Marin Center for Independent Living

What Marin Center for Independent Living does

Marin Center for Independent Living (Marin CIL) is a community-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1979 in San Rafael, California, that delivers a broad portfolio of independent living, care navigation, and disability support services to people with all types of disabilities, older adults, veterans, and families of children with disabilities. Its service architecture is organized around five integrated lines: Meaningful Access to Care (benefits navigation across Medi-Cal, Medicare, SSI, SSDI, IHSS, CalFresh/SNAP, and transportation), Community Integrations & Diversions from Care Facilities, Youth & Family Supports (peer-led groups, IEP assistance via the Matrix Parents program), Housing Support & Preservation (ramp/grab-bar modifications, assistive technology such as scooters, CPAPs, wheelchairs), Community Resilience (the Powered & Prepared emergency preparedness program including backup batteries for powered medical equipment), and a Sustainable Caregiver Pipeline built around the QuickMatch private caregiver registry and IHSS provider support. Specialized programs include Veteran-Directed Care, CalzConnect (Alzheimer's/dementia caregiver support), and the Mary Matthews Breast Cancer Fund. The organization carries a dense stack of federal and California state designations — Center for Independent Living (CIL), Aging & Disability Resource Connection (ADRC, the sixth in California), CalAIM Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports provider, Family Empowerment Center (FEC), Family Resource Center (FRC), Parent Training & Information Center (PTI), and Disability Disaster Access & Resource Center (DDARC) — that function as the structural backbone of its funding and service authority.

The underlying "technology" is operational rather than software-based: a peer-led service delivery model staffed by ~11–50 personnel including program managers, care navigators, ADRC/Registry/VDC navigators, an assistive technology advocate, bilingual parent advisors, and systems change organizers, supported by online intake forms, phone/TTY support, in-person drop-in, and a community calendar. Marin CIL distributes services through a San Rafael headquarters at 710 Fourth Street, plus a regional footprint across Marin, Solano, Sonoma, and Napa counties enabled by the July 2024 legal merger with Matrix Parent Network & Resource Center. Revenue is generated through a multi-stream model: monthly and one-time community donations (charged on the 28th of each month), federal grants via the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 channeled through the California Foundation for Independent Living Centers, direct contracts with the California Department of Aging, Department of Education, Department of Developmental Services, the U.S. Department of Education, the Veterans Health Administration, and CalAIM managed-care payments through Partnership Healthcare. Services are provided regardless of ability to pay, so the organization effectively operates as a grant- and contract-funded safety-net provider with no published pricing, no mobile applications, no public API, and no disclosed proprietary software platforms.

Name

Marin Center for Independent Living

Legal name

Marin Center for Independent Living

Website

https://marincil.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Marin Center for Independent Living is a San Rafael-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit, founded in 1979, that provides peer-led independent living, care navigation, caregiver matching, assistive technology, and disability support services to individuals with disabilities, veterans, older adults, and families across Marin, Solano, Sonoma, and Napa counties, funded through donations and government grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Disability and Independent Living Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGACAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGAEAG), Independent Living Community Ancillary Services (Dining/Transportation/Wellness Programs) (HLADAAAI)

Keywords

• Disability services
• Independent living
• Care navigation
• Assistive technology
• Community-based nonprofit

Headquarters

HQ city

San Rafael

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Community donations accepted via credit card (one-time or monthly recurring), check by mail, or in-person. Monthly recurring donations charged on the 28th of each month.
2. Government Grants and Contracts: Funding through California State funding (Rehabilitation Act of 1973), California Department of Aging, California Department of Education, California Department of Developmental Services, US Department of Education, and Veterans Health Administration.
3. CalAIM Enhanced Case Management and Community Supports: Designated ECM and community supports provider through Partnership Healthcare for Medi-Cal beneficiaries.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Marin Center for Independent Living is a community-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that delivers a comprehensive suite of disability and aging services to residents of Marin, Solano, Sonoma, and Napa counties. Core offerings include care navigation and benefits enrollment, caregiver and attendant matching through registries, assistive technology provision, housing referrals and home accessibility modifications, youth and family peer-led supports, CalAIM Enhanced Case Management, Veteran-Directed Care, and emergency preparedness resources, all provided regardless of ability to pay.

Product overview

Marin Center for Independent Living operates as a community-based non-profit organization providing a comprehensive portfolio of disability services and independent living support programs. The organization offers multiple integrated service lines including Meaningful Access to Care (care navigation and benefits assistance), Housing Support & Preservation, Youth & Family Supports through the Matrix Parents program, Community Resilience (including the Powered & Prepared emergency preparedness initiative), and a Sustainable Caregiver Pipeline supporting both IHSS and private caregivers through the QuickMatch registry. Services are provided regardless of ability to pay to individuals in Marin County, with specialized programs for veterans (Veteran-Directed Care), Alzheimer's/dementia caregivers (CalzConnect), breast cancer patients, and children/youth with disabilities through Matrix Parents. The organization also serves as an Aging & Disability Resource Connection (ADRC), CalAIM provider, and Disability Disaster Access & Resource Center (DDARC).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Matrix Parents at Marin CIL: Parent-focused support and services for families of children living with disabilities, including IEP support, peer-led support groups, and early intervention services. Serves Marin, Solano, Sonoma, and Napa counties.
• Powered & Prepared
• QuickMatch
• Dignity at Home

Products and services

• Meaningful Access to Care Care navigation and benefits enrollment service providing information and assistance, options planning, cross-disability peer support, independent living skills training, and caregiving placements. Helps individuals enroll in CalFresh/SNAP, Medi-Cal, Medicare, Covered California, SSI, SSDI, IHSS, and Marin Access/Medi-Cal transportation benefits. For people with disabilities and older adults in Marin County.
• Community Integrations & Diversions From Care Facilities Service supporting individuals transitioning out of care facilities back into the community, preventing institutionalization and enabling community integration. For adults with disabilities seeking to leave institutional settings.
• In-Home Care In-home care support service including IHSS benefits assistance and connections to private caregivers through the QuickMatch registry. For individuals with disabilities and older adults needing in-home support.
• Breast Cancer Support (Mary Matthews Breast Cancer Fund) Direct financial and navigational support for individuals diagnosed with breast cancer, provided through the Mary Matthews Breast Cancer Fund. For breast cancer patients in Marin County.
• Veterans Support (Veteran-Directed Care) Home and community-based services program delivered under Veteran-Directed Care (VDC), a partnership between the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Helps veterans with daily tasks such as bathing, dressing, and meal preparation. For veterans receiving VA healthcare through SFVAHCS.
• Alzheimer's & Dementia Support (CalzConnect) Evidence-based care management program for caregivers of individuals living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). For caregivers of ADRD patients in Marin County.
• Matrix Parents at Marin CIL Parent-focused support program offering peer-led support groups, IEP advocacy, early childhood and Early Start services, and family empowerment programs. Designated as Family Empowerment Center, Family Resource Center, and Parent Training & Information Center. Serves families of children (ages 0–26) with disabilities in Marin, Solano, Sonoma, and Napa counties. Bilingual English/Spanish.
• Housing Support & Preservation Housing-related services including rental referrals, support transitioning from hospitals and skilled nursing facilities back to housing, home modifications, assistive technology, and financial assistance navigation. Assists with Section 8, rental assistance waitlists, and EAH/Bridge Housing programs. For individuals with disabilities and older adults seeking accessible, affordable housing.
• Dignity at Home Fall prevention and home safety program that installs accessibility modifications such as ramps and grab bars. Delivered in partnership with the County of Marin Aging and Adult Services and Home Safety Services. For older adults and people with disabilities in Marin County. (Note: program funding currently exhausted as of source date.)
• Assistive Technology Provision of powered medical equipment (scooters, CPAP machines) and mobility aids (walkers, wheelchairs) for individuals with disabilities. For people in need of durable medical and mobility equipment in Marin County.
• Powered & Prepared Emergency preparedness and resilience program providing backup batteries, disaster kits, personal preparedness plans, and PG&E Medical Baseline Program enrollment support. For people with disabilities and older adults who rely on powered medical equipment, especially during Public Safety Power Shutoff events.
• QuickMatch Private Caregiver Registry Registry connecting individuals seeking private caregivers with vetted care providers, supporting both private-pay and publicly-funded caregiving arrangements. For adults needing caregiver support in Marin County.
• Attendant Referral Registry Registry connecting individuals with disabilities to attendant care providers for in-home support and independent living. For people with disabilities needing daily attendant care.
• CalAIM Enhanced Care Management CalAIM Enhanced Case Management (ECM) and Community Supports (CS) program delivered through Partnership Healthcare. For Medi-Cal beneficiaries with complex care needs.

Quantifiable outcome

• Helped veterans re-enter community and work life independently through Veteran-Directed Care
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Matrix Parent Network & Resource CentercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2024Legal merger effective July 2024, unanimously approved by both boards. Matrix Parents (since 1983) became part of Marin CIL's Youth & Family Supports programs. Creates larger multi-generational disability rights organization centered on 'whole family care' and 'accessible path for life' model. Matrix continues as Family Empowerment Center, Family Resource Center, and Parent Training & Information Center.
• County of Marin Aging and Adult ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Dignity at Home Fall Prevention & Home Safety Program. Part of ADRC public/private sector partnership model.
• Home Safety ServicesminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartner organization for Dignity at Home fall prevention and home safety modifications program.
• Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal partnership enabling Veteran-Directed Care (VDC) program. VHA provides healthcare framework; HHS provides Department of Health and Human Services support. Aligns with CIL model core principles.
• San Francisco VA Health Care System (SFVAHCS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVDC program requires veterans to receive care through SFVAHCS, which offers health, support, and facility services for veterans in northern California.
• Partnership HealthcarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMarin CIL is designated CalAIM enhanced case management (ECM) and community supports provider through Partnership Healthcare.
• California Foundation for Independent Living Centers (CFILC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStatewide organization through which Marin CIL receives CIL funding (Rehabilitation Act of 1973) and operates as Disability Disaster Access & Resource Center (DDARC) for disaster readiness and recovery.
• Common Ground SocietyminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-host of community events including Bingo Nights, Caregiver Coffee, Neurodivergent Mixers, and SibShops for families of children with disabilities.
• PG&EminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Powered & Prepared program, including Medical Baseline Program awareness and Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) coordination.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• San Diego Center for Independent Living: Large Southern California CIL providing the same core independent living services (benefits navigation, caregiver registries, advocacy) at a meaningfully larger scale. A useful peer for benchmarking Marin CIL's trajectory as it evolves post-merger.
• Independent Living Resource Center San Francisco (ILRCSF): Direct adjacent-county peer running a parallel CIL model in San Francisco. Offers peer counseling, benefits navigation, housing accessibility modifications, and ADRC-style services, directly comparable to Marin CIL's menu and target population.
• Community Resources for Independent Living (CRIL): Bay Area CIL serving Alameda County with a peer-led service model, caregiver referrals, and independent living skills training. Mirrors Marin CIL's community-based disability services approach and competes for overlapping CFILC pass-through funding.
• Center for Independent Living, Berkeley (The CIL): The original California Center for Independent Living, founded in the same disability-rights movement (Ed Roberts, UC Berkeley). Operates the same IL-service mix of peer support, benefits navigation, caregiver registries, and ADRC-equivalent services for an East Bay catchment, making it the closest organizational analog to Marin CIL.
• FREED Center for Independent Living: Grass Valley/Nevada County CIL serving Northern California's rural foothill and Sierra communities. Closely comparable mission, designation stack, and peer-led service model; useful peer for assessing rural/adjacent-county scalability of the Marin CIL playbook.
• Silicon Valley Independent Living Center (SVILC): San Jose-based CIL providing independent living services, benefits advocacy, and assistive technology for South Bay residents. Operates with a similar regulatory designation stack (CIL/ADRC-like) and serves a comparable mission-aligned population to Marin CIL.

Others

• Partnership HealthPlan of California: Medi-Cal managed care plan that contracts Marin CIL as a CalAIM ECM and Community Supports provider across Northern California. A contractual ecosystem partner whose plan-level decisions directly shape Marin CIL's CalAIM revenue, more than a true peer but the most relevant strategic counterparty.
• California Foundation for Independent Living Centers (CFILC): Statewide association through which Marin CIL receives Rehabilitation Act funding and DDARC designation. Functions as a network coordinator rather than a competitor, making it a structural peer for understanding sector-level funding dynamics.

Broad incumbents

• Disability Rights California: Statewide federally funded protection-and-advocacy (P&A) organization. Operates as a system-wide advocate rather than a direct service provider, but it's the principal advocacy peer in California for the same disability community Marin CIL serves.

Regional players

• Aging & Disability Resource Connection (ADRC) of Los Angeles County: California's largest ADRC serving LA County seniors and persons with disabilities. Operates the same ADRC service model Marin CIL is designated under; useful regional peer for benchmarking ADRC-driven volume, partnerships, and CalAIM adjacency at scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MarinCIL
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/mcilvideo
• Facebookfacebook.com/theMarinCenterForIndependentLiving
• Instagraminstagram.com/marin_cil

Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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