New York · Nonprofit
Native American Community Services of Erie and Niagara County Inc
Native American Community Services of Erie and Niagara County Inc (New York) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,130,115 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,000,500). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.7M
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $3.1M
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Native American Community Services of Erie and Niagara County Inc does
Mission
To strengthen, empower, and advocate for Native individuals, families, communities and all lives who come into our care, utilizing Haudenosaunee Good Mind principles and practices.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Family Services: NACS support families through advocacy and access to vital services that strengthen family bonds. Programs focus on parenting support, youth engagement, and connecting families with essential community resources.
$979,539 spent32% of program spendingCommunity Wellbeing: NACS promotes holistic wellness for Native and non-Native individuals and communities through programs supporting mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual health. We provide resources, workshops, and events that strengthen connections and resilience across our service area.
$786,175 spent26% of program spendingCultural Services: NACS honors and preserves Haudenosaunee traditions by offering cultural education, events, storytelling experiences, and language learning opportunities. These services help Native youth, adults, and elders connect with their heritage and strengthen cultural identity.
$783,620 spent26% of program spendingEconomic Empowerment: NACS provides tools and guidance to improve financial stability, higher education access, career readiness, and entrepreneurship for Native and non-Native families. Our programs include job training, employment support, college and training navigation, and economic education to foster long-term independence.
$475,845 spent16% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,025,179.
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 2019 to 2020, from $617k to $1.7M (+176%).
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 96% · 2018 85% · 2019 84% · 2020 83% · 2021 93% · 2022 88% · 2023 64% · 2024 60% · 2025 75%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
79% of Native American Community Services of Erie and Niagara County Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Michael Martin
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 6 funders, grant income fell $343k → $120k.
3 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 Native American Community Services of Erie and Niagara County Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 20 of 21 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
Native American Community Services of Erie and Niagara County Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 32% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
50% 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 Native American Community Services of Erie and Niagara County Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 81% · 2018 80% · 2019 59% · 2020 34% · 2021 28% · 2022 43% · 2023 39% — 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
27% of Native American Community Services of Erie and Niagara County Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% 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
62% of Native American Community Services of Erie and Niagara County 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. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
Native American Community Services of Erie and Niagara County Inc is better cushioned than half of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Native American Community Services of Erie and Niagara County 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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
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 Native American Community Services of Erie and Niagara County 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 Native American Community Services of Erie and Niagara County Inc?
- Native American Community Services of Erie and Niagara County Inc (New York) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,130,115 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,000,500). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Native American Community Services of Erie and Niagara County Inc have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $3,130,115 in grants to Native American Community Services of Erie and Niagara County Inc, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Native American Community Services of Erie and Niagara County Inc?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,000,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Native American Community Services of Erie and Niagara County 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 21 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