New York · Nonprofit
NORTH BUFFALO BISON HOCKEY ASSOCIATION
NORTH BUFFALO BISON HOCKEY ASSOCIATION (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $164k
What North Buffalo Bison Hockey Association does
Mission
Youth hockey organization
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Bison hockey association is a non-profit organization that began in buffalo, new york in 1959. Today we are a youth hockey association that has over 310 kids participating in the program. Our kids range in ages from 3-19 years old. We have an active program for both boys & girls. At our youngest ages we teach children how to skate. Our goal is share our love for the game and introduce families to the great game of ice hockey. Approximately 100 skaters participate in our initiation program. Our instructional staff of trained professionals provides weekly skill development sessions for all age groups, from september through march each season. As the kids progress we form travel teams. In the 24/25 season we had over 15 teams playing competitively across new york state and southern ontario, canada.bison hockey offers financial aid support to any family requiring assistance each season. We believe in making youth hockey accessible to every family that wants their kids to participate. Our program principally operates in three rinks in the north buffalo area, the nichols school rink, north buffalo rink and buffalo state college arena. We also operate out of fort erie, ontario when we…
$1,087,170 spentof which $6,464 as grants$785,342 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,087,170.
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 $303k to $208k (−31%).
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: 2021 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of NORTH BUFFALO BISON HOCKEY ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 NORTH BUFFALO BISON HOCKEY ASSOCIATION’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.
Where its funders are
100% of NORTH BUFFALO BISON HOCKEY ASSOCIATION'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
NORTH BUFFALO BISON HOCKEY ASSOCIATION's revenue grew 26% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
76%
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 NORTH BUFFALO BISON HOCKEY ASSOCIATION: 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 NORTH BUFFALO BISON HOCKEY ASSOCIATION?
- NORTH BUFFALO BISON HOCKEY ASSOCIATION (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NORTH BUFFALO BISON HOCKEY ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,000 in grants to NORTH BUFFALO BISON HOCKEY ASSOCIATION.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTH BUFFALO BISON HOCKEY ASSOCIATION?
- GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTH BUFFALO BISON HOCKEY ASSOCIATION 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 1 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