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LIFE'S WORC INC

LIFE'S WORC INC (New York) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $727,602 to it, the largest being The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc ($200,025). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$72M
Funders on record
38
Grants received
$728k
Net assets
$27M
16/38 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Life's Worc Inc does

Mission

Life's worc provides residential supports and community services to hundreds of individuals throughout queens, nassau and suffolk counties in new york. Our person-centered philosophy is incorporated into the day to day program operations and we ensure that regardless of the level of ability or physical handicap, each and every person lives an enviable life rich in connections with family, friends, community participation and personal choice.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Life's worc provides residential supports for about 282 individuals who reside in our 45 community based homes located throughout queens, east harlem and nassau and suffolk counties in new york. Each home offers a full range of support and services consistent with the needs of our individuals, certified as individual residential alternatives (ira's) for operation and regulated through the nys office for people with developmental disabilities (opwdd).

    $55,597,385 spent$60,558,244 earned by the program
    87% of program spending
  2. Life's worc operates 6 day habilitation programs supporting 238 individuals in programs located throughout queens, nassau and suffolk counties in ny. The programs have been primarily designed to assist high school graduates and young adults in the development of daily living skills leading to greater levels of independence and work readiness skills, promoting opportunities for gainful employment.

    $5,326,202 spent$6,467,130 earned by the program
    8% of program spending
  3. Life's worc provides community habilitation (formerly referred as in-home residential habilitation) which provides supports to approximately 76 children and adults throughout queens, nassau and suffolk counties in new york. Community habilitation is designed to provide individuals who reside with their family needed supports and assistance in the development of independent living skills.

    $1,225,577 spent$1,285,990 earned by the program
    2% of program spending
  4. Community based prevocational program: provides learning and vocational training, including unpaid work experiences, to help individuals develop general, nonjob task specific strengths and skills that contribute to employability. This program helps prepare people for integrated, competitive employment in the future by teaching the necessary 'soft' skills required to be successful in the workplace. Accesvr: in partnership with adult career and continuing education services vocational rehabilitation (accesvr), this program assists youth and adults with disabilities to obtain and maintain employment through vocational instruction, education, rehabilitation, and career development. Family support services/respite recreation provides programs in queens and long island designed to offer children, teens and young adults with I/dd and autism with opportunities for social connections. These recreational venues focus on development of social skills and are age specific activities integrated in the local communities. Customized employment provides supports and assistance to individuals with I/dd and autism with innovative job development based upon the individual skill sets and the needs of…

    $1,821,046 spent$2,038,092 earned by the program
    3% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $63,970,210.

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 ($52M) Expenses 100 ($51M) Net assets 100 ($10M)2018 Revenue 102 ($52M) Expenses 102 ($52M) Net assets 100 ($10M)2019 Revenue 106 ($55M) Expenses 107 ($55M) Net assets 101 ($10M)2020 Revenue 109 ($56M) Expenses 111 ($57M) Net assets 93 ($9.6M)2021 Revenue 119 ($62M) Expenses 109 ($56M) Net assets 146 ($15M)2022 Revenue 148 ($76M) Expenses 129 ($66M) Net assets 237 ($24M)2023 Revenue 133 ($68M) Expenses 133 ($68M) Net assets 241 ($25M)2024 Revenue 127 ($66M) Expenses 128 ($66M) Net assets 245 ($25M)2025 Revenue 139 ($72M) Expenses 138 ($71M) Net assets 259 ($27M)
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Revenue (139)Expenses (138)Net assets (259)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 2020 to 2021, from $41M to $50M (+22%).

$34M
$34M
$32M
$41M
$50M
$55M
$48M
$47M
$48M
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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
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

0% of LIFE'S WORC INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,400 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$121k
’17
$22k
’18
$30k
’19
−$726k
’20
$5.4M
’21
$10M
’22
−$18k
’23
−$319k
’24
$783k
’25
1.3
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.

Chief executive

Michael K Billia

CEO

Board chair

Lynne Koufakis

Chairman (thru 03/2025)

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed242429312829312830
Joined·+1+11+7+4+3+7+8+7
No longer listed·165725115
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $39k → $83k.

6 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 LIFE'S WORC INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 funders by total. 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

LIFE'S WORC INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left

26% 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 LIFE'S WORC INC.

27%
largest funder
44%
top three
~9
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 38% · 2018 65% · 2019 57% · 2020 81% · 2021 41% · 2022 48% · 2023 30% — 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

35% of LIFE'S WORC INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

LIFE'S WORC INC draws 54% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 9 states in all.

NY
PA
NJ
CT
MO
DE
NC
DC
FL

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

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $94k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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

LIFE'S WORC INC's funding base is broadening — from 5 funders to 12 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin1% · below the median
Months of reserve1.3mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)4% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025

Organizations like LIFE'S WORC 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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

90% of spending goes to programs.

Program 90%Management 10%Fundraising 0%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

98%

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

  • Family Center for Achievement Inc (Fka Family Center for Autism) · exempt
  • Life's Worc Foundation Inc · exempt
  • The Worc Force Center Inc · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds LIFE'S WORC INC?
LIFE'S WORC INC (New York) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $727,602 to it, the largest being The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc ($200,025). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does LIFE'S WORC INC have?
IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $727,602 in grants to LIFE'S WORC INC, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of LIFE'S WORC INC?
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $200,025 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LIFE'S WORC 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.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 38 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