Caring and Sharing Center for Independent Living Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 593102837
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Largo, FL, USA
- Phone
- 7275397550
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Developmentally Disabled Centers
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,592,557
- Expenses
- $1,379,953
- Assets
- $1,095,986
- Liabilities
- $82,086
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JACK HUMBURG (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- NICOLE REED (EXECUTIVE DI): $101,739 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
"empowering people with disabilities" is disability achievement center's mission. It is a mission that includes advocacy, information, mentoring, training, transition and beyond to truly empower. Respect, choice and change are at the center of empowerment. Every individual is encouraged to embrace empowerment and understand that it may mean a new way of looking at things and making them happen. Fiscal, operational, advocacy and human resource policies reflect support for empowerment as agents of choice and change. All policies of the organization must advance the mission, eliminate barriers and foster inclusion. Since 1992, disability achievement center has been working to help people with disabilities in pinellas and pasco counties to remove barriers to independence and ensure equality. We have a reputation for excellence combined with consumer-focused compassionate services that help those we serve to gain or maintain independence at home, at work, and in all aspects of community lif
What it reported doing in 2024
Commonly known as a center for independent living, we provide the following five core independent living services: information and referral, independent living skills training, transition, peer mentoring, and individual and systemic advocacy. For fiscal year ended june 30, 2025, disability achievement center served a total of 1,427 consumers. Out of this number, an independent living plan was developed for 1,275 consumers. Disability achievement center provided 1,578 individual services to consumers and 1,625 information and referral services. In addition, the center spent over 1,419 hours providing community activities and services. Disability achievement center also provides services such as:"community education, training, and awareness for both organizations and the general public. Disability achievement center has worked closely with schools, law enforcement organizations, media, county transportation systems, county emergency operations units and organizations to prepare them to deal with accessibility and sensitivity to disability issues. "youth transition services (ages 14 to 24) for youth with disabilities. "deaf and hard of hearing services such as community education, training, and awareness for deaf and hard of hearing challenges. Disability achievement center also provides deaf alerting equipment to qualified persons through our cema program, such as flashing door bells and smoke detectors, vibrating alarm clocks and baby crier audible transmitters. "ongoing community outreach to obtain durable medical equipment through the center's medical equipment recycling program (merp). These donations include power wheelchairs, scooters, manual wheelchairs, shower chairs, benches, rollators, walkers, crutches, ramps and incontinent supplies. Merp equipment is given to consumers whose insurance does not provide these items and who otherwise would not be able to purchase the equipment to provide them with safety and independence in their homes and accessing the community. "specific assistance to qualified persons through our consumer equipment and modification assistance program (cema) to positively impact their ability to live independently in the home and community. These services include minor home modifications (such as ramps and grab bars), durable medical equipment repairs, assistive technology, and equipment purchases necessary to maintain independence relevant to specifics of disability.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 78% for direct work, and 22% for grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 53
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 82.9%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 95.4%; rating input score 95
- Fundraising efficiency: $72.84 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 13.3%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.79; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7.4%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 82.9% of revenue deployed · 95.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $102K · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 46/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.