Colorado · Nonprofit
Colorado Springs Independence Center
Colorado Springs Independence Center (Colorado) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $284,643 to it, the largest being COLORADO SPRINGS HEALTH FOUNDATION ($121,872). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $16M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $285k
- Net assets
- $22M
What Colorado Springs Independence Center does
Mission
We work with people with disabilities, their families and the community to create independence so that all may thrive.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
In-home support services allow clients to direct their own care for routine and repetitive activities of daily living. Home health services allow Personal Care Attendants (PCAs) and family/friend caregivers to provide necessary care in the home.
$11,660,017 spentof which $35,000 as grants$12,538,385 earned by the program87% of program spendingThe Independence Center (IC) is a state- and federally-certified Center for Independent Living (CIL), providing services for individuals who self-identify as having a disability, and want to accomplish personal goals to gain independence. Goals can include securing employment, peer support, transition from nursing facilities to the community, information on technology and tools, obtaining benefits, and classes to improve skills such as budgeting and cooking. The IC also focuses on individual and systems advocacy to provide information to members of the disability community and empower them to self-advocate.
$1,757,590 spentof which $82,500 as grants$2,177,741 earned by the program13% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $13,417,607.
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 $14M to $21M (+45%).
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 7% · 2018 7% · 2019 6% · 2020 7% · 2021 8% · 2022 6% · 2023 30% · 2024 5% · 2025 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
6% of Colorado Springs Independence Center’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (21% 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
Indy Frazee
CEO
Board chair
Jim Vacik
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $153k → $56.
2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 Colorado Springs Independence Center’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
Colorado Springs Independence Center leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
67% 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 Colorado Springs Independence Center.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 54% · 2019 75% · 2020 62% · 2021 58% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
How long its funders stay
29% of Colorado Springs Independence Center's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
100% of Colorado Springs Independence Center's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $28k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
Colorado Springs Independence Center holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like Colorado Springs Independence Center
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 Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Colorado Springs Independence Center: 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 Colorado Springs Independence Center?
- Colorado Springs Independence Center (Colorado) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $284,643 to it, the largest being COLORADO SPRINGS HEALTH FOUNDATION ($121,872). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Colorado Springs Independence Center have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $284,643 in grants to Colorado Springs Independence Center, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Colorado Springs Independence Center?
- COLORADO SPRINGS HEALTH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $121,872 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Colorado Springs Independence Center find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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