Missouri · Nonprofit
ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY TRAINING INC (TAX) D/B/A IMPACT SUPPORT SERVICES
ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY TRAINING INC (TAX) D/B/A IMPACT SUPPORT SERVICES (Missouri) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $664,039 to it, the largest being VETERANS UNITED FOUNDATION ($616,662). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $19M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $664k
- Net assets
- $15M
What Alternative Community Training Inc (Tax) D/B/A Impact Support Services does
Mission
Act provides support to individuals with disabilities as participating members of the community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Act's community living program provides individualized supported living (isl) residential supports to over 50 individuals living in their own home or apartment throughout columbia. Isl living enables people with disabilities to be fully integrated into the community. Isl services provide individualized supports, delivered in a personalized manner, to individuals who live in homes of their choice. Individuals receiving isl supports may choose with whom and where they live, and the type of community activities in which they wish to be involved.
$8,109,361 spent$11,436,843 earned by the program65% of program spendingThe day program provides community engagement in small group settings through volunteering, outings and leisure activities designed to be a part of an overall meaningful day. The day program supports up to 100 individuals with additional referrals pending. Transportation services are provided to some persons who would not be able to participate in the daily activities without it. Each individual supported has established goals and progress on those goals is tracked and reported regularly. Supported goals include physical fitness, volunteerism, social interaction, independent living skills, leisure activities, participation in the arts, and others. Examples of supported activities include: volunteering for meals on wheels; bowling; swimming; tours of area attractions; skill building exercises; cooking club; adapted arts classes, fitness activities, coffee & current events groups, shopping, etc.
$2,973,480 spent$4,112,195 earned by the program24% of program spendingIn-home services provides individualized, goal-based services and supports to children and adults of all ages in their community. Our services maximize potential and shape success for individuals and families in the areas of communication, socialization, community integration, recreation, appropriate behavior, protective oversight, daily living, self-care, and self-determination. In-home services provided supports to over 40 individuals during the year.
$736,994 spent$548,502 earned by the program6% of program spendingCareer services program works with a variety of job seekers with achieving their employment goals, while assisting a large array of local employers with their recruitment and retention needs. The personalized services job seekers and employers receive through career services pays rich rewards for businesses and employees alike. Every day individuals go to work in their jobs at hospitals, universities, hotels, restaurants and a wider range of business, industry, and government facilities. These employees, dedicated to do their best, return with friendships, financial rewards and satisfaction. Local businesses benefit from having hard working, qualified employees that support their overall operations.show me impact housing provides stable housing for those with disabilities.
$569,587 spent$767,450 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,389,422.
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 2023 to 2024, from $13M to $18M (+40%).
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: 2020 13% · 2022 7% · 2023 6% · 2024 2% · 2025 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
9% of ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY TRAINING INC (TAX) D/B/A IMPACT SUPPORT SERVICES’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Don Lafferty
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $8k → $73k.
1 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY TRAINING INC (TAX) D/B/A IMPACT SUPPORT SERVICES’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
ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY TRAINING INC (TAX) D/B/A IMPACT SUPPORT SERVICES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
94% 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 ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY TRAINING INC (TAX) D/B/A IMPACT SUPPORT SERVICES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 99% · 2023 68% — 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.
Where its funders are
98% of ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY TRAINING INC (TAX) D/B/A IMPACT SUPPORT SERVICES's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $220 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY TRAINING INC (TAX) D/B/A IMPACT SUPPORT SERVICES runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 274 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 274 employment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY TRAINING INC (TAX) D/B/A IMPACT SUPPORT SERVICES
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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY TRAINING INC (TAX) D/B/A IMPACT SUPPORT SERVICES?
- ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY TRAINING INC (TAX) D/B/A IMPACT SUPPORT SERVICES (Missouri) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $664,039 to it, the largest being VETERANS UNITED FOUNDATION ($616,662). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY TRAINING INC (TAX) D/B/A IMPACT SUPPORT SERVICES have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $664,039 in grants to ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY TRAINING INC (TAX) D/B/A IMPACT SUPPORT SERVICES, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY TRAINING INC (TAX) D/B/A IMPACT SUPPORT SERVICES?
- VETERANS UNITED FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $616,662 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY TRAINING INC (TAX) D/B/A IMPACT SUPPORT SERVICES find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 9 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