New York · Nonprofit
SOUTHERN TIER ENVIRONMENTS FOR LIVING INC
SOUTHERN TIER ENVIRONMENTS FOR LIVING INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,059 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC ($27,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $27k
- Net assets
- $6.1M
What Southern Tier Environments for Living Inc does
Mission
The organization provides residential and rehabilitation services for mentally ill adults in four western new york counties including allegany, erie, cattaraugus and chautauqua. The residential program operates three levels of care 1) 24 hour supervised residences, 2) supportive apartments which are transition in nature, and 3) supported apartments, which are permanent housing. The operation of a vocational program assisting individuals seeking competitive employment in chautauqua county. The compeer chautauqua program that matches community volunteers in a friendship relationship with individuals who are recovering from a mental illness. Develop and manage housing for low-income persons as defined by the u.s. Department of housing and urban development.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Maintain community residence facilities for the mentally disabled and supportive employment services and program development.
$12,819,446 spent$13,313,258 earned by the program100% of program spendingStel, inc. Owns 100% of first apartments housing development fund company, inc. First apartments housing development fund company, inc. Operates a 16 unit facility in olean, ny for persons of low and moderate income.
$-179,278 earned by the programStel, inc. Owns 100% of tri-county housing development fund company, inc. Tri-county housing development fund company, inc. Operates a 37 unit facility in dunkirk, ny for persons of low and moderate income.
$-231,960 earned by the programStel, inc. Is the 100% owner of dro development, inc. Dro development, inc. Is the general partner of dunkirk renovation and ownership, l.p. That operates apartments in dunkirk, new york for persons of low income. Dro development, inc. Is the general partner (.01% owner) in dunkirk renovation and ownership, l.p.
$-72 earned by the programStel, inc. Is the 100% owner of amsn housing development fund company, inc. Amsn housing development fund company,inc. Is the general partner (.01% owner) in abbey manor special needs apartments, l.p.
$-57 earned by the programStel, inc. Is a 50% owner of ela development, inc. Ela development, inc. S a general partner (.005% owner) in evergreen lofts supportive residence, l.p.
$-28 earned by the programStel, inc. Is the 100% owner of dewitt sh development, inc. Dewitt sh development, inc. Is the general partner (.01% owner) in dewitt supportive housing, l.p.
$-46 earned by the programStel, inc. Is the 100% owner of fsn housing development fund co., inc. Fsn housing development fund co.operates a 24 unit facility in fredonia, ny for persons of low and moderate income.
$-122,915 earned by the programStel, inc. Owns 100% of pv housing development fund company, inc. Pv housing development fund company, inc. Operates a 21 unit facility in dunkirk, ny for persons of low and moderate income.
$-166,963 earned by the programProject development fees for the development of low-income housing projects and partnership and asset management fees for developed projects.
$22,295 spent$574,310 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 10 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,841,741.
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.
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 $8.5M to $10M (+22%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of SOUTHERN TIER ENVIRONMENTS FOR LIVING INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
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
Thomas J Whitney
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $27k → $16.
2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 SOUTHERN TIER ENVIRONMENTS FOR LIVING 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
SOUTHERN TIER ENVIRONMENTS FOR LIVING INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 SOUTHERN TIER ENVIRONMENTS FOR LIVING INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of SOUTHERN TIER ENVIRONMENTS FOR LIVING INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $27k 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.
Against its field
SOUTHERN TIER ENVIRONMENTS FOR LIVING INC's revenue grew 60% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SOUTHERN TIER ENVIRONMENTS FOR LIVING INC?
- SOUTHERN TIER ENVIRONMENTS FOR LIVING INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,059 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC ($27,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SOUTHERN TIER ENVIRONMENTS FOR LIVING INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $27,059 in grants to SOUTHERN TIER ENVIRONMENTS FOR LIVING INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTHERN TIER ENVIRONMENTS FOR LIVING INC?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC is the largest funder on record, with $27,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTHERN TIER ENVIRONMENTS FOR LIVING 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 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