Missouri · Nonprofit
MIDLAND EMPIRE RESOURCES FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC (MERIL)
MIDLAND EMPIRE RESOURCES FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC (MERIL) (Missouri) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $35,086 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST JOSEPH ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.9M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $35k
- Net assets
- $0
What Midland Empire Resources for Independent Living Inc (Meril) does
Mission
The organization's mission is the elimination of physical, attitudinal and systemic barriers affecting people with disabiliities so that all individuals, with or without a disability, are free to live as independently as they choose.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2023 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Effective april 12, 2024, the organization entered into a business combination agreement with life unlimited, inc., a nonprofit located in north kansas city, missouri that offers similar services as the organization. Life unlimited, inc. Assumed control of all of the business activities of the organization, effective april 12, 2024. Per the agreement, all property rights, privileges, leases, and patents of the organization are to become the property of life unlimited, inc.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Consumer directed services that allow for the provision of personal care attendant services to individuals who may otherwise have to live in a nursing home or other institutional setting. Independent living services that assists persons with disabilities to gain independence through advocacy, training, information and referrals. Individuals also received assistance in order to acquire materials or improve conditions that will allow them to be less dependent upon others.
$6,033,985 spentof which $3,918,152 as grants$2,748,245 earned by the program91% of program spendingThe in-home program allows meril's licensed nurses to help with medication setups, diabetic nail care, skin monitoring, and vital sign checks. Meril's trained personal care attendants (pcas) assist participants with personal care tasks, such as cooking, cleaning, shopping, and bathing.
$386,799 spentof which $1,922 as grants$462,594 earned by the program6% of program spendingIndependent living program is designed to help individuals with disabilities live independently as possible and participate as they choose in the community. Clients do this by accessing one or more of the five core services: advocacy, independent living skills training, information and referral, peer support, and transition services.
$194,489 spentof which $2,929 as grants$2,122 earned by the program3% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$16,951 spent$18,925 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,632,224.
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 2023 to 2024, from $2.4M to $0 (−100%).
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 3% · 2018 3% · 2019 12% · 2021 14% · 2022 7% · 2023 7% · 2024 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
Emily Bravo
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $25k → $22.
1 of 3 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 MIDLAND EMPIRE RESOURCES FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC (MERIL)’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
MIDLAND EMPIRE RESOURCES FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC (MERIL) leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder 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 MIDLAND EMPIRE RESOURCES FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC (MERIL).
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 MIDLAND EMPIRE RESOURCES FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC (MERIL)'s grant income comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $86 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.
Organizations like MIDLAND EMPIRE RESOURCES FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC (MERIL)
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 Missouri
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
94%
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 MIDLAND EMPIRE RESOURCES FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC (MERIL): 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 MIDLAND EMPIRE RESOURCES FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC (MERIL)?
- MIDLAND EMPIRE RESOURCES FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC (MERIL) (Missouri) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $35,086 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST JOSEPH ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MIDLAND EMPIRE RESOURCES FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC (MERIL) have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $35,086 in grants to MIDLAND EMPIRE RESOURCES FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC (MERIL), 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MIDLAND EMPIRE RESOURCES FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC (MERIL)?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST JOSEPH 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 MIDLAND EMPIRE RESOURCES FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC (MERIL) find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 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