New York · Nonprofit
BUFFALO ERIE NIAGARA LAND IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION
BUFFALO ERIE NIAGARA LAND IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $232,422 to it, the largest being LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION ($232,422). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.9M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $232k
- Net assets
- $5.0M
What Buffalo Erie Niagara Land Improvement Corporation does
Mission
The Buffalo Erie Niagara Land Improvement Corporation (benlic) seeks to confront and alleviate the problems distressed properties cause to communities by supporting municipal and regional revitalization efforts and strategically acquiring, improving, assembling and selling distressed, vacant, abandoned and and/or tax-delinquent properties.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Benlic utilizes various programs to transfer and sell properties. Municipal transfers are employed for demolitions and community-funded rehabilitations. Transfers are also used for partners to rehabilitate properties, including not-for-profit organizations and programs promoting minority-owned contractors. Benlic's vacant to value program sells properties to qualified buyers capable of making necessary repairs and renovations. Other properties undergo significant repairs and renovations and are then sold by benlic to the public or to income-qualified buyers. This multi-programmatic approach allows benlic to apply the best method to each property based on the housing market and the needs of each community. In 2024, benlic was in planning mode for the construction of 64 single family homes in the city of buffalo. Benlic used funding from nys hcr (the affordable housing opportunities program) to construct 12 single family homes on buffalo's east side. The project budget was approximately $4million. In addition, the city of buffalo and erie county provided approximately $24 million in american rescue plan funding directly to benlic for the construction of 52 affordable homes. These…
$816,770 spent$443,400 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $816,770.
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 and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $3.7M to $9.4M (+156%).
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: 2017 40% · 2018 2% · 2019 19% · 2020 47% · 2021 38% · 2022 11% · 2023 28% · 2024 77%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
77% of BUFFALO ERIE NIAGARA LAND IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Jocelyn Gordon
Executive director
Board chair
Brendan R Mehaffy
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2018: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $15k → $217k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.5M from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Enterprise Community Partners Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money BUFFALO ERIE NIAGARA LAND IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION raised.
From the IRS filings of BUFFALO ERIE NIAGARA LAND IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION’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.
Where its funders are
100% of BUFFALO ERIE NIAGARA LAND IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION'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 ERIE NIAGARA LAND IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,203 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like BUFFALO ERIE NIAGARA LAND IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION
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
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Benlic Development LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BUFFALO ERIE NIAGARA LAND IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION: 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 NIAGARA LAND IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION?
- BUFFALO ERIE NIAGARA LAND IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $232,422 to it, the largest being LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION ($232,422). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BUFFALO ERIE NIAGARA LAND IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $232,422 in grants to BUFFALO ERIE NIAGARA LAND IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BUFFALO ERIE NIAGARA LAND IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION?
- LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION is the largest funder on record, with $232,422 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BUFFALO ERIE NIAGARA LAND IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION 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.
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 1 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