New York · Nonprofit
TECHBUFFALO INC
TECHBUFFALO INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,866,957 to it, the largest being THE RALPH C WILSON JR FOUNDATION ($1,725,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $511k
What Techbuffalo Inc does
Mission
Techbuffalo's mission is to create a sustainable, inclusive, and accessible technology community for western new york by improving our region's ability to attract, retain, and foster technology talent.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Workforce development - community outreach & engagement: in partnership with local tech training providers, nonprofits, employers, and other key community leaders, techbuffalo hosts a series of events, workshops, and outreach activities designed to connect community members to information and resources in the tech community, ranging from training opportunities to career pathways. Most outreach is designed to reach community members historically underrepresented in tech careers. We engaged with 2,000+ community members in outreach that ranged from large scale events like a women in tech conference to smaller scale events like community conversations, which highlights non-traditional pathways to a tech career.
$723,322 spent94% of program spendingCollege tech talent attraction & retention: to activate western new york's college to career talent pipeline, techbuffalo implemented the poweruptech program. Poweruptech is designed to retain college tech talent in western new york by providing supplemental programming to tech/tech aligned interns that elevates wny as a premier place to live, work, and play through placed-based, community-oriented programming and collaborations with local employers. Our program engaged 165+ tech/tech aligned interns from 12 companies.
$42,292 spent6% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $765,614.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2022 to 2023, from $1.1M to $445k (−59%).
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: 2020 56% · 2022 95% · 2024 37%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of TECHBUFFALO INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (16% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 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.
Board chair
Mike Moskal
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $500k → $350k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 TECHBUFFALO 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
TECHBUFFALO INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 91% · 2022 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
TECHBUFFALO INC draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $76k 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
TECHBUFFALO INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,551 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,551 employment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like TECHBUFFALO 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
65% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TECHBUFFALO 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 TECHBUFFALO INC?
- TECHBUFFALO INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,866,957 to it, the largest being THE RALPH C WILSON JR FOUNDATION ($1,725,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TECHBUFFALO INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $1,866,957 in grants to TECHBUFFALO INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TECHBUFFALO INC?
- THE RALPH C WILSON JR FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,725,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TECHBUFFALO 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 3 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