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BESTSELF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INC

EIN 16-1004090 BUFFALO, NY

Revenue 2024
$82,950,360
Expenses 2024
$85,065,217

Program services were 82.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
899 MAIN ST

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).

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.

  • ABIGAIL UNGER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ADAM KOEHN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANETTA HENDERSHOT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTINE ELLINGTON-ROWE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EMRY MOORE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATTHEW WHITEHEAD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PATRICIA CARRINGTON ESQ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICHARD BISESI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT L ROBINSON II

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBIN WOLFGANG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID MANN

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELIZABETH WOIKE

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $475,932
    From this org
    $447,402
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,530
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $439,991
    Bonus
    $6,655
    Other
    $756
    Deferred
    $13,660
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,870
    Filer's total
    $475,932

  • ELLEN BIELER

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOSEPH C DISTASIO

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $339,698
    From this org
    $314,227
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,471
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $307,636
    Bonus
    $5,784
    Other
    $807
    Deferred
    $9,767
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,704
    Filer's total
    $339,698

  • MARILYN WILSON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL A DE FREITAS ESQ

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • THOMAS SCHWARTZ

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALEXANDRA MNUSKIN

    PHYSICIAN

    Total calculated
    $291,392
    From this org
    $277,260
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,132
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $273,101
    Bonus
    $4,051
    Other
    $108
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,132
    Filer's total
    $291,392

  • GURSHARON NIJJAR

    MEDICAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $282,575
    From this org
    $258,813
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,762
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $254,377
    Bonus
    $4,328
    Other
    $108
    Deferred
    $7,777
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,985
    Filer's total
    $282,575

  • JENINE PANER-BANSI

    DIRECTOR OF ADDICTION MEDICINE

    Total calculated
    $330,866
    From this org
    $320,831
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,035
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $317,591
    Bonus
    $2,940
    Other
    $300
    Deferred
    $9,625
    Nontaxable benefits
    $410
    Filer's total
    $330,866

  • JULIA RINGEL

    PSYCHIATRIST

    Total calculated
    $248,569
    From this org
    $248,159
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $410
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $248,051
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $108
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $410
    Filer's total
    $248,569

  • SRIDHAR NILAM

    PSYCHIATRIST

    Total calculated
    $237,281
    From this org
    $216,633
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,648
    Hours/week
    30

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $213,910
    Bonus
    $2,250
    Other
    $473
    Deferred
    $6,836
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,812
    Filer's total
    $237,281

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 — 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
    $82,950,360
    Expenses
    $85,065,217
    Contributions
    $28,836,760
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $83,352,157
    Expenses
    $84,407,826
    Contributions
    $28,452,311
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $84,773,501
    Expenses
    $87,999,093
    Contributions
    $25,676,117
    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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

Nonprofiteer parses the Form 990 only. 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.

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.

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

  • BESTSELF PROPERTIES INC

    501(C)(3) · HOLDS PROPERTY FOR BESTSELF BEHAVORIAL HEALTH, INC. · NY · controlled entity

  • BESTSELF FOUNDATION INC

    501(C)(3) · PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES TO BESTSELF BEHAVORIAL HEALTH, INC. · NY · controlled entity

  • LSCA GROUP INC

    501(C)(3) · PROVIDE STRATEGIC DIRECTION/SUPPORT TO BESTSELF BEHAVORIAL HEALTH, INC. · NY

  • BESTSUPPORT INC

    501(C)(3) · TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF BESTSELF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, INC. · NY

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 10 September 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.