New York · Nonprofit
Karen Society of Buffalo Inc
Karen Society of Buffalo Inc (New York) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $903,124 to it, the largest being ASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION INC ($420,624). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $655k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $903k
- Net assets
- $147k
What Karen Society of Buffalo Inc does
Mission
Karen Society of Buffalo, Inc. (the Organization") is a grassroots community-based organization seeking to enhance the quality of life and to cultivate the self-sufficiency of immigrants from Burma, while preserving and sharing our cultural heritage. In addition to convening community-wide cultural events, Karen Society of Buffalo (KSB) provides case management and youth programming to address vulnerable needs within their community. KSB primarily serves immigrant populations from Burma and their families living in Buffalo, NY, including Karen, Burmese, Chin, and Karenni speaking clients.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Karen Society organizes a Buffalo Youth Program for the community.
$108,333 spent34% of program spendingBeginning in 2021, the organization has acquired a few grants to help further our support in the community. This small initiative offers general support ranging from assisting community members with interpreting/translation service, employment support, issues that members cannot navigate on their own etc.
$214,104 spent$11,465 earned by the program66% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $322,437.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $103k to $235k (+128%).
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: 2023 39% · 2024 80%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of Karen Society of Buffalo Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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
Faustina Palmatier
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $28k → $286k.
2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 Karen Society of Buffalo Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 8 of 9 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
Karen Society of Buffalo Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
90% 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 Karen Society of Buffalo Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 55% · 2022 62% · 2023 44% — 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
67% of Karen Society of Buffalo 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. $142k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
Karen Society of Buffalo Inc has grown faster than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding Karen Society of Buffalo Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $858k on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$858k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Karen Society of Buffalo 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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Karen Society of Buffalo Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Karen Society of Buffalo Inc?
- Karen Society of Buffalo Inc (New York) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $903,124 to it, the largest being ASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION INC ($420,624). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Karen Society of Buffalo Inc have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $903,124 in grants to Karen Society of Buffalo Inc, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Karen Society of Buffalo Inc?
- ASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $420,624 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Karen Society of Buffalo 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 9 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