Western New York Independent Living, Inc.

Legal name: Western New York Independent Living Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
222316065
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Buffalo, NY, US
Phone
716-836-0822
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Health - General and Rehabilitative N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$0
Assets
$22,615,752
Liabilities
$5,291,628

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PAUL D BEAKMAN SR (PRESIDENT)
  • RICHARD DREAD (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • PAUL D BEAKMAN SR (PRESIDENT)
  • RICHARD DREAD (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ANN L SCHERFF (TREASURER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

To improve the lives of individuals with disabilities in Western New York.

What it reported doing in 2024

Behavioral health: wnyil provided a continuum of behavioral health services designed to support individuals with mental health and substance use challenges in achieving recovery, stability, and community integration. Services included peer support, advocacy, benefits advisement, health home care coordination, independent consumer advocacy network (ican) ombudsman services, employment supports, information and referral, and transition services assisting individuals in moving from institutional care to community-based living. Wnyil also operated peer-run recovery and wellness programs, including the renewal center, which provided crisis diversion and support services to help individuals avoid unnecessary hospitalization and maintain community stability. Through these efforts, wnyil promoted recovery, self-determination, and improved quality of life for individuals across western New York.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 2
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.23; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.2% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 10 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 4 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 12 of 13 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

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

  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Series filing activity did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.