· Private foundation
Russell J Salvatore Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k4 grants · $18k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $126k
- $50k–250k6 grants · $510k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE BROTHERS OF MERCY WELLNESS CAMPUS | $100,000 |
| VILLA MARIA COLLEGE | $100,000 |
| BUILD PROMISE INC | $100,000 |
| THE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER | $100,000 |
| DEPEW-LANCASTER BOYS & GIRLS CLUB | $60,000 |
| PAWS INN THE FALLS | $50,000 |
| THE SALVATION ARMY BUFFALO AREA SERVICES | $41,000 |
| ECMC FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
| OVARIAN CANCER PROJECT | $20,000 |
| ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE | $10,000 |
| HEART LOVE & SOUL | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| VFW POST 9249 | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $660k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
34 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 27 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $249k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
VILLA MARIA COLLEGE OF BUFFALO3× · 2023–2025 · $300k · revenue +15%- KGKEVIN GUEST HOUSE INC5× · 2018–2023 · $263k · revenue +30%
NIAGARA UNIVERSITY5× · 2018–2022 · $250k · revenue +40%
Funded once
VETERANS ONE-STOP CENTER OF WNY INCgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $300k · revenue +168%- MUMARYVALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTone grant, 2017 · $235k
- SJST JUDE HIGH SCHOOLone grant, 2024 · $150k
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.
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.
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…
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…
The mission of Oswego Health, Inc. is to provide accessible quality care and improve the health of residents in our community.
Providing outstanding leadership in medicine by promoting excellence and innovation in clinical care, education, and public policy
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…
The mission of the hospice foundation of western new york is tosolicit, accept, administer and invest charitable funds on behalf ofhospice & palliative care buffalo, inc. and its affiliates. theseinclude: hospice buffalo, inc., the…
Ministers to inpatients and outpatients, serving a primary care and specialty referral center for people from all faiths living in chemung county and the surrounding counties of new york and pennsylvania
We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.
To serve the people of the Saratoga region by providing them access to excellence in healthcare in a supportive and caring environment.
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.
The mission of the Oswego Health Foundation is to raise and manage philanthropic support for Oswego Health and its not for profit entities as they provide accessible, quality care and improve the health of the residents in our community.
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…
How this is measured
33 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. 33 of the 70 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 ECMC FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds KALEIDA HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BROTHERS OF MERCY HOLDING INC ↗
- Who funds ROSWELL PARK ALLIANCE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DEPEW-LANCASTER BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB INC ↗
- Who funds MERCY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CITY MISSION SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds VETERANS ONE-STOP CENTER OF WNY INC ↗
- Who funds VILLA MARIA COLLEGE OF BUFFALO ↗
- Who funds KEVIN GUEST HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds NIAGARA UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds SISTERS OF CHARITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NIAGARA FALLS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds BUILD PROMISE INC ↗
- Who funds BEYOND SUPPORT NETWORK FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds KENMORE MERCY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MOUNT ST MARY'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds BUFFALO HERITAGE CAROUSEL INC ↗
- Who funds LANCASTER-DEPEW BASEBALL LEAGUE INC ↗
- Who funds MEDAILLE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds CENTRO CULTURALE ITALIANO DI BUFFALO INC ↗
- Who funds MATHEWSON MCCARTHY BASEBALL 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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc · The John R Oishei Foundation · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · The Margaret L Wendt Foundation · James H Cummings Foundation Inc · The Baird Foundation · First Niagara Foundation · Foundation 214 Inc · The Osc Charitable Foundation · Buffalo Bills Foundation Inc · Colucci Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Russell J Salvatore Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Russell J Salvatore Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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