Resources for Independent Living Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
942344976
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Sacramento, CA, USA
Phone
9164463074
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Residential Care & Adult Day Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,828,213
Expenses
$1,533,713
Assets
$1,572,030
Liabilities
$221,850

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Brandi Bluel (Executive Dir.): $122,256 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The Organization was incorporated on February 24, 1976 for the primary purpose of providing services and support to people with disabilities to assist them to become more independent in society.

What it reported doing in 2024

Resources for Independent Living, Inc. (the Organization) (RIL) is a non-profit, tax exempt public charity incorporated in the State of California. The Organization was incorporated on February 24, 1976 for the primary purpose of providing services and support to people with disabilities to assist them to become more independent in society. The Organization is one of 28 independent living centers located in communities throughout California. Although each center is autonomous, they all provide seven core services: Advocacy and Legislative Monitoring: Provides information and support to consumers and their families related to issues in the community. Housing: Assistance in finding accessible and affordable housing. Personal Assistance Services: Assists consumers who need home care services to obtain and maintain appropriate assistance in the home. Information and Referral: Assistance and identification of community options to maintain independence. Peer Counseling: Support and role models for people who want to live more independently. Independent Living Skills Training: Offers a nine-part curriculum focused on maintaining independence in the community. This is offered in a classroom setting both online and in person. Assistive Technology: Provides assistance to people with disabilities to love and work as independently as possible by identifying their need for assistive technology devices or services and locating resources.Transition Services: Services that facilitate from nursing homes and other institutions to the community, provides assistance to those at risk of entering intuitions, and facilitates transition of youth to postsecondary life, including school-to-work, employment, and community independence.In addition to the preceding core services, RIL also provides the following services: Emergency Preparedness: Provides outreach and disaster planning in case of an emergency or natural disaster. Our goal is to help people with disabilities remain safe even during a disaster. Employment Services: RIL's Employment Services Program is funded by the California Department of Rehabilitation (DOR). RIL will work with DOR Consumers to find a job that can increase their financial independence. PEARLS: The Program to Encourage Active, Rewarding Lives educates older adults about depression and empowers them with new skills for living healthier, happier lives. PEARLS participants can also improve social isolation and loneliness.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 72% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 88% 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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.9%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 89%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: $1,314.33 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 98; 98th 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: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16.1%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.02; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.4% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.9% of revenue deployed · 89% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $122K · 9 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $206K reported
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 44/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.