New York · Nonprofit
NIAGARA FRONTIER RADIO READING SERVICE INC
NIAGARA FRONTIER RADIO READING SERVICE INC (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $133,222 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC ($66,085). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- The John R Oishei Foundationshared funderslocalportfolio match
- Grigg-Lewis Foundation Incshared fundersportfolio match
- The Western New York Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income rose $12k → $19k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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 NIAGARA FRONTIER RADIO READING SERVICE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
NIAGARA FRONTIER RADIO READING SERVICE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
76% 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 NIAGARA FRONTIER RADIO READING SERVICE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 66% · 2018 69% · 2019 70% · 2020 68% · 2021 50% · 2022 94% · 2023 53% — 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
63% of NIAGARA FRONTIER RADIO READING SERVICE 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. $66k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 statesis 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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 7 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- The John R Oishei Foundationshared funderslocalportfolio matchNY · backs 95 organizations that share your funders · funds 206 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Grigg-Lewis Foundation Incshared fundersportfolio matchNY · backs 34 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Western New York Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchNY · backs 69 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Frank G Raichle Foundationlocalportfolio matchNY · funds 93 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Independent Health Association Inclocalportfolio matchNY · funds 63 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- United Way of Buffalo and Erie Countyshared funderslocalNY · backs 64 organizations that share your funders · funds 146 organizations near you
- Zemsky Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Viyu Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Fatta Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Walter E Schmid Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Ferguson Stillman Charitable Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Children's Guild Foundation Incshared funderslocalNY · backs 22 organizations that share your funders · funds 46 organizations near you
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like NIAGARA FRONTIER RADIO READING SERVICE INC
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of 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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 1 related entity
- Western New York Independent Living Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NIAGARA FRONTIER RADIO READING SERVICE 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds NIAGARA FRONTIER RADIO READING SERVICE INC?
- NIAGARA FRONTIER RADIO READING SERVICE INC (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $133,222 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC ($66,085). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NIAGARA FRONTIER RADIO READING SERVICE INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $133,222 in grants to NIAGARA FRONTIER RADIO READING SERVICE INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NIAGARA FRONTIER RADIO READING SERVICE INC?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC is the largest funder on record, with $66,085 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NIAGARA FRONTIER RADIO READING SERVICE 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 7funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing