ABILITY CONNECTION TEXAS
Ability Connection is here to enrich the lives of people with disabilities…one person at a time.
About ABILITY CONNECTION TEXAS
Ability Connection Texas (founded 1953) is a longstanding 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides a full range of services to people with intellectual, developmental, and physical disabilities and their families across Texas. The organization operates a mix of adult and youth programs including case management and Medicaid waiver services (HCS, CLASS, TxHML), residential supports, training and therapy services, transportation, and specialized youth camps and respite. Ability Connection serves more than 1,000 Texans through direct services and community-based supports and has expanded its facilities and program capacity in recent years. The organization focuses on individualized planning, assistive technology, and community integration to promote independence and quality of life for members of all ages. Ability Connection positions itself as a donor-facing nonprofit with a public web presence, regular fundraising and partnership activities, and recent grant-funded investments to support transportation, day programming, and capital/operational needs.
Notable achievements
Longstanding statewide service
Founded in 1953 (originally UCP of Dallas County), Ability Connection has built more than six decades of program history providing therapies, residential care, case management and community supports to people with disabilities across North Texas.
Expanded Training Center & headquarters (2023)
In 2023 Ability Connection relocated and expanded its Training Center and headquarters into a larger Las Colinas/Irving facility to increase member services and program capacity.
Recent foundation support for services
In the past 2–3 years the organization secured multiple foundation grants and philanthropic awards to support program operations and member transportation (including grants designated for program support and wheelchair-accessible vehicles), enabling service continuity and modest program expansion.
At a glance
- Total assets
- $8.4M
- Annual revenue
- $12.8M
- Tax status
- 501(c)(3)Public charity
- EIN
- 75-0875525
- Location
- Irving, TX
- Website
- abilityconnection.org
- On Mahalo since
- September 2026
Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.
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