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VALLEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS INC

EIN 34-1264163 YOUNGSTOWN, OH

Largest nonprofits in Ohio

Revenue 2025
$4,298,391
Expenses 2025
$2,110,313

Program services were 85.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
S31Z
Classification
1200
Street
4319 BELMONT AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO SUPPORT THE CREATION AND EXPANSION OF SMALL BUSINESSES AND LOCAL JOBS WHERE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IS NEEDED MOST THROUGH EDUCATION CLASSES AND FLEXIBLE LENDING SOLUTIONS IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS.

  • PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH BUSINESS CREATION, EXPANSION, AND RETENTION. DEVELOP AND OPERATE A DIVERSIFIED PORTFOLIO OF LOAN PROGRAMS AND OTHER SERVICES TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF REGIONAL BUSINESSES. ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH FINANCIAL, EDUCATIONAL, BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT, AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS AND ATTRACT INVESTORS FOR NEW BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES. IN 2025, VALLEY PARTNERS CLOSED 149 FINANCIAL PRODUCTS FOR A TOTAL OF $9.6 MILLION.

    Expenses $1,807,213 · Grants $784,171 · Revenue $2,163,346

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Julie Michael Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 0.2 related
  • Josh Toot

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 0.2 related
  • Stephanie Gilchrist

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 0.2 related
  • Vito Abruzzino

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 0.2 related
  • Derrick McDowell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 0.2 related
  • Diane Richardson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 0.2 related
  • Samuel Huston

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 0.2 related
  • Giovani Merlo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 0.2 related
  • Lynette Sutton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 0.2 related
  • Michael Keys

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 0.2 related
  • Thomas Stabi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 0.2 related
  • Ben Digirolamo

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 0.2 related
  • Sarra Mohn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 0.2 related
  • Bob Calvert

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 0.2 related
  • Melanie Cann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 0.2 related
  • Wiley Runnestrand

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 0.2 related
  • Tyler Williams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 0.2 related
  • Teresa Miller

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $155,025
    From this org
    $135,063
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,962
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,063
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,185
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,777
    Filer's total
    $155,025

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $4,298,391
    Expenses
    $2,110,313
    Contributions
    $1,878,426
    Grants paid
    $784,171
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $7,513,618
    Expenses
    $2,213,818
    Contributions
    $5,061,651
    Grants paid
    $846,100
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $8,153,238
    Expenses
    $1,297,501
    Contributions
    $6,572,667
    Grants paid
    $80,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,559,367
    Expenses
    $3,270,120
    Contributions
    $6,339,961
    Grants paid
    $1,965,995

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,351,682
    Expenses
    $2,223,541
    Assets (EOY)
    $51,000,529
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,899,597
    Expenses
    $5,598,711
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,184,630
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,653,369
    Expenses
    $1,212,435
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,399,857
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,072,494
    Expenses
    $973,954
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,802,249
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,233,670
    Expenses
    $1,458,513
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,076,862
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,121,190
    Expenses
    $1,210,000
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,444,629
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,136,198
    Expenses
    $1,009,487
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,605,121
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,866,462
    Expenses
    $1,247,175
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,659,766
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,056,628
    Expenses
    $1,292,722
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,049,548
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,597,955
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,415,250

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

  • VARIOUS

    $846,100

    2024 GRANT CLASS PROGRAM

  • VARIOUS

    $784,171

    2025 GRANT CLASS PROGRAM

  • VARIOUS

    $80,000

    2023 GRANT CLASS PROGRAM

  • BIA-MAR INC

    $10,000

    2022 MAHONING COUNTY SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF

  • MCKINLEY LANES AGC INC

    $10,000

    2022 MAHONING COUNTY SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF

  • OHIO PAIN AND REHABILITATION INC

    $10,000

    2022 MAHONING COUNTY SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF

  • SHAFER COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIES SVC INC

    $10,000

    2022 MAHONING COUNTY SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF

  • BRITAINS GAME LLC

    $10,000

    2022 MAHONING COUNTY SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF

  • COMMIT TO BE FIT FITNESS CENTER LLC

    $10,000

    2022 MAHONING COUNTY SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF

  • CRAZY DUCK LLC

    $10,000

    2022 MAHONING COUNTY SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2025 return

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.