United Community Partners Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Mission is to assist individuals and groups carrying out projects that will be of economic and or social benefit to our areas communities.
- Income
- $121,440
- Spending
- $203,834
- Reserves
- 9.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 98%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- $123,325 spent. The Pine Valley Firewise project is a nationally recognized effort to educate and assist local property owners with creating a fire resilient property especially for folks located in the wildland urban interface. We hold cleanup days and do fuels reduction work on local properties. In this fiscal year we had 193 cars dropped off 40K lbs of trash & 18K lbs of scrap metal & 20 yd of debris chipped. We treated 42 properties removing yard waste tires & garbage. We provided grants to our local fire station for radios computers & other equipment.
- $72,576 spent. The Pine Valley 2050 project is a community project of Working together for a vibrant Pine Valley Community. It is a visioning process and community-lead project oriented process of creating the things in our community that we feel are needed to have a thriving vibrant place to live and work. This year we continued work on the Emergency Operations Plan helped local non-profits to write grants continue to helped local museum with plans for archiving their materials continued with a Main St. project to beautify it and help businesses thrive support the Dark Skies project to protect our dark skies and promote astro-tourism organized a Holiday Tree lighting celebration & parade held a teen entrepreneurial class worked on getting local track resurfaced. This work was mostly carried out by local volunteers. We had a contractor to facilitate the process for a portion of the year.
- $1,398 spent. The Village Fund is a project that provides grants of up to $500 for those with a financial emergency. The applicant submits an application with the requested information and a committee determines if it meets the criteria and either awards or declines. Funds are then used to pay a bill directly rather than giving funds to the recipient. This project was started in 2020 due to the COVID crisis and has continued since. This tax year we received three applications of which were all awarded.
- $3,800 spent. We provide grants for local projects that benefit our community. Grants not listed in the programs above include: Donation to Sports Fund- $50 Chautauqua Music Fest $500 Cornucopia Arts Council for Main Stage microphones $500 Halfway Farmers Market for set up equipment & ads $500 Halfway Lions Club for Senior Meals commercial kitchen $500 Brisk for Farm Show $750 Pine Valley Fair Association to bring carnival to the fair $1000
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since October 2001.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
Could it be confused with another charity? Worth knowing.
A much larger organization has a similar name: Community Partners (Los Angeles, CA), EIN 95-4302067. If that is the one you meant, check the EIN before giving.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
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