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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 84-4098268

Useful Choices Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in North East, PA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 8 grants and $56,200 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

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The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Useful Choices Charitable Foundatio
2063 Freeport Road
North East, PA 16428
(814) 870-7760
Form and materials
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Deadlines
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Restrictions
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Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $56,200

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $828,089

  • Tax year 2024

    $80,800

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $846,194

  • Tax year 2023

    $62,265

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $897,651

  • Tax year 2022

    $84,936

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $940,340

  • Tax year 2021

    $11,180

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,035,905

  • Tax year 2020

    $2,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,015,003

Grants paid in 2025

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Alice Lloyd CollegePippa Passes, KY

    Flood Repair

    $20,000
  2. Individual

    Youth Fundraiser for local AED

    $10,000
  3. Performing Arts Collective AllianceErie, PA

    Building upgrades

    $5,000
  4. A Hand UP ErieErie, PA

    beds

    $5,000
  5. Slippery Rock University FoundationSlippery Rock, PA

    Equestrian Center programs

    $5,000
  6. Blue Heart Santuary IncGreen Mountain, NC

    Infrastructure

    $4,000
  7. A Hand UP ErieErie, PA

    Supplies

    $4,000
  8. McCord Memorial LibraryNorth East, PA

    Support Youth Creativity

    $3,200

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education2 grants $25,00064% of the total
  2. Human services2 grants $9,00023% of the total
  3. Arts and culture1 grant $5,00013% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania5 grants $22,200
  2. Kentucky1 grant $20,000
  3. North Carolina1 grant $4,000

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Patrick M SheridanPresident Hours 2Pay $0
  • Deborah YbarraVice President Hours 0Pay $0
  • Luke DavidoffSecretary Hours 0Pay $0
  • Christopher SheridanDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Jayden SackDirector Hours 0Pay $0

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