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COMMUNITY WORK AND INDEPENDENCE INC

COMMUNITY WORK AND INDEPENDENCE INC (New York) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $202,198 to it, the largest being CARE DESIGN NY LLC ($75,147). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$20M
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$202k
Net assets
$12M
3/9 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Community Work and Independence Inc does

Mission

The mission of the cwi team is to provide effective programs and services to enhance the quality of life for people with disabilities or other barriers.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Day habilitation provides 255 days of service, day habilitation provides structured day services to developmentally disabled individuals to promote community inclusion, independence and choice.

    $4,959,567 spent$7,736,686 earned by the program
    29% of program spending

  2. Individual residential alternative program provided 365 days of services to approximately 50 individuals. Residential settings provide structured environments to assist with daily living skills and skill development.

    $7,707,672 spent$8,611,013 earned by the program
    46% of program spending

  3. Community programs consists of consumer direct services and habilitation services to disabled individuals living in the community.

    $2,095,077 spent$1,587,728 earned by the program
    12% of program spending

  4. Transportation and other

    $2,083,661 spent
    12% of program spending

  5. Clinical programs

  6. Training programs enable individuals to develop appropriate vocational skills and work habits within a supportive environment. Vocational rehab programs may provide useful skills and guidance which could lead to competitive employment.

  7. Other income including management fees from affiliate

The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $16,845,977.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($23M) Expenses 100 ($23M) Net assets 100 ($3.4M)2018 Revenue 99 ($23M) Expenses 99 ($23M) Net assets 100 ($3.4M)2019 Revenue 99 ($23M) Expenses 100 ($23M) Net assets 90 ($3.0M)2020 Revenue 87 ($20M) Expenses 91 ($21M) Net assets 54 ($1.8M)2021 Revenue 96 ($22M) Expenses 79 ($18M) Net assets 174 ($5.9M)2022 Revenue 89 ($21M) Expenses 89 ($21M) Net assets 171 ($5.8M)2023 Revenue 89 ($21M) Expenses 72 ($17M) Net assets 283 ($9.6M)2024 Revenue 87 ($20M) Expenses 78 ($18M) Net assets 345 ($12M)
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Revenue (87)Expenses (78)Net assets (345)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $8.1M to $11M (+39%).

$8.4M
$8.4M
$8.1M
$11M
$10M
$13M
$16M
$18M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 1% · 2018 2% · 2019 1% · 2020 1% · 2021 27% · 2022 19% · 2023 13% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

2% of COMMUNITY WORK AND INDEPENDENCE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 457 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$206k
’17
$7k
’18
−$362k
’19
−$1.2M
’20
$3.9M
’21
−$77k
’22
$3.8M
’23
$2.1M
’24
5.5
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Board chair

Mindy Wilson

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed1514141414121112
Joined·+2+0+1+0+2+3+3
No longer listed·3010442
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $4k → $3k.

Funder
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'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'25*
total
Care Design Ny LLCunclassified
$75k
Glens Falls Foundationunclassified
$15k
funders
1
2
1
8
3
2
2
2

2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of COMMUNITY WORK AND INDEPENDENCE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

COMMUNITY WORK AND INDEPENDENCE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

60% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund COMMUNITY WORK AND INDEPENDENCE INC.

37%
largest funder
66%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 80% · 2019 100% · 2020 55% · 2021 75% · 2022 98% · 2023 98% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

22% of COMMUNITY WORK AND INDEPENDENCE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 33% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

95% of COMMUNITY WORK AND INDEPENDENCE INC's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY
DE

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

COMMUNITY WORK AND INDEPENDENCE INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 441 employment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin10% · above the median
Months of reserve5.5mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−2% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 441 employment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024

Organizations like COMMUNITY WORK AND INDEPENDENCE INC

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In New York

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Nationally

Community Interface Services89%Community Support Services Inc89%Community Living Services Incorporated89%Community Connections Inc88%Community Vocational Services Inc87%Center for Disability Services87%The Center for Life Enrichment Inc87%Opportunities for Inclusion Inc87%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

93% of spending goes to programs.

Program 93%Management 7%Fundraising 0%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

Part of a family of 3 related entities

  • Community Workshop Resources Corp · exempt
  • Profman Corporation · corp_trust
  • North Country Habilitation Services · corp_trust

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COMMUNITY WORK AND INDEPENDENCE INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds COMMUNITY WORK AND INDEPENDENCE INC?
COMMUNITY WORK AND INDEPENDENCE INC (New York) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $202,198 to it, the largest being CARE DESIGN NY LLC ($75,147). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does COMMUNITY WORK AND INDEPENDENCE INC have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $202,198 in grants to COMMUNITY WORK AND INDEPENDENCE INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY WORK AND INDEPENDENCE INC?
CARE DESIGN NY LLC is the largest funder on record, with $75,147 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like COMMUNITY WORK AND INDEPENDENCE INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 9 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing