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Arts Services Initiative of Western New YORK INC

Arts services inc. (asi) empowers the region's artists and arts organizations with connections to funding, learning opportunities, and community access to the arts. We are a resource hub for the western new york arts and cultural sector.

$401k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
15
Itemized grants FY2025
41
Organizations funded FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$143k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$12,000
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$641k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2024 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Arts Services Initiative of Western New YORK INC by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Springville Center for the Arts Inc$20,00012%
Ballet Artists of Western New York Inc$20,00013%
The Niagara Arts and Cultural Center Inc$20,00011%
Buffalo String Works Inc$20,00012%
The Collaborative Center for Social Innovation Inc$20,00028%
Buffalo Maritime Center Inc$20,00013%
Assembly House 150 Inc$20,00013%
Graycliff Conservancy Inc$20,00011%
Alleyway Theatre Inc$20,00012%
Young Audiences of Western New York Inc D/B/A Arts for Learning Wny$20,00013%
David a Howe Public Library$20,00011%
Community Music School$20,00013%
Roycroft Campus Corporation$20,00012%
Pappy Martin Legacy Jazz Collective Inc$20,00023%
Infinity Visual & Performing Arts Inc$20,00013%
Buffalo Arts Studio$20,00012%
GWBN Inc$19,50025%
Town of Boston$15,0002n/a
American Legion Band of the Tonawandas Inc$14,500210%
Ade Jembe Fola$12,0001n/a
Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Arts Inc$10,00012%
Theatre of Youth Company Inc$10,00013%
Second Generation Theatre Company$10,00013%
Buffalo Media Resources Inc$10,00013%
Nusantara Arts Inc$10,00015%
Enlightenment Bookstore and Literary Arts Center Inc$10,00013%
Buffalo Freedom Gardens Inc$10,0001n/a
1891 Fredonia Opera House Inc$10,00011%
Social Justice Community Education Project Inc$10,0001n/a
Mental Health Association of Erie County Inc$10,00010%
BFM Arts Inc$10,000121%
Net Positive Inc$10,00011%
Buffalo Chamber Players Inc$10,0001n/a
Momentum Choir Inc$10,0001n/a
Sotto Voce Inc$10,0001n/a
Hamburg Natural History Society Inc$10,00012%
Ujima Company Incorporated$10,00012%
Stitch Buffalo Inc$10,00011%
Music Is Art$10,00014%
Wahi Studio Inc$10,000118%
Community Canvases Inc$10,000111%
Fenton Historical Society of Jamestown New York$10,00013%
Buffalo Opera Unlimited Incorporated$10,00015%
Chautauqua Region Economic Development Corporation$10,0001n/a
Cuba Circulating Library$10,00012%
Lock City Glee Club Inc$9,5001n/a
African Cultural Center of Buffalo Inc$7,5001n/a
Kenan Center Inc$7,50010%
Chautauqua Regional Youth Symphony$7,5001n/a
Presbytery of Western New York$7,5001n/a
Buffalo & Brandy Inc$7,0001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Arts Services Initiative of Western New YORK INC supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSpringville Center for the Arts Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetBallet Artists of Western New York Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetThe Niagara Arts and Cultural Center Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBuffalo String Works Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetThe Collaborative Center for Social Innovation Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetBuffalo Maritime Center Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetAssembly House 150 Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetGraycliff Conservancy Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetAlleyway Theatre Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetYoung Audiences of Western New York Inc D/B/A Arts for Learning Wny: $20,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetDavid a Howe Public Library: $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCommunity Music School: $20,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetRoycroft Campus Corporation: $20,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetPappy Martin Legacy Jazz Collective Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetInfinity Visual & Performing Arts Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetBuffalo Arts Studio: $20,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetGWBN Inc: $19,500 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetAmerican Legion Band of the Tonawandas Inc: $14,500 over 2y, 9.8% of budgetCenter for Exploratory and Perceptual Arts Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetTheatre of Youth Company Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetSecond Generation Theatre Company: $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetBuffalo Media Resources Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetNusantara Arts Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetEnlightenment Bookstore and Literary Arts Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budget1891 Fredonia Opera House Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMental Health Association of Erie County Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBFM Arts Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetNet Positive Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHamburg Natural History Society Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetUjima Company Incorporated: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetStitch Buffalo Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMusic Is Art: $10,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetWahi Studio Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetCommunity Canvases Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetFenton Historical Society of Jamestown New York: $10,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetBuffalo Opera Unlimited Incorporated: $10,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetCuba Circulating Library: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetKenan Center Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 38.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo IncNY65.1× affinity31 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc · The Western New York Foundation · Cullen Foundation · The John R Oishei Foundation · Cullen Foundation of Western New York Inc · Children's Foundation of Erie County Inc · The Richard W Rupp Foundation · The Margaret L Wendt Foundation · First Niagara Foundation · New York Council for the Humanities · New York Council of Nonprofits Inc · Simple Gifts Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Arts Services Initiative of Western New YORK INC

How much does Arts Services Initiative of Western New YORK INC give?
Arts Services Initiative of Western New YORK INC reported 15 itemized grants totaling $142,500, out of $400,621 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing.
What does Arts Services Initiative of Western New YORK INC fund?
By grant dollars over FY2024 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (87%), Education (6%), Environment (2%).
Who are Arts Services Initiative of Western New YORK INC's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2024 to FY2025: Springville Center for the Arts Inc ($20k), Ballet Artists of Western New York Inc ($20k), The Niagara Arts and Cultural Center Inc ($20k).
Which funders back the same organizations as Arts Services Initiative of Western New YORK INC?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc, The Western New York Foundation, Cullen Foundation.
Where is Arts Services Initiative of Western New YORK INC based?
Arts Services Initiative of Western New YORK INC is based in NY.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 51 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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