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United Way of Buffalo and Erie County

Our mission: we bring people, organizations and resources together to create systemic community change.

$6.7M
Granted FY2025still arriving
90
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$1.6M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$38MHuman Services$14MHealth$10MEducation$5.6MCommunity Improvement$4.6MHousing & Shelter$3.8MYouth Development$3.4MFood & Nutrition$3.3MOther$0
02FY2025 · 90 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 90 grants below total $6,389,519, the rows itemized in this filing. The $6,691,319 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $301,800 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $80k
  • $10k–50k47 grants · $1.1M
  • $50k–250k29 grants · $2.7M
  • $250k+3 grants · $2.5M
$24,300
Median grant
7
States reached
$28M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DONOR DESIGNATIONS TO AGENCIES$1,552,897
BPS ADULT LEARNING CENTERBUFFALO PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION$576,619
VIA - VISUALLY IMPAIRED ADVANCEMENT$363,297
BELMONT HOUSING RESOURCES FOR WNY$166,600
BELMONT HOUSING RESOURCES FOR WNY$166,266
LT COLONEL MATT URBAN HUMAN SERVICES CENTER OF WNY$154,303
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF BUFFALO & ERIE COUNTY$132,149
BESTSELF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH$131,700
YWCA OF WNY$122,123
BUFFALO FEDERATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC (BFNC)$120,000
BUFFALO PRENATAL PERINATAL SERVICES$119,400
NORTHWEST BUFFALO COMMUNITY CENTER INC$113,202
ERIE REGIONAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORP (BELLE CENTER)$111,056
VIA - VISUALLY IMPAIRED ADVANCEMENT$100,000
CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES OF ERIE COUNTY$96,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $15.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%VIA - VISUALLY IMPAIRED ADVANCEMENT: $363k → 13%VIA - VISUALLY IMPAIRED ADVANCEMENT: $347k → 13%VIA - VISUALLY IMPAIRED ADVANCEMENT: $325k → 13%VIA - VISUALLY IMPAIRED ADVANCEMENT: $225k → 13%AMERICAN RED CROSS SERVING ERIE AND NIAGARA COUNTIES: $167k → 13%AMERICAN RED CROSS SERVING ERIE AND NIAGARA COUNTIES: $167k → 13%AMERICAN RED CROSS SERVING ERIE AND NIAGARA COUNTIES: $167k → 13%VIA - VISUALLY IMPAIRED ADVANCEMENT: $158k → 13%OLMSTED CENTER FOR SIGHT: $152k → 13%OLMSTED CENTER FOR SIGHT: $148k → 13%OLMSTED CENTER FOR SIGHT: $147k → 13%OLMSTED CENTER FOR SIGHT: $144k → 13%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF BUFFALO & ERIE COUNTY: $132k → 13%OLMSTED CENTER FOR SIGHT: $122k → 13%OLMSTED CENTER FOR SIGHT: $122k → 13%OLMSTED CENTER FOR SIGHT: $122k → 13%OLMSTED CENTER FOR SIGHT: $121k → 13%LT COLONEL MATT URBAN HUMAN SERVICES CENTER OF WNY: $211k → 13%LT COLONEL MATT URBAN HUMAN SERVICES CENTER OF WNY: $203k → 13%LT COLONEL MATT URBAN HUMAN SERVICES CENTER OF WNY: $187k → 13%LT COLONEL MATT URBAN HUMAN SERVICES CENTER OF WNY: $180k → 13%LT COLONEL MATT URBAN HUMAN SERVICES CENTER OF WNY: $180k → 13%LT COLONEL MATT URBAN HUMAN SERVICES CENTER OF WNY: $158k → 13%LT COLONEL MATT URBAN HUMAN SERVICES CENTER OF WNY: $154k → 13%LT COLONEL MATT URBAN HUMAN SERVICES CENTER OF WNY: $153k → 13%LT COLONEL MATT URBAN HUMAN SERVICES CENTER OF WNY: $129k → 13%VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: $165k → 13%VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: $165k → 13%VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: $160k → 13%VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: $135k → 13%VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: $132k → 13%BUFFALO URBAN LEAGUE INC: $182k → 13%BUFFALO URBAN LEAGUE INC: $161k → 13%BUFFALO URBAN LEAGUE INC: $161k → 13%FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER OF ERIE COUNTY: $125k → 13%FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER OF ERIE COUNTY: $125k → 13%FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER OF ERIE COUNTY: $125k → 13%FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER OF ERIE COUNTY: $125k → 13%FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER OF ERIE COUNTY: $122k → 13%FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER OF ERIE COUNTY: $122k → 13%YWCA OF WNY: $200k → 13%YWCA OF WNY: $174k → 13%NORTHWEST BUFFALO COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $168k → 13%NORTHWEST BUFFALO COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $164k → 13%NORTHWEST BUFFALO COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $137k → 13%YWCA OF WNY: $135k → 13%NORTHWEST BUFFALO COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $123k → 13%YWCA OF WNY: $122k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
CA
UT
CO
VA
TN
DC
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$89M · 122 repeat orgs$2.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

122 repeat relationships: 68 still active in FY2025, 54 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

122
62

Total granted

$89M
$1.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+4%

Still filing today

79%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $269k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentHealthCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • VIA VISUALLY IMPAIRED ADVANCEMENT
    9× · 2017–2025 · $3.1M · revenue +59%
  • BH
    BELMONT HOUSING RESOURCES FOR WNY INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.6M · revenue +23%
  • JERICHO ROAD MINISTRIES INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.6M · revenue +269%

Funded once

  • CA
    CHILD & ADOLESCENT TREATMENT SERVICES
    one grant, 2017 · $435k
  • CE
    COOPERATIVE EXTENSION ASSOCIATION IN THE STATE OF N Y
    one grant, 2018 · $183k
  • TE
    THRIVE EMERGENCY SERVICES
    one grant, 2020 · $121k
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
Cny Works Inc

To bring businesses, job seekers and training providers together to provide skilled workers for every business and employment for every job seeker.

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2
Hispanos Unidos De Buffalo

Respond to economic, social, educational, and cultural needs of hispanic/latinos in western new york through bilingual, bicultural services that promote self-sufficiency and improve quality of life.

Human Services
3
Legal Assistance of Western New York Inc

Lawny increases access to justice through excellent legal representation, advocacy and service.

Crime & Legal
4
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
5
Erie County Economic Development Charitable Fund

To facilitate both the creation and retention of jobs within erie county and increase economic opportunities for individuals and businesses through comprehensive economic development programs.

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6
East Buffalo Development Corporation

East Buffalo Development Corporation is a community-based real estate development corporation committed to our mission of leveraging private and public funds to drive equitable and inclusive eastside planning, construction, land use, and…

Community Improvement
7
Leadership Buffalo Inc

Founded in 1987, leadership buffalo, inc conducts programs designed to enhance development of long-term leadership in the greater buffalo, ny community. the organization develops and unites leaders of diverse backgrounds and perspectives…

Civil Rights
8
State University College At Buffalo Child Day Care Development Facility Inc

To provide quality, affordable child care for the families of students, faculty and staff of the college, as well as families of other new york state employees and community members.

—
9
Western Ny Coalition of Farmworker Serving Agencies Inc

To promote justice, dignity, and equity for migrants and farmworkers through advocacy, education, outreach, and direct services. We empower our communities to achieve self-sufficiency by fostering collaboration among partners.

Human Services
10
United Way of Central New York Inc

To improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of our community.

Philanthropy
11
Wayne County Action Program Inc

The specific mission of the organization is to coordinate resources to inspire and empower people to acheive their full potential.

Human Services
12
Invest Buffalo Niagara Inc

To attract new employers to the buffalo niagara region through outreach to growing companies around the world. to support business attraction, expansion and entrepreneurship, invest buffalo niagara collaborates with local businesses,…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Connections of Ny Inc; the most unlike its peers is Hope Totes Inc. 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

134 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 134 of the 195 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.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
33
Early backer (in before they grew)
126/134
Grantees still filing
88/134
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DONOR DESIGNATIONS TO AGENCIES: $30,424,938 · OtherDONOR DESIGNATIONS TO AGENCIESBUFFALO PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $4,337,295 · OtherBUFFALO PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATIONBESTSELF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INC: $2,417,397 · OtherBUFFALO FEDERATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC: $1,971,919 · Other+129 more: $19,958,059 · Other+129 moreVIA VISUALLY IMPAIRED ADVANCEMENT: $3,099,168 · Human ServicesVIA VISUALLY IMPAIR…POLISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF BUFFALO INC: $2,224,527 · Human ServicesPOLISH COMMUNITY CE…NORTHWEST BUFFALO COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $1,290,708 · Human ServicesNORTHWEST BUFFALO C…BUFFALO URBAN LEAGUE INC: $1,101,020 · Human ServicesBUFFALO URBAN LEAGU…THE VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC: $1,045,225 · Human ServicesTHE VALLEY COMMUNIT…FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER OF ERIE COUNTY INC: $1,037,950 · Human ServicesFAMILY JUSTICE CENT…THE YWCA OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $876,884 · Human ServicesTHE YWCA OF WESTERN…COMPASS HOUSE: $859,014 · Human ServicesCOMPASS HOUSETHE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUFFALO: $720,422 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $651,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF WESTERN NEW YORK: $643,900 · Human ServicesGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF WESTERN NEW YORK: $549,615 · Human Services+14 more: $1,832,602 · Human Services+14 moreCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC: $1,738,632 · PhilanthropyCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF BUFFALO: $1,647,790 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY: $1,262,120 · PhilanthropyTHE SERVICE COLLABORATIVE OF WNY: $301,918 · PhilanthropyWESTMINSTER FOUNDATION: $198,250 · Philanthropy+1 more: $22,400 · PhilanthropyBELMONT HOUSING RESOURCES FOR WNY INC: $2,574,214 · Housing & ShelterERIE REGIONAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR: $1,118,365 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $122,650 · Housing & ShelterBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BUFFALO INC: $1,134,737 · Youth DevelopmentBE-A-FRIEND PROGRAM INC: $663,031 · Youth DevelopmentThe Boys & Girls Club Of The Northtowns Inc: $618,673 · Youth DevelopmentAlgonquin Sports for Kids: $343,991 · Youth DevelopmentPEACE OF THE CITY MINISTRIES INC: $310,098 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $222,310 · Youth DevelopmentTHE CHAMPION PROJECT INC: $147,065 · Youth Development+7 more: $320,760 · Youth DevelopmentBUFFALO PRENATAL-PERINATAL NETWORK INC: $990,687 · HealthCOMPEER WEST INC: $548,581 · HealthWESTERN NEW YORK INTEGRATED CARE COLLABORATIVE INC: $340,460 · HealthHORIZON HEALTH SERVICES: $270,304 · HealthMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF ERIE COUNTY INC: $167,000 · HealthBUFFALO HEARING & SPEECH CENTER INC: $105,100 · HealthKALEIDA HEALTH: $101,500 · Health+5 more: $266,418 · HealthJERICHO ROAD MINISTRIES INC: $2,557,858 · Religion
Other$59,109,608Human Services$15,932,035Philanthropy$5,171,110Housing & Shelter$3,815,229Youth Development$3,760,665Health$2,790,050Religion$2,557,858

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVIA VISUALLY IMPAIRED ADVANCEMENT: $3,099,168 over 9y, 3.6% of budgetBELMONT HOUSING RESOURCES FOR WNY INC: $2,574,214 over 9y, 4.1% of budgetJERICHO ROAD MINISTRIES INC: $2,557,858 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetBESTSELF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INC: $2,417,397 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetPOLISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF BUFFALO INC: $2,224,527 over 9y, 6.5% of budgetBUFFALO FEDERATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC: $1,971,919 over 9y, 3.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC: $1,738,632 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF BUFFALO: $1,647,790 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetFAMILY HELP CENTER INC: $1,587,969 over 8y, 9.9% of budgetCHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF ERIE COUNTY: $1,461,649 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetNORTHWEST BUFFALO COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $1,290,708 over 9y, 6.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY: $1,262,120 over 8y, 5.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BUFFALO INC: $1,134,737 over 9y, 4.6% of budgetERIE REGIONAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR: $1,118,365 over 9y, 11% of budgetBUFFALO URBAN LEAGUE INC: $1,101,020 over 9y, 4.5% of budgetTHE VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC: $1,045,225 over 9y, 13% of budgetFAMILY JUSTICE CENTER OF ERIE COUNTY INC: $1,037,950 over 9y, 16% of budgetBUFFALO PRENATAL-PERINATAL NETWORK INC: $990,687 over 9y, 5.2% of budgetTHE YWCA OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $876,884 over 6y, 14% of budgetKING URBAN LIFE CENTER INC: $868,550 over 9y, 24% of budgetCOMPASS HOUSE: $859,014 over 9y, 9.2% of budgetEPIC - EVERY PERSON INFLUENCES CHILDREN INC: $837,879 over 9y, 14% of budgetREAD TO SUCCEED BUFFALO INC: $833,650 over 9y, 14% of budgetCRADLE BEACH INC: $827,592 over 9y, 8.7% of budgetSENECA BABCOCK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC: $767,770 over 9y, 7.6% of budgetTHE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUFFALO: $720,422 over 9y, 2.8% of budgetBUFFALO & ERIE COUNTY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM INC: $685,969 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetUniversity District Community Developmen: $671,068 over 9y, 6.7% of budgetBE-A-FRIEND PROGRAM INC: $663,031 over 9y, 12% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $651,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF WESTERN NEW YORK: $643,900 over 9y, 2.5% of budgetThe Boys & Girls Club Of The Northtowns Inc: $618,673 over 9y, 3.7% of budgetWESTERN NEW YORK UNITED AGAINST DRUG & ALCOHOL ABUSE INC: $583,660 over 8y, 14% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF WESTERN NEW YORK: $549,615 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetCOMPEER WEST INC: $548,581 over 9y, 6.2% of budgetCHILD CARE COALITION OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER INC: $492,875 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL SERVICES INC: $476,500 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetWESTMINSTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE INC: $456,848 over 9y, 6.9% of budgetCENTER FOR GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH: $418,802 over 7y, 6.3% of budgetLITERACY NEW YORK BUFFALO-NIAGARA INC: $394,943 over 9y, 17% of budgetTHE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP INC: $371,200 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetAlgonquin Sports for Kids: $343,991 over 7y, 26% of budgetWESTERN NEW YORK INTEGRATED CARE COLLABORATIVE INC: $340,460 over 3y, 68% of budgetCENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INC: $314,200 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetPEACE OF THE CITY MINISTRIES INC: $310,098 over 9y, 8.6% of budgetTHE SERVICE COLLABORATIVE OF WNY: $301,918 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetGrassroots Gardens of Western New York Inc: $280,512 over 9y, 7.7% of budgetHORIZON HEALTH SERVICES: $270,304 over 6y, 0.2% 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 BUFFALO PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VIA VISUALLY IMPAIRED ADVANCEMENT ↗
  • Who funds BELMONT HOUSING RESOURCES FOR WNY INC ↗
  • Who funds JERICHO ROAD MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds BESTSELF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds POLISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF BUFFALO INC ↗
  • Who funds BUFFALO FEDERATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF BUFFALO ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY HELP CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF ERIE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST BUFFALO COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BUFFALO INC ↗
  • Who funds ERIE REGIONAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR ↗
  • Who funds BUFFALO URBAN LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER OF ERIE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds BUFFALO PRENATAL-PERINATAL NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds THE YWCA OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds KING URBAN LIFE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds COMPASS HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds EPIC - EVERY PERSON INFLUENCES CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds READ TO SUCCEED BUFFALO INC ↗
  • Who funds CRADLE BEACH INC ↗
  • Who funds SENECA BABCOCK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUFFALO ↗
  • Who funds BUFFALO & ERIE COUNTY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM INC ↗
  • Who funds University District Community Developmen ↗
  • Who funds BE-A-FRIEND PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF WESTERN NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds The Boys & Girls Club Of The Northtowns Inc ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN NEW YORK UNITED AGAINST DRUG & ALCOHOL ABUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF WESTERN NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds COMPEER WEST INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILD CARE COALITION OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER INC ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL SERVICES 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 John R Oishei Fou…The Western New York …Buffalo Bills Foundat…First Niagara Foundat…Cullen FoundationJames H Cummings Foun…The Peter and Elizabe…The Ralph C Wilson Jr…Children's Foundation…Cullen Foundation of …The Frank G Raichle F…
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo IncNY157.5× affinity100 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 · The Western New York Foundation · Buffalo Bills Foundation Inc · First Niagara Foundation · Cullen Foundation · James H Cummings Foundation Inc · The Peter and Elizabeth C Tower Foundation · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · Children's Foundation of Erie County Inc · Cullen Foundation of Western New York Inc · The Frank G Raichle 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization United Way of Buffalo and Erie County funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Buffalo and Erie County. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Reach Out and Read Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Classroom Champions Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
64report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 195 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
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The regranting layer
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The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home