Wisconsin · Nonprofit
OPTIONS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVINGINC
OPTIONS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVINGINC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $980,509 to it, the largest being JOHN AND ENGRID MENG INC ($336,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $981k
- Net assets
- $4.4M
What Options for Independent Livinginc does
Mission
To assist people with disabilities in northeastern wisconsin and the fox valley to live independently.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Independent living core services consist of the following: wisconsin department of health services - division of long term care - independent living grant - this grant requires that the organization provides the five core services of independent living centers as defined by state and federal regulations. Those services include individual and systems advocacy, peer support, independent living skills training, transition services, and information and referral. It also requires that the organization provide services to the community, e.g., community advocacy, community education; outreach to inform people with disabilities and the community about services, and that there are appropriate services and programs available to people with disabilities. Independent living council of wisconsin - ilcw - part b - the activities of the ilcw - part b grant are twofold; to support the activities of the state plan for independent living (spil) and to provide outreach activities to un-served and underserved counties and population groups to facilitate grass-roots activities. Centers for independent living - health and human services - this grant requires that the organization provide the four core…
Assistive technology programs consist of the following wistech grant - this grant requires the organization to provide three specific services. 1) device loans are short-term loans of assistive technology to individuals or organizations for a variety of purposes such as allowing consumers and agencies to "try before they buy", meeting interim needs when devices go in for repair, for personal development activities, etc. 2) device demonstration companies that presents features and benefits of a particular assistive technology (at) device or category of devices to an individual or small group of individuals. The purpose of a device demonstration is to enable an individual to make an informed choice rather than merely making the customer aware of a variety of at. 3) information and referral activities are those in which the at program's assistance was limited to briefly answering requests for information and / or putting individuals in contact with other agencies, organizations or companies that can provide them with needed information on at products, devices, services, funding sources, or other related disability topics. Universal service fund (usf) - the fund was established under…
Fee for services - this program provides residential assessments, computer and worksite assessments and americans with disabilities act consultation / assessment services. Services are paid for by third party contractors and / or organizations assisting the individual and businesses.
Here are descriptions of the other programs provided by the organization: wisconsin department of administration - division of housing - home program the organization receives grant funding to provide homeowner accessibility modifications for low-income individuals and families. The organization's staff provides assessment and eligibility assessments, coordinate modifications needed and supervise construction, and submit payments to contractors as specified in the contract. Funds are distributed as deferred mortgages at zero (0%) interest rate. The homeowner must repay the "loan" when they sell the home. The loans are shown on the statement of financial position as long-term notes receivable. If the notes are collected and not reinvested in homes for the same purpose, the funds are repaid to the wisconsin department of administration - division of housing and are reflected as an expense in the statement of activities at that time. As part of the grant agreement the organization is allowed to request administrative funds as the grant progresses. Expenses associated with administrative revenues are reflected in the statement of activities. Benefits counseling - an individual with a…
$1,943,930 spent100% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,943,930.
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 2021 to 2022, from $4.8M to $4.2M (−11%).
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 30% · 2018 36% · 2019 33% · 2020 34% · 2021 33% · 2022 33% · 2023 33% · 2024 30% · 2025 26%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
32% of OPTIONS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVINGINC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $53k → $154k.
6 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 OPTIONS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVINGINC’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
OPTIONS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVINGINC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
45% 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 OPTIONS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVINGINC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 85% · 2018 57% · 2019 44% · 2020 44% · 2021 35% · 2022 41% · 2023 33% — 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
50% of OPTIONS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVINGINC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
90% of OPTIONS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVINGINC's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $360k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
OPTIONS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVINGINC's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 9 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding OPTIONS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVINGINC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $468k on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$468k
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 OPTIONS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVINGINC
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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for OPTIONS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVINGINC: 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 OPTIONS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVINGINC?
- OPTIONS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVINGINC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $980,509 to it, the largest being JOHN AND ENGRID MENG INC ($336,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OPTIONS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVINGINC have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $980,509 in grants to OPTIONS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVINGINC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OPTIONS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVINGINC?
- JOHN AND ENGRID MENG INC is the largest funder on record, with $336,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OPTIONS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVINGINC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 19 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