Ohio · Nonprofit
UNITED DISABILITY SERVICES INC
UNITED DISABILITY SERVICES INC (Ohio) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,429,046 to it, the largest being AKRON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($399,764). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $8.3M
- Funders on record
- 38
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $11M
What United Disability Services Inc does
Mission
We provide and support inclusive, life-enriching options through person-centered programs and advocacy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Community living services provided residential services in a variety of living settings to 11 individuals/families. The uds all-star training club program provided integrated sports opportunities for 357 children and adults.
$345,858 spentof which $44 as grants$29,103 earned by the program5% of program spendingTransportation services are provided to individuals with disabilities who attend the agency's adult services programs. In and out of county medical transportation is also provided to those who qualify. 1107 individuals received transportation services.
$2,431,471 spent$50,463 earned by the program35% of program spendingAdult services provided a variety of vocational, social, recreational, therapeutic, employment and volunteer opportunities to 464 adults with disabilities.
$3,552,979 spentof which $5,017 as grants$13,185 earned by the program51% of program spendingThe toy & resource center loans developmental toys and resource materials to anyone working with a child, birth to six years of age with special needs or a child who is developing typically. A special needs division offering specialized adaptive switches, toys, and computer software is also available. The program served more than 3,000 children.
$40,373 spent$14,790 earned by the program1% of program spendingLow vision services provided services to 244 adults and children throughout northeast ohio who have reduced vision that cannot be corrected by conventional means. Low vision services offers low vision assessments, low vision aids, orientation and mobility assessments and training, instruction by a teacher of the visually impaired and bioptic driving assessment and training.
$371,221 spent$20,100 earned by the program5% of program spendingCommunity relations educates and informs the community about agency services through tours, presentations, a community newsletter, brochures, a website and participation in community events. The program also coordinates volunteers and manages agency fundraising activities.
$275,353 spent4% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,017,255.
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 2017 to 2018, from $17M to $14M (−14%).
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 76% · 2018 85% · 2019 88% · 2020 83% · 2021 76% · 2022 67% · 2023 94% · 2024 92%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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.
Chief executive
Brian W Thomas
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 17 funders, grant income fell $337k → $146k.
6 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% 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 UNITED DISABILITY SERVICES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 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
UNITED DISABILITY SERVICES INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
50% 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 UNITED DISABILITY SERVICES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 38% · 2018 54% · 2019 30% · 2020 19% · 2021 41% · 2022 22% · 2023 24% — 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
48% of UNITED DISABILITY SERVICES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
84% of UNITED DISABILITY SERVICES INC's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $445k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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 UNITED DISABILITY SERVICES 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 Ohio
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
97%
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 UNITED DISABILITY SERVICES INC: 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 UNITED DISABILITY SERVICES INC?
- UNITED DISABILITY SERVICES INC (Ohio) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,429,046 to it, the largest being AKRON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($399,764). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED DISABILITY SERVICES INC have?
- IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $1,429,046 in grants to UNITED DISABILITY SERVICES INC, 23 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED DISABILITY SERVICES INC?
- AKRON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $399,764 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED DISABILITY SERVICES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 38 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