New York · Nonprofit
WESTERN NEW YORK INDEPENDENT LIVING INC
WESTERN NEW YORK INDEPENDENT LIVING INC (New York) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,060,152 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY SERVICE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK ($758,234). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $59M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $17M
What Western New York Independent Living Inc does
Mission
Western new york independent living, inc., a family of agencies, is a multi-cultural, grassroots, peer directed, civil rights organization that provides a full range of assistance, programs, and services to enhance the quality of life for all individuals with disabilities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Self-directed home care: western new york independent living, inc. (wnyil) operated statewide self-directed home and community-based service programs, including the consumer directed personal assistance program (cdpas), veterans directed care (vdc), and expanded in-home services for the elderly program (eisep). These programs enabled older adults, veterans, and individuals with disabilities to remain safely in their homes and avoid costly institutional care by receiving supports in the least restrictive setting possible. Through self-direction, participants exercised choice and control over their services, including the ability to recruit, train, schedule, supervise, and dismiss their own care staff. During the year, wnyil served 1,216 individuals, helping them maintain independence, dignity, and active participation in their communities.
$49,440,870 spent$50,368,997 earned by the program87% of program spendingBehavioral 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. During the year, wnyil served 1,519 individuals with mental health disabilities. Through these efforts, wnyil promoted recovery, self-determination, and improved quality of life for individuals across western new york.
$2,784,980 spent5% of program spendingIndependent living: wnyil provided core independent living services, including peer counseling, independent living skills training, transition services from institutional settings to community-based living, youth to adult transition services, individual and systems advocacy, and information and referral services. Wnyil also provided employment supports, benefits advisement, and application assistance to help individuals access needed resources and opportunities. During the year, wnyil served 6,715 individuals across 30 counties in new york state, promoting independence, self-determination, and full community participation for people with disabilities.
$2,383,486 spent$573,595 earned by the program4% of program spendingOther exempt purpose achievements - erie county dept. Of social services contract enhancement program (occupational training services for temporary assistance recipients enrolled in treatment programs), office of people with developmental disabilities (fully accessible transportation, private and public, for families with individual with developmental disability living with them), nys dept. Of health - money follows the person (assist pwd transition from institution to community), nys doh aged blind and disabled contract to obtain medicaid/medicare health coverage, emergency shelter and housing assistance agreements, and various other agreements.
$2,055,983 spent$3,933 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $56,665,319.
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 2022 to 2023, from $32M to $23M (−28%).
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 14% · 2018 12% · 2019 12% · 2020 13% · 2021 13% · 2022 15% · 2023 11% · 2024 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
11% of WESTERN NEW YORK INDEPENDENT LIVING INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $17k → $417k.
4 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 WESTERN NEW YORK INDEPENDENT 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
WESTERN NEW YORK INDEPENDENT LIVING INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
77% 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 WESTERN NEW YORK INDEPENDENT LIVING INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 48% · 2020 56% · 2021 39% · 2022 59% · 2023 48% — 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
50% of WESTERN NEW YORK INDEPENDENT LIVING INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% give in more than one year at all.
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
89% of WESTERN NEW YORK INDEPENDENT LIVING INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $111k 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
WESTERN NEW YORK INDEPENDENT LIVING INC is better cushioned than half of the 4,580 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,580 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding WESTERN NEW YORK INDEPENDENT LIVING INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5.5M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$3.3M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$2.3M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like WESTERN NEW YORK INDEPENDENT LIVING 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
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
0% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WESTERN NEW YORK INDEPENDENT LIVING INC?
- WESTERN NEW YORK INDEPENDENT LIVING INC (New York) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,060,152 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY SERVICE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK ($758,234). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WESTERN NEW YORK INDEPENDENT LIVING INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $2,060,152 in grants to WESTERN NEW YORK INDEPENDENT LIVING INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WESTERN NEW YORK INDEPENDENT LIVING INC?
- COMMUNITY SERVICE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK is the largest funder on record, with $758,234 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WESTERN NEW YORK INDEPENDENT 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 13 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