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BUFFALO - NIAGARA HONOR FLIGHT INC

BUFFALO - NIAGARA HONOR FLIGHT INC (New York) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $117,645 to it, the largest being BUFFALO BILLS FOUNDATION INC ($50,049). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$409k
Funders on record
14
Grants received
$118k
Net assets
$633k
7/14 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 29%
01What it does

What Buffalo - Niagara Honor Flight Inc does

Mission

Buffalo-niagara honor flight (bnhf), a hub of the national honor flight network, recognizes united states veterans for their sacrifices and achievements by flying them to washington, dc to see their memorials at no cost to the veteran.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. To transport america's veterans to washington, d.c. To visit those memorials dedicated to honor the service and sacrifices of themselves and their fellow service men and women.

    $253,809 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $253,809.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($158k) Expenses 100 ($73k) Net assets 100 ($95k)2018 Revenue 82 ($130k) Expenses 135 ($99k) Net assets 134 ($128k)2019 Revenue 98 ($156k) Expenses 186 ($136k) Net assets 154 ($147k)2020 Revenue 55 ($87k) Expenses 21 ($15k) Net assets 230 ($220k)2021 Revenue 70 ($110k) Expenses 75 ($55k) Net assets 295 ($281k)2022 Revenue 112 ($177k) Expenses 136 ($99k) Net assets 377 ($359k)2023 Revenue 152 ($241k) Expenses 189 ($138k) Net assets 484 ($462k)2024 Revenue 198 ($313k) Expenses 348 ($255k) Net assets 545 ($520k)2025 Revenue 258 ($409k) Expenses 403 ($295k) Net assets 663 ($633k)
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Revenue (258)Expenses (403)Net assets (663)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $520k to $633k (+22%).

$95k
$128k
$147k
$220k
$281k
$359k
$462k
$520k
$633k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

83% of BUFFALO - NIAGARA HONOR FLIGHT INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (84% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,582 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$85k
’17
$31k
’18
$20k
’19
$71k
’20
$55k
’21
$78k
’22
$103k
’23
$58k
’24
$113k
’25
25
months of
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.

2022202320242025
Listed871012
Joined·+1+4+4
No longer listed·212
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $5k → $36k.

2 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 - NIAGARA HONOR FLIGHT INC’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 - NIAGARA HONOR FLIGHT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

43%
largest funder
70%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 98% · 2021 50% · 2022 36% · 2023 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.

How long its funders stay

50% of BUFFALO - NIAGARA HONOR FLIGHT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

61% of BUFFALO - NIAGARA HONOR FLIGHT INC's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY
MA
PA
MO
VA
NC
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

BUFFALO - NIAGARA HONOR FLIGHT INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,065 public benefit nonprofits its size.

Operating margin28% · top quartile
Months of reserve25.1mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)13% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,065 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like BUFFALO - NIAGARA HONOR FLIGHT INC

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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

86% of spending goes to programs.

Program 86%Management 14%Fundraising 0%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

96%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds BUFFALO - NIAGARA HONOR FLIGHT INC?
BUFFALO - NIAGARA HONOR FLIGHT INC (New York) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $117,645 to it, the largest being BUFFALO BILLS FOUNDATION INC ($50,049). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BUFFALO - NIAGARA HONOR FLIGHT INC have?
IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $117,645 in grants to BUFFALO - NIAGARA HONOR FLIGHT INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BUFFALO - NIAGARA HONOR FLIGHT INC?
BUFFALO BILLS FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $50,049 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BUFFALO - NIAGARA HONOR FLIGHT INC find more funders?
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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 2017–2025), and the filings of 14 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing