Care Design NY

Legal name: Care Design Ny Llc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
364875879
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Albany, NY, US
Phone
518-235-1888
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Patient Services - Entertainment, Recreation

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$131,542,178
Expenses
$135,787,215
Assets
$79,361,960
Liabilities
$27,250,308

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

31 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KERRY DELANEY (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
  • STEPHEN SCHNEIDER (ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT OF CARE MANAGEMENT)
  • KRISTINA CUNNINGHAM (ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT O)

Highest reported compensation

  • KERRY DELANEY (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $554,865 total reported compensation
  • COURTNEY SKIVINGTON-WOLF (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $307,040 total reported compensation
  • JOE SHEN (CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER): $299,999 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To assist individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD) to get the supports and services they need to live a quality life.

What it reported doing in 2024

Care design ny, llc (cdny) is a care coordination organization / health home, which is a type of healthcare provider responsible for coordinating the services and supports that individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities might need to live in the community. Cdny works with individuals and their families to develop an integrated, comprehensive care plan that encompasses healthcare, behavioral health services, community and social supports while ensuring alignment of objectives across healthcare and developmental disabilities service providers. Cdny assists individuals and families with accessing the supports and services that promote well-rounded and fulfilling lives.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 98% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.2%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 89.9%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.2%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.58; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.34; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.6%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.2% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 3 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 91.2% of revenue deployed · 89.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $122.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $555K · 31 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $22M reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.