Massachusetts · Nonprofit
TOWARD INDEPENDENT LIVING & LEARNING INC
TOWARD INDEPENDENT LIVING & LEARNING INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $396,568 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($139,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $85M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $397k
- Net assets
- $129M
What Toward Independent Living & Learning Inc does
Mission
Till is a private, not-for-profit human service agency established to develop and provide programs and services to meet the needs of individuals with developmental disabilities, mental illness, physical handicaps, emotional problems and other disabilities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Provision of full and part-time residential care to approximately 360 individuals with developmental disabilities in eastern massachusetts.
$42,045,162 spentof which $76,971 as grants$5,652,853 earned by the program73% of program spendingProvision of rehabilitation and socialization services for approximately 268 individuals with developmental disabilities in eastern massachusetts.
$7,627,174 spentof which $408,794 as grants$4,467,217 earned by the program13% of program spendingSupport services for approximately 485 developmentally disabled individuals and their parents and caregivers in eastern mass., including transportation services.
$6,672,230 spentof which $1,306,761 as grants$3,887,104 earned by the program12% of program spendingFood services, housing development and other services
$1,324,949 spent$2,227,221 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $57,669,515.
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 2020 to 2021, from $79M to $95M (+21%).
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 74% · 2018 73% · 2019 73% · 2020 75% · 2021 75% · 2022 79% · 2023 78% · 2024 75% · 2025 78%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $10k → $46k.
7 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 78% 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 TOWARD INDEPENDENT LIVING & LEARNING INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 10 of 11 funders by total. 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
TOWARD INDEPENDENT LIVING & LEARNING INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% 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
78% 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 TOWARD INDEPENDENT LIVING & LEARNING INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 49% · 2021 62% · 2022 37% · 2023 55% — 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
25% of TOWARD INDEPENDENT LIVING & LEARNING INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 27% 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
78% of TOWARD INDEPENDENT LIVING & LEARNING INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $86k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $311k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Government funding TOWARD INDEPENDENT LIVING & LEARNING INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $23k on record.
- Membership Dues$20k
- Subscriptions$2k
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 TOWARD INDEPENDENT LIVING & LEARNING 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 6 related entities
- Till Chelsea LP · partnership
- Specialty Management Services · partnership
- Bridgeview Apartments Gp LLC · partnership
- Bridgeview Apartments LLC · partnership
- Till Housing Inc · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds TOWARD INDEPENDENT LIVING & LEARNING INC?
- TOWARD INDEPENDENT LIVING & LEARNING INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $396,568 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($139,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does TOWARD INDEPENDENT LIVING & LEARNING INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $396,568 in grants to TOWARD INDEPENDENT LIVING & LEARNING INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TOWARD INDEPENDENT LIVING & LEARNING INC?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $139,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TOWARD INDEPENDENT LIVING & LEARNING INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 11 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