New York · Nonprofit
HOSPICE FOUNDATION OF WNY INC
HOSPICE FOUNDATION OF WNY INC (New York) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,871,848 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC ($1,052,134). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 52
- Grants received
- $3.9M
- Net assets
- $60M
What Hospice Foundation of Wny Inc does
Mission
The mission of the hospice foundation of western new york is tosolicit, accept, administer and invest charitable funds on behalf ofhospice & palliative care buffalo, inc. And its affiliates. Theseinclude: hospice buffalo, inc., the palliative care institute, inc.the mary & ralph, c. Wilson, jr. Hospice inpatient unit, the wilsonsupport center and essential care for children. Hospice & palliativecare buffalo, inc. Is a not-for- profit organization under section501(c)3 of the internal revenue service code. Hospice buffalo is theonly certified hospice program in erie county, ny.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Accepted, administered and invested all charitable funds on behalf ofhospice & palliative care buffalo, inc., a not-for-profit organizationunder section 501(c)(3), supported the work of hospice, and solicitedfunding for future needs.
$4,829,369 spentof which $4,829,369 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $4,829,369.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $50M to $59M (+18%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
55% of HOSPICE FOUNDATION OF WNY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (80% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Chief executive
Christopher Kerr Md
Trustee/cmo/CEO
Board chair
John Reinhold
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $136k → $330k.
13 of 52 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 55% 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 HOSPICE FOUNDATION OF WNY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 52 funders by total. 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
HOSPICE FOUNDATION OF WNY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 27% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
57% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund HOSPICE FOUNDATION OF WNY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 60% · 2018 87% · 2019 38% · 2020 37% · 2021 43% · 2022 34% · 2023 33% — 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
41% of HOSPICE FOUNDATION OF WNY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.
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
55% of HOSPICE FOUNDATION OF WNY INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $1.7M that is directly attributable, 97% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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.
Against its field
HOSPICE FOUNDATION OF WNY INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 828 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 828 philanthropy nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like HOSPICE FOUNDATION OF WNY 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.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
68%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 6 related entities
- The Palliative Care Institute Inc · exempt
- Hospice Buffalo Inc · exempt
- Kresge Residence Inc · exempt
- Life Transitions Center Inc · exempt
- Saunders Properties Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HOSPICE FOUNDATION OF WNY INC?
- HOSPICE FOUNDATION OF WNY INC (New York) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,871,848 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC ($1,052,134). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does HOSPICE FOUNDATION OF WNY INC have?
- IRS filings report 52 organizations giving $3,871,848 in grants to HOSPICE FOUNDATION OF WNY INC, 29 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HOSPICE FOUNDATION OF WNY INC?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,052,134 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HOSPICE FOUNDATION OF 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 52 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