Iowa · Nonprofit
ON WITH LIFE INC
ON WITH LIFE INC (Iowa) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,462,712 to it, the largest being THE MEINDERS FOUNDATION ($1,050,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $24M
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $2.5M
- Net assets
- $21M
What On With Life Inc does
Mission
Joining hands, hearts, and minds to help persons living with brain injury get on with life. To be the provider of choice in brain injury rehabilitation.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Ankeny inpatient: on with life's post-acute inpatient rehabilitation program is a 28-bed, carf accredited program that provides intense therapy to those that have sustained a traumatic brain injury, stroke, tumor, loss of oxygen or other neurological condition. On with life is a unique one- of-a-kind facility. Our extensive rehabilitation experience and our expertise in the treatment of individuals with brain injury offer individuals the optimal opportunity to achieve their goals.
$10,665,338 spent$14,298,316 earned by the program69% of program spendingCombined outpatient therapy: on with life's outpatient neuro rehabilitation program consists of two clinics (ankeny and coralville) and a comprehensive team of specialists who are dedicated to providing the highest level of care and service through a transdisciplinary, collaborative team approach. Our areas of expertise include brain injury, stroke, concussion, parkinson's disease and complex neurological conditions. Our program is staffed with a team of therapists trained in neuro-based physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, neuropsychology and clinical counseling.
$3,204,791 spent$3,664,854 earned by the program21% of program spendingRnr house: on with life's residential neuro rehabilitation program is a five-bedroom residential home focused on working with individuals who have sustained a brain injury as they learn strategies to support their return home and to their communities. The rehabilitation team focuses on promoting the overall health of the person served, community integration, independent living skill-building and managing neurobehavioral challenges.
$689,956 spent$1,159,666 earned by the program4% of program spendingThe supported community living program and adult day services allows individuals who have experienced a brain injury or other neurological condition to maintain and improve their independence while still residing at home. Our goal is to assist individuals in developing skills required for independence and meaningful community relationships. Other professional medical services.
$916,075 spent$2,291,955 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $15,476,160.
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 2022 to 2023, from $23M to $41M (+80%).
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: 2021 11% · 2022 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Jeanette Shelton
CEO
Board chair
Jeb Lee
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $171k → $418k.
2 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $11M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest On With Life Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money ON WITH LIFE INC raised.
From the IRS filings of ON WITH LIFE 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
ON WITH LIFE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 75%; 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: 2017 58% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 71% · 2021 67% · 2022 64% · 2023 60% — 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.
How long its funders stay
38% of ON WITH LIFE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 35% 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
52% of ON WITH LIFE INC's grant income comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $196k 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.
Organizations like ON WITH LIFE 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 Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- On With Life Extended Services Ltd · exempt
- On With Life Foundation · exempt
- On With Life Supportive Housing Cor · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ON WITH LIFE INC?
- ON WITH LIFE INC (Iowa) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,462,712 to it, the largest being THE MEINDERS FOUNDATION ($1,050,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ON WITH LIFE INC have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $2,462,712 in grants to ON WITH LIFE INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ON WITH LIFE INC?
- THE MEINDERS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,050,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ON WITH LIFE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. 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 20 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