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University at Buffalo Foundation Incubator Inc

University at Buffalo Foundation Incubator Inc (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $220,871 to it, the largest being SUNY BUFFALO SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ($220,871). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$588k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$221k
Net assets
$1.1M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 7%
01What it does

What University at Buffalo Foundation Incubator Inc does

Mission

The organization operates an incubator facility to identify and aid start-up businesses with a purpose of stimulating development and increasing interaction between the university at buffalo and such businesses.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. The purpose of the facility is to identify and aid start-up business and induce such businesses to occupy the incubator facility with the purpose of increasing employment, stimulating economic development and increasing the interaction between the state university of new york at buffalo and such start-up businesses. The 40,000 square foot facility was designed to be and still is fda compliant, a critical step for companies developing either pharmaceutical products or medical devices. The graduates of the incubator represent a variety of technologies including software, engineering, synthetic intelligence, environmental, education, lasers, photonics, pharmaceuticals and others.

    $583,510 spent$551,740 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $583,510.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($529k) Expenses 100 ($554k) Net assets -41 ($-367634)2018 Revenue 93 ($494k) Expenses 92 ($509k) Net assets -43 ($-383171)2019 Revenue 97 ($512k) Expenses 89 ($491k) Net assets -40 ($-361668)2020 Revenue 329 ($1.7M) Expenses 87 ($482k) Net assets 100 ($895k)2021 Revenue 97 ($514k) Expenses 98 ($541k) Net assets 97 ($868k)2022 Revenue 103 ($543k) Expenses 111 ($612k) Net assets 89 ($799k)2023 Revenue 168 ($888k) Expenses 116 ($639k) Net assets 117 ($1.0M)2024 Revenue 119 ($629k) Expenses 108 ($597k) Net assets 121 ($1.1M)2025 Revenue 111 ($588k) Expenses 105 ($584k) Net assets 121 ($1.1M)
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Revenue (111)Expenses (105)Net assets (121)Peer revenue range

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 $1.2M to $1.3M (+12%).

$962k
$1.0M
$1.1M
$1.2M
$1.2M
$1.2M
$1.3M
$1.3M
$1.2M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

6% of University at Buffalo Foundation Incubator Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$24k
’17
−$16k
’18
$22k
’19
$1.3M
’20
−$27k
’21
−$70k
’22
$249k
’23
$32k
’24
$5k
’25
1.5
months of
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

Anastacia S Knapper

Chief executive officer

Board chair

Steven H Shepsman

Chair/director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.

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Listed109810101112910
Joined·+0+1+3+0+2+2+0+2
No longer listed·12101131
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $20k → $63k.

Funder
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'20
'21
'22
'23
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1

Left out of every figure on this page: $411k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest UB Foundation Activities Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money University at Buffalo Foundation Incubator Inc raised.

From the IRS filings of University at Buffalo Foundation Incubator 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.

Where its funders are

100% of University at Buffalo Foundation Incubator Inc's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

University at Buffalo Foundation Incubator Inc's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.

Operating margin1% · below the median
Months of reserve1.5mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)1% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like University at Buffalo Foundation Incubator 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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

Part of a family of 6 related entities

  • University at Buffalo Foundation Inc · exempt
  • Ubf Corporation · exempt
  • Fnub Inc · exempt
  • Ubf Faculty - Student Housing Corp · exempt
  • University at Buffalo · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds University at Buffalo Foundation Incubator Inc?
University at Buffalo Foundation Incubator Inc (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $220,871 to it, the largest being SUNY BUFFALO SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ($220,871). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does University at Buffalo Foundation Incubator Inc have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $220,871 in grants to University at Buffalo Foundation Incubator Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of University at Buffalo Foundation Incubator Inc?
SUNY BUFFALO SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $220,871 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like University at Buffalo Foundation Incubator 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.

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