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Moore for Kids

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$298k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% 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$534kHealth$502kReligion$499kEducation$329kYouth Development$250kInternational$65kPublic Benefit$49kPublic Safety & Disaster$34kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $86k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $200k
$20,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$93k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WNYHEROES INC$150,000
BISON CHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND$50,000
THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO$31,158
NIAGARA FALLS BOYS AND GIRLS$25,000
COMPASSCARE$20,000
PUNT FOUNDATION$10,000
CAMP GOOD DAYS & SPECIAL TIMES INC$5,500
HOPE RISES$5,000
WILSON YOUTH SOCCER ASSCOCIATION$912
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $535k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WNYHEROES INC: $150k → 13%WNYHEROES INC: $60k → 13%WNYHEROES INC: $60k → 13%WNYHEROES INC: $50k → 13%WNYHEROES INC: $50k → 13%WNYHEROES INC: $50k → 13%WNYHEROES INC: $50k → 13%WNYHEROES INC: $50k → 13%BUFFALO CITY MISSION: $10k → 13%SONRAYS MINISTRIES: $5k → 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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 16 repeat orgs$540k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
14

Total granted

$1.8M
$539k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+66%

Still filing today

50%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $912 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
Human ServicesHealthPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • WH
    WNY HEROES INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $520k · revenue +453%
  • NIAGARA FALLS BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC
    5× · 2018–2024 · $250k · revenue +40%
  • TB
    THE BISON CHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC
    5× · 2018–2024 · $195k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • RC
    RESTORATION CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $200k
  • WB
    WESTGATE BAPTIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $100k
  • OL
    OUR LADY OF VICTORY
    one grant, 2022 · $94k
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
Carefirst Ny Inc

It is the mission of carefirst ny, inc. to affirm life through extraordinary, compassionate support and care to patients and families in chemung, steuben and schuyler counties.

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2
Endeavor Western New York Inc

Endeavor western new york identifies and selects high-impact entrepreneurs in and around buffalo and rochester, ny and provides them access to a global network of markets, industry leaders, investors, and talent, helping to expand their…

Education
3
Veterans One-Stop Center of Wny Inc

We. empower. veterans. the veterans one-stop center of wny, inc. is the region's premiere veterans service and advocacy not-for-profit collaborative agency empowering veterans, veteran families and service members in achieving economic…

Public Benefit
4
Lockport Cares Inc

The organization provides charitable relief in the form of emergency shelter, material needs, and compassionate care for the homeless and persons in need in the eastern niagara county, new york area.

Education
5
Operation Pets - the Spay-Neuter Clinic of Wny Inc

Operation pets provides high quality, high volume, affordable spay and neuter services to the underserved population of western new york including outreach to local animal welfare groups.

Animals
6
Mercy Hospital Foundation

Mercy hospital foundation,inc. is a charitable, not-for-profit 501(c) 3 corporation with the purpose of raising new funds and stewarding resources which support, improve and promote the care and services provided by mercy hospital of…

Philanthropy
7
Breast Cancer Network of Western New Yorkinc

Our mission is to support the well being of all western new yorkers impacted by breast cancer.

Health
8
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
9
New York Soccer Club of Westchester

Pursue the highest standard in youth development by providing the best possible environment for player growth, enjoyment and character development within a unified and cohesive club structure.

Recreation & Sports
10
New York Disaster Interfaith Services Inc

Founded in 2002, following 9/11, nydis is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit faith-based federation of over 60 diverse judicatories, disaster human services providers, and charitable organizations who work in partnership to provide disaster readiness,…

Public Safety & Disaster
11
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
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 Wny Heroes Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Osc Charitable Foundation. 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

16 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. 16 of the 31 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/16
Grantees still filing
11/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RESTORATION CHURCH: $200,000 · OtherRESTORATION CHURCHCOMPASSCARE: $120,000 · OtherCOMPASSCAREWESTGATE BAPTIST CHURCH: $100,000 · OtherWESTGATE BAPTIST CHURCHOUR LADY OF VICTORY: $93,500 · OtherOUR LADY OF VICTORYTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO: $73,973 · OtherTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALOST MARY'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $65,000 · OtherST MARY'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONWOMEN'S & CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF BUF: $56,321 · OtherWOMEN'S & CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF BUFIndividual grant recipient: $35,000 · OtherMERCY FLIGHT INC: $33,500 · OtherSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherHope Rises INC: $49,000 · Other+10 more: $119,305 · Other+10 moreWNY HEROES INC: $520,000 · Human ServicesWNY HEROES INC+2 more: $15,000 · Human ServicesNIAGARA FALLS BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC: $250,000 · Youth DevelopmentNIAGARA FALL…THE BISON CHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $195,000 · PhilanthropyTHE BISON…+1 more: $5,000 · PhilanthropyCAMP GOOD DAYS AND SPECIAL TIMES INC: $143,863 · Recreation & SportsLAUNCH GLOBAL: $90,000 · ReligionPUNT PEDIATRIC CANCER COLLABORATIVE INC: $80,000 · Health+1 more: $2,500 · Health
Other$995,599Human Services$535,000Youth Development$250,000Philanthropy$200,000Recreation & Sports$143,863Religion$90,000Health$82,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWNY HEROES INC: $520,000 over 8y, 11% of budgetNIAGARA FALLS BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC: $250,000 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetTHE BISON CHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $195,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetCAMP GOOD DAYS AND SPECIAL TIMES INC: $143,863 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetLAUNCH GLOBAL: $90,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPUNT PEDIATRIC CANCER COLLABORATIVE INC: $80,000 over 8y, 6.1% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHope Rises INC: $49,000 over 3y, 27% of budgetMERCY FLIGHT INC: $33,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFEEDMORE WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITY MISSION SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGERARD PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE OSC CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetSONRAYS MINISTRIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetKAELY'S KINDNESS FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetWILSON YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION INC: $912 over 1y, 0.3% 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 WNY HEROES INC ↗
  • Who funds NIAGARA FALLS BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BISON CHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMP GOOD DAYS AND SPECIAL TIMES INC ↗
  • Who funds LAUNCH GLOBAL ↗
  • Who funds PUNT PEDIATRIC CANCER COLLABORATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Hope Rises INC ↗
  • Who funds MERCY FLIGHT INC ↗
  • Who funds FEEDMORE WESTERN NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds CITY MISSION SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds GERARD PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE OSC CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SONRAYS MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds KAELY'S KINDNESS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WILSON YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION 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.

Community Foundation …The Osc Charitable Fo…Buffalo Sabres Founda…Grigg-Lewis Foundatio…First Niagara Foundat…Buffalo Bills Foundat…Equitable Foundation …The Blackbaud Giving …The Bank of America C…Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo IncNY23.5× affinity9 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 Osc Charitable Foundation · Buffalo Sabres Foundation · Grigg-Lewis Foundation Inc · First Niagara Foundation · Buffalo Bills Foundation Inc · Equitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Moore for Kids funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Moore for Kids. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 31 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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