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CONCEPTS OF INDEPENDENCE INC

EIN 51-0239824 NEW YORK, NY

Revenue 2023
$166,416,792
Expenses 2023
$161,363,896

Program services were 94.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
120 WALL STREET 9TH FLOOR

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).

Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CONCEPTS OF INDEPENDENCE IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES SEVERELY DISABLED INDIVIDUALS IN NEW YORK THAT ARE RECIPIENTS OF PERSONAL CARE ASSISTANCE SERVICES THAT ARE FUNDED THOUGH NYS MEDICAID. CONCEPTS' ROLE IS TO PROVIDE PAYROLL PROCESSING MONITORING FISCAL INTERMEDIARY.AND OTHER VENDOR RESPONSIBILITIES. CONCEPTS' SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT NEW YORK CITY'S FIVE BOROUGHS AND SEVERAL NYS COUNTIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SERVE SEVERELY DISABLED INDIVIDUALS IN NY THAT RECEIVE PERSONAL CARE ASSISTANCE SERVICES.

  • CONCEPTS OF INDEPENDENCE - MANAGED CARE ("COI-MC")COI-MC PROVIDES CONSUMER DIRECTED PERSONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES TO APPROXIMATELY 2,700 CONSUMERS UNDER THE MEDICAID MANAGED CARE HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF NEW YORK. IN ADDITION COI-MC PROVIDES PAYROLL AND PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION SERVICES TO THESE CONSUMERS WHO EMPLOY PERSONAL ASSISTANTS. AS OF JUNE 30, 2024 CONCEPTS PROVIDED WAGE AND BENEFIT PROCESSING TO MORE THAN 4,500 PERSONAL ASSISTANTS. CONCEPTS ACTS AS A FISCAL INTERMEDIARY TO FACILITATE THE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION PROCESSES, SUCH AS COLLECTING PAPERWORK, PAYROLL, BENEFITS AND SUPPORTING CONSUMERS TO NAVIGATE DIRECTING THEIR CARE.

    Expenses $151,620,323 · Revenue $162,554,912

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

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Anthony Caputo

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $300,954
    From this org
    $268,712
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,242
    Hours/week
    30 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $265,664
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $3,048
    Deferred
    $16,162
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,080
    Filer's total
    $300,954
  • Nancy Brown

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related
  • Joan Vitiello

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related
  • Louise Weathers

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related
  • Judith Tshibangu

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related
  • Zoe Agios

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related
  • John Lewis Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related
  • Maria Mischke

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $277,457
    From this org
    $232,128
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,329
    Hours/week
    30 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $216,194
    Bonus
    $5,750
    Other
    $10,184
    Deferred
    $14,270
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,059
    Filer's total
    $277,457
  • Zbigniew Mejran

    DIRECTOR OF IT

    Total calculated
    $190,787
    From this org
    $167,008
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,779
    Hours/week
    30 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,086
    Bonus
    $3,000
    Other
    $10,922
    Deferred
    $9,949
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,830
    Filer's total
    $190,787
  • Jose Rodriguez

    DIRECTOR OF BILLING

    Total calculated
    $159,203
    From this org
    $135,002
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,201
    Hours/week
    30 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $120,811
    Bonus
    $4,500
    Other
    $9,691
    Deferred
    $8,121
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,080
    Filer's total
    $159,203
  • Donette Turnage

    DIRECTOR OF INTAKE

    Total calculated
    $141,876
    From this org
    $133,859
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,017
    Hours/week
    30 + 5 related
  • Joseph Lawliss

    DIRECTOR OF OUTREACH

    Total calculated
    $183,805
    From this org
    $129,887
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,918
    Hours/week
    30 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $121,010
    Bonus
    $1,500
    Other
    $7,377
    Deferred
    $8,248
    Nontaxable benefits
    $45,670
    Filer's total
    $183,805
  • Qi Yi Kuang

    COMPTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $133,299
    From this org
    $124,410
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,889
    Hours/week
    30 + 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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $166,416,792
    Expenses
    $161,363,896
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $165,768,571
    Expenses
    $164,024,320
    Contributions
    $0
    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
    $182,901,777
    Expenses
    $162,515,617
    Assets (EOY)
    $128,168,608
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $182,138,193
    Expenses
    $176,456,646
    Assets (EOY)
    $106,794,018
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $201,752,319
    Expenses
    $194,845,727
    Assets (EOY)
    $98,169,572
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $189,930,295
    Expenses
    $187,776,394
    Assets (EOY)
    $66,486,468
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $187,592,297
    Expenses
    $181,721,084
    Assets (EOY)
    $66,107,670
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $172,011,499
    Expenses
    $159,056,940
    Assets (EOY)
    $58,435,881
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $134,096,516
    Expenses
    $131,967,397
    Assets (EOY)
    $53,582,194
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $106,205,888
    Expenses
    $109,639,281
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,993,843
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $83,660,724
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,919,742
  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $74,925,008
    Assets (EOY)
    $33,770,665

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

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

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 2023 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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.