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Bill & Jackie Gurney Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Bill & Jackie Gurney Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$60k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Youth Development$130kEducation$83kArts & Culture$26kHealth$15kHuman Services$11kRecreation & Sports$6kPhilanthropy$4kAnimals$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$2,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Boys Girls Club of Buffalo$50,000
Buffalo Center for the Arts & Tech$5,000
Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy$2,000
716 Squash$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
Nichols School$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY21–22, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Niagara Hospice: $1k → 14%Hospice Buffalo: $1k → 13%Hospice Buffalo: $1k → 13%Canopy of Neighbors: $500 → 13%Buffalo City Mission: $1k → 13%FeedMore WNY Foundation: $1k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$267k · 15 repeat orgs$33k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
19

Total granted

$267k
$33k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+14%

Still filing today

47%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureHealthAnimalsPublic BenefitOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • NS
    NICHOLS SCHOOL OF BUFFALO
    5× · 2019–2024 · $31k · revenue +32%
  • BURCHFIELD PENNEY ART CENTER
    2× · 2021–2023 · $14k · revenue +28%
  • BO
    BUFFALO OLMSTED PARKS CONSERVANCY INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $6k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCHgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +95%
  • BF
    BUFFALO FINE ARTS ACADEMY
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +24%
  • PP
    Persistence Prep Charter School
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Hospice Foundation of Wny Inc

The mission of the hospice foundation of western new york is tosolicit, accept, administer and invest charitable funds on behalf ofhospice & palliative care buffalo, inc. and its affiliates. theseinclude: hospice buffalo, inc., the…

Philanthropy
2
Buffalo Federation of Neighborhood Centers Inc

To improve the quality of life of the people and neighborhoods we serve by preparing, equipping and empowering them to meet the challenges of contemporary urban life and realize their full potential.

—
3
Invest Buffalo Niagara Foundation Inc

Invest buffalo niagara foundation, inc. is a vehicle to solicit charitable contributions to develop programs, collaborate with, and provide funding to organizations that advance and encourage economic development in western new york.

Community Improvement
4
Hospice & Palliative Care Buffalo Inc

We are western new york's community based healthcare organization dedicated to the care and support of individuals with a serious or end of life illness. we represent a passionate and diverse team of professionals dedicated to the holistic…

Health
5
University at Buffalo Foundation Incubator Inc

The organization operates an incubator facility to identify and aid start-up businesses with a purpose of stimulating development and increasing interaction between the university at buffalo and such businesses.

Education
6
University At Buffalo Neurosurgery Inc

University at buffalo neurosurgery, inc. is an academic neurosurgical group committed to excellence in patient care, research, and education. our mission is to develop and implement sound strategies that focus on quality medical services,…

Health
7
Ub Foundation Services Inc

The organization's mission is to carry out the purposes of the univ. at buffalo foundation, inc. and the univ. at buffalo by administering research grants; providing financial and administrative services; and acquiring real estate for…

—
8
Ralph Wilson Park Conservancy Inc

The organization was formed for the specific purpose of operating, maintaining and protecting parks and public spaces in the city of buffalo, new york, including but not limited to parks and public spaces owned or operated by the city of…

Recreation & Sports
9
Fnub Inc

The mission of the organization is to perform administrative and other activities for the university at buffalo and its related organizations in support of the charitable and educational purposes of the university.

Philanthropy
10
University At Buffalo Student Association Inc

The organization's exempt purpose is to promote and cultivate the quality of education and activities for students of the state university of new york at buffalo. the organization carries out those charitable and educational purposes by…

Education
11
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
Niagara University

Niagara university educates its students and enriches their lives through programs in the liberal arts and through career preparation, informed by the catholic and vincentian traditions.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Buffalo Renaissance Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Hilary Grace Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 34 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
14/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Boys Girls Club of Buffalo: $125,000 · OtherBoys Girls Club of BuffaloBUFFALO ACADEMY OF THE SACRED HEART INC: $41,000 · OtherBUFFALO ACADEMY OF THE SACRED HEART INCIndividual grant recipient: $16,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCatholic Charities: $10,000 · Other+12 more: $22,850 · Other+12 moreNICHOLS SCHOOL OF BUFFALO: $30,650 · EducationNICHOLS SCHOO…Elon University: $3,000 · EducationElon Universi…+2 more: $1,125 · EducationBURCHFIELD PENNEY ART CENTER: $13,500 · Arts & CultureBURCHFIEL…BUFFALO OLMSTED PARKS CONSERVANCY INC: $6,250 · Arts & CultureBUFFALO O…BUFFALO FINE ARTS ACADEMY: $5,000 · Arts & CultureBUFFALO F…Community Music School: $1,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $10,000 · HealthGRACE GUEST HOUSE INC: $500 · HealthHOSPICE BUFFALO INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesNIAGARA HOSPICE INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesCITY MISSION SOCIETY INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesFEEDMORE WNY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesCanopy of Neighbors Inc: $500 · Human Services716 Squash Inc: $4,000 · Public BenefitERIE COUNTY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $3,000 · AnimalsBUFFALO RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Other$214,850Education$34,775Arts & Culture$25,750Health$10,500Human Services$5,500Public Benefit$4,000Animals$3,000Philanthropy$1,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNICHOLS SCHOOL OF BUFFALO: $30,650 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBURCHFIELD PENNEY ART CENTER: $13,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUFFALO OLMSTED PARKS CONSERVANCY INC: $6,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBUFFALO FINE ARTS ACADEMY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget716 Squash Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetERIE COUNTY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetElon University: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE BUFFALO INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF NIGHT PEOPLE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HILARY GRACE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNIAGARA HOSPICE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITY MISSION SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDMORE WNY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUFFALO RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity Music School: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGRACE GUEST HOUSE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCanopy of Neighbors Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity at Buffalo Foundation Inc: $125 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

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 …The Ralph C Wilson Jr…Foundation for Jewish…The Baird FoundationThe John R Oishei Fou…The Richard W Rupp Fo…Buffalo Bills Foundat…The Saperston Family …Joseph R Takats Found…E&W G FoundationVerizon FoundationKenneth & Katherine K…
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo IncNY35.7× affinity15 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 Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc · The Baird Foundation · The John R Oishei Foundation · The Richard W Rupp Foundation · Buffalo Bills Foundation Inc · The Saperston Family Foundation · Joseph R Takats Foundation · E&W G Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Kenneth & Katherine Koessler Family Foundation Inc

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Bill & Jackie Gurney Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bill & Jackie Gurney Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Bill & Jackie Gurney Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Bill & Jackie Gurney Family Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 34 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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