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LIBERTY FOUNDATION INC

EIN 14-1759246 AMSTERDAM, NY

Revenue 2024
$1,511,686
Expenses 2024
$2,017,793

Program services were 88.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
43 LIBERTY DR

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PUBLICLY SOLICITS & RECEIVES FUNDS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES, PRIMARILY FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. THE CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED HELP UNDERWRITE THE COST OF SERVICES THAT ARE NOT TRADITIONALLY SUPPORTED THROUGH PROGRAM REVENUE

Activities or mission (Part I)

RAISE & MNG FUNDS FOR SUPPORTING PRGMS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF PERSONS W/DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

  • PROVIDED GRANTS AND DONATED RESIDENCE TO NYSARC, INC. - MONTGOMERY COUNTY CHAPTER (HEREAFTER LIBERTY ARC), A RELATED 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION, FOR THEIR COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT, RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM, AND 'GROUND LEVEL GRANTS'. THESE PROGRAM FUNDED INITIATIVES ADDED TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE PEOPLE SUPPORTED BY LIBERTY ARC, INCLUDING GIVING ADULTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AN OPPORTUNITY TO EARN MONEY AND IMPROVE EMPLOYMENT SKILLS; PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM WORK SITES; AND PROVIDING PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FUNDING FOR OUR RESIDENTIAL AND DAY PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $1,793,035 · Grants $1,793,035

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • DONNA CANESTRARO

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRETT HARRIS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SARAH E ADAMOWSKI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAUL DICAPRIO

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • MICHAEL LOBB

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WANDA BURLING

    DIRECTOR EMERITI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANNE BOLES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TAMMY KRISHER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENNIFER SAUNDERS

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $307,017
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $250,069
    Other
    $56,948
    Hours/week
    1 + 37.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $250,069 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $56,948 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $307,017 related

  • BRIAN CREGIN

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $55,293
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $55,293
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 37.5 related

  • CANDY OPALKA

    COO

    Total calculated
    $237,232
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $199,704
    Other
    $37,528
    Hours/week
    1 + 37.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $198,704 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $1,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $37,528 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $237,232 related

  • BEATRICE MARRINER

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $9,808
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $9,808
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 37.5 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. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,511,686
    Expenses
    $2,017,793
    Contributions
    $142,607
    Grants paid
    $1,793,035
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $959,667
    Expenses
    $335,140
    Contributions
    $92,293
    Grants paid
    $95,775
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $475,806
    Expenses
    $208,396
    Contributions
    $99,645
    Grants paid
    $57,408

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $889,258
    Expenses
    $295,630
    Assets (EOY)
    $41,905,032

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $608,237
    Expenses
    $234,699
    Assets (EOY)
    $35,709,391

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,285,395
    Expenses
    $1,558,906
    Assets (EOY)
    $31,214,157

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $847,623
    Expenses
    $267,798
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,204,209

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $773,744
    Expenses
    $250,446
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,983,890

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $759,289
    Expenses
    $248,088
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,667,762

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $622,329
    Expenses
    $219,934
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,945,633

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,005,909
    Expenses
    $195,535
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,904,483

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $782,425
    Expenses
    $176,682
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,912,744

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $385,252
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,313,978

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.