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INDEPENDENT LIFESTYLES INC A CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING
INDEPENDENT LIFESTYLES INC A CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING (Minnesota) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $647,464 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA ($419,426). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.7M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $647k
- Net assets
- $8.9M
What Independent Lifestyles Inc a Center for Independent Living does
Mission
A team promoting independence and choices for people with disabilities, their families and communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The organization assists adults with disabilities in learning new & healthy independent living skills. Areas of skills training include: self-esteem, communication, relationships, housing, transportation, cooking/nutrition, financial management, and benefits management. The skills training is provided at the individual level and also in a group setting. The organization also offers representative payee services to persons when the social security administration has determined they are unable to manage their finances. The organization assists persons to meet primary needs and learn financial management skills so they can live as independently as possible. The organization offers the same skills training for youth ages 14-22 as it does for adults in the independent living skills training program.
$2,250,620 spent$2,606,165 earned by the program34% of program spendingPca (personal care attendant) choice - this program is designed to give the consumer the greatest control over their pca care. The organization acts as a fiscal intermediary for the consumer and their pca's but has no control over the care of the consumer. As the fiscal intermediary, the organization is responsible for billing dhs for services, pca payroll, paying and withholding taxes, insurances, doing background checks, maintaining agreements and statement of need.
$2,579,772 spent$1,465,235 earned by the program39% of program spendingThe organization has persons with disabilities act as peer mentors to offer support, socialization and community integration to clients who are struggling with disability issues. A peer network is also offered by the organization as part of the peer support program. Persons who are interested in meeting other people with disabilities can input their information into the peer network database and locate others who are looking for new friendships. A computer is available for use at the organization's office. Independent lifestyles, inc., a center for independent living also offers social activity groups which meet at least four times a month.
$29,412 spent$103,830 earned by the program0% of program spendingThe organization provides individuals and communities with information on disability related topics and referrals to other community resources. The organization is also active in working with the community, county, as well as state and federal entities to advocate for rights and services of people with disabilities. Serviced 2,491 clients in total.
$1,752,158 spent$1,937,069 earned by the program26% of program spendingThe organization can assist consumers in making their homes and vehicles more accessible. Staff will provide home assessments, design ramps and assist consumers in finding funding for these projects. Staff also provides surveys to community entities to assist them in complying with the americans with disabilities act.
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,611,962.
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 $7.5M to $9.3M (+24%).
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 14% · 2018 12% · 2019 17% · 2020 14% · 2021 27% · 2022 15% · 2023 22% · 2024 25% · 2025 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
15% of INDEPENDENT LIFESTYLES INC A CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (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
Cara Ruff
Executive director
Board chair
Paul Radeke
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $62k → $102k.
3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 LIFESTYLES INC A CENTER 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
INDEPENDENT LIFESTYLES INC A CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 LIFESTYLES INC A CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 85% · 2018 72% · 2019 84% · 2020 72% · 2021 51% · 2022 90% · 2023 44% — 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
60% of INDEPENDENT LIFESTYLES INC A CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
88% of INDEPENDENT LIFESTYLES INC A CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $106k 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
INDEPENDENT LIFESTYLES INC A CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING runs a healthier operating margin than half 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
Organizations like INDEPENDENT LIFESTYLES INC A CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING
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In Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds INDEPENDENT LIFESTYLES INC A CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING?
- INDEPENDENT LIFESTYLES INC A CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING (Minnesota) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $647,464 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA ($419,426). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INDEPENDENT LIFESTYLES INC A CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $647,464 in grants to INDEPENDENT LIFESTYLES INC A CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INDEPENDENT LIFESTYLES INC A CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING?
- UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA is the largest funder on record, with $419,426 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INDEPENDENT LIFESTYLES INC A CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 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