INDEPENDENCE CENTER INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

Z99Z

Classification

1000

Street

2025 WASHINGTON 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

• LIVING ROOM: THE LIVING ROOM WELLNESS CENTER AT THE INDEPENDENCE CENTER PROVIDES A SAFE COMFORTABLE, INVITING ENVIRONMENT WHERE SKILLED CERTIFIED RECOVERY SUPPORT SPECIALISTS (CRSS) PROVIDE CRISIS INTERVENTION REFERRALS AND OTHER NEEDED SERVICES FOR GUESTS EXPERIENCING A CRISIS. THE LIVING ROOM IS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR GUESTS WITH INCREASED SYMPTOMS OR NEAR A CRISIS. THE PURPOSE IS TO: - OFFER A SAFE AND POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT WHERE GUESTS CAN GO TO FOR SUPPORT AND COMFORT. - ASSIST GUESTS WITH DEVELOPING THEIR COPING SKILLS FOR ENHANCED INTERPERSONAL AND SOCIAL SKILLS. - HELP GUESTS MAKE MEANINGFUL CHANGES IN THEIR LIVES. - SUPPORT GUESTS AS THEY SEEK TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN A MODERATE LIVING LIFESTYLE.

  Expenses $858,752 · Revenue $638,860

• SUPPORTED LIVING: INDEPENDENCE CENTER ESTABLISHED ITS FIRST SUPPORTED HOUSING COMPLEX IN 1999 THROUGH THE ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (IHDA). THE ELIZA T. DAVIES BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED FROM THE GROUND UP AND ACCOMMODATED 19 RESIDENTS. SINCE THEN, INDEPENDENCE CENTER HAS EXPANDED ITS HOUSING PROGRAM WITH A MIXTURE OF FUNDING FROM IHDA AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD), THE LATTER OF WHICH BEGAN FUNDING IN 2002. THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY HAS THE CAPACITY TO HOUSE UP TO 45 MEMBERS IN OUR FOUR HOUSING FACILITIES AT ANY GIVEN TIME. WE MAINTAIN/MANAGE FIVE LOCAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, PROVIDING HOUSING WITH 24-HOUR CRISIS RESPONSE AND ON-SITE CASE MANAGEMENT. WE ARE ALSO DEDICATED TO OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH LOCAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND PROVIDERS, WHICH OFFER ADDITIONAL HOUSING OPTIONS. WE COACH MEMBERS TO UNDERSTAND HOUSING RESPONSIBILITIES WHICH INCLUDES BUDGET MANAGEMENT.

  Expenses $525,724 · Revenue $636,286

• ADULT OUTPATIENT SERVICES: PROVIDES INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP COUNSELING/THERAPY INCLUDING DIALECTICAL BEHAVIORAL THERAPY, MENTAL ILLNESS/SUBSTANCE ABUSE THERAPY (MISA), RELAXATION AND COPING SKILLS, SYMPTOM AND MEDICATION MANAGEMENT, WELLNESS RECOVERY ACTION PLANNING (WRAP) AND OTHER WELLNESS/LIFESTYLE ASSISTANCE FOR EVERYDAY FUNCTIONALITY.

  Expenses $384,289 · Revenue $817,835

• COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATION: INDEPENDENCE CENTER HAS CONTINUED TO WORK WITH THE LAKE COUNTY NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE MENTALLY ILL FOR MANY YEARS TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS. STAFF MEMBERS SERVE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR NAMI AND OFTEN ARE PRESENTERS AT MONTHLY EDUCATIONAL MEETINGS. INDEPENDENCE CENTER USES ITS FUNDRAISING AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES TO EDUCATE RESIDENTS OF LAKE COUNTY ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS AND PROVIDE AN ENTRANCE TO THE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM. STAFF MEMBERS HAVE ADDRESSED SCHOOL GROUPS, CHURCHES, CHAMBERS, SERVICE CLUBS, AND LOCAL COMPANIES ABOUT SERVICES THAT FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS COULD ACCESS. NURSING STUDENTS FROM THE COLLEGE OF LAKE COUNTY, POLICE DEPARTMENTS, MEMBERS OF CHURCH GROUPS AND HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS HAVE ALL BEEN EDUCATED ABOUT THE CENTER, ITS SERVICES, MENTAL ILLNESS, AND THE NEEDS OF OUR MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY.

  Expenses $327,189

• VOCATIONAL SERVICES: THIS WORK-STUDY PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO HELP MEMBERS WITH EVERY STEP OF FINDING, OBTAINING AND MAINTAINING LONG-TERM AND MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT THROUGH ONGOING PARTNERSHIPS AND INDIVIDUALIZED VOCATIONAL CASE MANAGEMENT, AS WELL AS PROVIDING SUPPORT TO PARTNERING EMPLOYMENT COMPANIES & HR DEPARTMENTS.SERVICES INCLUDE A VOCATIONAL ASSESSMENT TO HELP ESTABLISH CAREER GOALS; INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING FOCUSED ON CAREER EDUCATION AND JOB RETENTION, WEEKLY TRAINING GROUPS TO ENSURE JOB READINESS FOR ALL LEVELS OF THE EMPLOYMENT PROCESS, DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF COMMUNITY-INTEGRATED BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS FOR EMPLOYMENT, AND ADVOCACY OR INTERVENTION AS NEEDED FOR ACCOMMODATION NEEDS.

  Expenses $100,682

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.

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

  $2,285,944

  Expenses

  $2,579,963

  Contributions

  $121,350

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,330,089

  Expenses

  $2,501,215

  Contributions

  $93,164

  Grants paid

  $68

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

  $2,714,970

  Expenses

  $2,388,754

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,192,506

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,608,075

  Expenses

  $1,924,099

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,358,414

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,385,618

  Expenses

  $1,750,213

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,469,735

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,474,685

  Expenses

  $1,628,898

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,587,781

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,524,181

  Expenses

  $1,622,744

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,800,853

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,475,607

  Expenses

  $1,434,959

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,109,855

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,650,681

  Expenses

  $1,466,567

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,119,801

• 2011 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,203,797

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,998,742

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

• FOREST AND FOUND

  $15,000

  2025 · General Operating

• FOREST AND FOUND

  $15,000

  2024 · General Operating Grant

• NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $6,750

  2024 · MENTAL HEALTH

• FORGOOD INC

  $5,836

  2022 · UNRESTRICTED

• NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK

  $0

  2023 · FEED THE HUNGRY

• NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK

  $0

  2022 · FEED THE HUNGRY

• NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK

  $0

  2024 · Feed the hungry

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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