Colorado · Nonprofit
Connections for Independent Living
Connections for Independent Living (Colorado) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $166,005 to it, the largest being NATIONAL COUNCIL ON AGING INC ($75,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $166k
- Net assets
- $525k
What Connections for Independent Living does
Mission
To promote the full inclusion and integration of people with all types of disabilities into all levels of society.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Independent Living: The organization has five core independent living services:1. Peer Support: Staff members who have disabilities provide support, teaching, and information sharing with participants to help in overcoming barriers, handling the stresses of having a disability, and sharing resources helpful in maintaining independence.2. Information and Referral: Information and referral services to all individuals who need help finding the appropriate community support.3. Individual and Systems Advocacy: The organization not only advocates for individuals, but also works to eliminate physical and attitudinal barriers in the community.4. Independent Living Skills Training: Instruction to develop independent living skills in areas such as personal care, coping, budgeting, and social skills.5. Transition: Staff assists in identifying resources and support systems that allow individuals to relocate from nursing homes to an independent life in the community at large.
$782,358 spent76% of program spendingOther Programs: Certified Benefits Enrollment Center: In 2024 the organization received a grant to become a Certified Benefits Enrollment Center with the National Agency on Aging. The organization provides benefits counseling for TANF, Medicaid, Medicare savings plans, SNAP and LEAP programs. As well as assistance with SSI/SSDI claims.Veterans Independence Program: In 2025 the organization became a spoke in a hub and spoke model with the Veterans Administration to provide Veteran Directed Care services to pre-determined (by the VA) Veterans with disabilities.Non Attorney Representative: In 2025 the organization began the 2 year journey to have certified non attorney reps on staff to provide SSI and SSDI counseling and arbitration services. As of the close of 2025, the organization is a in a guided pilot program with a strategic partner and has 6 mentoring cases for non attorney representation.
$141,719 spent$2,101 earned by the program14% of program spendingHousing Voucher Program management: The organization manages approximately 200 housing choice vouchers as a subcontractor for the Colorado Department of Local Affairs/Division of Housing, and maintains an affordable housing list for people with disabilities.
$90,466 spent$86,226 earned by the program9% of program spendingCommunity Transitions Care Coordination as a certified Transitions Care Coordinating agency for the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Finance, the agency provides assistance to those with disabilities under the Olmstead Provision per the ADA.
$10,896 spent$84,212 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,025,439.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $1.6M to $1.1M (−28%).
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 76% · 2018 73% · 2019 65% · 2020 64% · 2021 75% · 2022 65% · 2023 72% · 2024 77% · 2025 79%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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
Rochelle Mitchell
Ed/CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019, and between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $18k → $10k.
1 of 5 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 Connections for Independent Living’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
Connections for Independent Living leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 Connections for Independent Living.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 71% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
Connections for Independent Living draws 60% of its grant income from funders outside Colorado, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5 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.
Government funding Connections for Independent Living receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.5M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$1.5M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Connections for Independent Living
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
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Connections for Independent Living: 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 Connections for Independent Living?
- Connections for Independent Living (Colorado) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $166,005 to it, the largest being NATIONAL COUNCIL ON AGING INC ($75,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Connections for Independent Living have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $166,005 in grants to Connections for Independent Living, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Connections for Independent Living?
- NATIONAL COUNCIL ON AGING INC is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Connections for Independent Living 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.
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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 5 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