Form 990 for tax year 2023

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 24 August 2026. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue

$61,061,047 →changed to $58,678,966

Total expenses

$59,464,943 →changed to $60,373,007

Contributions and grants received

$5,490,805 →changed to $6,605,077

Program service revenue

$54,776,417 →changed to $50,942,592

Investment income

$617,248 →changed to $730,666

Other revenue

$176,577 →changed to $400,631

Total assets, end of year

$29,174,634 →changed to $22,615,752

Total liabilities, end of year

$7,615,581 →changed to $5,291,628

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$21,559,053 →changed to $17,324,124

Program services expenses

$55,266,689 →changed to $56,665,319

Management and general expenses

$4,198,254 →changed to $3,707,688

Program service expenses (Part III)

$55,266,689 →changed to $56,665,319

Totals

Total revenue

$61,061,047

Total expenses

$59,464,943

Contributions and grants received

$5,490,805

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$54,776,417

Investment income

$617,248

Other revenue

$176,577

Total assets, end of year

$29,174,634

Total liabilities, end of year

$7,615,581

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$21,559,053

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$55,266,689

Management and general expenses

$4,198,254

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$55,266,689

Program services were 92.9% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• THE WESTERN NEW YORK INDEPENDENT LIVING INC. AGGRESSIVELY PURSUED AVAILABLE COVID FUNDING TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY-BASED INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES THE INFORMATION, PPE, AND ASSISTANCE THAT MIGHT BE NEEDED DUE TO ANY MOBILITY RESTRICTIONS THAT THEY MAY HAVE HAD BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC AND LACK OF COMMUNITY SUPPORTS. THE AGENCY PROVIDES OVER 2000 TRIPS DISSEMINATING COVID RELIEF KITS TO HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN THEIR SERVICE AREA. SEVERAL HUNDRED HOME TRIPS WERE MADE TO BRING NEEDED GROCERIES, FOOD STUFF, MEDICINE, AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES DIRECTLY TO THE PERSON'S HOME. THE CENTER WAS IN THE FORE FRONT OF INSURING THAT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES RESTRICTED TO THEIR HOMES WERE NOT FORGOTTEN, WHEN CITY AND/OR COUNTY OFFICIALS WERE FIGHTING THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS IN WESTERN NEW YORK.

  Expenses $49,584,943 · Revenue $54,174,913

• WNYIL IN ITS FIGHT AGAINST THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC WORKED WITH THE VARIOUS TRADITIONAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE A PEER SUPPORTIVE PROGRAM TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO TAKE A PATH TO RECOVERY. MEETING'S INDIVIDUALS WHERE THEY WERE AT IN THE COMMUNITY, AND WORKING INDIVIDUALLY AND OR IN GROUPS, WNYIL'S PEERS CONNECTED DOZENS OF INDIVIDUALS BATTLING ADDICTION TO THE INPATIENT AND/OR OUTPATIENT SERVICES THEY NEEDED, WHILE ALSO PROVIDING FAMILY TO FAMILY SUPPORTS. ASSISTING THE FAMILIES IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO THEIR LOVED ONE, AND THE VARIOUS WAYS TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILY MEMBER'S RECOVERY AND HELP THE FAMILY WORK THROUGH THE STRESS OF ADDICTION. WNYIL WORKING WITH VETERANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, LEAD THE WAY IN CREATING THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MILITARY & VETERAN PEER SPECIALIST, A NATIONAL NETWORK OF VETERANS WORKING WITH OUR MILITARY MEMBERS TRANSITIONING TO CIVILIAN LIFE WHILE FIGHTING A VARIETY OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH STRUGGLES. WNYIL PROVIDED A $10 THOUSAND GRANT TO OFFSET THE COSTS OF INCORPORATING, FILING FOR NONPROFIT STATUS, AND DEVELOPING ITS BYLAWS TO CLEARLY OUTLINE MEANS OF GOVERNANCE AND SERVICE TO THE NATION. AS OF THIS TIME THE NAMVPS IS EXPANDING ITS BOARD AND SEEKING PRIVATE FOUNDATION FUNDING TO ASSIST IN CREATING A NATIONAL REGISTRY OF MILITARY & VETERAN PEER SPECIALISTS, AN ON-LINE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE NETWORK,AND A NATIONAL CONFERENCE TO BRING THE VARIOUS PEER SPECIALISTS TOGETHER.

  Expenses $2,428,350

• DURING THIS YEAR, THE WNYIL AND ITS VARIOUS OFFICES PROVIDED OVER 7000 INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES EDUCATIONAL, EMPOWERMENT, AND CONSULTINGSERVICES TO ASSIST THE PERSON WITH A DISABILITY THE ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO LIVE IN THEIR HOME, WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND ENGAGE WITH SOCIETY AS EQUAL CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS. THE WNYIL PROGRAMMING CONTINUES TO ASSIST PEOPLE OUT OF NURSING HOMES, EMPLOYMENT READINESS SERVICES, AND INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS. COMMUNITY AND INDIVIDUAL ADVOCACY CONTINUE TO REMOVE THE PHYSICAL, COMMUNICATION, AND ATTITUDINAL BARRIERS THAT PREVENT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES FROM FULLY ENGAGING IN OUR COMMUNITY LIFE.

  Expenses $2,483,897 · Revenue $756,091

• OTHER 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.

  Expenses $769,499

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

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

14 August 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202512269349302441

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