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Arts Services Initiative of Western New York Inc

Arts services inc.

$785k
Granted FY2024still arriving
41
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 41 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 41 grants below total $535,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $784,500 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $249,500 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $45k
  • $10k–50k35 grants · $490k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$728k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE SPRINGVILLE CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC$20,000
BUFFALO ARTS STUDIO$20,000
DAVID A HOWE PUBLIC LIBRARY$20,000
YOUNG AUDIENCES OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC$20,000
COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL OF BUFFALO$20,000
GRAYCLIFF CONSERVANCY$20,000
BALLET ARTISTS OF WNY INC (DBA NEGLIA BALLET ARTISTS)$20,000
ALLEYWAY THEATRE$20,000
NIAGARA ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTER$20,000
ROYCROFT CAMPUS$20,000
INFINITY VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS INC$20,000
BUFFALO MARITIME CENTER$20,000
ASSEMBLY HOUSE 150$20,000
BUFFALO STRING WORKS INC$20,000
PAPPY MARTIN LEGACY JAZZ COLLECTIVE$10,000
02The need
02

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY24–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%NET POSITIVE INC: $10k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art

The Buffalo Institiute for Contemporary Art (Bica) is a art and educational project for Buffalo, NY. Through Innovative exhibitions, cross-discipplinary skills-based programming, and arts ecology development, bica mission is to break down…

Arts & Culture
2
Cny Arts Inc

CNY Arts' mission is to promote, support, and celebrate arts and culture in Central New York.

Arts & Culture
3
Cny Arts Center Inc

The organization's mission is to offer training and educational opportunities in artistic skills and technique; and present programming in visual, literary and performing arts.

Arts & Culture
4
Bronx Arts Ensemble Inc

To further art education and appreciation.

Arts & Culture
5
Bradford Creative and Performing Arts Center Inc

Provide quality, diverse arts programming to impact our communities and enrich people's lives in the twin tiers

Arts & Culture
6
Binghamton Philharmonic Inc

The mission of the Binghamton Philharmonic is building community through the power of live music.

Arts & Culture
7
The Bronx Council On the Arts Incorporated

A pioneering advocate for cultural equity, the bronx council on the arts nurtures the development of diverse artists and arts organizations and build strong cultural connections in and beyond the bronx.

Arts & Culture
8
Great Lakes Center for the Arts

The Center's mission is to inspire, entertain, educate, and serve all in Northern Michigan year-round by presenting exceptional experiences across the full spectrum of the performing arts and offering impactful educational opportunities.

Arts & Culture
9
Basilica Arts Inc

Basilica arts is a multidisciplinary arts center in hudson, ny that supports the creation, production, and presentation of arts and culture while fostering sustainable community relations. the organization's events include music,…

Arts & Culture
10
Saratoga Arts Inc

Saratoga arts was established to enrich the region by cultivating a vibrant arts community and by ensuring that the arts are accessible to all.

Arts & Culture
11
Lawrence Arts Center Inc

The mission of the lawrence arts center is to create meaningful arts experiences with and for the community through education, exhibitions, and performances.

Arts & Culture
12
Center for the Arts At Ithaca Inc

The center for the arts at ithaca, inc., d/b/a the hangar theatre, is committed to providing exceptional theatre experiences of high professional quality to enrich, enlighten, educate, and entertain the diverse audience in the finger lakes…

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Buffalo String Works Inc and the most unlike its peers is Fenton Historical Society of Jamestown New York. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyBuffalo Regional DevelopmentCommunity Arts OrganizationsChautauqua County Community…Youth Development Organizat…Food Access & Nutrition Ser…Behavioral Health & Residen…Dog and Cat Rescue
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 28 years old; the field is 22. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%8%<5yr13%8%5–10yr17%18%10–20yr19%34%20–35yr14%11%35–55yr21%21%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%6%<5yr13%6%5–10yr17%19%10–20yr19%39%20–35yr14%10%35–55yr21%21%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 8% of your grantees by number, and just 6% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 8% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/41
the rest of the field
8%
497/6,025

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

03the grantee network

37 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 37 of the 41 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/37
Grantees still filing
13/37
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE NIAGARA ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTER INC — $20,000 · Arts & CultureTHE NIAGARA ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTER INCASSEMBLY HOUSE 150 INC — $20,000 · Arts & CultureASSEMBLY HOUSE 150 INCCommunity Music School — $20,000 · Arts & CultureCommunity Music SchoolYOUNG AUDIENCES OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC D/B/A ARTS FOR LEARNING WNY — $20,000 · Arts & CultureYOUNG AUDIENCES OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC D/B/A ARTS FOR LEARNING WNYBALLET ARTISTS OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC — $20,000 · Arts & CultureBALLET ARTISTS OF WESTERN NEW YORK INCBUFFALO STRING WORKS INC — $20,000 · Arts & CultureBUFFALO STRING WORKS INCBUFFALO ARTS STUDIO — $20,000 · Arts & CultureBUFFALO ARTS STUDIOSPRINGVILLE CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC — $20,000 · Arts & CultureSPRINGVILLE CENTER FOR THE ARTS INCGRAYCLIFF CONSERVANCY INC — $20,000 · Arts & CultureGRAYCLIFF CONSERVANCY INC+15 more — $147,500 · Arts & Culture+15 moreALLEYWAY THEATRE INC — $20,000 · OtherALLEYWAY THEATRE INCROYCROFT CAMPUS CORPORATION — $20,000 · OtherROYCROFT CAMPUS CORPO…INFINITY VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS INC — $20,000 · OtherINFINITY VISUAL & PER…FENTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF JAMESTOWN NEW YORK — $10,000 · OtherFENTON HISTORICAL SOC…BUFFALO FREEDOM GARDENS INC — $10,000 · OtherBUFFALO FREEDOM GARDE…TOWN OF BOSTON — $7,500 · OtherTOWN OF BOSTONCHAUTAUQUA REGIONAL YOUTH SYMPHONY — $7,500 · OtherCHAUTAUQUA REGIONAL Y…PRESBYTERY OF WESTERN NEW YORK — $7,500 · OtherPRESBYTERY OF WESTERN…DAVID A HOWE PUBLIC LIBRARY — $20,000 · EducationENLIGHTENMENT BOOKSTORE AND LITERARY ARTS CENTER INC — $10,000 · EducationCUBA CIRCULATING LIBRARY — $10,000 · EducationBUFFALO MARITIME CENTER INC — $20,000 · Recreation & SportsKENAN CENTER INC — $7,500 · Recreation & SportsNet Positive Inc — $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE COLLABORATIVE CENTER FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION INC — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF ERIE COUNTY INC — $10,000 · HealthGWBN Inc — $7,500 · Community Improvement
Arts & Culture$327,500Other$102,500Education$40,000Recreation & Sports$27,500Human Services$10,000Youth Development$10,000Health$10,000Community Improvement$7,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE NIAGARA ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTER INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetALLEYWAY THEATRE INC — $20,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetASSEMBLY HOUSE 150 INC — $20,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetBUFFALO MARITIME CENTER INC — $20,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetCommunity Music School — $20,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetYOUNG AUDIENCES OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC D/B/A ARTS FOR LEARNING WNY — $20,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetROYCROFT CAMPUS CORPORATION — $20,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetINFINITY VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS INC — $20,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetBALLET ARTISTS OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC — $20,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetBUFFALO STRING WORKS INC — $20,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetBUFFALO ARTS STUDIO — $20,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetSPRINGVILLE CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC — $20,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetDAVID A HOWE PUBLIC LIBRARY — $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetGRAYCLIFF CONSERVANCY INC — $20,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSECOND GENERATION THEATRE COMPANY — $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetFENTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF JAMESTOWN NEW YORK — $10,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetUJIMA COMPANY INCORPORATED — $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetENLIGHTENMENT BOOKSTORE AND LITERARY ARTS CENTER INC — $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetTHEATRE OF YOUTH COMPANY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetNet Positive Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSTITCH BUFFALO INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMUSIC IS ART — $10,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetBFM Arts Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetNUSANTARA ARTS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budget1891 FREDONIA OPERA HOUSE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCUBA CIRCULATING LIBRARY — $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetHAMBURG NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetBUFFALO OPERA UNLIMITED INCORPORATED — $10,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetTHE COLLABORATIVE CENTER FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF ERIE COUNTY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBUFFALO MEDIA RESOURCES INC — $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCenter for Exploratory and Perceptual Arts Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetPAPPY MARTIN LEGACY JAZZ COLLECTIVE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetGWBN Inc — $7,500 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetAmerican Legion Band of the Tonawandas Inc — $7,500 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetKENAN CENTER INC — $7,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Community Foundation …The Western New York …Cullen FoundationThe John R Oishei Fou…Cullen Foundation of …Children's Foundation…The Richard W Rupp Fo…The Margaret L Wendt …First Niagara Foundat…New York Council for …New York Council of N…Simple Gifts Fund
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

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Arts Services Initiative of Western New York Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%your share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    26report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 41 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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