Kansas · Nonprofit
INDEPENDENT CONNECTION INC
INDEPENDENT CONNECTION INC (Kansas) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $57,718 to it, the largest being SALINA AREA UNITED WAY INC ($25,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $816k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $58k
- Net assets
- $143k
What Independent Connection Inc does
Mission
To operate exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, literary, educational or governmental purposes by providing advocacy, peer relationships and role models, independent living skills training and information and referral for persons who are disabled. This corporation shall assist such persons in promoting and practicing an independent living philosophy, by providing peer support, self-help, self-determination, equal access, deinstitutionalization, and individual and system advocacy in order to maximize the leadership, empowerment, independence and productivity of individuals with disabilities and the integration and full inclusion of individuals with disabilities into the mainstream of american society consistent with and including the five core independent living services.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
To assist disabled persons in promoting and practicing an independent living philosophy, by providing peer support, self-help, self-direction, equal access, and individual and system advocacy in order to maximize the leadership, empowerment, independence and productivity of individuals with disabilities, and the integration and full inclusion of individuals with disabilities into the mainstream of american society consistent with and including the five core independent living services.
$490,026 spent65% of program spendingA grant through the kansas department for aging and disability services (kdads), allowed independent connection to purchase supply kits, equipment, and services to support people with disabilities and people in need. Independent connection distributed limited, one-time supplies at local events and through partners.
$194,193 spent26% of program spendingAs part of the kansas youth transition network, independent connection is working alongside youth, young adults, families, and partners to build partnerships and resources for youth with disabilities as they explore options and plans for key transition moments. The goal is to help individuals with disabilities seamlessly transition to life after high school, preparing them for independent living, further education or technical training, employment, and community integration.
$41,199 spent5% of program spendingPart c funding allows independent connection to increase outreach and educational activities in more rural counties and communities of our service delivery area.as a salina area united way funded partner, independent connection is continuing health and wellness activities.a health and wellness grant allowed independent connection to carryout activities that support the health and wellbeing of people with disabilities.
$30,200 spent$26,353 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $755,618.
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 $190k to $620k (+226%).
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 100% · 2018 98% · 2019 93% · 2020 96% · 2021 91% · 2022 89% · 2023 91% · 2024 94% · 2025 95%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of INDEPENDENT CONNECTION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Angie Saenger
Executive director
Board chair
Gary Martens
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $2k → $16.
1 of 4 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 INDEPENDENT CONNECTION 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
INDEPENDENT CONNECTION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
61% 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 INDEPENDENT CONNECTION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 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
100% of INDEPENDENT CONNECTION INC's grant income comes from Kansas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $68 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
INDEPENDENT CONNECTION INC has grown faster than half of the 13,917 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,917 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding INDEPENDENT CONNECTION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $47k on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$47k
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 INDEPENDENT CONNECTION 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
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INDEPENDENT CONNECTION 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 INDEPENDENT CONNECTION INC?
- INDEPENDENT CONNECTION INC (Kansas) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $57,718 to it, the largest being SALINA AREA UNITED WAY INC ($25,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INDEPENDENT CONNECTION INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $57,718 in grants to INDEPENDENT CONNECTION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INDEPENDENT CONNECTION INC?
- SALINA AREA UNITED WAY INC is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INDEPENDENT CONNECTION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing