Lifelong Access

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
376017635
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2022
Location
Normal, IL, USA
Phone
3094518888
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Developmentally Disabled Centers

Reported finances

Revenue
$13,586,610
Expenses
$12,083,922
Assets
$12,158,258
Liabilities
$3,186,909

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • COURTNEY THOMAS (PRESIDENT)
  • JOAN CAPODICE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KARL KOPP (CEO)
  • BRIAN WIPPERMAN (CEO (UNTIL 11/19/24))
  • REBECCA BRENNAN (COO/INTERIM CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • BRIAN WIPPERMAN (CEO (UNTIL 11/19/24)): $225,059 total reported compensation
  • LILLY VORE (CPO (UNTIL 8/8/25)): $108,099 total reported compensation
  • MICHAEL PREDMORE (COO (UNTIL 6/30/25)): $108,067 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

At lifelong access, we fight to break downbarriers for each other and those who cannot fight for themselves. We envision a community where children, teens, and adults receive holistic support through a lifetime of meaningful services.

What it reported doing in 2024

Community day programs: lifelong access community day services (formally developmental training) is offered to adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities that focuses on the development and enhancement of daily adaptive living skills and economic self-sufficiency. We create a learning environment outside of a person's residential living arrangement to foster the acquisition of skills, appropriate behavior, greater independence, and personal choice that meets everyone's wants and needs. Community day services provide assistance to maintain or teach skills in one or more of the following areas: fine and gross motor development, attention span, safety, problem-solving, grooming, dressing, toileting, eating, communication, reduction in maladaptive behaviors, quantitative skills, and independent living. Each participant in this program collaborates with their established support team, a unique person-centered plan built to help meet individual desired outcomes and needs. Support for this program is run by qualified intellectual disability professionals and direct support professionals who oversee and provide quality care as well as a team of nursing support on-site. Our group rooms offer a low participant-to-staff ratio to ensure we can provide an experience that allows for personal choice while still providing socialization opportunities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 89% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 59
  • Transparency & Controls: 77
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 57.8%; rating input score 58
  • Program expense ratio: 65.4%; rating input score 65
  • Fundraising efficiency: $13.01 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: 11.1%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.01; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.26; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.2%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 57.8% of revenue deployed · 65.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $7.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $225K · 20 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 58/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 41/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.