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. 9 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $675K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 251727199 ERIE, PA Education N.E.C. NTEE: B99 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$20.0M
Total Expenses$18.5M
Total Assets$13.0M
Grant Records9
Funding Total$675K
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.

Where $100 goes at Voices for Independence

How Voices for Independence divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$85 Programs the work itself
$14 Management running the organization
$1 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $85 for programs

$57
Home modifications & assistive technology programs -support provided to over 300 individuals with disabilities by managing physical adaptation construction projects & providing assistive technology devices totalling approximately 8,600,000…
68% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 300 individuals
$15
Personal assistants services program
17% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 400 participants
$9
Vfi provided a nursing home transition program established to identify and transition individuals from nursing homes
11% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 300 individuals

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

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

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$653,621 7 grants
Unspecified
$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.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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