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Buffalo Renaissance Foundation Inc

To foster a better quality of life in buffalo and the western new york region.

$102k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$34k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20182024.

Human Services$151kYouth Development$106kEducation$70kRecreation & Sports$32kHealth$24kArts & Culture$21kPhilanthropy$19kReligion$5k
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 8 grants below total $92,200 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $102,200 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $10,000 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 $10k5 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $55k
$9,200
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RMHC OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC$34,000
BUFFALO YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION INC$10,500
BUFFALO CREEK ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL$10,000
VISUALLY IMPAIRED ADVANCEMENT OF WNY$9,200
ASSEMBLY HOUSE 150$8,000
NATIVITY MIGUEL MIDDLE SCHOOL OF BUFFALO$7,600
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER BUFFALO INC$6,900
716 SQUASH INC$6,000
02The need
03

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.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY24–24, $16k) 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 your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER BUFFALO INC: $7k → 13%VISUALLY IMPAIRED ADVANCEMENT OF WNY: $9k → 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
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
3
Better Parks Buffalo Inc

Create new public golf and recreation amenities in the city of buffalo; assist in the restoration of frederick law olmsted's south park arboretum; and construct a new education center for underserved, minority youth.

4
Buffalo Maritime Center Inc

The buffalo maritime center's mission is to provide everyone the opportunity to experience the hoy of being on the water, to learn maritime history, and to achieve higher levels of craftmanship.

Recreation & Sports
5
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
6
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
7
East Buffalo Development Corporation

East Buffalo Development Corporation is a community-based real estate development corporation committed to our mission of leveraging private and public funds to drive equitable and inclusive eastside planning, construction, land use, and…

Community Improvement
8
Open Buffalo Inc

Open Buffalo's mission is to advance racial, economic, and ecological justice through skill building, network connecting, and activating leadership opportunities with the ultimate goal for all communities in Western New York to thrive free…

Human Services
9
Richardson Architecture Center Inc

The lipsey architecture center buffalo (the center) explores excellence in architecture and city planning as demonstrated by buffalo's outstanding architectural heritage. located in the richardson olmstead complex, the center will provide…

Arts & Culture
10
Buffalo Lighthouse Association Inc

Preservation, protection and restoration of the buffalo new york lighthouses and to maintain and develop the area surrounding them in accordance with their historical significance.

11
Buffalo Renaissance Foundation Inc

To foster a better quality of life in buffalo and the western new york region.

Philanthropy
12
Buffalo Urban Development Corporation

Support the urban economic development efforts of the region through the acquisition, remediation and management of distressed properties

Community Improvement

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Children's Hospital of Buffalo Foundation and the most unlike its peers is The Tool Library Inc. 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 DevelopmentBuffalo Charter SchoolsYouth Sports LeaguesCatholic Health System Foun…Behavioral Health & Disabil…Community Arts AccessCommunity Advocacy & Servic…Community Service Organizat…
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 31 years old; the field is 21. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%0%<5yr13%18%5–10yr17%23%10–20yr20%18%20–35yr13%14%35–55yr19%27%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%0%<5yr13%56%5–10yr17%5%10–20yr20%13%20–35yr13%14%35–55yr19%12%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 9% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/25
the rest of the field
9%
455/5,217

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.

04the grantee network

22 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 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
13/22
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Resource Council of WNY Inc — $210,000 · Youth DevelopmentResource Council of WNY IncTHE BISON CHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC — $32,000 · PhilanthropyTHE BISON CHIL…GATEWAY-LONGVIEW FOUNDATION — $10,000 · PhilanthropyGATEWAY-LONGVI…THE SERVICE COLLABORATIVE OF WNY — $9,000 · PhilanthropyTHE SERVICE CO…ROSWELL PARK ALLIANCE FOUNDATION — $5,000 · PhilanthropyROSWELL PARK A…RMHC OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC — $34,000 · HealthRMHC OF WES…THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO FOUNDATION — $10,000 · HealthTHE CHILDRE…GREATER BUFFALO SPORTS HALL OF FAME INC — $21,000 · Arts & CultureGREATER BUF…BUFFALO NAVAL PARK COMMITTEE INC — $12,500 · Arts & CultureBUFFALO NAV…ASSEMBLY HOUSE 150 INC — $8,000 · Arts & CultureASSEMBLY HO…University at Buffalo Foundation Inc — $20,000 · EducationBUFFALO CREEK ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL — $10,000 · EducationVIA VISUALLY IMPAIRED ADVANCEMENT — $9,200 · Human ServicesJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER BUFFALO INC — $6,900 · Human ServicesNATIVITYMIGUEL MIDDLE SCHOOL OF BUFFALO — $7,600 · OtherFOUNDATION OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF BUFFALO N Y — $5,000 · OtherBUFFALO YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION — $10,500 · Other716 Squash Inc — $6,000 · Other
Youth Development$210,000Philanthropy$56,000Health$44,000Arts & Culture$41,500Education$30,000Human Services$16,100Other$29,100

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetResource Council of WNY Inc — $210,000 over 5y, 20% of budgetRMHC OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC — $34,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetTHE BISON CHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC — $32,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGREATER BUFFALO SPORTS HALL OF FAME INC — $21,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetUniversity at Buffalo Foundation Inc — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUFFALO NAVAL PARK COMMITTEE INC — $12,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBUFFALO YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION — $10,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetBUFFALO CREEK ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGATEWAY-LONGVIEW FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetVIA VISUALLY IMPAIRED ADVANCEMENT — $9,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SERVICE COLLABORATIVE OF WNY — $9,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetASSEMBLY HOUSE 150 INC — $8,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER BUFFALO INC — $6,900 over 1y, 0.1% of budget716 Squash Inc — $6,000 over 1y, 1.4% 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 for Greater Buffalo IncNY43.3× affinity19 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 John R Oishei Foundation · Cullen Foundation · First Niagara Foundation · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · Children's Foundation of Erie County Inc · Cullen Foundation of Western New York Inc · The Baird Foundation · The Osc Charitable Foundation · The Margaret L Wendt Foundation · Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies 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 Buffalo Renaissance Foundation 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
202122232425
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%your share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%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 · 0–60%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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.

    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Buffalo Renaissance Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Buffalo Renaissance 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 18 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.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $112k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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