New York State Institute on Disability

Overview

Mission

Nysid's mission is to support family life and community inclusion for children and adults with developmental disabilities who live at home with their families.

What it reported doing in 2024

The family sports/recreational outing program operating throughout the year offers youngsters and adults with developmental disabilities and their family opportunities to attend sporting events, entertainment venues and participate in a variety of recreational activities and outings throughout New York city. This continues to be a unique and popular program due to its focus on family togetherness and inclusion in community life with the added bonus of having transportation services available upon request. The covid-19 pandemic proved to be a difficult challenge in serving families through this program for a period of time but many individuals remained engaged in a variety of recreational activities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 100% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 53% for direct work, and 47% for grants.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133842199
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Headquarters
Staten Island, NY, USA
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Vocational Rehabilitation

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for setting executive pay and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.4%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 86.4%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited
  • Public monitoring controls: Limited
  • Public policy transparency: Limited
  • Public financial transparency: Limited
  • Impact reporting controls: Limited
  • Public relationship transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Public governance controls: Limited
  • Zakat policy transparency: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Operating reserve ratio: 0.49; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 19.3%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.4% of revenue deployed · 86.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $1.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $159K · 10 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 9 annual filings from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.