Life's Worc Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237209731
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Jul 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Garden City, NY, USA
Phone
5167419000
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Residential Care & Adult Day Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$71,637,567
Expenses
$70,854,563
Assets
$47,927,989
Liabilities
$21,344,058

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

Leadership & pay

30 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL K BILLIA (CEO)
  • MATTHEW P ZEBATTO (FORMER CEO/Consultant)

Highest reported compensation

  • MICHAEL K BILLIA (CEO): $488,785 total reported compensation
  • JENNY ANTONY (CFO): $290,769 total reported compensation
  • MATTHEW P ZEBATTO (FORMER CEO/Consultant): $275,851 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Life's worc is a private, 501(c)(3) not-for-profit agency providing comprehensive support for services for individuals with developmental disabilities including mental retardation and autism spectrum disorders. Life's worc is committed to providing support necessary to facilitate the full integration of individuals in the communities in which they live.

What it reported doing in 2024

Community based prevocational program: provides learning and vocational training, including unpaid work experiences, to help individuals develop general, nonjob task specific strengths and skills that contribute to employability. This program helps prepare people for integrated, competitive employment in the future by teaching the necessary 'soft' skills required to be successful in the workplace. Accesvr: in partnership with adult career and continuing education services vocational rehabilitation (accesvr), this program assists youth and adults with disabilities to obtain and maintain employment through vocational instruction, education, rehabilitation, and career development. Family support services/respite recreation provides programs in queens and long island designed to offer children, teens and young adults with i/dd and autism with opportunities for social connections. These recreational venues focus on development of social skills and are age specific activities integrated in the local communities. Customized employment provides supports and assistance to individuals with i/dd and autism with innovative job development based upon the individual skill sets and the needs of the employer. The goal is to match an employer with a job applicant leading to competitive employment opportunities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 99% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.4%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 90.3%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: 1.1%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.68; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.45; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.2%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
  • Where the money goes: 89.4% of revenue deployed · 90.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $64M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $489K · 30 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.3M reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes executive pay and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 13 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.