New York · Nonprofit
SOMALI BANTU COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION OF W
SOMALI BANTU COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION OF W (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $321,513 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY ($119,554). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2020
- $88k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $322k
- Net assets
- $44k
What Somali Bantu Community Organization of W does
Mission
Our mission is to educate and empower refugees and immigrants in buffalo and erie county, while preserving their traditions, languages and cultures that bond to a dynamic community. Our vision is to help build a community that strengthens families to self-sufficiency and become active citizens in society. We believe in hard work and perseverance in order to improve the quality of life while creating hopes for refugees and immigrants.
As stated on its FY2020 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Resettling in a new place comes with many challenges. The sbco was created to help refugees and immigrants transition to a new life. Services currently available include:-translation and interpretation for adults and children in chizigula, may may, somali and swahili;-case management for adults and children, including social services, health care access, public school registration, immigration resources and other services;-dispute and conflict resolution within the community;-after school program for refugee and immigrant children in grades k through 8, where homework assistance, academic skills building, mentoring and social integration are provided;-say yes summer school program for refugee and immigrant children in grades k through 8-access to affordable produce through the somali bantu community farm.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $7k → $24k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 SOMALI BANTU COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION OF W’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
SOMALI BANTU COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION OF W leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
68% 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 SOMALI BANTU COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION OF W.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 64% · 2021 50% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
93% of SOMALI BANTU COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION OF W'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. $94k 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.
Organizations like SOMALI BANTU COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION OF W
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.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SOMALI BANTU COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION OF W?
- SOMALI BANTU COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION OF W (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $321,513 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY ($119,554). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOMALI BANTU COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION OF W have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $321,513 in grants to SOMALI BANTU COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION OF W, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOMALI BANTU COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION OF W?
- UNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY is the largest funder on record, with $119,554 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOMALI BANTU COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION OF W 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 FY2020 (financials across 2020–2020), and the filings of 6 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