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Screen a listJust Buffalo Literary Center Inc
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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$1.0Mrevenue
FY2025 · +1% in 3 yrs6staff
7 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−12.4%
Months of reserve4.4mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+2.5%
Middle half of peersMedianJust Buffalo Literary Center
Where the money goes FY2025 · $1.1M spent
Programs$888k77%Management and general$141k12%Fundraising$119k10%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
No return on record for FY2024
It filed for FY2023 and FY2025, with nothing on record in between.
IRS 990 e-file recordsIn its favor2
Strong governance
11 of 11 board members independent. Conflict-of-interest and whistleblower policies, audited financial statements, board reviews the 990.
990 Part VIA history of government grants
Government grants on 8 of its 8 returns, 38% of revenue in FY2025. $312k is traced federal awards from National Endowment for the Arts.
990 Part VIII · USAspending35funders
$176ka year, last 3 years
34%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Insideout Literary Arts ProjectStopped after FY2022$52k$82k$92k$85k–The John R Oishei FoundationOn and off$81kThe Robert J & Martha B Fierle FndnOn and off$10k$10k$15k$15kWhitten Arts FoundationStopped after FY2020$20k$16k–ELSIE P AND LUCIUS B McCOWAN PRIVATE FOUNDATIONEvery year since FY2017$5k$5k$5k$5k$5k$5k$5kThe Poetry FoundationStopped after FY2022$20k$10k–Donor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$55k$53k$89k$23k$58k$48k$63k21 other fundersUp to $25k a year each$22k$5k$20k$45k$64k$32k$10k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped