New York · Nonprofit
Fare Share Wny Inc
Fare Share Wny Inc (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,500 to it, the largest being BUFFALO BILLS FOUNDATION INC ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $60k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $41k
- Net assets
- $49k
What Fare Share Wny Inc does
Mission
Fare Share WNY was formed to strengthen the local food system by increasing equitable access to fresh nutritious food supporting local farmers and providing community-based food and agriculture education. The organization works to reduce food insecurity and barriers to healthy food access through collaborative food distribution programs community partnerships and initiatives that connect residents with locally grown food while advancing a more just and sustainable food system for all.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Fare Share WNY operated programs focused on increasing equitable access to fresh locally grown food while supporting regional farmers and strengthening the local food system. Through collaborative CSA distribution subsidized produce shares community events and educational programming the organization served low-income households families with children elderly residents and historically underserved communities across Western New York. Key activities included coordinating multi-farm produce distribution programs subsidizing CSA shares for community members experiencing food insecurity organizing community outreach and educational events distributing vegetable seedlings and gardening resources and building partnerships between local farms nonprofits and community organizations. During the year Fare Share WNY collaborated with multiple farms and community partners to distribute thousands of pounds of fresh produce to households throughout the region. Programs supported increased access to healthy food strengthened relationships between consumers and local growers and expanded community participation in local food systems through culturally responsive and community-centered programming.
$58,584 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $58,584.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Mayda Pozantides
Executive Director
Board chair
Vishal Rungta
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Fare Share Wny 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
Fare Share Wny Inc 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
“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
93% of Fare Share Wny Inc's grant income comes from New York funders.
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
Fare Share Wny Inc receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $41k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,510 food & nutrition nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Fare Share Wny Inc?
- Fare Share Wny Inc (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,500 to it, the largest being BUFFALO BILLS FOUNDATION INC ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Fare Share Wny Inc have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $40,500 in grants to Fare Share Wny Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Fare Share Wny Inc?
- BUFFALO BILLS FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Fare Share Wny Inc 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 FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), 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