United Way of Chester County Inc
Exton, PA · EIN 23-2131877. Reported 164 grants totalling $4,136,618 to 80 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For United Way of Chester County Inc, the IRS classifies it as a federated giving programme -- a United Way, Jewish federation, Community Chest or similar (NTEE T70Z).
- How spread out its giving is. 80 distinct organizations, with 11% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 22% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $15,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $7,000 and the largest $270,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open Hearth Inc | Phoenixville, PA | $439,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Life Transforming Ministries | Coatesville, PA | $381,005 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends Association for Care & Protection of Children | West Chester, PA | $270,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Family Service of Chester County | West Chester, PA | $163,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Brandywine Valley Active Aging | Coatesville, PA | $145,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| West Chester Food Cupboard | West Chester, PA | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Aidans Heart Foundation | Downingtown, PA | $109,035 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Youth Mentoring Partnership | Malvern, PA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Phoenixville Area Community Services Inc | Phoenixville, PA | $90,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cornwells Firemens Relief Assn | Bensalem, PA | $84,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Housing Authority of Chester County | West Chester, PA | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Housing Partnership of Chester County Inc | Downingtown, PA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kennett Area Community Service | Kennett Sq, PA | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Legal Aid Southeastern Pennsylvania Inc | Norristown, PA | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Senior Adult Activity Center of the Phoenixville Area | Phoenixville, PA | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lch Health and Community Services | Kennett Sq, PA | $67,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Orion Communities Inc | Phoenixville, PA | $55,125 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cerebral Palsy Association of Chester County Inc | Exton, PA | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Volunteers in Medicine Inc | West Chester, PA | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Safe Harbor of Chester County Inc | West Chester, PA | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Silo Works | Nottingham, PA | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| A Childs Light | Malvern, PA | $52,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mighty Writers | Philadelphia, PA | $50,790 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Child Guidance Resource Centers Inc | Havertown, PA | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Good Samaritan Services | Lancaster, PA | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pennsylvania Home of the Sparrow | Exton, PA | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Volunteer English Program in Chester County | West Chester, PA | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Phoenixville Area Childrens Learning Center Inc | Phoenixville, PA | $46,830 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Crime Victims Center of Chester County Inc | West Chester, PA | $46,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Educational Equity Alliance | Coatesville, PA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Maternal and Child Health Consortium of Chester County | West Chester, PA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New London Counseling Center | Lincoln Univ, PA | $43,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Anns Heart | Phoenixville, PA | $42,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| West Chester Area Day Care Center | West Chester, PA | $40,416 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| A Haven | Exton, PA | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Phoenixville Womens Outreach | Phoenixville, PA | $38,250 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Good Neighbors Inc | Kennett Sq, PA | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Arc of Chester County | West Chester, PA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Garage Community and Youth Center | Kennett Sq, PA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| North Star of Chester County | West Chester, PA | $32,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chespenn Health Services | Eddystone, PA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chester County Food Bank | Exton, PA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Domestic Violence Center of Chester County | West Chester, PA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hopewell United Methodist Church | Downingtown, PA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Oxford Area Neighborhood Services Center Inc | Oxford, PA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Peacemaker Center Inc | Downingtown, PA | $28,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alianzas De Phoenixville | Phoenixville, PA | $27,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| CASA Youth Advocates Inc | Media, PA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chester County Economic Development Council | Exton, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Family Promise of Southern Chester County | Kennett Square, PA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Handi-Crafters Inc | Coatesville, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Honey Brook Food Pantry Inc | Honey Brook, PA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chester County Hospital Foundation | West Chester, PA | $24,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chester County Opportunities Industrialization Center | Coatesville, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Communities That Care of Greater Downingtown | Uwchland, PA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Moms House of Phoenixville | Phoenixville, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Surrey Services for Seniors Inc | Devon, PA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Westside Community Center | West Chester, PA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Health Care Access | Phoenixville, PA | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fiorenzas Food for Friends F4 Inc | Exton, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends Boarding Home of Concord Quarterly Meeting | West Chester, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Human Services Inc | Thorndale, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Phoenixville Free Clinic | Phoenixville, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Brandywine | West Chester, PA | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Assisting the Community Together | West Chester, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chester County Community Foundation Inc | West Chester, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chester County Connect Care | Coatesville, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Christ the King Deaf Church-Deafcan | West Chester, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Coatesville Youth Initiative | Coatesville, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Good Works Inc | Coatesville, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Parkesburg Point | Parkesburg, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Phoenixville Area Positive Alternat | Phoenixville, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Alliance for Health Equity | Coatesville, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Salvation Army - West Chester | West Chester, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Visioncorps | Lancaster, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| West Chester Communities That Care | West Chester, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| West Chester Community Center | West Chester, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Youngmoms | Kennett Sq, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southern Chester County Day Care Association | Avondale, PA | $9,167 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Octorara Area Food Cupboard | Parkesburg, PA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
52 of 80 (65%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 63 of 80 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 63 | $1,680,751 | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 58 | $1,302,450 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 18 | $604,920 | $20,000 |
| 2024 | 25 | $548,497 | $20,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available that two funders have overlapping priorities -- and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $15,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Pennsylvania.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from United Way of Chester County Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 150 John Robert Thomas Drive, Exton, PA, 19341.
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