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CENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE OF THE DISABLED IN NEW YORK INC

EIN 13-2984549 NEW YORK, NY

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Revenue 2024
$11,845,872
Expenses 2024
$11,740,971

Program services were 87.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P800
Classification
1000
Street
1010 6TH AVENUE SUITE 301

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

THE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE OF THE DISABLED, NEW YORK'S GOAL IS TO ENSURE FULL INTEGRATION, INDEPENDENCE AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES BY REMOVING BARRIERS TO THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, CULTURAL AND CIVIC LIFE OF THE COMMUNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

REMOVING BARRIERS TO SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, CULTURAL AND CIVIC LIFE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

  • FOUNDED IN 1978, THE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE OF THE DISABLED, NY (CIDNY) IS A LEADING ADVOCATE FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN NEW YORK CITY. WE WORK ONE-ON-ONE WITH INDIVIDUALS TO CREATE A ROADMAP TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS. WE EDUCATE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS AND THE PUBLIC TODEEPEN UNDERSTANDING OF DISABILITY.- WE LISTEN TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TOGETHER WE EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND POLICYMAKERS.- PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES LEAD OUR ADVOCACY NETWORK, OFFERING LEADERSHIP AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT.- WE RESEARCH AND SURVEY CONDITIONS IN THE COMMUNITY TO IDENTIFY BARRIERS THAT IMPEDE ACCESS.- WE SHARE OUR FINDINGS WITH POLICYMAKERS TO ADVOCATE FOR CORRECTION OF THE BARRIERS WE FIND.- WE PARTNER WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC AND POLICYMAKERS WITH UP TO DATE INFORMATION ON STATUS AND WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.- WE ADVOCATE WITH LAWMAKERS AND IN THE COURTS FOR FAIR AND EFFECTIVE POLICIES THAT WILL INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FULL INCLUSION AND FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF EXISTING LAW.- WE DEMONSTRATE FOR OUR RIGHTS.- WE EDUCATE AND HELP PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES LEARN TO NAVIGATE COMPLEX SYSTEMS AND, THROUGH APPEALS, SOLVE DIFFICULT PROBLEMS THAT IMPEDE ACCESS TO EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING, HEALTH CARE, FOOD AND TRANSPORTATION.- WE HELP PEOPLE KNOW WHETHER THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR COMMUNITY SUPPORTS AND APPLY FOR THEM.- WE USE OUR EXPERIENCES AS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND OUR KNOWLEDGE TO HELP THEM ACHIEVE GOALS THAT WILL IMPROVE THEIR LIVES.- WE EDUCATE THE PUBLIC TO ENHANCE THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF DISABILITY ISSUES BY APPEARING IN LEADING MAINSTREAM MEDIA OUTLETS AND THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC DIALOGUES ON KEY ISSUES.

    Expenses $10,283,988 · Grants $28,600 · Revenue $1,915,554

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • Sunita Dutta Esq

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75
  • John O'Neill PhD Crc

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75
  • Yulia Steshenko CFP

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75
  • Martin Eichel

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75
  • Ethan H Addes Esq

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75
  • David Heard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75
  • Dustin Jones

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75
  • Bernard Carabello

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75
  • Mary Ellen Howe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75
  • Fredda Rosen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75
  • Michael W O'Dell MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75
  • Doug Schreiber

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75
  • Alexandra Day

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75
  • Sharon McLennon Wier

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $349,743
    From this org
    $318,077
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,666
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $243,077
    Bonus
    $75,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,779
    Nontaxable benefits
    $887
    Filer's total
    $349,743
  • Paula Goolcharan

    DIRECTOR OF LTCOP

    Total calculated
    $128,410
    From this org
    $110,302
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,108
    Hours/week
    35
  • Arthur Schwartz

    ASSOC GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $120,043
    From this org
    $120,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43
    Hours/week
    35

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
    $11,845,872
    Expenses
    $11,740,971
    Contributions
    $9,835,311
    Grants paid
    $28,600
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $10,362,875
    Expenses
    $9,835,541
    Contributions
    $10,199,964
    Grants paid
    $182,994
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $9,259,954
    Expenses
    $8,937,955
    Contributions
    $9,117,447
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $9,017,097
    Expenses
    $8,292,256
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,275,916
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,728,153
    Expenses
    $7,905,374
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,117,672
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,323,618
    Expenses
    $6,843,841
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,758,437
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,951,155
    Expenses
    $6,658,045
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,803,836
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,942,559
    Expenses
    $6,570,871
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,277,853
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,182,033
    Expenses
    $3,963,751
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,409,298
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,026,165
    Expenses
    $3,049,918
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,546,020
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,603,813
    Expenses
    $2,766,946
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,628,633
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,660,319
    Expenses
    $2,660,664
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,804,096
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,230,551
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,610,601

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.