Public Charity

VOICES FOR INDEPENDENCE

VOICES FOR INDEPENDENCE is a Public Charity headquartered in ERIE, PA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $20.0M revenue, $18.5M expenses, $13.0M total assets. 8 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $665K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 251727199 ERIE, PA Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$20.0M
Total Expenses$18.5M
Total Assets$13.0M
Grant Records8
Funding Total$665K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

THE PURPOSE OF VOICES FOR INDEPENDENCE IS TO EMPOWER PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, IMPROVE THE QUALITY, INDEPENDENCE, DIGNITY, AND CONTROL OF THEIR LIVES, AS WELL AS TO PROMOTE A PHILOSOPHY OF INDEPENDENT LIVING, INCLUDING A PHILOSOPHY OF CONSUMER CONTROL, PEER SUPPORT, SELF-HELP, SELF- DETERMINATION, EQUAL ACCESS, AND INDIVIDUAL AND SYSTEMS ADVOCACY, AS WELL AS THE INTEGRATION AND FULL INCLUSION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH CROSS DISABILITIES INTO THE MAINSTREAM OF AMERICAN SOCIETY.

Officers & Directors

TREASURER Brook Ward
DIR THRU 6/1 Cathi Mitchell
DIRECTOR Darlene Wolford
DIRECTOR David Tome
CHAIR Kathy A Hertzog
SEC THRU 10/ Keith Klink

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Top Grant Purposes

SUPPORT OF OPERATION
$609,573 3 grants
GENERAL SUPPORT
$33,549 3 grants
VARIOUS PROJECTS
$21,875 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $20.0M $18.5M $13.0M
2024 $17.7M $17.0M $11.8M
2023 $23.3M $23.2M $11.2M
2022 $20.3M $20.6M $11.8M
2021 $20.2M $22.2M $11.8M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue held roughly steady at around $20.0M, with total assets most recently reported at $13.0M.

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