Connecticut · Nonprofit
ABILITY BEYOND DISABILITY
ABILITY BEYOND DISABILITY (Connecticut) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $369,092 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($203,355). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $22M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $369k
- Net assets
- $2.4M
What Ability Beyond Disability does
Mission
The mission of ability beyond is to discover, build, and celebrate the ability in all people. With approximately 1,100 full-time and part-time employees, ability beyond serves more than 3,000 individuals with disabilities each year.we support individuals ages 18 to over 90 with autism, developmental disabilities, acquired brain injury, and mental health challenges, as well as age-related conditions experienced by individuals in long-term residential care.across connecticut and new york, ability beyond provides a comprehensive continuum of services, including residential supports, day and transition programs, employment services, clinical care, and transportation. Our integrated approach ensures individuals receive personalized support that promotes independence, community inclusion, and quality of life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Ability beyond's residential programs provide safe, supportive environments tailored to individuals at every stage of adult life. During fiscal year 2025, we supported more than 400 individuals across connecticut and new york through a range of housing models, including supported independent living and group residences offering varying levels of care, up to and including 24-hour support.these programs emphasize person-centered care and are complemented by life-skills coaching, recreational opportunities, and access to day or employment services based on each individual's goals and needs.
$11,983,255 spent$12,164,479 earned by the program63% of program spendingDay and transition services: ability beyond provides day and community-based services throughout connecticut and new york, with program locations in chappaqua, ny, and bethel, norwalk, waterbury, bristol, and new haven, ct.services include community-based day activities and enrichment, pre-employment skills training, internships and work-readiness programs, and life-skills development.our transition services support young adults moving from high school to adulthood, offering employment readiness training, internships, volunteer opportunities, and paid work experiences.through partnerships with local employers, hospitals, and community collegesincluding project search programsparticipants gain meaningful, real-world work experience while completing their education.transportation is a critical component of access to services. Our fleet of more than 145 vehicles traveled over 1 million miles in fy2025, ensuring individuals can fully participate in their communities.employment services: employment is central to ability beyond's mission. Our employment programs connect individuals with disabilities to meaningful jobs across a wide range of industries. Our hundreds of employer partners…
$6,980,271 spent$9,945,461 earned by the program37% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $18,963,526.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $9.6M to $12M (+25%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2022 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of ABILITY BEYOND DISABILITY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Jane Davis
President/CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $33k → $42k.
5 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 88% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ABILITY BEYOND DISABILITY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ABILITY BEYOND DISABILITY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ABILITY BEYOND DISABILITY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 77% · 2018 64% · 2019 73% · 2020 56% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 88% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
88% of ABILITY BEYOND DISABILITY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $44k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Connecticut, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $325k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ABILITY BEYOND DISABILITY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,969 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,969 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like ABILITY BEYOND DISABILITY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Ability Beyond Disability Inc · exempt
- Growing Possibilites Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ABILITY BEYOND DISABILITY: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ABILITY BEYOND DISABILITY?
- ABILITY BEYOND DISABILITY (Connecticut) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $369,092 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($203,355). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ABILITY BEYOND DISABILITY have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $369,092 in grants to ABILITY BEYOND DISABILITY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ABILITY BEYOND DISABILITY?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $203,355 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ABILITY BEYOND DISABILITY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 6 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing