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BACKSTRETCH EMPLOYEE SERVICE TEAM OF NEW YORK INC

EIN 11-2976735 ELMONT, NY

Revenue 2024
$2,266,212
Expenses 2024
$2,032,344

Program services were 80.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
J20
Classification
1200
Street
2150 HEMPSTEAD TPKE 28B

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

B.E.S.T., A NON-PROFIT, ADDRESSES THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF THE BACKSTRETCH COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND SUPPORT SERVICES TAILORED TO THE WORKERS AT AQUEDUCT, BELMONT, AND SARATOGA RACETRACKS. OUR MISSION IS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO CARE FOR THE HORSES AND MAINTAIN THE RACETRACKS.

  • B.E.S.T. OVERSAW COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY HEALTH CLINICS AT BELMONT AND SARATOGA, PROVIDING PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, MANAGED REFERRALS, AND PREVENTIVE SERVICES TO THE BACKSTRETCH WORKFORCE. IN 2024, THE CLINICS SUPPORTED APPROXIMATELY 2,200 PATIENT VISITS, ENSURING ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE AND CULTURALLY COMPETENT HEALTH CARE FOR RACETRACK WORKERS. THROUGH LICENSED PROFESSIONALS, B.E.S.T. DELIVERED MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE COUNSELING TAILORED TO THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES OF RACETRACK LIFE. IN 2024, 1,100 INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING SERVICES WERE PROVIDED, WITH ADDITIONAL WORKERS PARTICIPATING IN WEEKLY SUPPORT GROUPS AND WELLNESS INITIATIVES THAT ADDRESSED ADDICTION RECOVERY, STRESS MANAGEMENT, AND FAMILY WELL-BEING. B.E.S.T PROVIDED RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH APPOINTMENTS, COMPLETING OVER 5,000 RIDES IN 2024. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO EXPANDED OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, INCLUDING EXPANDING ESL AND CITIZENSHIP CLASSES, WORKFORCE SUPPORT, AND HEALTH EDUCATION WORKSHOPS. THESE PROGRAMS CONNECTED HUNDREDS OF WORKERS WITH ESSENTIAL RESOURCES, IMPROVING STABILITY, ACCESS, AND OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE BACKSTRETCH COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $1,630,628 · Grants $573,738

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.

  • IRIS ROBERTS ESQ

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • JAMES FERRARO

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • CHAD BROWN

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LAUREN EVANS

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LEAH GYARMATI

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NICOLE RUDOLPH-KATZ

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DANIEL SUMMERS

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • AARON YAGODA

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • NAJJA THOMPSON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • DR EDWARD MESSINA

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHRISTOPHER CIPOLLA

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ZACHARY RICHARDS

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NANCY UNDERWOOD

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $147,950
    From this org
    $144,231
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,719
    Hours/week
    40

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,266,212
    Expenses
    $2,032,344
    Contributions
    $2,151,576
    Grants paid
    $573,738
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,412,969
    Expenses
    $2,057,721
    Contributions
    $2,340,747
    Grants paid
    $532,676
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,023,211
    Expenses
    $2,003,031
    Contributions
    $2,035,308
    Grants paid
    $603,352

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
    $2,152,751
    Expenses
    $1,816,879
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,509,504

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,019,577
    Expenses
    $1,789,884
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,322,112

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,169,126
    Expenses
    $2,050,269
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,957,349

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,068,534
    Expenses
    $1,841,691
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,830,641

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,587,893
    Expenses
    $1,922,764
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,620,616

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,990,217
    Expenses
    $2,007,836
    Assets (EOY)
    $959,575

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,993,245
    Expenses
    $2,120,855
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,021,272

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,107,196
    Expenses
    $2,069,830
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,078,316

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,159,669
    Expenses
    $2,287,432
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,027,495

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,242,717
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,178,315

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 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.