Independence Care System Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133964284
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Phone
8774272525
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health - General and Rehabilitative N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$20,319,786
Expenses
$15,282,134
Assets
$12,859,631
Liabilities
$2,079,754

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

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • REGINA ESTELA (CEO/PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • REGINA ESTELA (CEO/PRESIDENT): $325,859 total reported compensation
  • KERRI O'NEILL (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $269,594 total reported compensation
  • RACHAEL STACOM (SVP, CLINIC PROG & POPULATION HEALTH): $264,653 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Independence care system (ics) is a nonprofit organization committed to assisting people with disabilities to live independently and participate fully in community life. We seek to become a model of integrated health care and social supports based on collaboration between consumers, providers and care coordinators.

What it reported doing in 2024

Independence care system, inc. (ics) is a community of professionals dedicated to serving people with disabilities by providing care management and service coordination in the community. Ics is the first and only health home program in New York state with disability-expert staff and programs designed to promote the health and independence for individuals with physical disabilities caused by spinal cord injuries, multiple sclerosis and other physical conditions that limit their mobility. Ics operates thrive, a social day program with programming specifically geared towards adults with physical disabilities. In 2025, ics began participating in the nys health equity reform waiver, providing screening and enhanced care management services for new yorkers with health related social needs. Ics also offers a community health worker program, which provides health navigationand peer mentoring to people with physical disabilities delivered by individuals with the lived experience. These programs allow ics to continue its mission of supporting adults with physical disabilities and chronic conditions to live at home and participate fully in community life.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 95% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 56
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 56.5%; rating input score 56
  • Program expense ratio: 76.1%; rating input score 76
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • 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: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 24.8%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.84; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.4%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -18.5% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -7.2% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -9.2% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 56.5% of revenue deployed · 76.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 12 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $11.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $326K · 19 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.