New York · Nonprofit
BIG BIG TABLE COMMUNITY CAFE INCORPORATED
BIG BIG TABLE COMMUNITY CAFE INCORPORATED (New York) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $231,990 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC ($58,500). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $228k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $232k
- Net assets
- $190k
What Big Big Table Community Cafe Incorporated does
Mission
Big Big Tables mission is to provide a dignified response to hunger in our community, serving Buffalo with accessible and affordable nutritious meals regardless of ability to pay.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Program
Unlike a traditional restaurant where a guest is expected to exchange money for their meal, at Big Big Table guests are invited to contribute money, time, or groceries in exchange for their meal. Our pay-as-you-can model strives to promote healthy individuals and communities.
$144,798 spent$237,810 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $144,798.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2025 to 2026, from $81k to $190k (+136%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2025 25% · 2026 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
104% of BIG BIG TABLE COMMUNITY CAFE INCORPORATED’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Dana Epstein
Board President
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $2k → $46k.
2 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BIG BIG TABLE COMMUNITY CAFE INCORPORATED’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BIG BIG TABLE COMMUNITY CAFE INCORPORATED has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
43% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BIG BIG TABLE COMMUNITY CAFE INCORPORATED.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 66% · 2021 87% · 2022 36% · 2023 54% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
100% of BIG BIG TABLE COMMUNITY CAFE INCORPORATED's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
91% of BIG BIG TABLE COMMUNITY CAFE INCORPORATED's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $59k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BIG BIG TABLE COMMUNITY CAFE INCORPORATED runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 274 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 274 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like BIG BIG TABLE COMMUNITY CAFE INCORPORATED
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
0% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BIG BIG TABLE COMMUNITY CAFE INCORPORATED: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BIG BIG TABLE COMMUNITY CAFE INCORPORATED?
- BIG BIG TABLE COMMUNITY CAFE INCORPORATED (New York) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $231,990 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC ($58,500). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BIG BIG TABLE COMMUNITY CAFE INCORPORATED have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $231,990 in grants to BIG BIG TABLE COMMUNITY CAFE INCORPORATED, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BIG BIG TABLE COMMUNITY CAFE INCORPORATED?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC is the largest funder on record, with $58,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BIG BIG TABLE COMMUNITY CAFE INCORPORATED find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2023–2026), and the filings of 12 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing