Nonprofit · EIN 36-2615431
UNITED WAY OF ILLINOIS VALLEY INC
Tax-exempt · PERU, IL 61354
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2026 | 990 | $257,891 | $278,319 | -$20,428 | $594,343 | $145,306 | $449,037 |
| March 31, 2025 | 990 | $319,703 | $215,023 | $104,680 | $581,872 | $112,407 | $469,465 |
| March 31, 2024 | 990 | $263,494 | $257,761 | $5,733 | $490,546 | $125,761 | $364,785 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended March 31, 2026
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $247,238
- Program service revenue
- $2,089
- Investment income
- $8,564
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $163,421
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $61,683
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $65,347
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $6,455
- Occupancy
- $6,804
- Depreciation
- $984
- Program services (functional)
- $173,171
- Management and general (functional)
- $66,146
- Fundraising (functional)
- $39,002
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $581,872
- Total assets, end of year
- $594,343
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $145,306
- Net assets, end of year
- $449,037
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $405,317
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $43,720
- Gross receipts
- $257,891
- Employees
- 1
- Volunteers
- 14
- Year formed
- 1966
- State of legal domicile
- IL
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended March 31, 2026, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| BETHA GHIGHI | Executive Dir. Trustee or director | 40 | $61,388 |
| MADISON COLEMAN | President Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| HEATHER HAMMITT | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MELYSSA GARTEN | Past President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| JACKSON POWELL | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| STACIE SINES | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| NEAL KNAUF | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TONY ANDERE | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JASON MILLER | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KIM BLAYDES | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BOB TIEMAN | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BAILEE WALLACE | Vice President Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MATT STAAB | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRIAN INMAN | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BETH COLEMAN- WEGER | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
2 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRANDEE BELL | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MAURISSA RIAHI | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended March 31, 2025: 19 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MADISON COLEMAN | Vice President Trustee or director | 1 | $61,969 |
| MADI BROWN | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SPENCER LUECKE | PAST PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| MELYSSA GARTEN | President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| JACKSON POWELL | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| STACIE SINES | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| NEAL KNAUF | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TONY ANDERE | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JASON MILLER | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KIM BLAYDES | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BOB TIEMAN | AT LARGE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BAILEE WALLACE | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BETHA GHIGHI | Executive Dir. Trustee or director | 40 | $0 |
| MATT STAAB | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRIAN INMAN | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BETH COLEMAN- WEGER | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRANDEE BELL | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MAURISSA RIAHI | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ALICIA HUGHS | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended March 31, 2024: 20 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| BETHA GHIGHI | Executive Dir. Trustee or director | 40 | $28,057 |
| MADISON COLEMAN | Vice President Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MADI BROWN | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SPENCER LUECKE | PAST PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| MELYSSA GARTEN | President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| JACKSON POWELL | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| STACIE SINES | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| NEAL KNAUF | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TONY ANDRES | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JASON MILLER | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KIM BLAYDES | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BOB TIEMAN | AT LARGE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BAILEE WALLACE | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JESSICA NEWCOMER | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BILL ZENS | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRIAN INMAN | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BETH COLEMAN- WEGER | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRANDEE BELL | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MAURISSA RIAHI | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ALICIA HUGHS | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 2220 MARQUETTE ROAD, PERU, IL 61354-1555
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- BETHA GHIGHI, 2220 MARQUETTE ROAD 102, PERU, IL 61354
- Signed the 990
- BETHA GHIGHI, Director
- Phone
- (815) 223-8339
- Website
- WWW.UNITEDWAYIV.COM
- Return prepared by
- Hopkins & Associates CPAs
Mission
TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF ALL PEOPLE BY GATHERING AND DISTRIBUTING, IN AN EFFICIENT AND ACCOUNTABLE MANNER, COMMUNITY RESOURCES WHICH RESPOND TO PRIORITY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE NEEDS.
Program accomplishments
- THROUGH FUNDRAISING, THE ORGANIZATION OFFERED FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO FIFTEEN LOCAL HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE SERVICES TO APPROXIMATELY 30,000 INDIVIDUALS THROUGH MORE THAN 14 PROGRAMS. THR PROGRAMS DIRECTLY RESPOND TO HUMAN SERVICE NEEDS IDENTIFIED THROUGH A COMMNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT.Expenses $163,649
- THE H.U.S.K.Y. PROGRAM (HELPING UNDERPRIVILEGED SCHOOL KIDS YEAR ROUND)PROVIDES BULK QUANTITIES OF THE MOST NEEDED SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR THE CHILDREN OF FAMILIES WHO CANNOT AFFORD THESE ITEMS. PRIORITY IS GIVEN TO SCHOOLS WITH A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF LOW-INCOME STUDENTS. 15-20 SCHOOLS PARTICIPATE AND APPROXIMATELY 2,500 CHILDREN BENEFIT FROM THE PROGRAM ANNUALLY.Expenses $9,522
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in March, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | March 31, 2026 | August 17, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | March 31, 2025 | August 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | March 31, 2024 | August 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 36-2615431
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1969
- Accounting year ends
- March
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations (T70Z)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $594,343
- Income (IRS master file)
- $257,891
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | March 2026 | $257,891 | $278,319 | $594,343 | XML |
| 990 | March 2025 | $319,703 | $215,023 | $581,872 | XML |
| 990 | March 2024 | $263,494 | $257,761 | $490,546 | XML |
| 990 | March 2023 | $215,927 | $231,569 | $467,524 | IRS |
| 990 | March 2022 | $201,158 | $191,050 | $482,939 | IRS |
| 990 | March 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | March 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 36-2615431).
Questions about UNITED WAY OF ILLINOIS VALLEY INC
- What is the EIN of UNITED WAY OF ILLINOIS VALLEY INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of UNITED WAY OF ILLINOIS VALLEY INC is 36-2615431.
- Is UNITED WAY OF ILLINOIS VALLEY INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1969.
- Are donations to UNITED WAY OF ILLINOIS VALLEY INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does UNITED WAY OF ILLINOIS VALLEY INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of UNITED WAY OF ILLINOIS VALLEY INC due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending March 31, 2027) is due August 16, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did UNITED WAY OF ILLINOIS VALLEY INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended March 2026.
- Who is the principal officer of UNITED WAY OF ILLINOIS VALLEY INC?
- The 990 for the year ended March 31, 2026 names BETHA GHIGHI.
- Who are the officers and directors of UNITED WAY OF ILLINOIS VALLEY INC?
- The 990 for the year ended March 31, 2026 lists 17 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $61,388 (BETHA GHIGHI, Executive Dir.).
- How much revenue does UNITED WAY OF ILLINOIS VALLEY INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended March 31, 2026 it reported revenue of $257,891, expenses of $278,319 and total assets of $594,343 at year end.
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