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Name:	Center For Enriched Living
Address:	280 Saunders Road
	Riverwoods, IL 60015
Phone:	847-948-7001
Web Address:	http://www.centerforenrichedliving.org
Also known as: 280 Saunders Road

Center For Enriched Living meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Since their founding more than 40 years ago, The Center has made a difference in the lives of youth, teens and adults with developmental disabilities. The Center is open seven days/week and is the only facility of its kind in the metropolitan Chicago area. During the last program year, more than 400 people with developmental disabilities regularly participated in the programs at their facility in Riverwoods and at offsite locations. These individuals go to The Center from Chicago and the suburbs of Cook and Lake Counties. The Center believes that the services they provide as an educational/social recreation center have helped persons with developmental disabilities leave behind a lonely and isolated existence and to instead embrace a world rich in friendships. Center programs explore a wide range of subject matter and are developed in response to the diverse interests and abilities of our members. From the creative arts (art, music, dance, drama, etc.) to sports (basketball, track and field, bowling, horseback riding, etc.), from self-care (cooking and nutrition, personal safety, hygiene and health) to the very practical (budget and money management, home maintenance), our programs for all ages run mornings, afternoons and evening, seven days a week throughout the year. The Center for Enriched Living believes that the opportunities for people with developmental disabilities should be the same as those for individuals with no disabilities and our objective is to achieve that equality.

For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010, Center For Enriched Living's program expenses were:

Program Services	1,294,095
Total Program Expenses:	$1,294,095

Chief Executive : Harriet Levy, Executive Director

Compensation*:

$90,280

Chair of the Board: Noel Elfant
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Corporate Vice President, General Counsel, DeLaval, Inc.

Board Size: 13

Paid Staff Size: 43

*Compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:

direct mail, invitations to fund raising events, print advertisements, grant proposals, internet, planned giving arrangements, membership

Fund raising costs were 23% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $1,186,820, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Center For Enriched Living's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010.

Source of Funds
Special Events	621,674
Contributions	470,099
Membership Program Fees	444,844
Foundation and Public Funds	246,900
In-Kind	77,680
United Way	17,367
Other income	7,500
Investment Income	4,318
Gain on sale of vehicle	500
less Direct costs	-132,676
Total Income	$1,758,206

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 78%  Fund Raising: 17%  Administrative: 5%

Total income				$1,758,206
	Program expenses			$1,294,095
	Fund raising expenses			275,504
	Administrative expenses			86,140
Total expenses				$1,655,739
Income in Excess of Expenses				102,467
Beginning net assets				3,535,579
Ending net assets				3,638,046
Total liabilities				156,224
Total assets				$3,794,270