WellLife Network

Legal name: Welllife Network Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
112542430
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Aug 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2008
Location
Ronkonkoma, NY, USA
Phone
631-920-8100
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Developmentally Disabled Centers

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$150,737,308
Expenses
$147,408,877
Assets
$141,891,364
Liabilities
$107,788,663

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

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LORI A ALAMEDA (SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT/CFO)
  • SHERRY TUCKER (CEO)
  • ANDREW CARBONARA (VICE PRESIDENT - FACILITIES MANAGEMENT)
  • CRYSTAL JOHN (VICE PRESIDENT OF MENTAL HEALTH)
  • HOWIE SCHRAGE (SR. VICE PRESIDENT - MEDICAL DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • SHERRY TUCKER (CEO): $521,918 total reported compensation
  • LORI A ALAMEDA (SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT/CFO): $337,005 total reported compensation
  • QIUXIA LAN (PSYCHIATRIST): $301,731 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 help people live in this world in a way that's fulfilling and meaningful and allows them to achieve the goals and dreams they want.

What it reported doing in 2024

Developmental disabilities services - focuses on personalizing services and supporting individual choices through its full range of residential and day services programs. In 2024-2025 we cared for 262 individuals approximately in our 32 residential programs. These programs offer individuals with developmental disabilities community living with the appropriate level of supervision and rehabilitation services in small group settings. Our day services and waiver programs teach developmental disabled adults to develop daily living and cognitive skills and enjoy normalizing experiences out in the community. We served 331 individuals approximately in these programs.

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.

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: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 95
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.7%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 89.5%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: $11.2 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings

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: 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: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.2%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.96; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.76; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.4%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 7 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 87.7% of revenue deployed · 89.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 13 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $131.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $522K · 21 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $5.6M reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 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: 7 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 23 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 44/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.