WESTCHESTER INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
EIN 20-0738248 · Ambulatory & Primary Health Care (E30)
What they do
THE WESTCHESTER INSTITUTE for HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (WIHD) CREATES BETTER FUTURES for PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, for VULNERABLE CHILDREN, and for THEIR FAMILIES and CAREGIVERS. WIHD ACCOMPLISHES ITS MISSION THROUGH PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, INNOVATIVE SERVICES and SUPPORTS, COMMUNITY TRAINING and TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE and RESEARCH and INFORMATION DISSEMINATION. WIHD ENVISIONS A FUTURE IN WHICH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES and VULNERABLE CHILDREN LIVE HEALTHY and PRODUCTIVE LIVES AS FULL MEMBERS of SOCIETY.
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Money report from 2024The charity has a recent tax report to read.
They explain their jobThe charity tells us what it is trying to do.
They name their leaders21 people are listed in the latest report.
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SUSAN FOX PHDPRESIDENT & CEO
MARIANNE VENTRICECHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER &
ROBERT GRAMBAU MDPSYCHIATRIST
CHRISTOPHER PALMEIROENDOCRINOLOGIST
LORRAINE RONCA DOASSISTANT PROGRAM DIRECTOR
BALDEV SINGH MDNEUROLOGIST
MELISSA VELEZ-VIEIRAEARLY INTERVENTION SERVICE COORDINATOR
PATRICIA PATRICKCHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER AND
IZEL OBERMEYERCHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER
JEAN LUCASEYBOARD MEMBER
JENNIFER DEMARRAISBOARD MEMBER
FRANCES A RAOBOARD MEMBER
FERN JUSTER MDTREASURER
MARIE HOUSTONBOARD MEMBER
MONICA SGANGACHAIR
BARBARA KESTENBAUMBOARD MEMBER
AARON VELEZBOARD MEMBER
TIFFANY REIDBOARD MEMBER
TRACI F GARDNER MDVICE CHAIR
VERA HALPENNYSECRETARY
WALTER FOWLERBOARD MEMBER
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2005
- Location
- 325 CEDARWOOD HALL, VALHALLA, NY 10595
- County
- Westchester
- In care of
- MARIANNE VENTRICE
- Primary officer
- MARIANNE VENTRICE, CFO & ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- CITRIN COOPERMAN ADVISORS LLC
- NTEE classification
- Ambulatory & Primary Health Care (E30)
- IRS tax category
- Ambulatory & Primary Health Care