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New Era Cap Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$952k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
24
Grants FY2024
23
Organizations funded FY2023
61%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$12,450
Largest grant, FY2024
$500,000
Organizations funded a year
7 to 23
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
4
Total assets, FY2024
$20M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 61% of the organizations New Era Cap Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 83% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 17% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
HealthPhilanthropyArts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationPublic BenefitOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving24$952k54%
FY202323$1.3M61%
FY202210$270k40%
FY20217$274k43%
FY20207$71k43%
FY201918$215kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$1.4MHealth$697kArts & Culture$318kEnvironment$160kHuman Services$143kPhilanthropy$98kRecreation & Sports$86kYouth Development$62kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 49 grantees
All grantees of New Era Cap Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Elmwood-Franklin School Inc$1,000,00017%
Explore & More a Children's Museum$300,00028%
University at Buffalo Foundation Inc$250,00040%
Yellowstone Forever$150,00011%
Jackie Robinson Foundation Inc$150,00031%
Lids Foundation Inc$90,00043%
Fanatics All in Foundation$50,00032%
Punt Pediatric Cancer Collaborative Inc$50,00012%
Hope Totes Inc$50,000250%
The Summit Center Inc$47,50060%
Special Olympics New York Inc$44,50040%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Buffalo Inc$37,50031%
The Bison Children's Scholarship Fund Inc$26,75020%
Hope Rises INC$25,000216%
Mental Health Association of Erie County Inc$21,26021%
Fresh Air Fund$15,30010%
New York Yankees Foundation Inc$15,00011%
Dreamflight USA Inc$12,50012%
Stitch Buffalo Inc$12,50021%
Adopt-A-Dog Inc$12,45011%
The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation$10,00010%
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$10,00010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Metro New York and Western New York$10,00010%
Apex for Youth Inc$10,00010%
Licensing International Foundation Inc$10,00014%
City Mission Society Inc$10,00020%
Urban Tree Initiative Inc$10,0001n/a
Buffalo Renaissance Foundation Inc$8,00021%
Catching Dreams Charters Inc$8,00017%
N a R D I N Academy$7,5003n/a
Grace Guest House Inc$5,00012%
Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc$5,00010%
United Way of Buffalo and Erie County$5,00010%
Wings Flights of Hope$5,00011%
Disability Belongs$4,50010%
Burchfield Penney Art Center$3,00010%
Pregnant with Cancer Support Group$2,50012%
Dress for Success Buffalo$2,50012%
Girls Sports Foundation Inc$2,5001n/a
UPward Design for Life Corporation$2,50012%
Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society$2,50010%
Wny Women's Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Foot Locker Foundation Inc$2,0001n/a
Ecmc Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Compeer West Inc$1,26010%
Maria M Love Convalescent Fund$1,00010%
St Josephs Collegiate Institute$7501n/a
Compass House$50010%
The Fredonia Business Club Inc$4501n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($574k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

New Era Cap Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 43 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetElmwood-Franklin School Inc: $1,000,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetExplore & More a Children's Museum: $300,000 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetUniversity at Buffalo Foundation Inc: $250,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetYellowstone Forever: $150,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetJackie Robinson Foundation Inc: $150,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetLids Foundation Inc: $90,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetFanatics All in Foundation: $50,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetPunt Pediatric Cancer Collaborative Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetHope Totes Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 50% of budgetThe Summit Center Inc: $47,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSpecial Olympics New York Inc: $44,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Buffalo Inc: $37,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetThe Bison Children's Scholarship Fund Inc: $26,750 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHope Rises INC: $25,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetMental Health Association of Erie County Inc: $21,260 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFresh Air Fund: $15,300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew York Yankees Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetDreamflight USA Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetStitch Buffalo Inc: $12,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetAdopt-A-Dog Inc: $12,450 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetThe Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Metro New York and Western New York: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetApex for Youth Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLicensing International Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetCity Mission Society Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBuffalo Renaissance Foundation Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetCatching Dreams Charters Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetGrace Guest House Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetMuscular Dystrophy Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Buffalo and Erie County: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWings Flights of Hope: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetDisability Belongs: $4,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBurchfield Penney Art Center: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPregnant with Cancer Support Group: $2,500 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetDress for Success Buffalo: $2,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetUPward Design for Life Corporation: $2,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetBuffalo & Erie County Historical Society: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWny Women's Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEcmc Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCompeer West Inc: $1,260 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMaria M Love Convalescent Fund: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCompass House: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 43.

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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 IncNY45.8× affinity21 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 · Children's Foundation of Erie County Inc · Buffalo Sabres Foundation · The Baird Foundation · Buffalo Bills Foundation Inc · The Western New York Foundation · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc · Rich Family Foundation · First Niagara Foundation · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · Nfada Charitable 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.

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About New Era Cap Foundation

How much does New Era Cap Foundation give?
New Era Cap Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $952,270 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 23 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does New Era Cap Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (47%), Health (23%), Arts & Culture (10%).
Who are New Era Cap Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Elmwood-Franklin School Inc ($1.0M), Explore & More a Children's Museum ($300k), University at Buffalo Foundation Inc ($250k).
Does New Era Cap Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 61% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does New Era Cap 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 New Era Cap Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc, The John R Oishei Foundation, Children's Foundation of Erie County Inc.
Where is New Era Cap Foundation based?
New Era Cap Foundation is based in NY.

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 55 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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