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Buffalo Rotary Foundation Inc

The foundation is organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes.

$60k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$108kArts & Culture$47kEducation$38kHealth$33kInternational$32kRecreation & Sports$19kHousing & Shelter$11kFood & Nutrition$8k
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 4 grants below total $31,724, the rows itemized in this filing. The $59,624 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $27,900 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$9,850
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$10,000
ST MARY'S SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF$9,850
BUFFAL PRENATAL - PERINATAL NETWORK$6,474
BIG BIG TABLE COMMUNITY CAFE$5,400
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $60k) 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%GATEVIEW LONGVIEW: $7k → 13%BIG BIG TABLE COMMUNITY CAFE: $5k → 13%ST LUKE'S MISSION OF MERCY: $8k → 13%CHILD CARE RESOURCE NETWORK: $6k → 13%PATH: $6k → 13%OLMSTEAD CENTER FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $5k → 13%MASSACHUSETTS AVE PROJECT: $10k → 13%BUFFALO CITY MISSION: $6k → 13%BUFFALO CITY MISSION: $6k → 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.

26%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$78k · 4 repeat orgs$219k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
24

Total granted

$78k
$193k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+42%

Still filing today

100%
92%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 20% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureHousing & ShelterHealthRecreation & SportsEducationOther
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

  • RI
    ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
    6× · 2017–2022 · $38k · revenue +32%
  • BUFFALO PRENATAL-PERINATAL NETWORK INC
    2× · 2022–2025 · $14k · revenue +39%
  • HH
    HARVEST HOUSE BUFFALO INC
    3× · 2018–2024 · $13k · revenue +109%

Funded once

  • BA
    BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY CO
    one grant, 2019 · $20k
  • SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF BUFFALO & WESTERN NEW YORK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $18k · revenue +42%
  • NF
    NIAGARA FRONTIER RADIO READING SERVICE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +269%
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
The Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo

The legal aid bureau of buffalo, inc., a not-for-profit organization, provides legal representation to financially needy men, women and children in western new york. through its skilled staff, the legal aid bureau seeks equal justice for…

Crime & Legal
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.

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3
Wny Veterans' Housing Coalition Inc

To acquire and renovate real property in western new york to establish and maintain facilities for the temporary and permanent housing of needy veterans and other special needs individuals.

Housing & Shelter
4
The Way Back Inc

To provide rehabilitative housing services and support to help people with psychiatric disabilities reintegrate into the community.the agency provides rehabilitative housing services and staff support as a primary mechanism for achieving…

Human Services
5
Legal Assistance of Western New York Inc

Lawny increases access to justice through excellent legal representation, advocacy and service.

Crime & Legal
6
Food Bank of Central New York

Food bank of central new york is a not-for-profit organization: our mission is to lead the effort to eliminate hunger in our region, through partnerships with others in our community, through education, advocacy, and distribution of…

Food & Nutrition
7
Lockport Cares Inc

The organization provides charitable relief in the form of emergency shelter, material needs, and compassionate care for the homeless and persons in need in the eastern niagara county, new york area.

Education
8
Buffalo Niagara River Land Trust Inc

To acquire, remediate, and steward lands along wny's waterfronts prioritizing public access.

Environment
9
Cny Fair Housing Inc

We work to eliminate housing discrimination, promote open communities, and ensure equal access to housing opportunity for all people in central and northern new york.

—
10
Neighborhood Health Center of Wny Inc

We welcome all western new yorkers for high quality, patient-centered primary healthcare.

—
11
Invest Buffalo Niagara Inc

To attract new employers to the buffalo niagara region through outreach to growing companies around the world. to support business attraction, expansion and entrepreneurship, invest buffalo niagara collaborates with local businesses,…

Community Improvement
12
Reentry Association of Wny Inc

RAWNY is dedicated to serving our community by supporting the men and women who have experienced incarceration, and the agencies that serve them, to ensure anyone reentering has access to needed resources and support.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Buffalo Renaissance Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Buffalo Scholastic Rowing Association 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

37 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

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

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/37
Grantees still filing
29/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $38,153 · OtherROTARY INTERNATIONALBUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY CO: $20,000 · OtherBUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY COSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF BUFFALO & WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $17,500 · OtherSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF BUFFALO & WESTERN …NIAGARA FRONTIER RADIO READING SERVICE INC: $10,000 · OtherNIAGARA FRONTIER RADIO READING SERVICE INCFRIENDS OF NIGHT PEOPLE INC: $7,500 · OtherFRIENDS OF NIGHT PEOPLE INCLOCUST STREET NEIGHBORHOOD ART CLASSES INC: $6,000 · OtherCHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF ERIE COUNTY: $6,000 · OtherSENECA BABCOCK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 · OtherBUFFALO ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER INC: $5,000 · OtherHARVEST HOUSE BUFFALO INC: $13,000 · OtherHARVEST HOUSE BUFFALO INCWEST SIDE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $6,333 · OtherCITY MISSION SOCIETY INC: $12,446 · Human ServicesCITY MISSION SOCIETY I…Massachusetts Avenue Project Inc: $9,500 · Human ServicesMassachusetts Avenue P…MISSION OF MERCY INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesMISSION OF MERCY INCGATEWAY-LONGVIEW INC: $7,200 · Human ServicesGATEWAY-LONGVIEW INCPEOPLE AGAINST TRAFFICKING HUMANS INC (AKA PATH): $6,263 · Human ServicesPEOPLE AGAINST TRAFFIC…CHILD CARE COALITION OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER INC: $6,000 · Human ServicesCHILD CARE COALITION O…VIA VISUALLY IMPAIRED ADVANCEMENT: $5,498 · Human ServicesVIA VISUALLY IMPAIRED …BIG BIG TABLE COMMUNITY CAFE INCORPORATED: $5,400 · Human ServicesBIG BIG TABLE COMMUNIT…FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S MARTIN HOUSE CORPORATION: $10,000 · Arts & CultureFRANK LLO…BUFFALO NAVAL PARK COMMITTEE INC: $8,100 · Arts & CultureBUFFALO N…ASSEMBLY HOUSE 150 INC: $8,000 · Arts & CultureASSEMBLY …BUFFALO PRENATAL-PERINATAL NETWORK INC: $13,974 · HealthBUFFALO P…RMHC OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $10,000 · HealthRMHC OF W…HOMESPACE CORPORATION: $8,550 · Housing & ShelterFAMILY PROMISE OF WESTERN NEW YORK: $6,333 · Housing & ShelterGERARD PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY INC: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE FOUNDATION FOR DEAF EDUCATION INC: $9,850 · EducationTAPESTRY CHARTER SCHOOL: $8,100 · EducationBUFFALO SCHOLASTIC ROWING ASSOCIATION INC: $7,000 · Recreation & SportsBUFFALO MARITIME CENTER INC: $7,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$134,486Human Services$59,807Arts & Culture$26,100Health$23,974Housing & Shelter$19,883Education$17,950Recreation & Sports$14,000

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 budgetROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $38,153 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF BUFFALO & WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $17,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBUFFALO PRENATAL-PERINATAL NETWORK INC: $13,974 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHARVEST HOUSE BUFFALO INC: $13,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCITY MISSION SOCIETY INC: $12,446 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNIAGARA FRONTIER RADIO READING SERVICE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetFRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S MARTIN HOUSE CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR DEAF EDUCATION INC: $9,850 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetMassachusetts Avenue Project Inc: $9,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetHOMESPACE CORPORATION: $8,550 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTAPESTRY CHARTER SCHOOL: $8,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUFFALO NAVAL PARK COMMITTEE INC: $8,100 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetASSEMBLY HOUSE 150 INC: $8,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF NIGHT PEOPLE INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMISSION OF MERCY INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGATEWAY-LONGVIEW INC: $7,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUFFALO SCHOLASTIC ROWING ASSOCIATION INC: $7,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetBUFFALO MARITIME CENTER INC: $7,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF WESTERN NEW YORK: $6,333 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetWEST SIDE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $6,333 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPEOPLE AGAINST TRAFFICKING HUMANS INC (AKA PATH): $6,263 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetCHILD CARE COALITION OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOCUST STREET NEIGHBORHOOD ART CLASSES INC: $6,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetCHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF ERIE COUNTY: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVIA VISUALLY IMPAIRED ADVANCEMENT: $5,498 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBIG BIG TABLE COMMUNITY CAFE INCORPORATED: $5,400 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetSENECA BABCOCK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBUFFALO ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGERARD PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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 John R Oishei Fou…Buffalo Bills Foundat…James H Cummings Foun…First Niagara Foundat…United Way of Buffalo…The Western New York …The Peter and Elizabe…Mother Cabrini Health…East Hill FoundationRich Family FoundationChildren's Foundation…
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo IncNY63.9× affinity30 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 · Buffalo Bills Foundation Inc · James H Cummings Foundation Inc · First Niagara Foundation · United Way of Buffalo and Erie County · The Western New York Foundation · The Peter and Elizabeth C Tower Foundation · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc · East Hill Foundation · Rich Family Foundation · Children's Foundation of Erie County 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 Buffalo Rotary Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Buffalo Rotary Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.

    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 31 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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