New York · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF BUFFALO CREEK INC
FRIENDS OF BUFFALO CREEK INC (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $66,700 to it, the largest being THE COMIS FOUNDATION 2423-00-48 ($20,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $112k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $67k
- Net assets
- $19k
What Friends of Buffalo Creek Inc does
Mission
The organization was established to provide financial and technical support to, and further the educational and charitable purposes of the buffalo creek academy charter school in new york state
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Providing financial support to aid with the development, formation, operation and administraton of buffalo creek academy charter school.
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2022 to 2023, from $8k to $70k (+777%).
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.
100% of FRIENDS OF BUFFALO CREEK INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Jessica Smith
Board President
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $20k → $6k.
From the IRS filings of FRIENDS OF BUFFALO CREEK 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
FRIENDS OF BUFFALO CREEK INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 50% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
55% of FRIENDS OF BUFFALO CREEK INC'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
FRIENDS OF BUFFALO CREEK INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FRIENDS OF BUFFALO CREEK 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.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF BUFFALO CREEK INC?
- FRIENDS OF BUFFALO CREEK INC (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $66,700 to it, the largest being THE COMIS FOUNDATION 2423-00-48 ($20,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF BUFFALO CREEK INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $66,700 in grants to FRIENDS OF BUFFALO CREEK INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF BUFFALO CREEK INC?
- THE COMIS FOUNDATION 2423-00-48 is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF BUFFALO CREEK 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.
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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 2021–2025), and the filings of 5 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