Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← All organizations

WESTERN NEW YORK INDEPENDENT LIVING INC

EIN 22-2316065 BUFFALO, NY

Revenue 2024
$0
Expenses 2024
$0

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
E99Z
Classification
1000
Street
3108 MAIN STREET

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

WESTERN NEW YORK INDEPENDENT LIVING, INC., A FAMILY OF AGENCIES, IS A MULTI-CULTURAL, GRASSROOTS, PEER DIRECTED, CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES A FULL RANGE OF ASSISTANCE, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.

  • SELF-DIRECTED HOME CARE: WESTERN NEW YORK INDEPENDENT LIVING, INC. (WNYIL) OPERATED STATEWIDE SELF-DIRECTED HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE CONSUMER DIRECTED PERSONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (CDPAS), VETERANS DIRECTED CARE (VDC), AND EXPANDED IN-HOME SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY PROGRAM (EISEP). THESE PROGRAMS ENABLED OLDER ADULTS, VETERANS, AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES TO REMAIN SAFELY IN THEIR HOMES AND AVOID COSTLY INSTITUTIONAL CARE BY RECEIVING SUPPORTS IN THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE SETTING POSSIBLE. THROUGH SELF-DIRECTION, PARTICIPANTS EXERCISED CHOICE AND CONTROL OVER THEIR SERVICES, INCLUDING THE ABILITY TO RECRUIT, TRAIN, SCHEDULE, SUPERVISE, AND DISMISS THEIR OWN CARE STAFF.

  • BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: WNYIL PROVIDED A CONTINUUM OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES DESIGNED TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE CHALLENGES IN ACHIEVING RECOVERY, STABILITY, AND COMMUNITY INTEGRATION. SERVICES INCLUDED PEER SUPPORT, ADVOCACY, BENEFITS ADVISEMENT, HEALTH HOME CARE COORDINATION, INDEPENDENT CONSUMER ADVOCACY NETWORK (ICAN) OMBUDSMAN SERVICES, EMPLOYMENT SUPPORTS, INFORMATION AND REFERRAL, AND TRANSITION SERVICES ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS IN MOVING FROM INSTITUTIONAL CARE TO COMMUNITY-BASED LIVING. WNYIL ALSO OPERATED PEER-RUN RECOVERY AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE RENEWAL CENTER, WHICH PROVIDED CRISIS DIVERSION AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO HELP INDIVIDUALS AVOID UNNECESSARY HOSPITALIZATION AND MAINTAIN COMMUNITY STABILITY. THROUGH THESE EFFORTS, WNYIL PROMOTED RECOVERY, SELF-DETERMINATION, AND IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE FOR INDIVIDUALS ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK.

  • INDEPENDENT LIVING: WNYIL PROVIDED CORE INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES, INCLUDING PEER COUNSELING, INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS TRAINING, TRANSITION SERVICES FROM INSTITUTIONAL SETTINGS TO COMMUNITY-BASED LIVING, YOUTH TO ADULT TRANSITION SERVICES, INDIVIDUAL AND SYSTEMS ADVOCACY, AND INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SERVICES. WNYIL ALSO PROVIDED EMPLOYMENT SUPPORTS, BENEFITS ADVISEMENT, AND APPLICATION ASSISTANCE TO HELP INDIVIDUALS ACCESS NEEDED RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES.

  • OTHER EXEMPT PURPOSE ACHIEVEMENTS - ERIE COUNTY DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES CONTRACT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM (OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING SERVICES FOR TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS ENROLLED IN TREATMENT PROGRAMS), OFFICE OF PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES (FULLY ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORTATION, PRIVATE AND PUBLIC, FOR FAMILIES WITH INDIVIDUAL WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY LIVING WITH THEM), NYS DEPT. OF HEALTH - MONEY FOLLOWS THE PERSON (ASSIST PWD TRANSITION FROM INSTITUTION TO COMMUNITY), NYS DOH AGED BLIND AND DISABLED CONTRACT TO OBTAIN MEDICAID/MEDICARE HEALTH COVERAGE, EMERGENCY SHELTER AND HOUSING ASSISTANCE AGREEMENTS, AND VARIOUS OTHER AGREEMENTS.

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.

  • PAUL D BEAKMAN SR

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5 + 2 related

  • RICHARD DREAD

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 2 related

  • ANN L SCHERFF

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • SUE ANN SEHL

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • SYREETA DEAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BARBARA GAETANO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25

  • JOSEPH BALL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LINDA MAKSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25

  • MICHAEL MAY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75

  • BOBBIE JO MEYER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHARLES NELLIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related

  • JOHN SCHAPPACHER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25

  • STEPHANIE ORLANDO

    C.E.O

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

  • KATIE MORREALE

    C.F.O.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $0
    Expenses
    $0
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $61,061,047
    Expenses
    $59,464,943
    Contributions
    $5,490,805
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $58,678,966
    Expenses
    $60,373,007
    Contributions
    $6,605,077
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $58,666,205
    Expenses
    $65,207,455
    Contributions
    $7,044,610
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $58,666,205
    Expenses
    $65,207,455
    Contributions
    $7,044,610
    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
    $48,570,612
    Expenses
    $45,624,431
    Assets (EOY)
    $32,075,020

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $46,881,599
    Expenses
    $44,982,506
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,215,885

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $52,154,664
    Expenses
    $45,270,554
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,645,203

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $51,646,148
    Expenses
    $48,154,109
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,781,756

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $45,612,549
    Expenses
    $42,754,383
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,611,856

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $35,908,597
    Expenses
    $32,852,016
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,658,278

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $24,986,353
    Expenses
    $23,802,109
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,105,217

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,931,927
    Expenses
    $16,359,927
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,648,330

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,546,252
    Expenses
    $12,398,999
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,448,886

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $10,746,239
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,158,288

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.

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.