foundation's typical grant size?
Useful Choices Charitable Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $5,000, and its average grant was $7,025, across 8 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
Where does Useful Choices Charitable Foundation give grants?
Useful Choices Charitable Foundation gives mostly in Pennsylvania: 57% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The next largest states were Kentucky (36%) and North Carolina (7%). The most frequent recipient cities were Erie, PA (3 grants).
Does Useful Choices Charitable Foundation give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 8 grants with a stated purpose on Useful Choices Charitable Foundation's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support.
Who are Useful Choices Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
Useful Choices Charitable Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include Alice Lloyd College ($20,000), AHA Erie Division ($10,000) and A Hand UP Erie ($9,000 across 2 grants), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Together they received 69% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Useful Choices Charitable Foundation?
Useful Choices Charitable Foundation reported $828K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $64K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $50K (roughly 5% of its investment assets).
What is Useful Choices Charitable Foundation's EIN?
Useful Choices Charitable Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 84-4098268. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.
Data update history
(3)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS November 10, 2022)
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 13, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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