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ABILITY CONNECTION TEXAS
ABILITY CONNECTION TEXAS (Texas) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,766,650 to it, the largest being COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC ($1,298,420). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 30
- Grants received
- $4.8M
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What Ability Connection Texas does
Mission
The mission of ability connection is to enrich the lives of people with disabilities...one person at a time. The cornerstone of our programs are the core values of compassion, respect and results through a personalized approach to address each member's individual personal goals. Ability connection's members are individuals with skills, passions, interests, humor, creativity, dignity and determination, and our experienced and dedicated employees and volunteers work hard to empower them to live their best life possible by removing barriers that inhibit independence and autonomy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2023 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
The organization sold icf group homes and licenses on 6/14/2024.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Home and community-based services (hcs)/ texas home living (txhml):the home and community-based services (hcs) program at ability connection provides the help and support necessary for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities to live as independently as possible in their own homes, with family, a paid companion care provider or in small group home settings in the community. Services include nursing, dental and medical care support, therapies, foster care, adaptive aids, employment services, and case management. Currently the hcs group home program at ability connection has 4 homes providing residential support in the dfw metroplex. Ability connection's texas home living (txhml) is a medicaid waiver program that provides support to members of all ages who have an intellectual disability or related condition in their own homes. Some of the available services include respite, day habilitation, personal assistance and habilitation, therapies, nursing, medical and dental services, adaptive aids support and employment services. Clients served: 273 children and adults / 1,408,064 hours of service
$8,059,614 spent$555,953 earned by the program67% of program spendingIntermediate care facilities (icf) residential services :the intermediate care facility (icf) group home program at ability connection currently has 3 homes in the dfw metroplex. Each home provides family-style living for up to six adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities. Our homes allow individuals to live with as much autonomy and independence as possible, while providing 24-hour care for their health and safety.clients served: 16 adults / 147,744 hours of service
$1,597,607 spent$395,754 earned by the program13% of program spendingCommunity living and support services (class):the community living assistance and support services (class) program at ability connection is a medicaid waiver program that provides case management services for individuals of all ages and disabilities to live as independently as possible at home and in the community.clients served: 694 clients / 185,952 hours of service
$1,522,268 spent13% of program spendingTraining center and day habilitation:ability connection's adult training center and day habilitation program enhances the lives of people with intellectual and physical disabilities through comprehensive, life-changing care, training and supports. We learn the goals of each of our adult members, facilitate the supports and services needed to support their goals, measure the success of our program and evaluate the overall satisfaction of our members. Throughout our services, we are purposeful about infusing member personal choice and goals through a full schedule of training, education, community activities, recreation, music, art, and exercise.clients served: 65 clients / 77,162 hours of service
$845,913 spent$218,719 earned by the program7% of program spendingYouth services:ability connection has three programs, serving children with disabilities who reside in dallas county. Camp connections is a summer program geared towards helping children, 10-17, to maintain the skills gained during the school year. The program is a mix of recreational and academic activities. Families get to choose up to three goals on which the staff will focus during the summer.ability connection offers caregiver relief in the form of respite care. Respite is available at the main campus on alternating friday evenings and saturday days. In-home respite is also available for families who want to choose their own respite provider to be in their home. Families are reimbursed for the cost of respite up to a set amount each quarter.ability connection offers afterschool enrichment programs in school districts within dallas county. The programs take place on school campuses and focus on social skills, prevocational skills and personal growth.
The 5 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,025,402.
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 $5.8M to $9.4M (+62%).
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: 2017 93% · 2018 92% · 2020 81% · 2021 62% · 2022 54% · 2023 74% · 2024 78%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of ABILITY CONNECTION TEXAS’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations 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. 5 of the last 7 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
Jim Hanophy
President/CEO
Board chair
Jack Woodworth
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 9 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $103k → $555k.
10 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% 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 CONNECTION TEXAS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 29 of 30 funders by total. 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 CONNECTION TEXAS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 27% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
59% 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 CONNECTION TEXAS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 58% · 2019 77% · 2020 60% · 2021 71% · 2022 48% · 2023 45% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
33% of ABILITY CONNECTION TEXAS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
64% of ABILITY CONNECTION TEXAS's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 CONNECTION TEXAS's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,580 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like ABILITY CONNECTION TEXAS
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In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ABILITY CONNECTION TEXAS?
- ABILITY CONNECTION TEXAS (Texas) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,766,650 to it, the largest being COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC ($1,298,420). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ABILITY CONNECTION TEXAS have?
- IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $4,766,650 in grants to ABILITY CONNECTION TEXAS, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ABILITY CONNECTION TEXAS?
- COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,298,420 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ABILITY CONNECTION TEXAS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 30 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing