New York · Nonprofit
THE VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC
THE VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC (New York) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,353,668 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY ($1,045,225). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $5.8M
What The Valley Community Association Inc does
Mission
The association is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life of the residents of the buffalo river community by meeting individual and family needs and promoting environmental beautification and stewardship. Advocating a strong sense of empowerment and ownership, the valley community association's commmitted staff and volunteers serve infants through older americans with health-related, educational, economic, social and recreational, and community development opportunities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
River park and tewksbury lodge - preserved, protected and worked to beautify buffalo's waterfront and the buffalo river and promoted educational and recreational events in connection therewith.
$930,284 spent$3,927 earned by the program32% of program spendingChild care - operated two fully licensed day care facilities.
$1,047,971 spent$942,241 earned by the program36% of program spendingFamily and youth services - provided tutoring, after school study facilities, a virtual learning hub, counseling, and sports and recreation activities.
$584,148 spent$23,430 earned by the program20% of program spendingSelf sufficiency - provided food and clothing, employment, retraining and crisis intervention referrals to families. Museum - provided educational museum with information for the entire community on local history. Senior citizens - provided social activities, health and related seminars and transportation of senior citizens.
$330,019 spent$30,681 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,892,422.
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 $6.4M to $5.9M (−7%).
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 26% · 2018 26% · 2019 23% · 2020 30% · 2021 43% · 2022 46% · 2023 35% · 2024 29%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
35% of THE VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 12 funders, grant income fell $245k → $226k.
3 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 THE VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION 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
THE VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
69% 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 THE VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 65% · 2018 73% · 2019 51% · 2020 43% · 2021 43% · 2022 38% · 2023 29% — 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
58% of THE VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
95% of THE VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION 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. $275k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
THE VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION 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
91% 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
- Buffalo River Fest Park LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC?
- THE VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC (New York) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,353,668 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY ($1,045,225). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $2,353,668 in grants to THE VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC?
- UNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY is the largest funder on record, with $1,045,225 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION 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 21 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