· Private foundation
The James D & Victoria B Newman Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k12 grants · $29k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ROSWELL PARK ALLIANCE FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| OUR LADY OF VICTORY | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA | $5,000 |
| ASSEMBLY HOUSE 150 | $2,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
| BUFFALO OLMSTEAD PARKS CONSERVANCY | $2,500 |
| KLEINHANS MUSIC HALL | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| BUFFALO NIAGARA WATERKEEPERS | $1,000 |
| SHAKESPEARE IN DELAWARE PARK | $1,000 |
| BUFFALO TORONTO PUBLIC MEDIA | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of its 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against -14% for those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 1 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, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RPROSWELL PARK ALLIANCE FOUNDATION3× · 2023–2025 · $70k · revenue +19%
- KMKLEINHANS MUSIC HALL MANAGEMENT INC2× · 2024–2025 · $11k · revenue +16%
ASSEMBLY HOUSE 150 INC4× · 2022–2025 · $10k · revenue +70%
Funded once
- BFBUFFALO FINE ARTS ACADEMYone grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -14%
- LELAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION OF WNYone grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue -19%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $1k
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 organization was formed for the specific purpose of operating, maintaining and protecting parks and public spaces in the city of buffalo, new york, including but not limited to parks and public spaces owned or operated by the city of…
The mission of the Binghamton Philharmonic is building community through the power of live music.
Artpark & company fosters a transformative world of artistic engagement that explores the human experience, cultivates creativity, and encourages curiosity. our work is informed by a long tradition of discovery, an expectation of artistic…
To acquire, remediate, and steward lands along wny's waterfronts prioritizing public access.
Inspire joyful exploration of science and nature through engaging experiences, unique resources, and exceptional staff.
The buffalo erie niagara land improvement corporation (benlic) seeks to confront and alleviate the problems distressed properties cause to communities by supporting municipal and regional revitalization efforts and strategically acquiring,…
Building community; creating connections; saving wildlife through a collaboration for change: the buffalo zoo will be a center of conservation excellence, providing leadership to secure a future where wildlife thrives. we embody our…
Brooklyn bridge park corporation's mission, d/b/a brooklyn bridge park ("bbp") mission is to provide an exceptional public space that connects people, nature, and the waterfront, through inclusive, innovative, and sustainable management…
Zoo new york, by example and action, provides knowledge and motivation for conserving nature in new york state through science-based natural and cultural experiences.
Buffalo Opera Unlimited (BOU) is dedicated to producing professional opera and a variety of other musical forms with an emphasis on regional artists. BOU is also committed to making opera more accessible to a broader audience and to…
Create new public golf and recreation amenities in the city of buffalo; assist in the restoration of frederick law olmsted's south park arboretum; and construct a new education center for underserved, minority youth.
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 19 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 ROSWELL PARK ALLIANCE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds KLEINHANS MUSIC HALL MANAGEMENT INC ↗
- Who funds ASSEMBLY HOUSE 150 INC ↗
- Who funds BUFFALO OLMSTED PARKS CONSERVANCY INC ↗
- Who funds BUFFALO FINE ARTS ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds SHAKESPEARE IN DELAWARE PARK INC ↗
- Who funds BUFFALO NIAGARA WATERKEEPER INC ↗
- Who funds LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION OF WNY ↗
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 · The Donald F & Barbara L Newman Family Foundation · Children's Foundation of Erie County Inc · Cullen Foundation of Western New York Inc · Rich Family Foundation · The Baird Foundation · Cullen Foundation · Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The James D & Victoria B Newman Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The James D & Victoria B Newman Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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