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United Way of Beaver County

The mission of the UNITED WAY OF BEAVER COUNTY is to mobilize the caring power of the community, in turn fostering improvement in people's lives.

$613k
Granted FY2024still arriving
28
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$57k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Human Services$1.8MHealth$932kYouth Development$549kPhilanthropy$269kEmployment$204kFood & Nutrition$39kHousing & Shelter$36kReligion$30kOther$0
02FY2024 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 28 grants below total $558,936 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $613,079 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $54,143 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $60k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $442k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $57k
$13,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE SALVATION ARMY$56,981
BEAVER COUNTY ASSOCIATION$45,463
MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION$44,409
BEAVER COUNTY YMCA$44,106
WOMENS CENTER OF BEAVER C$43,729
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS$40,010
BEAVER COUNTY REHABILITATI$28,369
THE CORNERSTONE OF BEAVER$25,966
HOMEMAKER HOME HEALTH AIDE$25,404
LIFESTEPS$24,339
LAUREL HIGHLANDS COUNCIL B$20,397
GIRLD SCOUTS OF WESTERN PA$20,200
THE FRANKLIN CENTER OF BEA$20,000
THE ARC OF BEAVER$13,500
SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE$13,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%THE LUTHERAN SERVICE SOCIE: $13k → 11%THE LUTHERAN SERVICE SOCIE: $12k → 11%THE LUTHERAN SERVICE SOCIETY OF W P: $12k → 11%THE LUTHERAN SERVICE SOCIETY OF W P: $11k → 11%THE LUTHERAN SERVICE SOCIETY OF W P: $10k → 11%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE: $13k → 11%BEAVER COUNTY YMCA: $44k → 10%YMCA OF BEAVER COUNTY: $41k → 10%YMCA OF BEAVER COUNTY: $35k → 10%YMCA OF BEAVER COUNTY: $32k → 10%YMCA of Beaver County: $26k → 10%YMCA OF BEAVER COUNTY: $26k → 10%YMCA OF BEAVER COUNTY: $24k → 10%YMCA OF BEAVER COUNTY: $22k → 10%THE CORNERSTONE OF BEAVER: $26k → 10%WOMENS CENTER OF BEAVER C: $44k → 10%WOMEN'S CENTER OF BEAVER C: $42k → 10%WOMEN'S CENTER OF BEAVER C: $40k → 10%WOMEN'S CENTER OF BEAVER C: $39k → 10%WOMEN'S CENTER OF BEAVER COUNTY: $32k → 10%Women's Center of Beaver C: $32k → 10%WOMEN'S CENTER OF BEAVER COUNTY: $29k → 10%HOMEMAKER HOME HEALTH AIDE: $28k → 10%HOMEMAKER HOME HEALTH AIDE: $28k → 10%Homemaker Home Health Aide: $27k → 10%HOMEMAKER HOME HEALTH AIDE: $26k → 10%HOMEMAKER HOME HEALTH AIDE: $25k → 10%WOMEN'S CENTER OF BEAVER COUNTY: $25k → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DIOCESE OF PG: $22k → 10%Catholic Charities of Dioc: $22k → 10%HOMEMAKER HOME HEALTH AIDE: $22k → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DIOCESE OF PG: $21k → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DIOCESE OF PG: $21k → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DIOC: $20k → 10%HOMEMAKER HOME HEALTH AIDE: $20k → 10%HOMEMAKER HOME HEALTH AIDE: $19k → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DIOC: $11k → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DIOC: $11k → 10%THE ARC OF BEAVER: $27k → 10%The ARC of Beaver: $27k → 10%THE ARC OF BEAVER: $27k → 10%THE ARC OF BEAVER: $24k → 10%THE ARC OF BEAVER: $14k → 10%THE ARC OF BEAVER: $14k → 10%THE ARC OF BEAVER COUNTY: $13k → 10%THE LUTHERAN SERVICE SOCIE: $13k → 10%THE LUTHERAN SERVICE SOCIE: $12k → 10%The Lutheran Service Socie: $12k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$3.8M · 21 repeat orgs$164k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships — 18 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
6

Total granted

$3.8M
$87k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+54%

Still filing today

86%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $78k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentEmploymentFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • BC
    BEAVER COUNTY ASSN FOR THE BLIND
    8× · 2017–2024 · $344k · revenue +62%
  • MH
    MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN BEAVER COUNTY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $301k · revenue +41%
  • WC
    WOMEN'S CENTER OF BEAVER COUNTY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $282k · revenue +111%

Funded once

  • BC
    Beaver County Rehab Center
    one grant, 2020 · $31k
  • AR
    AMERICAN RED CROSS SW PENNSYLVANIA CHAPTER
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
  • CB
    Communicycle Beaver County Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $15k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Beaver County Regional Council of Governments

Community Development through Intergovernmental cooperation and education

Public Benefit
2
United Way of Beaver County

The mission of the united way of beaver county is to mobilize the caring power of the community, in turn fostering improvement in people's lives.

Philanthropy
3
Flourish Beaver County

To create a collaborative, inclusive county-wide movement that enhances and maximizes future educational and workforce opportunities for all young people in beaver county.

Community Improvement
4
The Beaver County Foundation

The beaver county foundation receives, administers, and distributes donations for charitable, educational, scientific, religious, healthcare and other purposes.

Philanthropy
5
Pennsylvania Family Council

Foster social welfare by educating citizens.

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6
Casa of Allegheny County

To recruit and train community members to advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children.

Civil Rights
7
Berks Counseling Center Inc

Berks counseling center (bcc) is a recovery oriented certified community behavioral health center (ccbhc) with an integrated behavioral and physical health model of service delivery. the center provides a holistic approach to a culturally…

Health
8
Beaver Falls Community Development Corporation

The Beaver Falls Community Development Corporation seeks to work among citizens, business owners, churches, schools, and city officials towards a holistic restoration of our community. This includes physical spaces, properties and…

Public Benefit
9
Community Counseling Center of Mercer County

To help individuals and families lead healthy and fulfilling lives.

Health
10
Jefferson County Area Agency on Aging

Provide services to meet the needs of senior citizens of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania

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11
Connections Work

Connections work changes lives and improves communities by providing services and supports to individuals seeking pathways to success.

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12
Job Training for Beaver County Inc

To improve the economic outlook and opportunities within our communities while partnering with key stakeholders in sw pennsylvania through grants, industry partnerships, and leveraged resources.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mental Health Association in Beaver County and the most unlike its peers is Twelve Loaves Llc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 35 years old; the field is 20. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%6%<5yr13%16%5–10yr18%13%10–20yr15%16%20–35yr15%22%35–55yr21%28%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%1%<5yr13%1%5–10yr18%2%10–20yr15%8%20–35yr15%31%35–55yr21%57%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 6% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 8% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/36
the rest of the field
8%
79/946

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

32 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 36 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
19/32
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE SALVATION ARMY — $625,078 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYBEAVER COUNTY ASSN FOR THE BLIND — $343,508 · OtherBEAVER COUNTY ASSN FOR THE BLINDMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN BEAVER COUNTY — $301,089 · OtherMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN BEAVER COUNTYBeaver County Cancer and Heart Association Inc — $195,230 · OtherBeaver County Cancer and Heart Association IncLAUREL HIGHLANDS COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA — $125,533 · OtherLAUREL HIGHLANDS COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICAFAMILY SERVICES OF BEAVER COUNTY — $100,705 · OtherFAMILY SERVICES OF BEAVER COUNTY+9 more — $150,395 · Other+9 moreWOMEN'S CENTER OF BEAVER COUNTY — $281,894 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S CENTER OF BEAVER COUNTYBEAVER COUNTY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — $249,795 · Human ServicesBEAVER COUNTY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTI…THE ARC OF GREATER PITTSBURGH — $205,760 · Human ServicesTHE ARC OF GREATER PITTSBURGHHomemaker Home Health Aide SVC Beav Co — $195,330 · Human ServicesHomemaker Home Health Aide SVC Be…CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF PGH — $133,541 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE…+6 more — $103,572 · Human Services+6 moreBig Brothers Big Sisters of Beaver County — $265,884 · Youth DevelopmentBig Brother…GIRL SCOUTS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA — $152,120 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS…LIFESTEPS INC — $274,108 · Education+1 more — $5,000 · EducationBEAVER COUNTY REHABILITATION CENTER INC — $198,472 · Employment+1 more — $5,050 · EmploymentBeaver County Stockmans Club I — $31,318 · Food & NutritionHealing Hunger Beaver County — $8,000 · Food & NutritionCommunicycle Beaver County Inc — $14,500 · Recreation & SportsCENTER FOR HOPE — $8,150 · Recreation & Sports
Other$1,841,538Human Services$1,169,892Youth Development$418,004Education$279,108Employment$203,522Food & Nutrition$39,318Recreation & Sports$22,650

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetBEAVER COUNTY ASSN FOR THE BLIND — $343,508 over 8y, 4.6% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN BEAVER COUNTY — $301,089 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetWOMEN'S CENTER OF BEAVER COUNTY — $281,894 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetLIFESTEPS INC — $274,108 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Beaver County — $265,884 over 8y, 13% of budgetBEAVER COUNTY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — $249,795 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetTHE ARC OF GREATER PITTSBURGH — $205,760 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetBEAVER COUNTY REHABILITATION CENTER INC — $198,472 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetHomemaker Home Health Aide SVC Beav Co — $195,330 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetBeaver County Cancer and Heart Association Inc — $195,230 over 8y, 24% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA — $152,120 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF PGH — $133,541 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetLAUREL HIGHLANDS COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA — $125,533 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetFAMILY SERVICES OF BEAVER COUNTY — $100,705 over 6y, 28% of budgetThe Cornerstone of Beaver County — $35,966 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetTHE LUTHERAN SERVICE SOCIETY OF W PA — $33,206 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetBeaver County Stockmans Club I — $31,318 over 4y, 46% of budgetSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL CENTRAL COUNCIL OF PITTSBURGH — $13,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOOKSTOWN FAIR INC — $11,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetCENTER IN MIDLAND PA — $10,290 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetCENTER FOR HOPE — $8,150 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHealing Hunger Beaver County — $8,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetFAMILIES MATTER FOOD PANTRY INC — $7,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD NORTH MUSEUM OF PLAY — $6,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetCHURCH ARMY USA INC — $5,200 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE US SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL INC — $5,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCROP AND KETTLE — $5,050 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBeaver County Educational Trust — $5,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetBeaver Falls Youth Network Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Pittsburgh Founda…The Beaver County Fou…The United Way of Sou…Staunton Farm Foundat…The Grable FoundationUpmc GroupHillman Family Founda…Nisource Charitable F…John and Becky Wright…The Wright PromiseSnee-Reinhardt Charit…University of Pittsbu…
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA42.6× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · The Beaver County Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Staunton Farm Foundation 540-054 Dba Staunton Farm Foundation · The Grable Foundation · Upmc Group · Hillman Family Foundations · Nisource Charitable Foundation · John and Becky Wright Foundation Inc · The Wright Promise · Snee-Reinhardt Charitable Foundation · University of Pittsburgh

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization United Way of Beaver County funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 36 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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