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CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING

EIN 23-7175191 BERKELEY, CA

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Revenue 2023
$3,380,141
Expenses 2023
$3,662,458

Program services were 82.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1200
Street
3075 ADELINE ST

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 · 2023

Mission

CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING (CIL) PROVIDES SERVICES, SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY TO ENHANCE THE RIGHTS AND ABILITIES OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND TO LIVE SELF-DETERMINED LIVES.

  • CORE CONSUMER SERVICES: HOUSING ACCESS, REFERRAL & ASSISTING TECHNOLOGY-MORE THAN 1,000 INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED CIL'S CORE SERVICES IN FISCAL 2018, RECEIVING ONE-ON-ONE, PEER BASED, TAILORED TRAINING IN NECESSARY SKILLS SUCH AS MONEY AND TIME MANAGEMENT, HEALTH AND MEDICATION MAINTENANCE, SOCIAL AND SAFETY SKILLS. MORE THAN 325 INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED HELP FINDING, QUALIFYING OR RETAINING THEIR HOUSING. SPECIALISTS MATCHED INDIVIDUALS WITH THE RIGHT ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY TO ALLOW THEM TO WORK OR LIVE AT HOME, AND MORE THAN 40 CONSUMERS RECEIVED SPECIALIZED HOME MODIFICATIONS (RAMPS, GRAB BARS, LIFTS) THAT ENABLE THEM TO CONTINUE TO LIVE SAFELY. A PROGRAM TO TRANSITION INDIVIDUALS FROM INSTITUTIONS INTO THE COMMUNITY WAS CONTINUED.

    Expenses $2,288,932

  • MOBILITY MATTERS!-TRAVEL TRAINING & TRANSIT ACCESS-CIL TRAVEL TRAINING PROGRAMS HAVE BECOME THE BAY AREA MODEL FOR TEACHING PEOPLE WITH ALL TYPES OF DISABILITIES HOW TO GET WHERE THEY NEED TO, QUICKLY AND AFFORDABLY. PARTNERSHIPS WITH ACTC, MTC AND OTHER BAY AREA CITIES HAVE EXPANDED EXPONENTIALLY SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE PROGRAM. 40+ PEOPLE WERE TRAINED ONE-ON-ONE TO GET WHERE THEY WANT TO THIS YEAR AND THE PROGRAM CONTINUES TO REACH MORE PEOPLE. A PARTNERSHIP WITH BART RESULTED IN MAKING THEIR WEB SITE MORE ACCESSIBLE, GETTING TRAIN AND TRANSIT INFORMATION TO ALL THEIR RIDERS WITH DISABILITIES (VISION, HEARING & PHYSICAL). CIL JOINED OTHER DISABILITY ADVOCATES TO ENSURE THAT THE PLANNED NEW BART CARS BE BUILT WITH ACCESS FOR RIDERS WITH VISUAL, HEARING AND PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS ALONGSIDE OTHER RIDERS.

    Expenses $399,512

  • INDEPENDENT LIVING & QUALITY OF LIFE - INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS TRAINING IN HEALTH AND SAFETY, COMMUNITY RESOURCES, MEAL PLANNING AND NUTRITION, SELF-ADVOCACY, SEXUAL AWARENESS, PERSONAL ASSISTANT MANAGEMENT, HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT, RECREATION AND LEISURE, AND MONEY MANAGEMENT. MORE THAN 100 SENIORS PER YEAR PARTICIPATE IN THE SUCCESSFUL "LIVING WELL WITH A DISABILITY" CURRICULM, LEARNING HOW TO MANAGE AND THRIVE WITH AGE-RELATED DISABILITIES, OVERCOMING ISOLATION AND DEPRESSION AS WELL AS NEW PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENTS, CIL ENTERED INTO A COUNTY-WIDE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ARE AGENCY ON AGING (AAA) AND THE HAYWARD ILC TO EXPAND RESOURCES FOR SENIORS.

    Expenses $328,962

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Sara Kershnar

    DEVELOPMENT DIR.

    Total calculated
    $128,938
    From this org
    $112,690
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,248
    Hours/week
    40
  • Karen Rose

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alicia Contreras

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joan Leon

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Devva Kasnitz

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sunaura Taylor

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Judith Rogers

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dominika Bednarska

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lateef McLeod

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joshua Halstead

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kanwar Singh

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ted Dienstfrey

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jacqueline Garrett

    MEMBER

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,380,141
    Expenses
    $3,662,458
    Contributions
    $3,165,320
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,089,988
    Expenses
    $2,986,495
    Contributions
    $2,562,505
    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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,529,415
    Expenses
    $2,818,473
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,204,603
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,013,593
    Expenses
    $2,523,904
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,252,095
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,064,770
    Expenses
    $2,532,248
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,610,143
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,511,317
    Expenses
    $2,489,348
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,287,267
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,704,840
    Expenses
    $2,623,298
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,133,123
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,002,697
    Expenses
    $2,516,142
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,600,740
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,331,575
    Expenses
    $4,706,375
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,128,322
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,671,839
    Expenses
    $2,685,180
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,573,058

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.

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 11 November 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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.