Western New York Independent Living Inc

Analysis

Western New York Independent Living Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Buffalo, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Western New York Independent Living Inc reported income of $58.7m and spending of $65.2m, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $51.6m to $58.7m (+14%), an average of +3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Western New York Independent Living Inc sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile, and in the 98th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Valley Cities Counseling and Consultation ($58.7m), HJF Medical Research International Inc ($58.7m) and Cobble Hill Health Center Inc ($58.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 12% and program service revenue 87% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $41.3m. At year end it held assets of $23.0m against liabilities of $4.7m, net assets of $18.2m. It reported 3,161 employees.