Private foundation · EIN 16-0845962 · Buffalo, NY · Return for the year ending 2024-03-31

Where The Western New York Foundation's grants went

It reported $749,904 in grants paid across 84 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 81.8% of those dollars to 45 recipient organizations.

View the 990-PF

What its filing says about applications

It did not check the 990-PF box for “only contributes to preselected organizations.”

Form of application
SEE FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE - ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION REQUIRED
Deadlines
JUNE 30TH AND NOVEMBER 30TH
Restrictions
SEE FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE
Website on filing
WWW.WNYFOUNDATION.ORG

Contact names and phone numbers are on the filing itself. WHOFUNDS doesn't republish them.

Grants paid 81 published lines

RecipientPaidPurpose as filedMatch
Massachusetts Avenue Project
Buffalo, NY · EIN 16-1585356
$51,100ICAP IMPLEMENTATIONICAP IMPLEMENTATION: OPERATIONS AND DIRECTOR AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGERSame ZIP 1.00
Robert H Jackson Center
Jamestown, NY · EIN 16-1605121
$50,000ICAP IMPLEMENTATION: DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND DIRECTOR OF MARKETINGSame address 1.00
Wny Women's Foundation
Buffalo, NY · EIN 27-4154672
$50,000ICAP IMPLEMENTATION: SPECIAL PROJECTS MGR AND KNOWLEDGE MGT POSITIONSSame address 1.00
Madonna of the Streets
Buffalo, NY · EIN 16-1433964
$46,906CAPACITY BUILDING (FOOD); BOX TRUCKSame address 1.00
Mental Health Advocates
Buffalo, NY · no confident EIN match
$43,400ICAP IMPLEMENTATION: STAFFING CAPACITYUnmatched Help match
Providence Farm Collective Corp
Orchard Park, NY · EIN 84-3427072
$25,359ICAP IMPLEMENTATION: STAFFING AND MARKETING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
NY Funders Alliance
Syracuse, NY · no confident EIN match
$25,181NONPROFIT SUPPORT GROUPUnmatched Help match
Causewave Community Partners
Rochester, NY · EIN 16-0741816
$25,000NEXTWAVESame street 1.00
Colored Musicians Club of Buffalo New York
Buffalo, NY · EIN 16-0703048
$23,040MANAGING DIRECTORSame street 0.85
The Rural Outreach Center
East Aurora, NY · EIN 46-0817544
$20,350ICAP IMPLEMENTATION: STRATEGIC PLANNINGSame ZIP 1.00
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo
Buffalo, NY · EIN 22-2743917
$20,000EAST SIDE AVENUES INITIATIVESame address 1.00
United Way of Buffalo and Erie County
Buffalo, NY · EIN 16-0743969
$20,000AFRICAN HERITAGE FOOD CO-OP CONSULTING PROJECTSame address 1.00
Wedi
Buffalo, NY · no confident EIN match
$20,000ICAP IMPLEMENTATION: FINANCIAL ASSESSMENTUnmatched Help match
Genesee-Orleans Regional Arts Council
Batavia, NY · EIN 16-1067054
$19,325MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATORSame address 1.00
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo
Buffalo, NY · EIN 22-2743917
$15,000FUND FOR THE ARTS 2023-24Same address 1.00
Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society
Buffalo, NY · EIN 16-6000166
$14,163MARKETING ASSOCIATESame ZIP 1.00
Chautauqua Striders
Jamestown, NY · EIN 16-1156685
$12,000ICAP IMPLEMENTATION GRANT: DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONSSame address 1.00
United Way of Buffalo and Erie County
Buffalo, NY · EIN 16-0743969
$11,000ICAP CONSULTING FEES: EXPLORE BUFFALOSame address 1.00
Buffalo String Works
Buffalo, NY · EIN 81-0718400
$10,000FULL TIME OPERATIONS DIRECTORSame ZIP 1.00
Explore Buffalo
Buffalo, NY · EIN 81-3080055
$10,000ICAP STIPENDSame address 1.00
Musicalfare Theatre Company
Buffalo, NY · EIN 16-1384566
$10,000ICAP IMPLEMENTATION GRANT: PERCEPTION SURVEY MARKETING IMPLEMENTATIONDistinctive name 0.94
Seneca Street Community Development Corporation
Buffalo, NY · EIN 26-3678723
$9,500ICAP IMPLEMENTATION GRANT: YOUTH PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 0.65
United Way of Buffalo and Erie County
Buffalo, NY · EIN 16-0743969
$9,300ICAP CONSULTING FEES: NFJCSame address 1.00
Alianza Agricola
Geneseo, NY · EIN 85-2230203
$7,500EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE GRANTSame address 1.00
Buffalo Go Green
Buffalo, NY · EIN 46-5083541
$7,500EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE GRANTSame address 1.00
Create a Healthier Niagara Falls Collaborative
Niagara Falls, NY · EIN 47-1151617
$7,500EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE GRANTSame city 1.00
Massachusetts Avenue Project
Buffalo, NY · EIN 16-1585356
$7,500EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE GRANTSame ZIP 1.00
Open Buffalo
Buffalo, NY · EIN 47-5317696
$7,500BUFFALO FOOD EQUITY NETWORK: EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE GRANT: OPERATIONSSame address 1.00
United Way of Buffalo and Erie County
Buffalo, NY · EIN 16-0743969
$7,375ICAP CONSULTING FEES: GO GREENSame address 1.00
United Way of Buffalo and Erie County
Buffalo, NY · EIN 16-0743969
$7,375ICAP CONSULTING FEES: CCE CHAUTAUQUASame address 1.00
Open Buffalo
Buffalo, NY · EIN 47-5317696
$6,000PLANNING FOR EQUITABLE URBAN AGRICULTURE BOOKSame address 1.00
Ccny
Buffalo, NY · no confident EIN match
$5,833ICAP EVALUATIONUnmatched Help match
Access of Wny
Buffalo, NY · EIN 20-2917932
$5,000EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE GRANTSame address 1.00
Black Farmer Fund
New York, NY · EIN 84-2310349
$5,000EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE GRANTSame address 1.00
Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens Society
Buffalo, NY · EIN 22-2514024
$5,000TRUSTEE DISCRETIONARY GRANT: HEALTHY PRODUCE ACCESS INITIATIVESame address 0.95
Coalition for Economic Justice
Buffalo, NY · EIN 22-3037457
$5,000EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE GRANTSame address 1.00
Colored Girls Bike Too
Buffalo, NY · EIN 86-3424333
$5,000EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE GRANTSame city 1.00
Erie County Restorative Justice Coalition
Buffalo, NY · EIN 81-3296762
$5,000EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE GRANTSame address 0.86
Fare Share Wny
Buffalo, NY · EIN 92-0680127
$5,000NOMINATE A LEADERSame address 1.00
Meals on Wheels of Jamestown Area
Jamestown, NY · EIN 16-1082828
$5,000NOMINATE A LEADERSame address 0.91
Open Buffalo
Buffalo, NY · EIN 47-5317696
$5,000EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE GRANTSame address 1.00
Partnership for the Public Good
Buffalo, NY · EIN 27-1651050
$5,000EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE GRANTSame city 1.00
United Way of Buffalo and Erie County
Buffalo, NY · EIN 16-0743969
$5,000ICAP FINANCIAL SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Westfield Memorial Hospital Foundation
Westfield, NY · EIN 22-2270533
$5,000TRUSTEE DISCRETIONARY GRANT: OPERATIONSSame address 1.00
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautuaqua
Jamestown, NY · no confident EIN match
$5,000ICAP STIPENDUnmatched Help match
Wny Land Conservancy
East Aurora, NY · no confident EIN match
$5,000TRUSTEE DISCRETIONARY GRANT: BUY PROTECT SELL PROGRAM DEVELPMENTUnmatched Help match
YMCA of the Twin Tiers
Olean, NY · no confident EIN match
$5,000TRUSTEE DISCRETIONARY GRANT: KINSHIP CAREGIVER SERVICESUnmatched Help match
YWCA of Jamestown
Jamestown, NY · no confident EIN match
$5,000EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE GRANTUnmatched Help match
Wedi
Buffalo, NY · no confident EIN match
$4,805ICAP IMPLEMENTATION: STRATEGIC FUNDRAISING PLAN AND RETAINERUnmatched Help match
Buffalo Center for Health Equityinc
Buffalo, NY · EIN 85-0868589
$4,000IGNITING HOPE CONFERENCESame city 1.00

3 more lines ($10.5K) aren't listed because the payee name as filed could identify a private person.

Foundations that fund the same organizations

  1. Amazonsmile Foundation Seattle, WA
    24 recipients in common
  2. The John R Oishei Foundation Buffalo, NY
    11 recipients in common
  3. Buffalo Bills Foundation Orchard Park, NY
    11 recipients in common
  4. The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation Detroit, MI
    7 recipients in common
  5. Rich Family Foundation Buffalo, NY
    7 recipients in common
  6. The Baird Foundation Buffalo, NY
    6 recipients in common
  7. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Charlotte, NC
    6 recipients in common
  8. Flock Boston, MA
    5 recipients in common

Where this comes from

Grant lines are from Part XV of this foundation's Form 990-PF (XML). The filing names each payee but gives no tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched payees to the IRS Business Master File. Lines it couldn't match confidently are listed as filed. Method and limits.