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US nonprofit · EIN 363754089 · Park Ridge, ILiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 363754089) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 30 June 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay, related organisations (Schedule R), grants paid (Schedule I).Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Avenues to Independence Foundation

Donations deductible
Revenue
$1.5m
year to 30 June 2025
Expenses
$679k
year to 30 June 2025
Total assets
$13.2m
$1.3m liabilities
Net assets
$11.9m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
7
6.7y av
Staff
0
20 volunteers
Chair observed
≥1 yr
Paul Carlisle
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
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Avenues to Independence Foundation's network

7 people3 organisationsi7 people and 3 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (7). Violet dotted lines (4) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

7 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 7 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Paul Carlisle ChairChairperson2023
3 yrs
Allan BartelDirector2023
3 yrs
Amy BergrenTreasurer2018
8 yrs
Fred SasserDirector2018
8 yrs
Glen AmundsenDirector2019
7 yrs
Joseph D Keenan III (also filed as Joseph D Keenan, Joseph Keenan)Company secretary2019
7 yrs
Robert WashlowDirector2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

4 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Cathy McCarthyFinance Directorsince 2020
Jason ClarkExecutive Directorsince 2022
Michele ShoolinVP Developmentsince 2020
Robert OkazakiExecutive Directosince 2020

Pay and hours

year to 30 June 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Paul CarlisleBoard Chair2$0
Joseph D Keenan IIISecretary2$0
Amy BergrenTreasurer2$0
Fred SasserDirector2$0
Glen AmundsenDirector2$0
Allan BartelDirector (Retired Effective 10/14/242$0
Robert WashlowDirector2$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Avenues to Independence Foundation
EIN
363754089
Address
515 Busse Hwy, Park Ridge, IL, 60068-3154
State
Illinois
Mission
To advance the mission of and to support the programs and services of avenues to independence and other causes (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
P20 Human services
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Human Services
Size band
8 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1991
Principal officer
Liz Kloster (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 September 1992
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
7, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Related organisations (Schedule R)

RelatedTO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE WITH DISABILITIES TO BE INDEPENDENTAvenues to Independence

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsAmy Bergren
≥8years on the filingsFred Sasser
≥8years on the filingsRobert Washlow
≥7years on the filingsGlen Amundsen

Latest return

year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$13.2m
Total liabilities
$1.3m
Net assets or fund balances
$11.9m
Contributions and grants received
$1.1m
Program service revenue
$0
Grants and similar paid out
$28k
Employees
0
Volunteers
20

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2023$879k$752k$128k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.

Grants paid

1 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.
RecipientPurposeAmount
Avenues to IndependenceTo provide work and residential opportunities enabling those with disabilities to be as independent as possible.$28k