New York · Nonprofit
GREATER BUFFALO SPORTS HALL OF FAME INC
GREATER BUFFALO SPORTS HALL OF FAME INC (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $75,825 to it, the largest being THE RALPH C WILSON JR FOUNDATION ($52,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $129k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $76k
- Net assets
- $114k
What Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame Inc does
Mission
To provide tribute and honor to the outstanding athletes who participate in sports in the greater buffalo area.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
To provide tribute and honor to the outstanding athletes who participate in sports in the greater buffalo area.
$102,366 spent98% of program spendingTo discover, procure and preserve all manner of information and property relative to greater buffalo area amateur and professional sports through a hall of fame location in the greater buffalo area.
$2,319 spent2% of program spendingTo promote amateur athletics in the greater buffalo area through grants made via the amateur sports development fund
$0 spentof which $19,500 as grants0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $104,685.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2019 to 2020, from $74k to $95k (+29%).
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.
55% of GREATER BUFFALO SPORTS HALL OF FAME INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $850 → $3k.
From the IRS filings of GREATER BUFFALO SPORTS HALL OF FAME 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
GREATER BUFFALO SPORTS HALL OF FAME INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 97% · 2023 80% — 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.
Where its funders are
GREATER BUFFALO SPORTS HALL OF FAME INC draws 69% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 3 states in all.
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
GREATER BUFFALO SPORTS HALL OF FAME INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like GREATER BUFFALO SPORTS HALL OF FAME INC
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
80%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GREATER BUFFALO SPORTS HALL OF FAME INC?
- GREATER BUFFALO SPORTS HALL OF FAME INC (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $75,825 to it, the largest being THE RALPH C WILSON JR FOUNDATION ($52,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GREATER BUFFALO SPORTS HALL OF FAME INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $75,825 in grants to GREATER BUFFALO SPORTS HALL OF FAME INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GREATER BUFFALO SPORTS HALL OF FAME INC?
- THE RALPH C WILSON JR FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $52,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GREATER BUFFALO SPORTS HALL OF FAME 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 6 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