New York · Public charity
Just Buffalo Literary Center Inc
Creating and strengthening communities through the literary arts.
- $95k
- Granted FY2023
- 6
- Grants FY2023
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $57,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Total assets, FY2023
- $1.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations Just Buffalo Literary Center Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 84% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 16% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 6 | $95k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $97k | 54% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $23k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $9 | 100% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $18k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $16k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Council of Literary Magazines and Presses | $19,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Writers & Books Inc | $18,600 | 3 | 1% |
| Cave Canem Foundation Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Boa Editions Ltd | $10,001 | 2 | 3% |
| Girls Write Now Inc | $9,001 | 2 | 0% |
| Poets and Writers Inc | $8,750 | 1 | 0% |
| The Poetry Project Ltd | $8,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Kundiman Inc | $7,501 | 2 | 1% |
| Poetry Society of America | $7,501 | 2 | 1% |
| N1 Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Council of Literary Magazines and Presses | $19,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Writers & Books Inc | $18,600 | 3 | 1% |
| Cave Canem Foundation Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Boa Editions Ltd | $10,001 | 2 | 3% |
| Girls Write Now Inc | $9,001 | 2 | 0% |
| Poets and Writers Inc | $8,750 | 1 | 0% |
| The Poetry Project Ltd | $8,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Kundiman Inc | $7,501 | 2 | 1% |
| Poetry Society of America | $7,501 | 2 | 1% |
| N1 Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| The Academy of American Poets Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| New Art Publications Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| National Book Foundation Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Teachers & Writers Collaborative Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Herstory Writers Network Inc | $6,751 | 2 | 1% |
| The Feminist Press Inc | $6,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Lambda Literary Foundation | $6,750 | 1 | 1% |
| Urban Word NYC Inc | $6,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Brooklyn Book Festival Inc | $6,750 | 1 | 1% |
| Restless Books Inc | $5,850 | 1 | 1% |
| Ugly Duckling Presse Ltd | $1 | 1 | 0% |
| One Story Inc | $1 | 1 | 0% |
| Words Without Borders Inc | $1 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($66k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Just Buffalo Literary Center Inc supplied at peak.
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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: The Poetry Foundation · The Academy of American Poets Inc · Hawthornden Foundation · National Book Foundation Inc · The Ford Foundation · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · New York Council for the Humanities · Liana Foundation Inc · Bydale Foundation · Council of Literary Magazines and Presses · Lannan Foundation
How this is measured
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About Just Buffalo Literary Center Inc
- How much does Just Buffalo Literary Center Inc give?
- Just Buffalo Literary Center Inc reported 6 grants totaling $95,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Just Buffalo Literary Center Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (70%), Education (4%), Youth Development (4%).
- Who are Just Buffalo Literary Center Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Council of Literary Magazines and Presses ($19k), Writers & Books Inc ($19k), Cave Canem Foundation Inc ($16k).
- Does Just Buffalo Literary Center Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Just Buffalo Literary Center Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Poetry Foundation, The Academy of American Poets Inc, Hawthornden Foundation.
- Where is Just Buffalo Literary Center Inc based?
- Just Buffalo Literary Center Inc is based in NY.
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