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Children's Rehabilitation Foundation of the Variety Club of Buffalo Inc

Donations to children's hospital

$484k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$300k
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.

Health$3.7MHuman Services$161kRecreation & Sports$109kArts & Culture$75k
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $426,503, the rows itemized in this filing. The $483,790 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $57,287 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 $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $119k
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$35,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$884k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KALEIDA HEALTH ROBERT WARNER REHABILITATION CENTER$300,000
GOLISANO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO$43,503
CHILDREN'S GROWTH FOUNDATION$35,000
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER BUFFALO$30,000
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO FOUNDATION$10,000
SABAH INC$8,000
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 (FY17–25, $161k) 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%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER BUFFALO: $30k → 13%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER BUFFALO: $30k → 13%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER BUFFALO: $19k → 13%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER BUFFALO: $18k → 13%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER BUFFALO: $15k → 13%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER BUFFALO: $15k → 13%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER BUFFALO: $12k → 13%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER BUFFALO: $12k → 13%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER BUFFALO: $11k → 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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.0M · 9 repeat orgs$48k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
4

Total granted

$4.0M
$48k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+69%

Still filing today

89%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureOther
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

  • KH
    KALEIDA HEALTH
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.9M · revenue +46%
  • CR
    CHILDREN'S REHABILITATION FOUNDATION OF THE VARIETY CLUB OF BUFFALO INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $399k · revenue +11%
  • CG
    CHILDRENS GROWTH FOUNDATION INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $240k · revenue +7% · 74% of their budget

Funded once

  • PA
    POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE OF BUFFALO
    one grant, 2020 · $30k · revenue +24%
  • PP
    PUNT PEDIATRIC CANCER COLLABORATIVE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $7k · revenue +796%
  • PARENT NETWORK OF NEW YORK I INC
    one grant, 2024 · $6k · revenue 0%
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
Children's Health Home of Wny Inc

To advance the health of our community by providing care management and support to families experiencing physical, mental, or behavioral issues with their child. this is done by advancing innovative practices, by collaborating with…

Health
2
University At Buffalo Pediatric Associates Inc

To assist the faculty of the department of pediatrics at the university at buffalo in the delivery of health care, improve the ability of the faculty to perform clinical research, maximize resources to foster academic, research and…

Health
3
Parent to Parent of New York State

Parent to parent of nys builds a supportive network of families to reduce isolation and empower those who care for people with developmental disabilities or special healthcare needs to navigate and influence service systems and make…

Human Services
4
Charity for Children Inc

Charity for children, inc. provides support to children in central new york suffering from childhood disorders, diseases and disabilities. such support is offered in the form of medical insurance reimbursement assistance, transportation…

Human Services
5
The Children's Guild Foundation Inc

To support and advocate for health care, research, education and therapeutic recreation for children with special needs.

Health
6
Children's Medical Fund Child Life Endowment Corp

To fund and support the child life program at cohen's children's medical center of new york, part of the northwell health system.

Health
7
Kaleida Health Foundation

To solicit, maintain, & enhance the value of public contributions to provide financial support to kaleida health in their mission to advance the health of our community.

Health
8
University Psychiatric Practice Inc

The corporation assists the state university of new york at buffalo department of psychiatry in the delivery of health care, recruitment and retention of teaching physicians, and support of research in the field of psychiatry.

Health
9
Cerebral Palsy Associations of New York

The mission of cerebral palsy associations of new york state is to provide for the exchange of ideas, education and communication between groups and people interested in advocacy for people with cerebral palsy and other developmental…

Health
10
Beth Israel Hospital & Children's Hospital Medical Care Corporation

Pediatric healthcare, education & research

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11
State University College At Buffalo Child Day Care Development Facility Inc

To provide quality, affordable child care for the families of students, faculty and staff of the college, as well as families of other new york state employees and community members.

—
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Children's Hospital of Buffalo Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Music Is Art. 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

12 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. 12 of the 13 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
9/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KALEIDA HEALTH: $2,909,920 · HealthKALEIDA HEALTH+2 more: $27,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S REHABILITATION FOUNDATION OF THE VARIETY CLUB OF BUFFALO INC: $398,863 · OtherCHILDREN'S REHABILITAT…CHILDRENS GROWTH FOUNDATION INC: $240,000 · OtherCHILDRENS GROWTH FOUND…KALEIDA HEALTH WOMEN & CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO: $99,151 · OtherKALEIDA HEALTH WOMEN &…VARIETY CLUB OF BUFFALO NEW YORK INC: $70,341 · OtherVARIETY CLUB OF BUFFAL…+1 more: $6,000 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER BUFFALO INC: $161,000 · Human ServicesCRADLE BEACH INC: $78,500 · Recreation & SportsSKATING ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND & HAND: $43,000 · Recreation & SportsPOLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE OF BUFFALO: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentMUSIC IS ART: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Health$2,936,920Other$814,355Human Services$161,000Recreation & Sports$121,500Youth Development$30,000Arts & Culture$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKALEIDA HEALTH: $2,909,920 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S REHABILITATION FOUNDATION OF THE VARIETY CLUB OF BUFFALO INC: $398,863 over 7y, 15% of budgetCHILDRENS GROWTH FOUNDATION INC: $240,000 over 9y, 74% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER BUFFALO INC: $161,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetCRADLE BEACH INC: $78,500 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetVARIETY CLUB OF BUFFALO NEW YORK INC: $70,341 over 2y, 73% of budgetSKATING ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND & HAND: $43,000 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetPOLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE OF BUFFALO: $30,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPARENT NETWORK OF NEW YORK I INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMUSIC IS ART: $5,000 over 1y, 3.6% 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.

The Osc Charitable Fo…Community Foundation …Buffalo Sabres Founda…The Children's Guild …Nfada Charitable Foun…Cullen FoundationUnited Way of Buffalo…The Peter and Elizabe…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Osc Charitable FoundationNY17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Osc Charitable Foundation · Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc · Buffalo Sabres Foundation · The Children's Guild Foundation Inc · Nfada Charitable Foundation · Cullen Foundation · United Way of Buffalo and Erie County · The Peter and Elizabeth C Tower Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Children's Rehabilitation Foundation of the Variety Club of Buffalo Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Children's Rehabilitation Foundation of the Variety Club of Buffalo Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%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
    5report 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.

    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 13 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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