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· Public charity

Independent Health Association Inc

Provides health-related products and services that enable affordable access to quality health care.

$3.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
30
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$2.0M
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 2024.

Health$22MHuman Services$2.1MCommunity Improvement$1.5MEducation$684kPhilanthropy$536kFood & Nutrition$531kArts & Culture$297kRecreation & Sports$245kOther$0
02FY2024 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 30 grants below total $3,138,052, the rows itemized in this filing. The $3,219,750 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $81,698 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $46k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $408k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $684k
  • $250k+1 grant · $2.0M
$24,588
Median grant
1
States reached
$777M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INDEPENDENT HEALTH FOUNDATION$2,000,000
BUFFALO RIVERWORKS LLC$227,078
BUFFALO BILLS LLC$140,858
LMHF STRIVE TO THRIVE PROGRAM INC$122,273
ECMC FOUNDATION$72,665
JERICHO ROAD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER$61,860
LARKIN SQUARE LLC$59,390
PEOPLE INC$44,018
GREEN OPTIONS BUFFALO (GOBIKESLOW ROLL)$40,175
RICH PRODUCTS CORPORATION$39,302
SHARED MOBILITY$38,429
INVEST BUFFALO NIAGARA INC$34,935
NIAGARA FRONTIER AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION (NFADA)$30,743
SENECA DIABETES FOUNDATION$27,948
AMHERST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE$24,588
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 (FY17–24, $2.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%THE ARC OF ERIE COUNTY NEW YORK: $11k → 13%THE ARC OF ERIE COUNTY NEW YORK: $7k → 13%THE ARC OF ERIE COUNTY NEW YORK: $6k → 13%FEEDMORE FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $16k → 13%SHARED MOBILITY: $462k → 13%SHARED MOBILITY: $353k → 13%SHARED MOBILITY: $346k → 13%SHARED MOBILITY: $344k → 13%SHARED MOBILITY: $332k → 13%SHARED MOBILITY: $157k → 13%SHARED MOBILITY: $38k → 13%BUFFALO URBAN LEAGUE INC: $36k → 13%BUFFALO URBAN LEAGUE: $25k → 13%BUFFALO URBAN LEAGUE INC: $21k → 13%BUFFALO URBAN LEAGUE: $19k → 13%BUFFALO URBAN LEAGUE: $19k → 13%BUFFALO URBAN LEAGUE: $18k → 13%CITY MISSION SOCIETY INC: $8k → 13%HERITAGE CENTERS ERIE COUNTY: $8k → 13%BUFFALO URBAN LEAGUE INC: $7k → 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.
$28M · 53 repeat orgs$252k to everyone else

53 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2024, 25 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

53
20

Total granted

$28M
$213k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
+14%

Still filing today

74%
95%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • INDEPENDENT HEALTH FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2024 · $14M · revenue +12% · 87% of their budget
  • SM
    SHARED MOBILITY INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $2.0M · revenue ×19 · 31% of their budget
  • LS
    LMHF STRIVE TO THRIVE PROGRAM INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $708k · revenue +25% · 79% of their budget

Funded once

  • HI
    HEALTHELINK INC
    one grant, 2022 · $36k · revenue +18%
  • CH
    Catholic Health Systemgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $22k · revenue +37%
  • FL
    FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S MARTIN HOUSE CORPORATION
    one grant, 2018 · $18k · revenue -56%
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
Invest Buffalo Niagara Foundation Inc

Invest buffalo niagara foundation, inc. is a vehicle to solicit charitable contributions to develop programs, collaborate with, and provide funding to organizations that advance and encourage economic development in western new york.

Community Improvement
2
Neighborhood Health Center of Wny Inc

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

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3
Rochester General Health System

Rochester general health system, provides patient care, senior housing, laboratory services, and community outreach to residents and other clients in monroe county, new york and several surrounding counties.

Health
4
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
5
University At Buffalo Surgeons Inc

University at buffalo surgeons, inc., is a large team of surgeons dedicated to the improvement of the health of our patients, cutting edge research, and the professional development of our students and residents. we are committed to…

Education
6
University At Buffalo Neurosurgery Inc

University at buffalo neurosurgery, inc. is an academic neurosurgical group committed to excellence in patient care, research, and education. our mission is to develop and implement sound strategies that focus on quality medical services,…

Health
7
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
St Joseph's Medical Pc

We, st. joseph's medical and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. st. joseph's medical is a member of st. joseph's health and trinity health.

Health
9
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
10
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
11
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
12
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kaleida Health Foundation; the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes Association. 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

64 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. 64 of the 76 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
61/64
Grantees still filing
33/64
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INDEPENDENT HEALTH FOUNDATION: $14,099,370 · HealthINDEPENDENT HEALTH FOUNDATIONLMHF STRIVE TO THRIVE PROGRAM INC: $707,905 · Health+14 more: $669,482 · HealthBUFFALO BILLS LLC: $3,203,851 · OtherBUFFALO BILLS LLCBUFFALO RIVERWORKS LLC: $1,487,037 · OtherBUFFALO RIVERWORKS LLCFRW BEAVER HOLLOW MANAGEMENT LLC: $999,064 · OtherFRW BEAVER HOLLOW MANAGEMENT LLCRICH PRODUCTS CORPORATION: $405,594 · OtherJERICHO ROAD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER: $341,179 · Other+30 more: $2,479,500 · Other+30 moreSHARED MOBILITY INC: $2,031,721 · Human ServicesBUFFALO URBAN LEAGUE INC: $144,878 · Human Services+3 more: $55,357 · Human ServicesGreen Options Buffalo Inc: $475,837 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $168,987 · EducationENDEAVOR WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $57,435 · EducationBUFFALO STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $46,538 · EducationTHE SUMMIT CENTER INC: $33,534 · EducationUNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY: $210,844 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC: $114,646 · PhilanthropyCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF BUFFALO: $89,280 · PhilanthropyHOSPICE FOUNDATION OF WNY INC: $39,120 · PhilanthropyROSWELL PARK ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $24,628 · PhilanthropyGATEWAY-LONGVIEW FOUNDATION: $22,675 · PhilanthropyINVEST BUFFALO NIAGARA INC: $304,331 · Community Improvement43NORTH BPC INC: $18,169 · Community Improvement+1 more: $6,497 · Community ImprovementTHEATRE OF YOUTH COMPANY INC: $189,662 · Arts & CultureHISPANIC HERITAGE COUNCIL OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $42,586 · Arts & CultureBUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES: $22,999 · Arts & CultureFRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S MARTIN HOUSE CORPORATION: $18,169 · Arts & CultureWESTERN NEW YORK PUBLIC BROADCASTING ASSOCIATION: $11,091 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $7,701 · Arts & Culture
Health$15,476,757Other$8,916,225Human Services$2,231,956Education$782,331Philanthropy$501,193Community Improvement$328,997Arts & Culture$292,208

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 budgetINDEPENDENT HEALTH FOUNDATION: $14,099,370 over 7y, 87% of budgetSHARED MOBILITY INC: $2,031,721 over 7y, 31% of budgetLMHF STRIVE TO THRIVE PROGRAM INC: $707,905 over 6y, 79% of budgetGreen Options Buffalo Inc: $475,837 over 8y, 12% of budgetINVEST BUFFALO NIAGARA INC: $304,331 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetNIAGARA FRONTIER AUTOMOBILE DEALER ASS'N DEALER SERVICES FOUNDATIONINC: $256,862 over 8y, 95% of budgetECMC FOUNDATION INC: $256,472 over 7y, 3.4% of budgetAMHERST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC: $248,787 over 8y, 6.6% of budgetBUFFALO NIAGARA PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION: $240,501 over 8y, 78% of budgetP2 COLLABORATIVE OF WNY INC: $223,081 over 5y, 7.6% of budgetSENECA DIABETES FOUNDATION: $216,316 over 8y, 17% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY: $210,844 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetTHEATRE OF YOUTH COMPANY INC: $189,662 over 5y, 8.3% of budgetHILLSIDE WORK SCHOLARSHIP CONNECTION: $172,677 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $168,987 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBUFFALO URBAN LEAGUE INC: $144,878 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetPOLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE OF BUFFALO: $116,210 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC: $114,646 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF BUFFALO: $89,280 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetA TASTE OF BUFFALO INC: $82,944 over 7y, 5.8% of budgetTHE NATIONAL FEDERATION FOR JUST COMMUNITIES OF WNY INC: $70,510 over 8y, 4.4% of budgetLEADERSHIP BUFFALO INC: $59,119 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetENDEAVOR WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $57,435 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetBACK TO BASICS OUTREACH MINISTRIES: $49,299 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetBUFFALO STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $46,538 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHISPANIC HERITAGE COUNCIL OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $42,586 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetCHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF ERIE COUNTY: $41,678 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNIAGARA FALLS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $39,748 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetHOSPICE FOUNDATION OF WNY INC: $39,120 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHEALTHELINK INC: $36,161 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE SUMMIT CENTER INC: $33,534 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNYSARC INC ERIE COUNTY CHAPTER: $31,588 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO FOUNDATION: $30,617 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSISTERS OF CHARITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $27,150 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetErie County Agricultural Society: $26,677 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $24,662 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES: $22,999 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGATEWAY-LONGVIEW FOUNDATION: $22,675 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetASPIRE OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $22,629 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCatholic Health System: $22,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S MARTIN HOUSE CORPORATION: $18,169 over 1y, 0.3% of budget43NORTH BPC INC: $18,169 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHORIZON HEALTH SERVICES: $17,435 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDMORE WNY FOUNDATION INC: $15,721 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP INC: $11,230 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWESTERN NEW YORK PUBLIC BROADCASTING ASSOCIATION: $11,091 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE BUFFALO INC: $10,461 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBUFFALO HEARING & SPEECH CENTER INC: $10,451 over 2y, 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.

  • Who funds INDEPENDENT HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SHARED MOBILITY INC ↗
  • Who funds LMHF STRIVE TO THRIVE PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds Green Options Buffalo Inc ↗
  • Who funds INVEST BUFFALO NIAGARA INC ↗
  • Who funds NIAGARA FRONTIER AUTOMOBILE DEALER ASS'N DEALER SERVICES FOUNDATIONINC ↗
  • Who funds ECMC FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds AMHERST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC ↗
  • Who funds BUFFALO NIAGARA PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds P2 COLLABORATIVE OF WNY INC ↗
  • Who funds SENECA DIABETES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds THEATRE OF YOUTH COMPANY INC ↗
  • Who funds HILLSIDE WORK SCHOLARSHIP CONNECTION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER ↗
  • Who funds BUFFALO URBAN LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE OF BUFFALO ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF BUFFALO ↗
  • Who funds A TASTE OF BUFFALO INC ↗
  • Who funds Wheel B Herd Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE NATIONAL FEDERATION FOR JUST COMMUNITIES OF WNY INC ↗
  • Who funds LEADERSHIP BUFFALO INC ↗
  • Who funds ENDEAVOR WESTERN NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds BACK TO BASICS OUTREACH MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HISPANIC HERITAGE COUNCIL OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF ERIE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds NIAGARA FALLS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE FOUNDATION OF WNY INC ↗

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.

First Niagara Foundat…Community Foundation …The Ralph C Wilson Jr…The Baird FoundationBuffalo Sabres Founda…Rich Family FoundationHealth Foundation for…Foundation for Jewish…The Western New York …Zemsky Family Foundat…The Osc Charitable Fo…Cullen Foundation
First Niagara FoundationNY58.8× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: First Niagara Foundation · Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · The Baird Foundation · Buffalo Sabres Foundation · Rich Family Foundation · Health Foundation for Western & Central New York · Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc · The Western New York Foundation · Zemsky Family Foundation · The Osc Charitable Foundation · Cullen 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 Independent Health Association Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Independent Health Association 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%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    22report 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 76 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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