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BUFFALO BROADCAST PIONEERS INC AKA BUFFALO BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATIA
BUFFALO BROADCAST PIONEERS INC AKA BUFFALO BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATIA (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $58,102 to it, the largest being HARNISCH FAMILY FOUNDATION ($42,850). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $47k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $58k
- Net assets
- $7k
What Buffalo Broadcast Pioneers Inc Aka Buffalo Broadcasters Associatia does
Mission
To remember and honor the people, past and present, who have contributed to the history of television and radio in western new york.to collect and preserve the documents and artifacts that represent the history of broadcasting in western new yok.to create a facility to house and safeguard the memorabilia of buffalo-area broadcasting.to develop mentor programs through which members will support, guide and encourage future generation of buffalo broadcasters.to preserve and make available to the public the film, video and audio documenting the history of western new york.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Hall of fame dinner
$32,563 spent92% of program spendingCollege scholarships given to help keep the youth involved in broadcasting
$3,000 spent8% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $35,563.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $66k to $34k (−48%).
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.
0% of BUFFALO BROADCAST PIONEERS INC AKA BUFFALO BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATIA’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (77% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Steve Reszka
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2021: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $7k → $26k.
From the IRS filings of BUFFALO BROADCAST PIONEERS INC AKA BUFFALO BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATIA’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
BUFFALO BROADCAST PIONEERS INC AKA BUFFALO BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATIA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% 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
26% 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 BROADCAST PIONEERS INC AKA BUFFALO BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATIA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 69% — 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 BROADCAST PIONEERS INC AKA BUFFALO BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATIA'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. 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 BROADCAST PIONEERS INC AKA BUFFALO BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATIA has grown faster than three-quarters of the 9,376 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,376 community improvement nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like BUFFALO BROADCAST PIONEERS INC AKA BUFFALO BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATIA
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BUFFALO BROADCAST PIONEERS INC AKA BUFFALO BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATIA?
- BUFFALO BROADCAST PIONEERS INC AKA BUFFALO BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATIA (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $58,102 to it, the largest being HARNISCH FAMILY FOUNDATION ($42,850). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BUFFALO BROADCAST PIONEERS INC AKA BUFFALO BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATIA have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $58,102 in grants to BUFFALO BROADCAST PIONEERS INC AKA BUFFALO BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATIA, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BUFFALO BROADCAST PIONEERS INC AKA BUFFALO BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATIA?
- HARNISCH FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $42,850 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BUFFALO BROADCAST PIONEERS INC AKA BUFFALO BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATIA 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 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