Life's Worc INC

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Mineola, NY501(c)(3)Since 1972Human ServicesEIN 23-7209731Revenue $71.6M in FY2025

On file with the IRSlifesworc.org1501 Franklin Ave, 11501-4803 · Mineola, NYTax-exempt since Apr 1972Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Life's Worc provides residential supports and community services to hundreds of individuals throughout queens, nassau and suffolk counties in new york. Our person-centered philosophy is incorporated into the day to day program operations and we ensure that regardless of the level of ability or physical handicap, each and every person lives an enviable life rich in connections with family, friends, community participation and personal choice.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
90¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 17 volunteers and 1,329 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $2.6M a year · 4% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
90%
of spending
Looks good: 90% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$2.7M
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 93% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.3 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $24K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$21.3M
45% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 45% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 12 voting members
Looks good: 12 of 12 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$71.6M
+9% vs prior year
Spent
$70.9M
To programs
90%
Net assets
$26.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$71.6M
FY2025▲ +9%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$56.3M
FY2021$61.6M
FY2022$76.4M
FY2023$68.3M
FY2024$65.6M
FY2025$71.6M
Expenses
$70.9M
FY2025▲ +8%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$57.1M
FY2021$56.1M
FY2022$66.2M
FY2023$68.3M
FY2024$65.9M
FY2025$70.9M
Net assets
$26.6M
FY2025▲ +5%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$9.6M
FY2021$15.0M
FY2022$24.3M
FY2023$24.8M
FY2024$25.2M
FY2025$26.6M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 1972.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 90% · $64.0M Management & general 10% · $6.9M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

30 people listed on the 990; $2.7M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
$429,923Pt VII · Sec A
Former CEO/Consultant
$275,851Pt VII · Sec A
$275,618Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Clinical
$242,555Pt VII · Sec A
Chief People
$221,680Pt VII · Sec A
Chief of Res
$216,681Pt VII · Sec A
SR. VP Nursing
$181,560Pt VII · Sec A
VP of Nursing
$161,254Pt VII · Sec A

Michael K Billia’s $430K as CEO is at the 93rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3122 $10–100M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Michael K Billia$429,923$208,503————
Janet Koch——$369,859$424,988$396,772$377,711
Mary Rafferty-Castro———$201,858$364,959$227,255
Matthew P Zebatto$275,851$338,810$303,357$45,137$164,690$170,513
Jenny Antony$275,618$200,476$212,514$142,535$147,722$120,185
John Pfeifer$242,555$204,875$196,822$173,062$164,233$148,659
Robert White$221,680$175,759$102,673———
Lauren Accovelli$216,681$168,210$108,439———

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides comprehensive support for individuals with developmental disabilities to integrate into their communities.

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3 programs · $62.1M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Life's worc provides residential supports for about 282 individuals who reside in our 45 community based homes located throughout queens, east harlem and nassau and suffolk counties in new york.

$55.6Mprogram expense
02

Life's worc operates 6 day habilitation programs supporting 238 individuals in programs located throughout queens, nassau and suffolk counties in ny. The programs have been primarily designed to assist high school graduates and young adults in the development of daily living skills leading to greater levels of independence and work…

$5.3Mprogram expense
03

Life's worc provides community habilitation (formerly referred as in-home residential habilitation) which provides supports to approximately 76 children and adults throughout queens, nassau and suffolk counties in new york.

$1.2Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 1 grant · $863K · 2020–2020

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$71.6M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$70.3M
Other incomeLn 4–11$794K
Investment incomeLn 3$477K
Money outPt IX
$70.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$64.0M
Managementcol C$6.9M
Owns and owesPt X
$26.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$7.4M
Total assetsLn 16$47.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$21.3M
PeoplePt VI, VII
30
listed · VII A
PaidVII A13
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$18K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$3K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$70.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$477K
Other incomeLn 4–11$794K
Total revenueLn 12$71.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$6.2M
SavingsLn 2$1.2M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$7.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$10.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$19.9M
Other assetsLn 15$862K
Total assetsLn 16$47.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$21.3M
Net assetsLn 32$26.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51,329
VolunteersI 617
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$8.9M$7.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$9.4M$10.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$20.6M$19.9M
Total assetsLn 16$47.3M$47.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$22.1M$21.3M
Net assetsLn 32$25.2M$26.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$1.9M$1.7M$136K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$42.7M$39.6M$3.1M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$216K$199K$17K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$7.4M$6.8M$580K
Payroll taxesLn 10$3.8M$3.5M$298K
Legal feesLn 11b$411K$48K$362K
Accounting feesLn 11c$139K$16K$123K
Investment management feesLn 11f$70K$70K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$993K$454K$539K$0
Office expensesLn 13$1.7M$1.1M$567K
OccupancyLn 16$1.1M$1.1M$52K
TravelLn 17$232K$230K$2K
InterestLn 20$567K$495K$72K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2.6M$2.3M$326K
InsuranceLn 23$2.0M$1.9M$117K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$4.2M$3.9M$296K
All other expensesLn 24e$855K$650K$205K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$70.9M$64.0M$6.9M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $71.6M$70.9M$783K$26.6M 990 PDF
FY2024 $65.6M$65.9M−$319K$25.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $68.3M$68.3M−$18K$24.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $76.4M$66.2M$10.2M$24.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $61.6M$56.1M$5.4M$15.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 $56.3M$57.1M−$726K$9.6M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $71,637,567 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $15,850$17,810
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $63,855,171$70,349,456
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $535,680$476,722
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $1,171,312$793,579
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $65,578,013$71,637,567
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $51,589,361$55,984,454
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $14,307,312$14,870,109
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $65,896,673$70,854,563
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$318,660$783,004
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members12
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $71,637,567 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $196,144 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$17,810
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$3,142
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$17,810
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $70,349,456$70,349,456
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $476,722$476,722
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $597,435$597,435
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $70,349,456 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,270,301$71,637,567
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $70,854,563 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $1,748,316 · Management $136,446$1,884,762
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $39,578,957 · Management $3,120,904$42,699,861
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $199,184 · Management $16,977$216,161
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $6,808,990 · Management $580,333$7,389,323
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $3,496,352 · Management $297,995$3,794,347
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $48,330 · Management $362,431$410,761
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $16,366 · Management $122,734$139,100
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $69,794$69,794
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $453,603 · Management $539,488 · Fundraising $0$993,091
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,124,282 · Management $567,242$1,691,524
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,068,321 · Management $52,158$1,120,479
IX-17 TravelPrograms $229,815 · Management $2,268$232,083
IX-20 InterestPrograms $495,346 · Management $72,057$567,403
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $2,298,748 · Management $325,920$2,624,668
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,860,911 · Management $116,652$1,977,563
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $3,892,277 · Management $295,994$4,188,271
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $650,412 · Management $204,960 · Fundraising $0$855,372
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $63,970,210 · Management $6,884,353 · Fundraising $0$70,854,563
Part X · Balance sheet $47,927,989 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $8,095,364$6,169,417
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $791,913$1,226,318
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $7,247,866$8,711,760
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $339,648$836,348
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $20,579,514$19,929,183
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $9,091,933$9,879,163
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $261,134$314,058
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $929,996$861,742
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $47,337,368$47,927,989
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $3,879,432$4,905,285
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $17,998$17,998
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $8,022,000$6,769,035
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $5,454,184$5,001,503
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $22,125,895$21,344,058
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $25,211,473$26,583,931
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $25,211,473$26,583,931
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $47,337,368$47,927,989
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $26,583,931 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$71,637,567
XI-2 Total expenses$70,854,563
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$783,004
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$25,211,473
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$589,454
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$26,583,931

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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