New York · Public charity
Western New York Library Resources Council
WESTERN NEW YORK LIBRARY RESOURCES COUNCIL is a member-driven organization that helps libraries build connections with each other, library users and the larger community.
- $36k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2025
- $27k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,948
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $9,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Western New York Library Resources Council funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $27k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $36k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $34k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $26k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $60k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $23k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $34k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $32k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nioga Library System | $66,715 | 6 | 1% |
| Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System | $50,261 | 6 | 1% |
| State University of New York College at Purchase | $44,680 | 4 | n/a |
| Niagara County Community College | $24,875 | 3 | n/a |
| State University of New York at Binghamton | $22,730 | 2 | n/a |
| Burchfield Penney Art Center | $17,583 | 2 | 0% |
| Buffalo Broadcast Pioneers Inc Aka Buffalo Broadcasters Associatia | $15,252 | 2 | 33% |
| Buffalo and Erie County Public Library Co | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Buffalo Public Schools | $7,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Lily Dale Assembly | $7,640 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nioga Library System | $66,715 | 6 | 1% |
| Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System | $50,261 | 6 | 1% |
| State University of New York College at Purchase | $44,680 | 4 | n/a |
| Niagara County Community College | $24,875 | 3 | n/a |
| State University of New York at Binghamton | $22,730 | 2 | n/a |
| Burchfield Penney Art Center | $17,583 | 2 | 0% |
| Buffalo Broadcast Pioneers Inc Aka Buffalo Broadcasters Associatia | $15,252 | 2 | 33% |
| Buffalo and Erie County Public Library Co | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Buffalo Public Schools | $7,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Lily Dale Assembly | $7,640 | 1 | 1% |
| Daemen University | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Western New York Library Resources Council
- How much does Western New York Library Resources Council give?
- Western New York Library Resources Council reported 3 itemized grants totaling $26,896, out of $35,753 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Western New York Library Resources Council fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (70%), Arts & Culture (25%), Recreation & Sports (3%).
- Who are Western New York Library Resources Council's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Nioga Library System ($67k), Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System ($50k), State University of New York College at Purchase ($45k).
- Does Western New York Library Resources Council fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Western New York Library Resources Council?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Western New York Library Resources Council based?
- Western New York Library Resources Council is based in NY.
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