New York · Nonprofit
BUFFALO FUNK FEST FOUNDATION
BUFFALO FUNK FEST FOUNDATION (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,000 to it, the largest being THE JOHN R OISHEI FOUNDATION ($45,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $149k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $55k
- Net assets
- $23k
What Buffalo Funk Fest Foundation does
Mission
The Buffalo Funk Fest Foundation Inc. mission is to produce promote and provide sustainability for Buffalo Funk Fest Weekend and Jefferson Avenue Friday Night Live through partnerships that benefit the City of Buffalo residents. Buffalo Funk Fest and Jefferson Avenue Friday Night Live are free and open to the public events that enhance our arts and culture through live entertainment from national and local artists. We support community pride by providing information and resources that encourage engagement while fostering relationships with businesses to build economic growth and improve the quality of life in Buffalos disadvantaged neighborhoods
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The mission of the Buffalo Funk Fest Foundation Inc. is to organize promote and ensure the sustainability of Buffalo Funk Fest Weekend and Jefferson Avenue Friday Night Live. These events open to the public free of charge aim to enrich the arts and culture scene by showcasing live performances by both national and local artists. We strive to cultivate community pride by offering information and resources that promote involvement as well as by establishing partnerships with businesses to stimulate economic development and enhance the standard of living in underprivileged areas of Buffalo. The estimated attendance for Buffalo Funk Fest over the three-day period exceeds 10,000 participants.
$92,570 spentof which $93,350 as grants65% of program spendingJefferson Avenue Friday Night Live is a summer series community-driven initiative providing a vibrant free and accessible space for families and individuals to gather celebrate and connect with their neighbors. This series aims to promote healing and joy following the May 14th Tops massacre offering critical social services cultural exchange entertainment and community solidarity. It is founded on the belief that community ownership and participation are essential for fostering healing boosting local economies and creating inclusive spaces for all to thrive. Since its start Friday Night Live has successfully united people of all ages and backgrounds offering social services entertainment music food and community support. It serves as a welcoming free event for Buffalos Black community and beyond emphasizing a safe and inclusive environment for healing and connection. The success of Friday Night Live is owed to its grassroots approach. Local artists musicians food vendors and organizations collaborate to showcase the diverse cultures and talents within our community. The series nurtures a sense of ownership and empowerment with those involved in organizing the event also benefiting…
$44,013 spentof which $51,580 as grants31% of program spendingOur Christmas in the Community Party is free and open to the public providing entertainment vendors community resources and engagement. Families enjoy interactive activities that encourage giving back to the community during the holiday season. The estimated attendance is 600.
$6,427 spentof which $4,900 as grants4% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $143,010.
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.
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.
97% of BUFFALO FUNK FEST FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 FUNK FEST FOUNDATION’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 FUNK FEST FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% 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
“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 FUNK FEST FOUNDATION's grant income comes from New York funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 FUNK FEST FOUNDATION has grown faster than half of the 3,482 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,482 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like BUFFALO FUNK FEST FOUNDATION
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.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BUFFALO FUNK FEST FOUNDATION: 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 FUNK FEST FOUNDATION?
- BUFFALO FUNK FEST FOUNDATION (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,000 to it, the largest being THE JOHN R OISHEI FOUNDATION ($45,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BUFFALO FUNK FEST FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $55,000 in grants to BUFFALO FUNK FEST FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BUFFALO FUNK FEST FOUNDATION?
- THE JOHN R OISHEI FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $45,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BUFFALO FUNK FEST FOUNDATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), 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