New York · Nonprofit
BUFFALO & ERIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
BUFFALO & ERIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $77,052 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($44,100). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $14M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $77k
- Net assets
- $4.2M
What Buffalo & Erie County Public Library does
Mission
Connect the diverse community with library resources that enrich enlighten and entertain. Provide open and free access to information. Delivery timely confidential and customer oriented services to meet the informational recreational and educational needs of the community
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Provide library resources for the community. In 2024 Buffalo & Erie County Public Library affiliates added over 100,000 items to its collection of 1.4 million items. These items circulated over 4 million times to 295,000 registered library users. Additionally over 100,000 library staff members answered reference questions to assist patrons.
$5,299,313 spent47% of program spendingProvide access to computers internet and other technologies. With approximately 650 computers available for public use and Wi-Fi access Buffalo & Erie County Public Library affiliates provided over 153,000 computer access session and over 335,000 Wi-Fi sessions to the public many of whom would not otherwise have access. These computers are equipped with access to the internet and have many of the standard computer applications used by students and employment seekers. In addition to computer access Buffalo & Erie county Public Library also provides low cost printing and copying.
$3,647,385 spent32% of program spendingProvide educational and entertaining programs for all member of the community. Throughout 2024 Buffalo & Erie County Public Library affiliates held over 6,800 group programs with over 123,000 attendees. Additionally over 72,000 one-on-one training sessions were conducted. In addition to Library organized events the various locations have public meeting space available for use by other organization. Total visits to the various locations totaled over 1.5 million
$2,346,978 spent21% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,293,676.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2021 to 2022, from $4.9M to $4.3M (−13%).
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: 2020 96% · 2021 96% · 2022 95% · 2023 96% · 2024 96%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of BUFFALO & ERIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $0 → $19k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 BUFFALO & ERIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 2 of 3 funders by total. 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
BUFFALO & ERIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 BUFFALO & ERIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 62% · 2023 66% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of BUFFALO & ERIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $77k 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
BUFFALO & ERIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY is better cushioned than half of the 4,064 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,064 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like BUFFALO & ERIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BUFFALO & ERIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY: 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 BUFFALO & ERIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY?
- BUFFALO & ERIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $77,052 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($44,100). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BUFFALO & ERIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $77,052 in grants to BUFFALO & ERIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BUFFALO & ERIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $44,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BUFFALO & ERIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 3 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