Children's Foundation of Erie County Inc
Kenmore, NY · EIN 16-6000171. Reported 293 grants totalling $1,430,670 to 111 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Children's Foundation of Erie County Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $16,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westminster Economic Devp Init | Buffalo, NY | $54,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Buffalo Center for Art & Technology | Buffalo, NY | $46,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Buffalo Prep | Buffalo, NY | $37,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Epic | Buffalo, NY | $36,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jericho Road Ministries | Buffalo, NY | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army | Buffalo, NY | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rural Outreach Center | E Aurora, NY | $34,500 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Willie Hutch Jones Sports Clinic | Buffalo, NY | $30,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Buffalo String Works | Buffalo, NY | $27,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Say Yes | Buffalo, NY | $27,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| International Institute of Buffalo | Buffalo, NY | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mental Health Advocates of Wny | Buffalo, NY | $24,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Homespace Corp | Buffalo, NY | $22,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Journeys End | Buffalo, NY | $22,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pappy Martin Legacy Jazz Collective | Buffalo, NY | $22,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Buffalo Inner City Ballet Co | Buffalo, NY | $21,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| 716 Squash | Buffalo, NY | $21,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Peace of the City | Buffalo, NY | $21,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Be-a-Friend Programbig Brothersisters | Buffalo, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of the Northtowns | Buffalo, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Explore & More Museum | Buffalo, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mission Ignite (computers for Children) | Buffalo, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rahama Inc | Buffalo, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sabah | Buffalo, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ujima Co | Buffalo, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Westminster Early Childhood Program | Buffalo, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| YMCA | Buffalo, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Urban Christian Ministries | Buffalo, NY | $18,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Girls on the Run Buffalo | Buffalo, NY | $17,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| First Shiloh Youth Foundation | Buffalo, NY | $17,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Squeaky Wheel | Buffalo, NY | $17,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center | Buffalo, NY | $16,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Girl Scouts of Wny | Buffalo, NY | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ssj Sister Karen Klimczak Center | Buffalo, NY | $15,500 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper | Buffalo, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cradle Beach Inc | Angola, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Danceability | Depew, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| East Side Garden Walk | Buffalo, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Family Promise Wny | Buffalo, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| King Urban Life Center | Buffalo, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Michigan St African American Heritage | Buffalo, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boys on the Right Track | Lakeview, NY | $14,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Assembly House 150 | Buffalo, NY | $14,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lothlorian Therapeutic Riding Ctr | E Aurora, NY | $14,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Stitch Buffalo | Buffalo, NY | $13,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Neglia Ballet | Buffalo, NY | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wny Book Arts Collaborative | Buffalo, NY | $13,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Buffalo Arts Studio | Buffalo, NY | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Just Buffalo Literary Center | Buffalo, NY | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| West Side Community Services | Buffalo, NY | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wny Bloodcare Fndtn (hemophelia Ctr) | Buffalo, NY | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Junior Achievement | Amherst, NY | $11,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| SPCA | W Seneca, NY | $11,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Big Big Table Community Cafe | Buffalo, NY | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nativitymiguel Middle School of Buffalo | Buffalo, NY | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Buffalo Maritime Center | Buffalo, NY | $10,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Arts for Learning (young Audiences) | Buffalo, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Buffalo Inc | Buffalo, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Buffalo City Mission | Buffalo, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Music School | Buffalo, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Compeer | Buffalo, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Gerard Place | Buffalo, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Somali Bantu Community Organization | Buffalo, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Resource Council of Wny | Buffalo, NY | $9,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Via (olmsted Center for Sight) | Buffalo, NY | $8,870 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Karen Society of Buffalo | Buffalo, NY | $8,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cepa Gallery | Buffalo, NY | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hasek's Heroes | Buffalo, NY | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Locust Street Art Classes | Buffalo, NY | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Buffalo Seminary | Buffalo, NY | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Upward Design for Life | Buffalo, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Seneca Street Community Devp Corp | Buffalo, NY | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kids Peace | Williamsville, NY | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Shakespeare in the Park | Buffalo, NY | $6,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Young Audiences | Buffalo, NY | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Seneca Street Development Corp | Buffalo, NY | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Arc (heritage Centers) | Williamsville, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Belle Center | Buffalo, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Big Big Table Community Caf | Buffalo, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bison Scholarship Fund | Buffalo, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bornhava | Amherst, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Buffalo Prenatal Perinatal Network | Buffalo, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Buffalo Urban League Inc | Buffalo, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Foundation | Buffalo, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fantastic Friends of Wny Inc | Depew, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gardens Buffaloeast Side Garden Walk | Buffalo, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gay & Lesbian Youth Services of Wny Inc | Buffalo, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gerard Place Housing Developement Fund Company Inc | Buffalo, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grassroots Gardens of Western New York Inc | Buffalo, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kids Escaping Drugs | West Seneca, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities | Buffalo, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Wned Foundation Inc | Buffalo, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Church Home Dba Plymouth Crossroads | West Seneca, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Valley Community Association | Buffalo, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society Dba the Buffalo History Museum | Buffalo, NY | $4,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Housing Opportunities Made Equal | Buffalo, NY | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Neglia Conservatory of Ballet | Buffalo, NY | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Burchfield Penney Art Center | Buffalo, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hispanic Heritage Council of Western New York Inc | Buffalo, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Shakespeare in Delaware Park | Buffalo, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Zoological Society | Buffalo, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Buffalo History Museum | Buffalo, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village | Amherst, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ecc Foundation | Buffalo, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Harvest House | Buffalo, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wny Women's Foundation | Buffalo, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| El Batey Inc | Buffalo, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Olmstead Parks Conservancy | Buffalo, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Providence Farms | Orchard Park, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wny Impact Foundation | Buffalo, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wny Women's Fund | Buffalo, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
75 of 111 (68%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 79%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Jericho Road Ministries
SUMMER AND BREAK PROGRAMS - Rural Outreach Center
CHILD MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM - Buffalo String Works
STUDENT LEADER INITIATIVES - Big Big Table Community Cafe
EVERYBODY EAT MEAL PROGRAM - Arts for Learning (young Audiences)
ARTS INTEGRATED INITIATIVE - Boys & Girls Club of the Northtowns
TRIPLE PLAY AND POWER HOUR
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 137 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 73 | $330,000 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 75 | $348,000 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 72 | $361,770 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 73 | $390,900 | $5,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Children's Foundation of Erie County Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 560, Kenmore, NY, 14217. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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