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INDEPENDENT LIFESTYLES INC - A CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING

EIN 41-1871141 SAUK RAPIDS, MN

Revenue 2024
$7,704,965
Expenses 2024
$7,075,625

Program services were 93.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P82
Classification
1000
Street
215 N BENTON DR

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

A TEAM PROMOTING INDEPENDENCE AND CHOICES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, THEIR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.

  • THE ORGANIZATION ASSISTS ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES IN LEARNING NEW & HEALTHY INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS. AREAS OF SKILLS TRAINING INCLUDE: SELF-ESTEEM, COMMUNICATION, RELATIONSHIPS, HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, COOKING/NUTRITION, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, AND BENEFITS MANAGEMENT. THE SKILLS TRAINING IS PROVIDED AT THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL AND ALSO IN A GROUP SETTING. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO OFFERS REPRESENTATIVE PAYEE SERVICES TO PERSONS WHEN THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION HAS DETERMINED THEY ARE UNABLE TO MANAGE THEIR FINANCES. THE ORGANIZATION ASSISTS PERSONS TO MEET PRIMARY NEEDS AND LEARN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SKILLS SO THEY CAN LIVE AS INDEPENDENTLY AS POSSIBLE. THE ORGANIZATION OFFERS THE SAME SKILLS TRAINING FOR YOUTH AGES 14-22 AS IT DOES FOR ADULTS IN THE INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM.

    Expenses $2,250,620 · Revenue $2,606,165

  • PCA (PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANT) CHOICE - THIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO GIVE THE CONSUMER THE GREATEST CONTROL OVER THEIR PCA CARE. THE ORGANIZATION ACTS AS A FISCAL INTERMEDIARY FOR THE CONSUMER AND THEIR PCA'S BUT HAS NO CONTROL OVER THE CARE OF THE CONSUMER. AS THE FISCAL INTERMEDIARY, THE ORGANIZATION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR BILLING DHS FOR SERVICES, PCA PAYROLL, PAYING AND WITHHOLDING TAXES, INSURANCES, DOING BACKGROUND CHECKS, MAINTAINING AGREEMENTS AND STATEMENT OF NEED.

    Expenses $2,579,772 · Revenue $1,465,235

  • THE ORGANIZATION HAS PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ACT AS PEER MENTORS TO OFFER SUPPORT, SOCIALIZATION AND COMMUNITY INTEGRATION TO CLIENTS WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH DISABILITY ISSUES. A PEER NETWORK IS ALSO OFFERED BY THE ORGANIZATION AS PART OF THE PEER SUPPORT PROGRAM. PERSONS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN MEETING OTHER PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES CAN INPUT THEIR INFORMATION INTO THE PEER NETWORK DATABASE AND LOCATE OTHERS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR NEW FRIENDSHIPS. A COMPUTER IS AVAILABLE FOR USE AT THE ORGANIZATION'S OFFICE. INDEPENDENT LIFESTYLES, INC., A CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING ALSO OFFERS SOCIAL ACTIVITY GROUPS WHICH MEET AT LEAST FOUR TIMES A MONTH.

    Expenses $29,412 · Revenue $103,830

  • THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES WITH INFORMATION ON DISABILITY RELATED TOPICS AND REFERRALS TO OTHER COMMUNITY RESOURCES. THE ORGANIZATION IS ALSO ACTIVE IN WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY, COUNTY, AS WELL AS STATE AND FEDERAL ENTITIES TO ADVOCATE FOR RIGHTS AND SERVICES OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. SERVICED 2,491 CLIENTS IN TOTAL.

    Expenses $1,752,158 · Revenue $1,937,069

  • THE ORGANIZATION CAN ASSIST CONSUMERS IN MAKING THEIR HOMES AND VEHICLES MORE ACCESSIBLE. STAFF WILL PROVIDE HOME ASSESSMENTS, DESIGN RAMPS AND ASSIST CONSUMERS IN FINDING FUNDING FOR THESE PROJECTS. STAFF ALSO PROVIDES SURVEYS TO COMMUNITY ENTITIES TO ASSIST THEM IN COMPLYING WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • KEN SCHULTE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEANNE SLINGLUFF

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CARA RUFF

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $227,396
    From this org
    $201,181
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,215
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,381
    Bonus
    $15,800
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,463
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,752
    Filer's total
    $227,396

  • CATHERINE ANDERSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHAD HANSEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEITH GORDON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAUL RADEKE

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHAD CARLSON

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $7,704,965
    Expenses
    $7,075,625
    Contributions
    $1,126,626
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $7,212,628
    Expenses
    $6,099,270
    Contributions
    $1,977,943
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,032,218
    Expenses
    $5,607,114
    Contributions
    $1,429,476
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,794,413
    Expenses
    $4,660,693
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,697,942

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,339,176
    Expenses
    $4,447,538
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,829,331

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,357,353
    Expenses
    $4,233,878
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,424,973

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,429,215
    Expenses
    $4,158,794
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,681,740

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,528,657
    Expenses
    $4,605,287
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,431,636

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,769,232
    Expenses
    $3,981,139
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,618,663

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,845,759
    Expenses
    $3,333,254
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,232,608

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.