Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by NIAGARA FRONTIER RADIO READING SERVICE INC.
What the amendment changed
Compared with the return it replaced , filed 14 August 2025. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII 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
- $155,107 changed to $1,576,949
- Total expenses
- $293,114 changed to $307,934
- Contributions and grants received
- $103,859 changed to $107,107
- Other revenue
- $3,248 changed to $1,421,842
- Total assets, end of year
- $721,473 changed to $692,934
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,396,650 changed to $12,735
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- -$675,177 changed to $680,199
- Program services expenses
- $263,802 changed to $266,078
- Management and general expenses
- $29,312 changed to $41,856
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $263,802 changed to $266,078
Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,576,949
- Total expenses
- $307,934
- Contributions and grants received
- $107,107
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $48,000
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $1,421,842
- Total assets, end of year
- $692,934
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $12,735
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $680,199
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $266,078
- Management and general expenses
- $41,856
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $266,078
Program services were 86.4% 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.
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1a · Federated campaigns
$582
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$106,525
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2a · Program service revenue: RENTAL REVENUE
total $48,000 · related or exempt $48,000
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11a · Other revenue: FORGIVENESS OF DEBT
total $1,421,842 · excluded $1,421,842
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11e · Other revenue, total
$1,421,842
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $154,427 · program services $146,135 · management and general $8,292
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $3,846 · program services $3,640 · management and general $206
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $36,185 · program services $34,242 · management and general $1,943
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $8,879 · program services $8,402 · management and general $477
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11b · Fees: legal
total $50 · management and general $50
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11g · Fees: other
total $8,672 · management and general $8,672
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14 · Information technology
total $19,000 · program services $19,000
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16 · Occupancy
total $33,622 · program services $28,579 · management and general $5,043
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $9,070 · management and general $9,070
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20 · Interest
total $3,500 · management and general $3,500
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $22,208 · program services $18,876 · management and general $3,332
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24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES
total $8,141 · program services $6,920 · management and general $1,221
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24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS
total $334 · program services $284 · management and general $50
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $74,983 · end of year $154,605
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $327
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $3,714
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$723,148
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$188,533
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $556,823 · end of year $534,615
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
end of year $8,735
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $4,000
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $1,200,032 · end of year $4,000
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year -$571,899 · end of year $680,199
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
TO PROVIDE RADIO READING SERVICE TO THE BLIND
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO PROVIDE RADIO READING SERVICE TO THE BLIND.
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PRODUCED A 24/7 ONLINE AND ON-AIR BROADCAST OF NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, BOOKS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR HAVE A PRINT DISABILITY AS READ BY VOLUNTEERS. SERVED MORE THAN 5,000 PEOPLE ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK - INCLUDING BUFFALO, ROCHESTER, AND THE SOUTHERN TIER.
Expenses $266,078 · Revenue $48,000
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Paul D Beakman SrPAUL D BEAKMAN SR
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 2.5 related
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Richard DreadRICHARD DREAD
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1.5 related
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Ann L ScherffANN L SCHERFF
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
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Sue Ann SehlSUE ANN SEHL
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
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Patricia LamontePATRICIA LAMONTE
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Charles NellisCHARLES NELLIS
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 1 related
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Kenneth SullivanKENNETH SULLIVAN
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Michael BenzinMICHAEL BENZIN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $83,370
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $71,256
- Other
- $12,114
- Hours/week
- 20 + 20 related
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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Related organizations on this return
Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
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WESTERN NEW YORK INDEPENDENT LIVING INC
501(C)(3) · ASSISTANCE FOR DISABLED PERSONS · NY
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 25 June 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202631809349301278
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