CENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE THROUGH CONDUCTIVE EDUCATION INC: Form 990, tax year 2024

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Organization: CENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE THROUGH CONDUCTIVE EDUCATION INC (EIN 36-4259162)
Tax period: 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Filed: 2025-09-04
IRS object ID: 202512479349301261
Schema version: 2024v5.2
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule G
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2025-09-04T11:09:22-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2024-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	362893231	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Roche Scholz Roche & Walsh Ltd	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	9480 Enterprise Dr	AddressLine1Txt
City	Mokena	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60448	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2024-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	364259162	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Center for Independence through Conductive Education Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	CENT	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	7085880833	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	100 W Plainfield Rd	AddressLine1Txt
City	Countryside	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60525	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Patricia Herbst	PersonNm
Person Title	Executive Director	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	7085880833	PhoneNum
Signature	2025-07-25	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	Yes (true)	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Cathryn Kelly	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00573636	PTIN
Phone	7083263939	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2024	TaxYr
Build TS	2025-03-06 01:10:19Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Doing Business As Name DoingBusinessAsName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Center for Independence	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Patricia Herbst	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	100 W Plainfield Rd	AddressLine1Txt
City	La Grange	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60525	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$3,557,180	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	N/A	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1997	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	IL	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	To help children and young adults with disabilities achieve their highest level of indepedence in the home, school, comunity and workforce.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	10	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	10	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	32	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	140	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$1,502,742	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$1,189,290	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$2,088,628	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$2,076,378	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$133,674	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$129,996	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$55,755	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$85,973	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$3,780,799	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$3,481,637	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$1,221,908	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$1,184,630	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,697,012	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,741,496	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$76,500	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$658,398	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$371,915	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$3,577,318	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$3,298,041	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$203,481	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$183,596	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$2,321,728	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$2,445,894	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$329,929	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$270,499	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$1,991,799	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$2,175,395	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	To help children and young adults with disabilities achieve their highest level of indepedence in the home, school, comunity and workforce.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$2,710,639	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$1,184,630	GrantAmt
Revenue	$1,979,929	RevenueAmt
Desc	Motor Training - Conductive Education Program: Helps children with physical disabilities, primarily cerebral palsy, develop life skills and motor function in a manner that promotes positive self-direction, self-esteem and an I Can! attitude. The therapy program is based on the principals of conductive education and delivered by the Centers talented staff of conductive education teachers, physical and occupational therapists.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$313,302	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$0	GrantAmt
Revenue	$96,449	RevenueAmt
Desc	Vocational - Working Together Chicago Program: Significantly expands employment and internship opportunities for young adults with varying developmental disabilities. Working Together Chicago breaks down barriers to employment through job development, short-term job coaching and long-term mentoring.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$3,023,941	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	false	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	Yes (true)	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (true)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	Yes (true)	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	2	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	32	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	Yes (true)	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Nondeductible Contri Discl	Yes (true)	NondeductibleContriDisclInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form8899 Filedind	false	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiledInd
DAF Excess Business Holdings	false	DAFExcessBusinessHoldingsInd
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributionsInd
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonorInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	10	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	10	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (true)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	IL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Patricia Herbst	PersonNm
Phone	7085880833	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	100 W Plainfield Rd	AddressLine1Txt
City	Countryside	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60525	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (11 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd
Patricia Herbst
Executive Director	40.00	Yes (X)	$151,100	$0	$0
Clayton Kalweit
President/Chair	2.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)
John Thomas
Vice Chair	2.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)
Tracy Lewis
Treasurer	2.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)
Erick Valdez
Secretary	2.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)
Matthew Coleman
Director	2.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Marni Harris
Director	2.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Charles Herbst
Director	2.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Jose Maldonado
Director	2.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Roberta O'Shea PHD DPT
Director	2.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Shirley Sains
Director	2.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$151,100	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Fundraising	$312,674	FundraisingAmt
All Other Contributions	$876,616	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$19,000	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$1,189,290	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt	ExclusionExclusionAmt
Program Fees (Net)	621300	$891,748	$0	$0
Charitable Service	621300	$1,184,630	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$2,076,378	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$127,996	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$2,000	OtherAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$0	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$2,000	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,000	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$2,000	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$161,516	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$312,674	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$75,543	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$85,973	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$85,973	ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$3,481,637	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$2,206,374	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$85,973	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,184,630	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,184,630	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$151,100	TotalAmt
Program Services	$60,440	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$67,995	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$22,665	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,176,143	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,117,325	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$37,083	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$21,735	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$182,556	TotalAmt
Program Services	$161,996	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$14,453	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,107	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$135,623	TotalAmt
Program Services	$120,349	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$10,737	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,537	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$96,074	TotalAmt
Program Services	$85,254	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,606	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,214	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,173	TotalAmt
Program Services	$773	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$400	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$27,337	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$27,337	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$29,771	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,544	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$12,345	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,882	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,245	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,245	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$56,628	TotalAmt
Program Services	$26,690	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$18,578	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$11,360	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$60,187	TotalAmt
Program Services	$60,187	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,393	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,393	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$70,362	TotalAmt
Program Services	$69,296	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,066	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$34,807	TotalAmt
Program Services	$34,807	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,452	TotalAmt
Program Services	$13,452	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Program Materials	$66,300	$66,300	$0	$0
Other	$1,260	$1,260	$0	$0

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,298,041	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,023,941	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$197,600	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$76,500	FundraisingAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$491,152	BOYAmt
EOY	$680,517	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$62,353	BOYAmt
EOY	$82,953	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$1,353,795	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$917,194	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$471,408	BOYAmt
EOY	$436,601	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$634,834	BOYAmt
EOY	$737,425	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$661,981	BOYAmt
EOY	$508,398	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,321,728	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,445,894	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$48,617	BOYAmt
EOY	$39,071	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$281,312	BOYAmt
EOY	$181,880	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$49,548	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$329,929	BOYAmt
EOY	$270,499	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,691,799	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,875,395	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$300,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$300,000	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,991,799	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,175,395	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,321,728	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,445,894	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$183,596	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind
Other Support Sum	$0	OtherSupportSumAmt
Public Support CY170	0	PublicSupportCY170Pct

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$947,241	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,054,992	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,101,384	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,135,699	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,275,263	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$5,514,579	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$505,987	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$709,718	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$814,210	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$866,720	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$891,748	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$3,788,383	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Non Unrlt Bus GrossReceiptsNonUnrltBusGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft509 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,453,228	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,764,710	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,915,594	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,002,419	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,167,011	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$9,302,962	TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$129,256	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$173,693	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$137,493	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$223,947	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$421,015	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,085,404	TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$49,099	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$26,940	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$18,271	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$33,207	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$18,314	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$145,831	TotalAmt

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$178,355	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$200,633	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$155,764	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$257,154	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$439,329	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,231,235	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$8,071,727	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$59,424	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$84,748	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$133,674	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$127,996	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$405,842	TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$59,424	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$84,748	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$133,674	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$127,996	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$405,842	TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,708,804	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	0.83140	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	0.85410	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.04180	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY	0.04000	InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$0	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$0	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$325,950	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$186,063	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$139,887	BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$847,414	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$599,004	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$248,410	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$180,431	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$132,127	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$48,304	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$0	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$0	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$0	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$436,601	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt
Other Current Assets	$646
Certificates of Deposit	$459,044
Operating Lease Right-of-Use Asset	$48,708

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	$508,398	TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Operating Lease Liability	Desc
Amt	$49,548	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$49,548	TotalLiabilityAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$2,297,007	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$2,297,007	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Other Revenues Not Included	$1,184,630	OtherRevenuesNotIncludedAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$1,184,630	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$3,481,637	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$2,113,411	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$2,113,411	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Other Expenses Not Included	$1,184,630	OtherExpensesNotIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$1,184,630	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$3,298,041	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Pt XI, Line 4b	Grants and other assistance to individuals; charitable therapy care for low-income and/or underinsured families.
Pt XII, Line 4b	Grants and other assistance to individuals; charitable therapy care for low-income and/or underinsured families.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	CS Golf	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$381,337	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$269,534	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$111,803	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Cash Prizes Event1	$6,630	CashPrizesEvent1Amt
Non Cash Prizes Event1	$1,072	NonCashPrizesEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1	$19,248	RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1	$32,803	FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Entertainment Event1	$6,400	EntertainmentEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$5,374	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2	WTC Dinner	Event2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2	$68,381	GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Charitable Contri Event2	$36,140	CharitableContriEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2	$32,241	GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Cash Prizes Event2	$1,000	CashPrizesEvent2Amt
Food And Beverage Event2	$1,303	FoodAndBeverageEvent2Amt
Entertainment Event2	$445	EntertainmentEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2	$674	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Other Events Total	2	OtherEventsTotalCnt
Gross Receipts Other Events	$24,472	GrossReceiptsOtherEventsAmt
Charitable Contri Other Events	$7,000	CharitableContriOtherEventsAmt
Gross Revenue Other Events	$17,472	GrossRevenueOtherEventsAmt
Cash Prizes Other Events	$594	CashPrizesOtherEventsAmt
Gross Receipts Total	$474,190	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$312,674	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$161,516	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Cash Prizes Total Events	$8,224	CashPrizesTotalEventsAmt
Non Cash Prizes Total Events	$1,072	NonCashPrizesTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events	$19,248	RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events	$34,106	FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events	$6,845	EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$6,048	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$75,543	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$85,973	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Type	Charitable Therapy Care for Low Income and/or Underinsured families	GrantTypeTxt
Recipient	172	RecipientCnt
Cash Grant	$1,184,630	CashGrantAmt
Non Cash Assistance	$0	NonCashAssistanceAmt
Valuation Method Used	Blended FMV	ValuationMethodUsedDesc
Non Cash Assistance	PT, OT Therapy and Conductive Education	NonCashAssistanceDesc

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	false	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	false	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	false	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Patricia Herbst	PersonNm
Base Compensation Filing Org	$146,100	BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Compensation Based On Rltd Orgs	$0	CompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt
Bonus Filing Organization	$5,000	BonusFilingOrganizationAmount
Bonus Related Organizations	$0	BonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt
Other Compensation Filing Org	$0	OtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Other Compensation Rltd Orgs	$0	OtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Deferred Compensation Flng Org	$22,665	DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Deferred Comp Rltd Orgs	$0	DeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	$6,679	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Rltd Orgs	$0	NontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org	$180,444	TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Rltd Orgs	$0	TotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Filing Org	$0	CompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Rltd Orgs	$0	CompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Pt VI, Line 2	The executive director is married to a board member, Charles Herbst.
Pt VI, Line 11b	The tax return is presented to the board of directors for review and approval; the board meets 8 times per year.
Pt VI, Line 12c	Board members are required to sign and date a Board Member Code of Ethics annually which requires disclosure of any interest that could give rise to a conflict of interest. In addition to the signed Board Member Code of Ethics board members are required to annually complete a disclosure statement, along with a pledge to immediately disclose any potential conflicts and to remove themselves from all discussions and decisions on matters in which a conflict may exist.
Pt VI, Line 15a	The Center for Independence Board of Directors delegates the executive compensation review process to the executive comittee per the by laws. The executive committee functions as the personnel committee. The committee conducts an annual market analysis of salaries paid to similar positions in the field of nonprofits providing services to people with disabilities. The salary analysis includes a comparison of nonprofit revenues and assets, number of employees managed, job responsibilities and experience/education required to perform duties for the position. Executive compensation decisions are made and approved by persons on the committee who are free of any conflict of interest and are directors of the corporation who satisfy the criteria of independence. The recommendations of the committee are presented to the full board for approval.
Pt VI, Line 15b	Same as above for executive director.
Pt VI, Line 19	Financial statements are included in annual newsletter mailed to all donors. Governing documents and conflict of interest policy is available upon request.