LIFEPlan CCO NY

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
921743599
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Utica, NY, USA
Phone
1-855-572-2669
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$86,561,602
Expenses
$80,870,137
Assets
$73,972,203
Liabilities
$10,511,086

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

Leadership & pay

29 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NICHOLAS CAPPOLETTI (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • NICHOLAS CAPPOLETTI (CEO): $1,085,152 total reported compensation
  • DEAN JOHNSTON (EVP CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER & CFO): $394,257 total reported compensation
  • JOHN VON AHN (EVP GENERAL COUNSEL): $371,132 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

In addition to offering the services of trained and experienced Care Managers, LIFEPlan partners with community-based agencies with a long history of serving people with IDD to provide advocacy and recreational, educational, and vocational services. Always with a person-centered focus, we connect Members with services and supports through a network of highly-trained human service and healthcare specialists. Mission Empowering people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families to live happy, healthy and meaningful lives.

What it reported doing in 2024

Lifeplan works with individuals and their families to develop an integrated, comprehensive care plan that encompasses healthcare, behavioral health services, community and social support while ensuring alignment of objectives across healthcare and developmental disabilities service providers. Lifeplan assists individuals and familiaies with acessing the supports and services that promote well-rounded and fulfilling lives. In 2024, lifeplan served 19,672 individuals.

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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.4%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 93.9%; rating input score 94
  • 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: 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: 6.6%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.91; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.2%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 85.4% of revenue deployed · 93.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $76M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.1M · 29 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $11.1M reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.