New Jersey · Nonprofit
DAWN CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC
DAWN CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $126,651 to it, the largest being INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP ($96,973). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.6M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $127k
- Net assets
- $4.7M
What Dawn Center for Independent Living Inc does
Mission
The organization's mission is providing support to persons with disabilities throughout their lifespan so they can achieve their highest level of independence in their community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Early intervention service coordination - the early intervention program provides the coordination of services for children, ages 0-3, who are deemed eligible for services by the new jersey department of health, division of family services. These services are intended to enhance the family's ability to meet the developmental and health related needs of these eligible children. Service coordinators provide comprehensive case management services that assist with direct support for the child's developmental needs as well as support families with access to needed community/state/federal services. These services are provided to families residing in morris and sussex counties by our agency.
$1,449,296 spent35% of program spendingIndependent living services the independent living program provides support and services to individuals with disabilities residing in morris, sussex and warren counties which enables them to access benefits and programs for which they may be eligible and to acquire the necessary functional life, social, self-advocacy, and employment readiness skills to assist them in maintaining their independence and reside in the community of their choice.on november 10, 2021, the administration for community living (acl) announced a $150 million investment to expand the public health workforce within the aging and disability networks. The purpose and intent of the funds distributed through acl was intended to "expand the public health workforce within the aging and disability networks." as a result of this initiative, dawncil envisioned a plan to support the counties of morris, sussex, and warren by partnering with experts in the field of the public health workforce to foster a partnership that would not only identify barriers to the public health system, but also to create a methodology for eliminating those barriers. Ph funds were available through the reporting year and in addition to what…
$809,340 spent$26,951 earned by the program20% of program spendingDdd support coordination: division of developmental disabilities ("ddd") support coordination program the support coordination program provides coordination and implementation of an individualized support plan detailing use of an approved budget which is assessed and allocated by the state of new jersey ddd. This budget enables individuals to purchase goods and services needed to remain in the community and work towards a goal of competitive integrated employment. These services are provided to individuals ages 21 and above with developmental disabilities residing in morris, sussex, and somerset counties.
$1,401,509 spentof which $125,407 as grants$2,263,227 earned by the program34% of program spendingStep-up - student transition empowerment project unlimited possibilities (step-up) is a program created by dawncil, designed to comply with and provide pre-employment transition services to meet or exceed the requirements of the workforce innovation and opportunity act (wioa). Eligible students are those in the 14-21 age group having either an iep or a 504 plan providing non-curriculum based accommodations. In all cases students will be identified by our administration and must be eligible for dvrs services. Upon completion of the classroom-based curriculum students may be eligible for a 60-hour internship. Step-up provides a comprehensive curriculum designed to provide a system of structured employment readiness services which give students with disabilities opportunities and the tools to make a successful transition from high school to additional education, training, or competitive integrated employment.
$424,709 spent$8,922 earned by the program10% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,084,854.
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 $3.5M to $5.2M (+48%).
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 80% · 2018 71% · 2019 65% · 2020 62% · 2021 64% · 2022 54% · 2023 55% · 2024 56% · 2025 57%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
58% of DAWN CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% 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
Carmela Slivinski
CEO
Board chair
William Kostyak
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $14k → $2k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 DAWN CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC’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
DAWN CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% 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
81% 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 DAWN CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 86% · 2020 83% · 2021 91% · 2022 90% · 2023 93% — 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
DAWN CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC draws 77% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $678 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
DAWN CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding DAWN CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC 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 DAWN CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING 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 New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DAWN CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC?
- DAWN CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $126,651 to it, the largest being INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP ($96,973). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DAWN CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $126,651 in grants to DAWN CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DAWN CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC?
- INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP is the largest funder on record, with $96,973 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DAWN CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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