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← BACKSTRETCH EMPLOYEE SERVICE TEAM OF NEW YORK INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BACKSTRETCH EMPLOYEE SERVICE TEAM OF NEW YORK INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,412,969
Total expenses
$2,057,721
Contributions and grants received
$2,340,747
Grants paid
$532,676
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$72,222
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,932,372
Total liabilities, end of year
$133,184
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,799,188
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,669,987
Management and general expenses
$329,085
Fundraising expenses
$58,649
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,669,987

Program services were 81.2% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $344,335

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,996,412

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $66,532 · excluded $66,532

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $76,305

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $70,615

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $5,690

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $5,690 · excluded $5,690

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $532,676 · program services $532,676

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $186,482 · program services $102,566 · management and general $65,268 · fundraising $18,648

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $862,892 · program services $692,644 · management and general $155,373 · fundraising $14,875

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $33,171 · program services $23,272 · management and general $9,527 · fundraising $372

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $149,062 · program services $128,685 · management and general $18,615 · fundraising $1,762

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $76,153 · program services $57,818 · management and general $15,938 · fundraising $2,397

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $21,400 · program services $9,630 · management and general $10,700 · fundraising $1,070

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $11,618 · program services $11,618

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $88,529 · program services $56,416 · management and general $28,739 · fundraising $3,374

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,633 · program services $3,943 · management and general $1,127 · fundraising $563

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,911 · management and general $4,911

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $56,353 · program services $50,719 · management and general $5,634

  • 24a · Other expenses: SPECIAL EVENTS

    total $15,638 · management and general $50 · fundraising $15,588

  • 24b · Other expenses: CLIENT ASSISTANCE

    total $11,503 · management and general $11,503

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $1,700 · management and general $1,700

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $13,457 · end of year $6,592

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,316,348 · end of year $2,747,724

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $72,831 · end of year $50,499

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $26,086 · end of year $236

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

    $108,871

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

    $101,963

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $11,819 · end of year $6,908

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $110,649 · end of year $120,413

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $111,324 · end of year $133,184

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,584,975 · end of year $1,882,594

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $854,891 · end of year $916,594

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

B.E.S.T. IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WHICH IS DEVOTED TO PROVIDING FOR THE HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE NEEDS OF THE SEVERAL THOUSAND, LOW WAGE, BARN AREA ("BACKSTRETCH") WORKERS OF THE AQUEDUCT, BELMONT, AND SARATOGA RACE TRACKS.

  • B.E.S.T. OPERATES A NEW YORK STATE LICENSED DRUG AND ALCOHOL TREATMENT PROGRAM AND PROVIDES SUBSIDIES FOR ELIGIBLE BACKSTRETCH WORKERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBSIDIZING SIGNIFICANT PORTIONS OF THE COST OF THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE. B.E.S.T. SUBCONTRACTS NORTHWELL HEALTH AND SARATOGA HOSPITAL TO PROVIDE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE AT BELMONT PARK AND AT THE SARATOGA RACECOURSE. THE ORGANIZATION'S THREE LARGEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS; 1. THE SUCCESSFUL OPERATION OF TWO PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CLINICS WHICH PROVIDE EQUAL AS NEEDED CARE FOR INSURANCE ELIGIBLE AND INSURANCE INELIGIBLE BACKSTRETCH WORKERS. 2. RENEWAL OF ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSES AND CITIZENSHIP PREPARATION CLASSES. 3. PROVISION OF CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR HUNDREDS OF BACKSTRETCH WORKERS.

    Expenses $1,669,987 · Grants $532,676

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Iris Roberts Esq

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • James Ferraro

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Chad Brown

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lauren Evans

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Leah Gyarmati

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nicole Rudolph-Katz

    MEMBER`

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Daniel Summers

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Aaron Yagoda

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Najja Thompson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Edward Messina

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Paul Ruchames

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $186,482
    From this org
    $179,240
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,242
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $179,240
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,242
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $186,482

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
19 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202432349349301273

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