Americans for Independent Living

Analysis

Americans for Independent Living is a registered charity in United States, based in Waterloo, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover housing and shelter, which this site groups under housing and shelter. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Americans for Independent Living reported income of $779k and spending of $468k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $307k to $779k (+154%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 398%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Americans for Independent Living sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bathgate-Belmont Apartment Housing Development Fund Corp Inc ($779k), Lower Township RHF Housing Inc ($780k) and Ridgefield Park Senior Citizen Housing Assoc ($779k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% and program service revenue 1.8% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $91k. At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $347k, net assets of $1.5m. It reported 4 employees.