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Community Connections of Ny Inc

To establish, oversee, supervise and maintain programs for children and their families, human services programs, wellness programs, and other facilities and programs, incidental thereto to the extent appropriate for the effective delivery of child and family care services in new york state and to establish and develop training programs,…

$297k
Granted FY2021
14
Grants FY2021
2
States reached
$19k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2021.

Education$286kHuman Services$132kPublic Benefit$94kYouth Development$57kScience & Tech$47kCommunity Improvement$30kEmployment$19kRecreation & Sports$19kOther$0
02FY2021 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 14 grants below total $266,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $297,150 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $31,150 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.
$19,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DREAM IT DO IT WESTERN NEW YORK$19,000
WELLSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT$19,000
CORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION OF WYOMING COUNTY$19,000
YOUTH MENTORING SERVICES OF NIAGARA COUNTY INC$19,000
CHALLENGER LEARNING CENTER$19,000
DOWNTOWN BOXING GYM YOUTH PROGRAM$19,000
THE BALDWIN CENTER$19,000
DETROIT HISPANIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$19,000
BUFFALO MUSEUM OF SCIENCE$19,000
BUFFALO MARITIME$19,000
YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER$19,000
MICHIGAN SCIENCE CENTER$19,000
MISSION IGNITE POWERED BY COMPUTERS FOR CHILDREN INC$19,000
WESTMINSTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE$19,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–21, $143k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NEW DIRECTIONS YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $11k → 13%THE BALDWIN CENTER: $19k → 8%YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $19k → 14%ACCESS OF WNY: $11k → 13%CHILD CARE RESOURCE NETWORK: $28k → 13%CHILD CARE RESOURCE NETWORK: $21k → 13%CHILD CARE RESOURCE NETWORK: $12k → 13%COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED: $11k → 13%THE RURAL OUTREACH CENTER INC: $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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 26% of Community Connections of Ny Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 91% of the giving stays in NY; by stated purpose, 65%.

Community Connections of Ny Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 26% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

51%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$365k · 4 repeat orgs$355k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2021, 4 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
10

Total granted

$365k
$89k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+48%

Still filing today

75%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $266k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21
Human ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsHealthPublic 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

  • CA
    CATTARAUGUS AND WYOMING COUNTIES PROJECT HEAD START
    2× · 2019–2020 · $190k · revenue +18%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $94k · revenue -35%
  • CC
    CHILD CARE RESOURCE NETWORK
    3× · 2018–2020 · $61k · revenue +61%

Funded once

  • CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF BUFFALO
    one grant, 2018 · $11k · revenue -11%
  • THE RURAL OUTREACH CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $11k · revenue +204%
  • ND
    NEW DIRECTIONS YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICESgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $11k · revenue +48%
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
Central New York Quest Inc

Central ny quest has been established to serve the needs of persons with intellectual, developmental and mental health disorders in the central new york region.

Human Services
2
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.

—
3
Buffalo Commons Charter School

Establish and operate a charter school to prepare our diverse community of students to succeed academically and professionally regardless of background and circumstance.

Education
4
The Determination Center of Cny Inc

Preschool and after school programs for disadvantaged children and assistance for the disadvantaged assistance to disadvataged individuals in the community

Youth Development
5
Community Health Center of Buffalo Inc

The community health center of buffalo, inc operates four freestanding federally qualified health centers licensed as a diagnostic and treatment center under article 28 of the ny state health law. the center provides a broad range of…

Health
6
The Children's Ctr At Suny Morrisville State College Inc

The center's mission is to provide quality childcare services to the morrisville state college campus and the local community in a safe and nurturing environment which promotes the social, emotional, physical, language and cognitive…

Unclassified
7
Suny Cortland Child Care Center Inc

The suny cortland child care center is dedicated to providing affordable child care for the children of the college's employees and students, which meets the highest nationally recognized standards. qualified staff provide an educational…

Human Services
8
Rochester Child Care Center Inc

The center strives to provide a range of services that support working parents while fostering the emotional, social, physical and intellectual growth of their children. special consideration is given to low income families and families…

Human Services
9
Cattaraugus Rehabilitation Center Inc

The corporation was formed to operate various programs to assist in the development of the mentally and physically disabled. we assist the people we serve through a continuum of service that fosters community participation and personal…

Human Services
10
Children's Center of New Paltz Inc

Operate and maintain a day care center for children of students, faculty, and staff of the state university of new york at new paltz, and for children of the greater new paltz community.

Human Services
11
Accesscny Inc

Accesscny offers personcentered services that empower individuals of all ages and abilities to reach their full potential as part of our shared community. services are provided with dedication, compassion, innovation, and commitment. the…

Health
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 Community Action Organization of Western New York Inc; the most unlike its peers is Buffalo Public Schools Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

23 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. 23 of the 28 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/23
Grantees still filing
17/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CATTARAUGUS AND WYOMING COUNTIES PROJECT HEAD START: $190,072 · OtherCATTARAUGUS AND WYOMING COUNTIES PROJECT HEAD STA…BUFFALO PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherBUFFALO PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATIONWELLSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT: $19,000 · OtherWELLSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTYOUTH MENTORING SERVICES OF NIAGARA COUNTY INC: $19,000 · OtherYOUTH MENTORING SERVICES OF NIAGARA COUNTY INCCORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION OF WYOMING COUNTY: $19,000 · OtherCORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION OF WYOMING COUNTYCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF BUFFALO: $11,000 · Other+5 more: $33,964 · Other+5 moreCHILD CARE RESOURCE NETWORK: $60,538 · Human ServicesCHILD CARE RESOURCE NE…YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $19,000 · Human ServicesYMCA OF GREATER ROCHES…THE BALDWIN CENTER: $19,000 · Human ServicesTHE BALDWIN CENTERTHE RURAL OUTREACH CENTER INC: $11,000 · Human ServicesTHE RURAL OUTREACH CEN…NEW DIRECTIONS YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $11,000 · Human ServicesNEW DIRECTIONS YOUTH &…COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED: $11,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY SERVICES FOR…ACCESS OF WNY: $11,000 · Human ServicesACCESS OF WNYCENTER FOR GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH INC: $94,100 · Public BenefitCENTER FOR GOV…DREAM IT DO IT WESTERN NEW YORK: $19,000 · EducationDREAM IT DO…MICHIGAN SCIENCE CENTER: $19,000 · EducationMICHIGAN SC…CHALLENGER LEARNING CENTER: $19,000 · EducationCHALLENGER …MISSION IGNITE POWERED BY COMPUTERS FOR CHILDREN INC: $19,000 · EducationMISSION IGN…WESTMINSTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE: $19,000 · Community ImprovementDETROIT HISPANIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $19,000 · Community ImprovementBUFFALO MARITIME: $19,000 · Recreation & SportsDOWNTOWN BOXING GYM YOUTH PROGRAM: $19,000 · Recreation & SportsBUFFALO MUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $19,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$312,036Human Services$142,538Public Benefit$94,100Education$76,000Community Improvement$38,000Recreation & Sports$38,000Arts & Culture$19,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCATTARAUGUS AND WYOMING COUNTIES PROJECT HEAD START: $190,072 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetCENTER FOR GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH INC: $94,100 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetCHILD CARE RESOURCE NETWORK: $60,538 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetBUFFALO PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 70% of budgetDREAM IT DO IT WESTERN NEW YORK: $19,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetWESTMINSTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE: $19,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetYMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $19,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMICHIGAN SCIENCE CENTER: $19,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCHALLENGER LEARNING CENTER: $19,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetBUFFALO MARITIME: $19,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetMISSION IGNITE POWERED BY COMPUTERS FOR CHILDREN INC: $19,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetYOUTH MENTORING SERVICES OF NIAGARA COUNTY INC: $19,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetDOWNTOWN BOXING GYM YOUTH PROGRAM: $19,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE BALDWIN CENTER: $19,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetBUFFALO MUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $19,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDETROIT HISPANIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $19,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF BUFFALO: $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RURAL OUTREACH CENTER INC: $11,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetNEW DIRECTIONS YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED: $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACCESS OF WNY: $11,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetBUFFALO HEARING & SPEECH CENTER: $5,026 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 John R Oishei Fou…United Way of Buffalo…Lakeshore Connections…The Frank G Raichle F…Cullen FoundationThe Western New York …First Niagara Foundat…The Peter and Elizabe…Mother Cabrini Health…Independent Health As…Children's Foundation…
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo IncNY31× affinity13 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 · United Way of Buffalo and Erie County · Lakeshore Connections Inc · The Frank G Raichle Foundation · Cullen Foundation · The Western New York Foundation · First Niagara Foundation · The Peter and Elizabeth C Tower Foundation · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc · Independent Health Association Inc · 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 Community Connections of Ny Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Community Connections of Ny Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.
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    How do I get to Community Connections of Ny Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Community Connections of Ny 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 28 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $18k 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 FY2021, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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