Kansas · Nonprofit
GOODLIFE INNOVATIONS INC
GOODLIFE INNOVATIONS INC (Kansas) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $426,040 to it, the largest being Ronald D Deffenbaugh Foundation CO Charles E Wetzler - Trustee ($190,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $35M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $426k
- Net assets
- $11M
What Goodlife Innovations Inc does
Mission
Goodlife's mission is to make a meaningful difference in the everyday lives of individuals who need help to live more independently (individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities, brain injuries, physical or age-related disabilities, etc.) and the direct care workers who support them.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
See schedule ogoodlife innovations:goodlife exists because having disabilities of any kind should not stop you from living a meaningful, purposeful, and satisfying life.in the pursuit of solutions to our industry's chronic challenges, for nearly a half century, goodlife has collaborated with talented faculty and doctoral students from the university of kansas, department of applied behavioral science (ku-abs) to develop nationally recognized and award-winning community-based support models.goodlife with ku-abs are nationally respected for training new board certified behavior analysts (bcbas) who are focused on clinical excellence and adept at creating systems of support for community providers nationwide.goodlife has a 47-year old history of accomplishments. From its partnership with ku-abs, goodlife university was created to build the capacity, stability, and quality of the direct support professional (dsp) workforce for community services providers nationwide. (more on goodlife university has been provided in the next section.)goodlife served lead roles in closing six (6) institutions, including norton state hospital, pioneer village, and winfield state hospital in kansas;…
$23,335,915 spent$30,704,656 earned by the program100% of program spendingSee schedule ogoodlife university:goodlife university exists because "the way we've always done it" isn't good enough--we can do better.goodlife university was built out of the nearly half-century-long relationship between goodlife innovations and the university of kansas department of applied behavioral science (ku-abs). In simplest terms, this partnership delivers a win-win to both organizations: goodlife benefits by receiving dedicated talent from ku-abs graduate students that conduct external quality assurance evaluations for goodlife's service models and programs, and ku-abs graduate students benefit by receiving direct, practicum experience with adults who have significant intellectual or developmental disabilities (I/dd). To this end, goodlife's partnership with ku-abs grants very affordable, immediate access to high-quality behavioral supports. However, the relationship goes much deeper than this thanks to our robust and intertwined history.from the moment goodlife was imagined, faculty and thought-leaders from ku-abs were included in the conversation to help answer the question, "what does a good life look like for individuals with I/dd?" institutions and facility-based…
Ilink technologies: ilink technologies exists because good care happens when that care is integrated with real life, on-demand, at the moment and place that needs occur. Since 1999, goodlife has been developing ilink technologies and is empowering aging adults and individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/dd) to live as independently as possible by combining smart home hardware and ilink's proprietary cloud software with intuitive support systems. The us has a growing number of seniors (10k turn 65 every day), people with I/dd, traumatic head injuries, physical disabilities, mental health challenges, or degenerative conditions (like ms) experience barriers to living independent, healthy, and fulfilling lives in their own homes. Many cannot access or afford the in-home support they need to overcome these barriers because their needs are intermittent and/or unpredictable. Sadly, too many are having to trade 15% need for 100% care--this is not affordable, practical, or sustainable. Also, the direct care workforce has been in crisis for decades due to: -high turnover (75% to 100% annually) -high call-offs (15% to 20% of scheduled shifts) -virtually a non-existent…
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $23,335,915.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2021 to 2022, from $8.1M to $15M (+89%).
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: 2022 0% · 2023 3% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
4% of GOODLIFE INNOVATIONS INC’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. 2 of the last 5 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
Edward Trip Frizell
Director/chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $50k → $10k.
2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 GOODLIFE INNOVATIONS 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
GOODLIFE INNOVATIONS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 92% · 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.
How long its funders stay
75% of GOODLIFE INNOVATIONS INC's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 63% 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
GOODLIFE INNOVATIONS INC draws 53% of its grant income from funders outside Kansas, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $26k 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
GOODLIFE INNOVATIONS INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,288 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,288 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like GOODLIFE INNOVATIONS 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 Kansas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% 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
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Emerald City Innovations · disregarded
- The Neighborhood Network LLC · disregarded
- Community Living Opportunities · exempt
- Community Living Opportunities II · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GOODLIFE INNOVATIONS INC?
- GOODLIFE INNOVATIONS INC (Kansas) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $426,040 to it, the largest being Ronald D Deffenbaugh Foundation CO Charles E Wetzler - Trustee ($190,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GOODLIFE INNOVATIONS INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $426,040 in grants to GOODLIFE INNOVATIONS INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GOODLIFE INNOVATIONS INC?
- Ronald D Deffenbaugh Foundation CO Charles E Wetzler - Trustee is the largest funder on record, with $190,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GOODLIFE INNOVATIONS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kansas. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 8 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