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Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission Inc
Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission Inc (New York) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,043,500 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC ($1,105,500). 1 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 FY2025
- $829k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $4.0M
What Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission Inc does
Mission
To identify short-term, medium-term, and long-term actions that will work to create a unified tourism destination; strengthen the Corridor's cultural assets and the surrounding neighborhood; support the sustainability of the Commission; and further develop assets to facilitate increased visitorship and additional private investment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Economic development and revitalization through the development of detailed implementation and sustainable plan for the heritage corridor. Worked with John Stoffer and Associates to create a feasibility study for the 136 Broadway Visitor Center and will be continuing to determine the appropriate course of action in implementing some of the possible sustainable and revenue generating opportunities for the Commission as well as the Anchor organizations.
$204,279 spent$15,018 earned by the program28% of program spendingManages and provides an administrative support system to the historic preservation area on Buffalo's east side for the heritage corridor which is divided into four cultural anchors, The Buffalo Niagara Freedom Station Coalition's Michigan Street Baptist Church, the Colored Musicians Club and Jazz Museum Inc.'s historic Colored Musicians Club & Jazz Museum, the Michigan Street Preservation Corp's Nash House Museum, and the WUFO Black Radio History Collective's WUFO Radio Station & Black History Collective. Public education is provided by cultural tourism and development. Currently in the process of creating streamlined ticketing platform (AudienceView)for the Corridor with options and tour availability for each Anchor site Location, as well as special event ticketing as well as working with local IT Companies. Advance2000, AT Technology to create an IT network and infrastructure to support the Commission and Anchor Sites to allow for security emailing systems, file sharing and data gathering. Also, the Commission and the Anchors are working with a new Funds & Grant Development Consulting group - Core Vision Solutions to create a unified grant application process as well as identify…
$342,631 spent$7,575 earned by the program47% of program spendingResidency the acquisition and rehabilitation of 136-146 Broadway. Recently acquired the 136-146 Broadway Location - that will be seriving as the site of the Main Visitor Center for the Corridor and will be working with ESD and local Design & Construction firms to rehabilitate and expand the buildings for further development.
$176,167 spent$87,764 earned by the program24% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $723,077.
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 2023 to 2024, from $2.4M to $5.6M (+131%).
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: 2017 100% · 2018 40% · 2020 46% · 2021 16% · 2022 88% · 2023 17% · 2024 97% · 2025 23%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
87% of Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
George Alexander
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $144k → $383k.
2 of 8 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 Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 7 of 8 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
Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
59% 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 Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 85% · 2022 100% · 2023 82% — 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
55% of Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission 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 $928k that is directly attributable, 92% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M 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
Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission Inc holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 7,668 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,668 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $500k on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$300k
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$200k
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 Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission 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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission 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 Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission Inc?
- Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission Inc (New York) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,043,500 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC ($1,105,500). 1 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 Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission Inc have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $2,043,500 in grants to Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission Inc?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,105,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 8 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