Illinois · Nonprofit
Center for Independence through Conductive Education Inc
Center for Independence through Conductive Education Inc (Illinois) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,657,584 to it, the largest being The Coleman Foundation Inc ($927,275). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.8M
- Funders on record
- 47
- Grants received
- $2.7M
- Net assets
- $2.7M
What Center for Independence through Conductive Education Inc does
Mission
To help children and young adults with disabilities achieve their highest level of indepedence in the home, school, comunity and workforce.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Motor Training - Conductive Education Program: Helps children with physical disabilities, primarily cerebral palsy, develop life skills and motor function in a manner that promotes positive self-direction, self-esteem and an I Can! attitude. The therapy program is based on the principals of conductive education and delivered by the Centers talented staff of conductive education teachers, physical and occupational therapists.
$2,760,081 spentof which $1,212,000 as grants$2,032,148 earned by the program93% of program spendingVocational - Working Together Chicago Program: Significantly expands employment and internship opportunities for young adults with varying developmental disabilities. Working Together Chicago breaks down barriers to employment through job development, short-term job coaching and long-term mentoring.
$208,828 spent$117,654 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,968,909.
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 2024 to 2025, from $2.4M to $2.9M (+17%).
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 8% · 2021 7% · 2023 11% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
36% of Center for Independence through Conductive Education Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Board chair
Clayton Kalweit
President/Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $86k → $376k.
14 of 47 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% 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 Center for Independence through Conductive Education Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 47 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
Center for Independence through Conductive Education Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 35% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
37% 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 Center for Independence through Conductive Education Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 23% · 2019 61% · 2020 69% · 2021 42% · 2022 44% · 2023 35% — 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
38% of Center for Independence through Conductive Education Inc'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
99% of Center for Independence through Conductive Education Inc's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $681k arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
Center for Independence through Conductive Education Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Center for Independence through Conductive Education Inc
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Center for Independence through Conductive Education Inc: 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 Center for Independence through Conductive Education Inc?
- Center for Independence through Conductive Education Inc (Illinois) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,657,584 to it, the largest being The Coleman Foundation Inc ($927,275). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Center for Independence through Conductive Education Inc have?
- IRS filings report 47 organizations giving $2,657,584 in grants to Center for Independence through Conductive Education Inc, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Center for Independence through Conductive Education Inc?
- The Coleman Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $927,275 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Center for Independence through Conductive Education Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 47 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