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East Hill Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$646k
Granted FY2025still arriving
42
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$150k
Largest
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 2024.

Human Services$1.3MFood & Nutrition$933kHousing & Shelter$570kArts & Culture$486kAnimals$291kReligion$270kYouth Development$241kHealth$210kOther$0
02FY2025 · 42 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k20 grants · $101k
  • $10k–50k21 grants · $395k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $150k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$25M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FEEDMORE WNY$150,000
MERCY FLIGHT INC$42,765
FAMILY PROMISE OF WESTERN NEW YORK$25,100
PROVIDENCE FARM COLLECTIVE$25,000
ALTERNATIVE CARE SERVICES OF WNY$24,190
REVIVE WESLEYAN THE TRADING POST$22,480
THE NEWSTEAD FIRE COMPANY INC$21,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY BUFFALO$20,225
MARTIN HOUSE RESTORATION CORPORATION$20,000
RESPONSE TO LOVE CENTER$20,000
THE RELIEF ZONE INC$20,000
Individual grant recipient$18,760
FRIENDS OF LITTLE PORTION FRIARY$18,750
HOMESPACE$16,450
ROTARY CLUB OF HAMBURG FOUNDATION INC$15,000
02The need
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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, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%GATEWAY HOME - COMFORT CARE INC: $28k → 12%COMMUNITY MISSIONS OF NIAGARA FRONTIER: $50k → 14%LOVE INC OF THE GREATER GOWANDA: $9k → 16%GATEWAY HOME - COMFORT CARE INC: $24k → 12%COMMUNITY MISSIONS OF NIAGARA FRONTIER: $34k → 14%CLARENCE SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $13k → 13%COMMUNITY MISSIONS OF NIAGARA FRONTIER: $18k → 14%GENESIS HOUSE OF OLEAN INC: $30k → 16%COMMUNITY MISSIONS OF NIAGARA FRONTIER: $15k → 14%GENESIS HOUSE OF OLEAN INC: $25k → 16%PINNACLE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $38k → 14%PINNACLE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $30k → 14%PINNACLE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $20k → 14%PINNACLE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $15k → 14%BIG BIG TABLE COMMUNITY CAFE INC: $22k → 13%KEN-TON CLOSET INC: $11k → 13%SAVING GRACE OUTREACH: $40k → 13%SAVING GRACE OUTREACH: $30k → 13%THE TEACHERS DESK INC: $36k → 13%OLMSTED CENTER FOR SIGHT: $25k → 13%COMPASS HOUSE: $25k → 13%FRIENDS OF LITTLE PORTION FRIARY: $24k → 13%FRIENDS OF LITTLE PORTION FRIARY: $23k → 13%FRIENDS OF LITTLE PORTION FRIARY: $19k → 13%FRIENDS OF LITTLE PORTION FRIARY: $18k → 13%FRIENDS OF LITTLE PORTION FRIARY: $17k → 13%FRIENDS OF LITTLE PORTION FRIARY: $15k → 13%COMPASS HOUSE: $13k → 13%THE TEACHERS DESK INC: $12k → 13%THE TEACHER'S DESK INC: $12k → 13%FRIENDS OF LITTLE PORTION FRIARY: $11k → 13%THE TEACHER'S DESK INC: $11k → 13%GATEWAY HOME - COMFORT CARE INC: $30k → 13%VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC: $26k → 13%VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC: $22k → 13%BUFFALO CITY MISSION: $50k → 13%BUFFALO CITY MISSION: $18k → 13%COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR EVERY1 INC: $10k → 13%RURAL OUTREACH CENTER: $23k → 13%RURAL OUTREACH CENTER: $19k → 13%RURAL OUTREACH CENTER: $17k → 13%RURAL OUTREACH CENTER: $16k → 13%RURAL OUTREACH CENTER: $15k → 13%RURAL OUTREACH CENTER: $15k → 13%RURAL OUTREACH CENTER: $15k → 13%RURAL OUTREACH CENTER: $13k → 13%RURAL OUTREACH CENTER: $10k → 13%WNYHEROES INC: $15k → 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.
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Where the work is directed

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

About 8% of East Hill Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 99% of the giving stays in NY; by stated purpose, 91%.

East Hill Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.3M · 73 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

73 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2025, 43 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

73
55

Total granted

$4.3M
$1.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+28%

Still filing today

71%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k 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
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterHealthOther
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

  • EC
    ERIE COUNTY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
    3× · 2017–2022 · $150k · revenue +43%
  • GC
    GRAYCLIFF CONSERVANCY INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $145k · revenue +171%
  • The Rural Outreach Center Inc
    8× · 2017–2025 · $144k · revenue +261%

Funded once

  • EM
    EXPLORE & MORE A CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue -55%
  • TB
    The Boys & Girls Club Of The Northtowns Inc
    one grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue +25%
  • NIAGARA AQUARIUM FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $65k · revenue +79%
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
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
2
Canopy of Neighbors Inc

To provide older residents of Buffalo, New York with a network that allows them to get the services they need to age in their home and communities as opposed to moving to institutions, care complexes, or assisted living developments.

Human Services
3
Humane Society of Genesee County

To provide services to homeless animals

Animals
4
Home Headquarters Inc

Home headquarters, inc is a private, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization established in 1996. over the past 25 years, home headquarters has been committed to creating housing and related opportunities and services in upstate new york…

Housing & Shelter
5
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.

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6
Lutheran Church Home of Buffalo Inc

Our mission is to provide for the physical, social, and spiritual needs of individuals we serve, in a Christian environment. The organization is an adult care facility which can accommodate 48 residents.

Human Services
7
Unity House of Cayuga County Inc

Unity house's mission is to empower and enrich the lives of people in recovery, coping with a mental illness, and/or diagnosed with a developmental disability. this is accomplished by offering supports and services in an inclusive,…

Health
8
Polish Community Center of Buffalo Inc

Weatherization of homes, senior services, provide housing and human services to the residents of the surrounding community.

Human Services
9
Wilton Food Pantry

To provide those in need with emergency food by working together with community members, leaders, and local businesses and organizations to gather, store, and distribute goods; to offer compassionate help as we respect the dignity of each…

Food & Nutrition
10
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
11
Victor Farmington Food Cupboard Inc

The Victor-Farmington Food Cupboard focuses on feeding families and individuals who are food insecure. We strive to serve everyone we encounter with dignity and respect and try to create a sense of empowerment so that our clients are able…

Food & Nutrition
12
Wny Food Web Inc
Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lockport Cares Inc; the most unlike its peers is Western New York Impact 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

96 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. 96 of the 141 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
30
Early backer (in before they grew)
95/96
Grantees still filing
63/96
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WESTERN NY LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $297,500 · OtherWESTERN NY LAND CONSERVANCY INCTHE SALVATION ARMY: $187,492 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYFEEDMORE WNY: $180,000 · OtherFEEDMORE WNY+94 more: $2,275,149 · Other+94 moreThe Rural Outreach Center Inc: $144,258 · Human ServicesThe Rural Outreach Ce…FRIENDS OF LITTLE PORTION FRIARY AKA LITTLE PORTION FRIARY: $126,373 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF LITTLE POR…COMMUNITY MISSIONS OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER INC: $115,975 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY MISSIONS OF…PINNACLE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $101,992 · Human ServicesPINNACLE COMMUNITY SE…GATEWAY HOME - COMFORT CARE INC: $81,512 · Human ServicesGATEWAY HOME - COMFOR…CITY MISSION SOCIETY INC: $75,432 · Human ServicesCITY MISSION SOCIETY …THE TEACHERS DESK INC: $70,076 · Human ServicesTHE TEACHERS DESK INCSAVING GRACE OUTREACH INC: $70,000 · Human ServicesSAVING GRACE OUTREACH…GENESIS HOUSE OF OLEAN INC: $54,730 · Human ServicesTHE VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC: $47,389 · Human ServicesCOMPASS HOUSE: $37,700 · Human Services+10 more: $146,090 · Human Services+10 moreGRAYCLIFF CONSERVANCY INC: $145,000 · Arts & CultureGRAYCLIFF…EXPLORE & MORE A CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $100,000 · Arts & CultureEXPLORE &…FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S MARTIN HOUSE CORPORATION: $80,000 · Arts & CultureFRANK LLO…Buffalo Suzuki Strings Inc: $76,500 · Arts & CultureBuffalo S…CAROUSEL SOCIETY OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER INC: $28,730 · Arts & CultureCAROUSEL …Riviera Theatre And Organ Preservation S: $20,000 · Arts & CultureHOMESPACE CORPORATION: $141,476 · Housing & ShelterGERARD PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY INC: $101,623 · Housing & ShelterFAMILY PROMISE OF WESTERN NEW YORK: $75,600 · Housing & ShelterNIAGARA AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $33,000 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $8,662 · Housing & ShelterERIE COUNTY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $149,974 · AnimalsZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF BUFFALO INC: $66,434 · AnimalsNIAGARA AQUARIUM FOUNDATION: $65,000 · AnimalsNATURE SANCTUARY SOCIETY OF WNY INC: $9,920 · AnimalsThe Boys & Girls Club Of The Northtowns Inc: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentNIAGARA FALLS BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC: $75,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE RELIEF ZONE INC: $24,700 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS ON THE RUN OF BUFFALO INC: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentUPward Design for Life Corporation: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentNIAGARA GOSPEL RESCUE MISSION INC: $114,620 · ReligionHEARTS FOR THE HOMELESS OF WNY INC: $71,000 · ReligionURBAN CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES INC: $17,000 · Religion
Other$2,940,141Human Services$1,071,527Arts & Culture$450,230Housing & Shelter$360,361Animals$291,328Youth Development$239,700Religion$202,620

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 budgetERIE COUNTY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $149,974 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetGRAYCLIFF CONSERVANCY INC: $145,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetThe Rural Outreach Center Inc: $144,258 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetHOMESPACE CORPORATION: $141,476 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF LITTLE PORTION FRIARY AKA LITTLE PORTION FRIARY: $126,373 over 7y, 8.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY MISSIONS OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER INC: $115,975 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetNIAGARA GOSPEL RESCUE MISSION INC: $114,620 over 3y, 14% of budgetPINNACLE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $101,992 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetGERARD PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY INC: $101,623 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetEXPLORE & MORE A CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $100,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetThe Boys & Girls Club Of The Northtowns Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetGATEWAY HOME - COMFORT CARE INC: $81,512 over 3y, 11% of budgetFRIENDS OF NIGHT PEOPLE INC: $80,497 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetROTARY CLUB OF HAMBURG FOUNDATION INC: $80,000 over 5y, 37% of budgetFRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S MARTIN HOUSE CORPORATION: $80,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetBuffalo Suzuki Strings Inc: $76,500 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF WESTERN NEW YORK: $75,600 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetCITY MISSION SOCIETY INC: $75,432 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetNIAGARA FALLS BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC: $75,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetHEARTS FOR THE HOMELESS OF WNY INC: $71,000 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetTWIN CITIES COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC: $70,400 over 4y, 42% of budgetTHE TEACHERS DESK INC: $70,076 over 4y, 6.1% of budgetSAVING GRACE OUTREACH INC: $70,000 over 2y, 26% of budgetALTERNATIVE CARE SERVICES OF WNY INC: $66,748 over 5y, 7.3% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF BUFFALO INC: $66,434 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNIAGARA AQUARIUM FOUNDATION: $65,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetTWIN CITIES MEALS ON WHEELS: $64,191 over 5y, 10% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY BUFFALO INC: $60,225 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetGENESIS HOUSE OF OLEAN INC: $54,730 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetTHE VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC: $47,389 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCROSSROADS HOUSE: $47,200 over 3y, 10% of budgetKEVIN GUEST HOUSE INC: $44,130 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetWEST SIDE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $43,766 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetMERCY FLIGHT INC: $42,765 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOCKPORT CARES INC: $40,590 over 2y, 9.5% of budgetCOMPASS HOUSE: $37,700 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetTHE SERVICE COLLABORATIVE OF WNY: $35,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetRAHAMA: $33,987 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetNIAGARA AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $33,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC: $32,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN TIER HEALTH CARE SYSTEM INC: $30,404 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetTHE SUMMIT CENTER INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVILLA MARIA COLLEGE OF BUFFALO: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHEART LOVE & SOUL INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetNORTH TONAWANDA INTERCHURCH FOOD PANTRY: $29,145 over 2y, 19% of budgetCAROUSEL SOCIETY OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER INC: $28,730 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetCHAUTAUQUA COUNTY RURAL MINISTRIES: $27,284 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetCRADLE BEACH INC: $25,124 over 1y, 0.9% 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 for Greater Buffalo IncNY120.3× affinity66 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 · The Western New York Foundation · E&W G Foundation · James H Cummings Foundation Inc · The Margaret L Wendt Foundation · Buffalo Bills Foundation Inc · Feedmore Western New York Inc · The Peter and Elizabeth C Tower Foundation · Cullen Foundation · United Way of Buffalo and Erie County · 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 East Hill Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from East Hill Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%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
    41report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to East Hill Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to East Hill Foundation 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 141 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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