New York · Nonprofit
POLISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF BUFFALO INC
POLISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF BUFFALO INC (New York) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,655,476 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY ($2,224,527). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $6.8M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $4.7M
- Net assets
- $2.6M
What Polish Community Center of Buffalo Inc does
Mission
Weatherization of homes, senior services, provide housing and human services to the residents of the surrounding community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Hope services for the homeless- the organization strives to find permanent housing solution for homeless individuals and those at risk for homelessness, services range from the provision of temporary accommodation at the hope shelter to apartment residences for chronically homeless women at our 20-unit hope gardens apartment building.
$2,499,556 spent43% of program spendingYouth services- the program organization provides various services to local area yout including after school educational programs, saturday community schools, computer training, and recreational and social activities.
$933,745 spent16% of program spendingHousing and neighborhood preservation- the organization builds and rehabilitates housing for low-income residents, provides assistance and training for low-income residents looking to buy or repair homes in the community, makes energy efficient repairs to reduce energy costs for qualified homeowners.
$631,350 spent11% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$1,767,202 spent30% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,831,853.
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 2018 to 2019, from $10M to $8.8M (−15%).
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 75% · 2018 85% · 2019 80% · 2020 76% · 2021 85% · 2022 82% · 2023 87% · 2024 91%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of POLISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF BUFFALO INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 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
Ryan Undercoffer
Executive director
Board chair
Brandon Jones
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019, and between the FY2020 and FY2021, and between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 6 funders, grant income fell $1.5M → $232k.
3 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 POLISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF BUFFALO 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
POLISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF BUFFALO INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
86% 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 POLISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF BUFFALO INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 82% · 2019 67% · 2020 50% · 2021 61% · 2022 35% · 2023 64% — 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
57% of POLISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF BUFFALO 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
99% of POLISH COMMUNITY CENTER 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. $448k 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
POLISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF BUFFALO INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,274 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding POLISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF BUFFALO INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $16.7M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$16.7M
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 POLISH COMMUNITY CENTER 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
95% 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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds POLISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF BUFFALO INC?
- POLISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF BUFFALO INC (New York) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,655,476 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY ($2,224,527). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does POLISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF BUFFALO INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $4,655,476 in grants to POLISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF BUFFALO INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of POLISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF BUFFALO INC?
- UNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY is the largest funder on record, with $2,224,527 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like POLISH COMMUNITY CENTER 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 13 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