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← THE COMMUNITY ACTION ORGANIZATION OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by THE COMMUNITY ACTION ORGANIZATION OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$36,768,953
Total expenses
$36,298,047
Contributions and grants received
$32,358,136
Grants paid
$1,805,230
Program service revenue
$4,396,580
Investment income
$3,867
Other revenue
$10,370
Total assets, end of year
$19,716,309
Total liabilities, end of year
$15,804,452
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,911,857
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$31,322,115
Management and general expenses
$4,975,932
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$31,322,115

Program services were 86.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $41

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $32,113,146

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $244,949

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Medicaid payments

    total $3,667,848 · related or exempt $3,667,848

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Program income

    total $652,916 · related or exempt $652,916

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Program rental

    total $52,650 · related or exempt $52,650

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Client fees

    total $23,166 · related or exempt $23,166

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,867 · excluded $3,867

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $10,370 · related or exempt $10,370 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $10,370

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $888,816 · program services $888,816

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $916,414 · program services $916,414

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $312,884 · management and general $312,884

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $17,478,582 · program services $16,186,740 · management and general $1,291,842

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $697,683 · program services $92,086 · management and general $605,597

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,170,273 · program services $2,170,273

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,375,445 · program services $1,243,778 · management and general $131,667

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $333,637 · program services $135,055 · management and general $198,582

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $149,072 · program services $2,977 · management and general $146,095

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,981,562 · program services $2,544,424 · management and general $437,138 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $37,982 · program services $31,793 · management and general $6,189

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $539,180 · program services $265,593 · management and general $273,587

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,452,505 · program services $2,156,209 · management and general $1,296,296

  • 17 · Travel

    total $160,918 · program services $128,388 · management and general $32,530

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $312,688 · program services $280,700 · management and general $31,988

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $182,297 · program services $182,297

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $385,681 · program services $384,043 · management and general $1,638

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program supplies

    total $2,891,388 · program services $2,800,260 · management and general $91,128

  • 24b · Other expenses: Dues & subscriptions

    total $580,206 · program services $484,504 · management and general $95,702

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $450,834 · program services $427,765 · management and general $23,069 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $6,180,543 · end of year $2,764,048

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $45,527 · end of year $2,307,160

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,849,528 · end of year $6,385,034

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,519,404 · end of year $1,521,690

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $45,516 · end of year $77,291

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $2,501,880

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,145,985

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,250,635 · end of year $1,355,895

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $813,037 · end of year $818,181

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $252,419 · end of year $252,419

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $4,234,591

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,060,803 · end of year $7,044,708

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $3,238,337 · end of year $2,155,640

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $970,000 · end of year $970,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,408,490 · end of year $5,634,104

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,278,979 · end of year $3,911,857

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

To promote opportunities for low-income individuals, families, and communities to achieve and sustain self-sufficiency through advocacy partnerships, access to services and low-to-moderate income housing development.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Promote opportunities for low-income people and communities to achieve self-sufficiency

  • CAO Head Start (HS) and Early Head Start (EHS) contributes to the well-being and success of 1,080 HS and 205 EHS in Erie County, 200 HS slots for Niagara county, and the program works collaboratively with ten (13) day care providers supporting one hundred and ninety (225) infants/toddlers. We are working on collaborating with other day care providers as well for the upcoming years. 12% of the HS/EHS openings are reserved for children with disabilities. CAO also partners with Early Head Start Childcare Partnerships to service approximately 160 preschoolers at 7 locations. We have over 31 education agreements and over 90 collaborations and partnerships. Our mission is to provide exemplary comprehensive early childhood services to our children and families in cooperative, collaborative, and nurturing environments.

    Expenses $23,462,670 · Grants $888,816

  • Community Services Block Grant - The CAO is a community based, citizen driven organization that provides essential health & human services, educational and training programs to low-income residents across Erie County, NY with extensive experience in site management, crisis and emergency services, youth and family development, food pantry distributions, employment & training, reporting to funding sources and creating and maintaining vital partnerships within the community. On average we serve over 37,000 individuals and over 40,000 families at over 7 sites annually.

    Expenses $4,632,915 · Grants $916,414 · Revenue $705,566

  • The CAO Drug Abuse, Research and Treatment Program (DART) currently serves 565 consumers in our outpatient opiate treatment program. The clients attend our clinic daily at which time they receive medication, methadone that assists in the development and maintenance of their recovery from opiate dependence. Clients are also required to attend weekly individual sessions with their assigned counselor as well as group therapy, whose goals are to identify the antecedents to addiction and develop and monitor the effectiveness of their recovery plans. During this period the DART program conducted 164,969 dispensing and approximately 36,000 clinical episodes of care.

    Expenses $3,226,530 · Revenue $3,701,384

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Angela Blue

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Craig Hannah

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Ulysees O Wingo Sr

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Vernee Shaw-Wilkins

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Bridget Niland

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Demone Smith

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Raquel Schmidt

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Wesley L Hicks Jr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Eric Fields

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Hon Robert T Russell

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John Ingram

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jonathan A Dandes

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LaQuenta Anderson-Lockwood

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lisa Collins

    Director - Policy Council

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Shandra Garner

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Theresa M Vita

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Vonetta Rhodes-OSI

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Wilmer Olivencia Jr

    At Large Member / Sergeant at Arms

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sharada Briggs

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $112,292
    From this org
    $98,736
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,556
    Hours/week
    40

  • Thomas Kim

    President/CEO

    Total calculated
    $200,592
    From this org
    $187,036
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,556
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,323
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $713
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,556
    Filer's total
    $200,592

  • Chelsea White

    EVP and Chief of Education

    Total calculated
    $162,661
    From this org
    $149,105
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,556
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,824
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $281
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,556
    Filer's total
    $162,661

  • Deanne Montgomery

    Chief Program and Administrative Officer

    Total calculated
    $130,407
    From this org
    $109,664
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,743
    Hours/week
    40

  • Tonya Kohlman

    CPO

    Total calculated
    $121,139
    From this org
    $107,583
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,556
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • St Martin Village LP

    N/A · Developing Low-Income Rental Housing · NY

    Directly controlled by NA

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • St Martin Village Housing Development Fund Company Inc

    C Corporation · Developing Low-Income Rental Housing · NY · 100% owned · share of income $0 · share of assets $0 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by Community Action Organization of Western NY

  • Keep Buffalo Neat Inc

    C Corporation · Inactive · NY · 100% owned · share of income $0 · share of assets $0 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by Community Action Organization of Western NY

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
16 January 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202440169349302489

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