New York · Nonprofit
The Independence Foundation
The Independence Foundation (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being ROOPA & SUBHASH MAKHIJA FOUNDATION ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $104k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $222k
What The Independence Foundation does
Mission
To assist the physically disabled to lead independent lives.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
To provide safe, secure environment for individual with disabilities.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of The Independence Foundation’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.
Where its funders are
The Independence Foundation draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
The Independence Foundation runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 12,286 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,286 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2017
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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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
68%
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 The Independence Foundation: 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 The Independence Foundation?
- The Independence Foundation (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being ROOPA & SUBHASH MAKHIJA FOUNDATION ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Independence Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,000 in grants to The Independence Foundation.
- Who is the largest funder of The Independence Foundation?
- ROOPA & SUBHASH MAKHIJA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Independence Foundation find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 1 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