Long Island Alzheimers and Dementia Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
112926958
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Westbury, NY, USA
Phone
5167676856
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alzheimer's Disease

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,146,407
Expenses
$2,150,419
Assets
$1,874,905
Liabilities
$420,998

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Victoria Cohen (Executive Dir.): $160,959 total reported compensation
  • Ellen Contarino (Dir. of Finance): $130,491 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

TO HELP IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THOSE LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE and other forms of dementia AND THEIR CARegIVERS.

What it reported doing in 2025

For over 30 years, the long island alzheimers and dementia center, inc. (the"center") has believed that there is life worth living after a dementia diagnosis.its centrally located, state-of-the-art center provides crucial, hands-on programsand services to long island individuals and caregivers, who are coping with thechallenges of living with dementia. The center provides programming and services forevery stage of the disease, from pre-diagnosis through end-of-life. Each programprovides safe, structured socialization and mental stimulation activities that areappropriate to the individuals stage. Programs focus on abilities, not ondisabilities on what people can do, happily and productively, and not on what theycan no longer do.the centers caring professionals and cutting-edge services support, guide and comfort both the diagnosed individual and their caregivers. Its specialized programs include day programs for the early, moderate and late stages of dementias, an in-home respite program, transportation, caregiver support groups, caregiver trainings, memory caf events, a music and memory program, brain fitness workshops and a saturday day program. The center is making a positive difference one person, one family, one community at a time.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94.5%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 88%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.31 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: -0.2%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.87; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13.6%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 94.5% of revenue deployed · 88% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $161K · 11 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.