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INDEPENDENCE INC

EIN 48-0875993 LAWRENCE, KS

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Revenue 2024
$9,274,316
Expenses 2024
$8,287,196

Program services were 92.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P80Z
Classification
1000
Street
2001 HASKELL AVE

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).

Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

MAXIMIZING THE INDEPENDENCE OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES THROUGH ADVOCACY, PEER SUPPORT, TRAINING, TRANSPORTATION, AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION

Activities or mission (Part I)

ADVOCACY AND PROGRAMS TO MAXIMIZE THE INDEPENDENCE OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

  • FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES - BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR ELIGIBLE PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES DESIRING TO DIRECT THEIR OWN PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANT SERVICES UNDER THE KANSAS MEDICATED HCBS WAIVER PROGRAM. BUSINESS MANAGEMENT INCLUDES PREPARATION OF SEMI-MONTHLY PAYCHECKS, FILING OF RELATED PAYROLL RETURNS AND W-2'S, AND FILING TAXES INCLUDING UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND WORKERS COMPENSATION COVERAGE.

    Expenses $5,754,004 · Revenue $5,807,114

  • INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES - INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES TO ACCESS COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND TO PROVIDE BOTH INDIVIDUAL AND SYSTEMS ADVOCACY SERVICES AND EDUCATION RELATED TO CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS AFFECTING PERSONS WITH DISABILITES. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PROVIDES TRAINING ON INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS SUCH AS COOKING AND BUDGETING, AS WELL AS PROVIDING PEER SUPPORT, WHICH INCLUDES MATCHING AND TRAINING PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES TO COUNSEL OTHERS WITH DISABILITIES AND FACILITATING SUPPORT GROUPS. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO STRIVES TO DEINSTITUTIONALIZE THEIR PATRONS BY ASSISTING THE INDIVIDUALS TO MOVE OUT OF NURSING HOMES AND LIVE INDEPENDENTLY WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $920,641 · Revenue $711,488

  • CASE MANAGEMENT, ADVOCACY, AND EDUCATION SERVICES - COUNSELORS PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT TO NAVIGATE THE EMPLOYMENT PROCESS AND HELP ENSURE SUCCESS IN EMPLOYMENT THROUGH NAVIGATING STATE PROGRAM GUIDLINES, PROCEDURES, AND OPTIONS; ASSIST WITH BUDGETING AND OTHER INDEPENDENT LIVING NEEDS; AND IDENTIFY AND ACCESS SUPPORTS AND TRAINING AS NEEDED TO MAINTAIN INDEPENDENCE IN THE COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $767,200 · Revenue $592,001

  • TRANSPORTATION SERVICES - PROVIDE TRANSPORATION SERVICES FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC THROUGH 6 LIFT-EQUIPPED VEHICLES, PROVIDING AS MANY AS 900 RIDES PER MONTH.

    Expenses $230,160 · Revenue $27,349

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.

  • Kevin Elliott

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Craig Weinaug

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Angela Motsinger

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Matthew Gabel

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Athena Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alex Kerr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ruth Lichtwardt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lara Mann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kyle Owens

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dustin Stumblingbear

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jill Enyart

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $181,390
    From this org
    $167,230
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,160
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $132,000
    Bonus
    $35,230
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,640
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,520
    Filer's total
    $181,390

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
    $9,274,316
    Expenses
    $8,287,196
    Contributions
    $1,786,780
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $7,064,126
    Expenses
    $6,377,827
    Contributions
    $1,180,090
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $5,620,106
    Expenses
    $5,288,749
    Contributions
    $997,978
    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
    $5,065,041
    Expenses
    $4,903,928
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,891,853
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,854,736
    Expenses
    $4,286,610
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,519,159
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,032,337
    Expenses
    $3,736,112
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,050,193
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,813,545
    Expenses
    $2,856,942
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,551,913
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,525,696
    Expenses
    $2,710,347
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,565,300
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,556,215
    Expenses
    $2,602,456
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,680,330
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,670,727
    Expenses
    $2,650,555
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,717,460
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,561,371
    Expenses
    $2,700,016
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,697,589
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,318,439
    Expenses
    $2,723,442
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,879,698
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,689,338
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,291,076

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

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.