EPIC Family

Legal name: Epic Long Island Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
111821135
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Aug 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
East Meadow, NY, USA
Phone
(516) 739-7733
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Epilepsy

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$38,848,840
Expenses
$35,630,660
Assets
$21,158,080
Liabilities
$11,856,654

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

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • THOMAS HOPKINS (PRESIDENT/CEO (UNTIL 05/24))
  • LISA BURCH (PRESIDENT/CEO (AS OF 02/24))

Highest reported compensation

  • LISA BURCH (PRESIDENT/CEO (AS OF 02/24)): $275,697 total reported compensation
  • LAWRENCE BOORD (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $260,753 total reported compensation
  • THOMAS HOPKINS (PRESIDENT/CEO (UNTIL 05/24)): $241,356 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The EPIC Family of Human Service Agencies enriches lives by providing comprehensive care and support services to individuals with epilepsy, developmental disabilities, and mental health challenges, fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration.

What it reported doing in 2024

Clinic: our specialty clinic is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for individuals with developmental disabilities by providing a comprehensive range of habilitative clinical services in the least restrictive setting. We offer psychiatric and social work evaluations, as well as physical, occupational, and speech therapy to support functional development and well-being. Additionally, we provide neurological and nutritional care tailored to individual needs. In 2024, we served approximately 2,190 individuals, helping them and their families navigate challenges related to epilepsy and other developmental disabilities. Our services are designed to promote independence, improve daily functioning, and support overall health. (continued in schedule o)to further assist our community, we offer support groups for parents, professionals, children, teens, and adults-including dedicated groups for spanish-speaking individuals and youth-fostering connection, education, and empowerment.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 97% 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. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.2%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 89.7%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.09 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: 8.3%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.59; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.56; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.2%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 82.2% of revenue deployed · 89.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $31.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $276K · 25 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2M reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 16/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.