Lifespire

Legal name: Lifespire Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
132526022
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Aug 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
New York, NY, United States
Phone
(212) 741-0100
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Developmentally Disabled Centers

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$110,669,165
Expenses
$104,323,948
Assets
$166,156,281
Liabilities
$88,335,483

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

Leadership & pay

24 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • THOMAS LYDON (PRESIDENT/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • THOMAS LYDON (PRESIDENT/CEO): $361,736 total reported compensation
  • EMILIO BONILLA (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $279,426 total reported compensation
  • PETER VALVO (VP FOR IT): $206,026 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 champion and support people who have intellectual/developmental disabilities to realize their goals and dreams. MISSION To champion and support people who have intellectual/ developmental disabilities to realize their goals and dreams Our. To champion and support people who have intellectual/ developmental disabilities to realize their goals and dreams Our VISION. Community Habilitation is a Medicaid funded program operated under OPWDD to provide one-to-one training to persons with intellectual/developmental disabilities to develop or enhance the skills needed to live more independently in their homes or in the community. This service is available in all five boroughs. Community Habilitation services are provided by Residential Habilitation Specialists based on a person- centered service plan that contains the goals and activities that are developed based on the needs of the...

What it reported doing in 2024

Waiver services - offers choices for individualized treatment and training to people with deficits in self care and domestic and independent living skills. Some of these services are: 1. Community habilitation: an in-home trainer helps the individual in the privacy of his/her own home and community to acquire and improve skills in many areas. 2. Day habilitation: day programming which offers training in self-care, domestic, travel and independent livingskills. It provides a unique opportunity to acquire skills in actual community sites. 3. Waiver respite: waiver after-school respite programming offers recreation services to students, children and adults with develpment disabilities; ages 14-21 and over. It uses the combination of specialty instructors and community-based recreation, access top recreational activities in the community through the use of technology to enable them to enjoy leisure time parallel to their non-disabled peers.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 97% 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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.1%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 92.2%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 6 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • 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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • 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: 5.7%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.59; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.53; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.7%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 87.1% of revenue deployed · 92.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $96.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $362K · 24 people listed · 6 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $10.4M reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 5 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: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.