New York · Nonprofit
WNY WOMEN'S FOUNDATION INC
WNY WOMEN'S FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,422,957 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC ($337,471). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $756k
- Funders on record
- 33
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $5.0M
What Wny Women's Foundation Inc does
Mission
Wny women's foundation (wnywf) transforms systems, culture, and policy to create opportunities for each woman to thrive.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Wnywf's mpower: from education to employment (formerly moms: from education to employment) evolved in 2020 from a community college education program to include short-term, high-support workforce certification programs. Current efforts focus on healthcare support training through the women's economic empowerment pathway (wemp), a person-centered, trauma-informed, and data-driven collaborative initiative empowering women and their families toward economic success. Mpower primarily serves the city of buffalo, where 50.2% of families with children living in poverty are headed by women, far exceeding national averages. Since 2014, mpower has supported approximately 2,800 women (and single fathers) pursuing education and workforce training, creating pathways to economic mobility and empowerment.
$406,506 spentof which $26,787 as grants88% of program spendingSee schedule o:all in collaborates with our community to invest in purposeful efforts to empower women in the workplace and illuminate pathways to build stronger leaders, supports equity & culture for women to lead leading to business and economic growth. A data-driven, intersectional initiative, all in advances gender equity in western new york through four pathways: employer pathway, which engages employers to move women and gender minorities into leadership and foster inclusive company cultures; aspiring leader pathway (ready, set, lead!), which cultivates aspiring leaders through mentorship, education, and networking in a broad cross-section of the community; entrepreneur pathway, which elevates women-owned businesses through promotion, endorsement, partnership, and collaboration; she-suite (launched in 2024), which supports women ceos and senior women leaders to connect, grow, and lead boldly and leadership allies engaging all genders to support workplace success.
$49,959 spent11% of program spendingSee schedule o:wnywf amplifies women's voices to advance gender equity through data-driven solutions. In 2024, we released seven white papers to inform the community and guide decision-makers. As a trusted, credible source of data, we center women's voices through an intersectional gender lens and, through deep community connections, raise awareness of community needs with data that tells a story and elevates women's experiences. Wnywf is the go-to source for data and information on issues impacting our community, including gender equity, economic mobility, and child care as an essential workforce support. Our research informs policymakers at the local, state, and national levels, and our media presence helps shift public understanding and drive solutions to challenges that disproportionately impact women and thus our community.
$2,748 spent1% of program spendingWnywf educates and engages decision-makers to advance policies and funding that accelerate the pace of change for issues impacting women and thus our communities. As a respected, trusted, and nonpartisan organization with a proven record of collaboration, we connect funders with community partners to meet the evolving needs of our most marginalized and drive systemic change. Our leadership has helped secure a record, transformational state investment in the child care workforce and businesses, and expand financial assistance for parents. Wnywf's expertise is frequently sought by stakeholders, policymakers, and coalitions for reports, hearings, advocacy efforts, task forces, and policy guidance.
$408 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $459,621.
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 $3.9M to $4.7M (+18%).
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 15% · 2021 8% · 2023 15% · 2024 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of WNY WOMEN'S FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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
Sheri L Scavone
CEO
Board chair
Hon Lenora Foote-Beavers Esq
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $52k → $183k.
7 of 33 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 WNY WOMEN'S FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 33 funders by total. 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
WNY WOMEN'S FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
54% 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 WNY WOMEN'S FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 32% · 2019 46% · 2020 28% · 2021 34% · 2022 26% · 2023 41% — 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
37% of WNY WOMEN'S FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
65% of WNY WOMEN'S FOUNDATION 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. $411k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
WNY WOMEN'S FOUNDATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like WNY WOMEN'S FOUNDATION 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
60% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WNY WOMEN'S FOUNDATION 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 WNY WOMEN'S FOUNDATION INC?
- WNY WOMEN'S FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,422,957 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC ($337,471). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WNY WOMEN'S FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 33 organizations giving $1,422,957 in grants to WNY WOMEN'S FOUNDATION INC, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WNY WOMEN'S FOUNDATION INC?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC is the largest funder on record, with $337,471 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WNY WOMEN'S FOUNDATION 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 33 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