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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by INDEPENDENCE FIRST INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$22,645,788
Total expenses
$22,723,470
Contributions and grants received
$2,144,398
Grants paid
$0
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$18,129,029
Management and general expenses
$4,193,299
Fundraising expenses
$401,142
Program service expenses (Part III)
$18,129,029

Program services were 79.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • BILLIE TORRENT

    DIRECTOR (FROM JUNE 2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • JACCI BORCHARDT

    DIRECTOR (FROM JUNE 2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MELANIE PARE

    DIRECTOR (FROM JUNE 2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RYAN RAMOS

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 1 related

  • BRAD HOLZ

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • KAWANZA NEWSON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KENT WALTERS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 1 related

  • JOHN DZIEWA

    DIRECTOR (THRU JUNE 2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • MARK CIESKO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERIC DEGROOT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WILLIAM CROWLEY

    DIRECTOR (THRU JUNE 2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTINE BROOKS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAUL WIERZBA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • EMILY SIIRA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANNE SCHWARTZ

    DIRECTOR (THRU JUNE 2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BEVERLY WALKER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAKEIM JACKSON-BELL

    DIRECTOR (THRU JUNE 2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARCIA BOUCHER

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $285,404
    From this org
    $258,710
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,694
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $258,710
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,015
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,679
    Filer's total
    $285,404

  • WENDY HUOT

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $220,919
    From this org
    $209,177
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,742
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $209,177
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,293
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,449
    Filer's total
    $220,919

  • KATHY ACEVEDO

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $219,303
    From this org
    $187,850
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,453
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $187,850
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,730
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,723
    Filer's total
    $219,303

  • GERALD HAY

    DIRECTOR OF INDEPENDENT LIVING

    Total calculated
    $127,446
    From this org
    $108,338
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,108
    Hours/week
    40

  • TRACY THOMAS

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $182,638
    From this org
    $153,987
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,651
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,987
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,182
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,469
    Filer's total
    $182,638

  • JACOB NOWAK

    IT DIRECTOR/FACILITIES DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $173,615
    From this org
    $124,294
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,321
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $124,294
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,788
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,533
    Filer's total
    $173,615

  • SCOTT CURWICK

    HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $130,374
    From this org
    $112,556
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,818
    Hours/week
    40 + 3 related

  • SAMANTHA HUDSON

    PERSONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $156,735
    From this org
    $130,212
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,523
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $130,212
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,557
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,966
    Filer's total
    $156,735

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 5
25% OF THE PRESIDENT/CEO'S GRADING CRITERIA FOR MERIT INCREASES IS TIED TO COMPANY PERFORMANCE.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202622299349302187

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