New York · Private foundation
First Niagara Foundation
Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $7.4M
- Granted FY2022
- 81
- Grants FY2022
- 74
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $1,500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 74 to 144
- FY2020 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 3
- Total assets, FY2022
- $1.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 42% of the organizations First Niagara Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.7M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 74 | $7.2M | 42% |
| FY2021 | 103 | $6.7M | 34% |
| FY2020 | 144 | $10M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Children's Hospital of Buffalo Foundation | $1,517,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Westminster Economic Development Initiative Inc | $1,500,000 | 1 | 31% |
| Buffalo Arts and Technology Center Inc | $1,050,026 | 2 | 43% |
| Buffalo Prep Inc | $860,000 | 3 | 31% |
| D'Youville University | $750,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Economic Development Group Inc | $750,000 | 3 | 12% |
| The Research Foundation for The State University of New York | $625,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City Mission Society Inc | $550,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Gerard Place Housing Development Fund Company Inc | $500,000 | 2 | 13% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Buffalo Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 13% |
Show all 180 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
First Niagara Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 170 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc · The John R Oishei Foundation · The Peter and Elizabeth C Tower Foundation · Cullen Foundation · The Western New York Foundation · Buffalo Bills Foundation Inc · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · United Way of Buffalo and Erie County · Rich Family Foundation · The Baird Foundation · James H Cummings Foundation Inc · The Margaret L Wendt Foundation
How this is measured
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About First Niagara Foundation
- How much does First Niagara Foundation give?
- First Niagara Foundation reported 81 grants totaling $7,363,601 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 74 and 144 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2022.
- What does First Niagara Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2022, its largest causes are Health (20%), Education (18%), Community Improvement (12%).
- Who are First Niagara Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2022: The Children's Hospital of Buffalo Foundation ($1.5M), Westminster Economic Development Initiative Inc ($1.5M), Buffalo Arts and Technology Center Inc ($1.1M).
- Does First Niagara Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does First Niagara Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as First Niagara Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc, The John R Oishei Foundation, The Peter and Elizabeth C Tower Foundation.
- Where is First Niagara Foundation based?
- First Niagara Foundation is based in NY.
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