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Accepts applications
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
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The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2024 return.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
This is a count from past returns. It does not say the foundation will consider a new request. How it is counted: names are compared as written on the returns, without "The" at the start, without endings such as "Inc" or "LLC", and without spaces and punctuation. A recipient also counts as already listed when our records link it to the same organization as an earlier recipient, or when its name is almost the same as an earlier name (a trigram similarity of 0.8 or more, where 1 means identical). The state on the grant row is not compared. Grants that the foundation marked as paid to an individual, such as a scholarship, are left out of both numbers, and no count is shown when most of its grants are marked that way. A person whom the foundation did not mark as an individual is still counted as a recipient. A recipient can still look new when its name is written very differently from year to year, and two different recipients with almost the same name can be counted as one.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
No parsed e-filed return is on record for this organization yet, so year-by-year financials are not available.
Asset, income and revenue figures come from the IRS master file (the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File), a coarse annual extract. Year-by-year figures appear once the organization's e-filed returns are in the database.
Recipient focus areas
Where recipients are
Based on the 29% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALOBUFFALO, NY | BUFFALO TOGETHER COMMUNITY RESPONSE FUND | $695,815 | 2022 | |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gretchen Geitter | PRESIDENT (TO 7/19/24) | 1.00 | $0 |
| Michelle Roberts | VICE PRESIDENT | 1.00 | $0 |
| Joshua Dziurlikowski | TREASURER (TO 12/10/24), DIRECTOR | 1.00 | $0 |
| Chris Jenkins | DIRECTOR | 1.00 | $0 |
| Bill Kresse | DIRECTOR | 1.00 | $0 |
| Danielle Shainbrown Esq | DIRECTOR | 1.00 | $0 |
| Dr Thomasina Tina Stenhouse | PRESIDENT (FROM 7/19/24) | 1.00 | $0 |
| Pastor George Nicholas | DIRECTOR | 1.00 | $0 |
| Anna Stolzenburg | DIRECTOR | 1.00 | $0 |
| Laura Pegula | DIRECTOR | 1.00 | $0 |
| Jessica Fike | SECRETARY | 1.00 | $0 |
| Penny Semaia | DIRECTOR (FROM 7/19/24) | 1.00 | $0 |
| Kris Gregory | TREASURER (FROM 12/10/24) | 1.00 | $0 |
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
| BUFFALO SURVIVORS FUND |
| $543,543 |
| 2022 |
| BUFFALO GO GREEN INCBUFFALO, NY | MANHATTAN STREET PROJECT | $471,600 | 2023 |
| UNITED WAY OF BUFFALO & ERIE COUNTYMatched to this organization because 11 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2024. Counted Oct 9, 2026.BUFFALO, NY | 2-1-1 FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM | $295,634 | 2024 |
| CONNECTING COMMUNITIES IN ACTION INCSALAMANCA, NY | HEALTHY CATTARAUGUS SDOH ACCELERATOR PLAN | $165,000 | 2024 |
| FEEDMORE WNYBUFFALO, NY | NIAGARA FALLS DISTRICT CHILD FEEDING PROGRAM, 50-50 DONATION, THANKSGIVING BLITZ, AND PERRY'S | $127,166 | 2021 |
| BUFFALO PREPBUFFALO, NY | PREP MARKET | $105,000 | 2024 |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALOBUFFALO, NY | WNY COVID FUND AND LISTEN, LEARN, LOVE | $103,485 | 2020 |
| ECMC FOUNDATIONBUFFALO, NY | EMERGENCY DEPT. CAPITAL AND THANKGIVING MEALS FOR FRONTLINE WORKERS | $100,400 | 2020 |
| UNITED WAY OF BUFFALO & ERIE COUNTYMatched to this organization because 11 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2024. Counted Oct 9, 2026.BUFFALO, NY | BLIZZARD RESPONSE | $100,000 | 2023 |
| ECMC FOUNDATIONBUFFALO, NY | EMERGENCY DEPT. CAPITAL | $100,000 | 2021 |
| HARVEST HOUSE BUFFALO INCBUFFALO, NY | FOOD AS MEDICINE PROGRAM | $100,000 | 2024 |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALOBUFFALO, NY | BUFFALO TOGETHER COMMUNITY RESPONSE FUND | $100,000 | 2023 |
| BUFFALO GO GREENBUFFALO, NY | NUTRITION ZONE | $100,000 | 2024 |
| ECMC FOUNDATIONBUFFALO, NY | TRAUMA CENTER CAPITAL-FINAL PAYMENT | $100,000 | 2022 |
| CORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION OF ERIE COUNTYEAST AURORA, NY | HEALTH CORNER STORE INITIATIVE | $93,564 | 2024 |
| CORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSIONEAST AURORA, NY | HEALTHY COMMUNITY STORE INITATIVE | $90,747 | 2023 |
| PROVIDENCE FARM COLLECTIVEORCHARD PARK, NY | SUPPORTING DIVERSE LEADERSHIP | $80,000 | 2024 |
| FEEDMORE WNY FOUNDATION INCBUFFALO, NY | KIDS FEEDING PROGRAMS | $75,000 | 2022 |
| POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE OF BUFFALO INCBUFFALO, NY | PASSPORT TO THE WORLD CLUB | $75,000 | 2024 |
| PROVIDENCE FARM COLLECTIVE CORPORCHARD PARK, NY | MOBILE TRAILER | $75,000 | 2023 |
| BUFFALO PREPBUFFALO, NY | PREP PANTRY | $70,000 | 2023 |
| AFRICAN HERITAGE ECONOMIC INITIATIVEBUFFALO, NY | CAPITAL & HOLIDAY | $60,000 | 2021 |
| RURAL OUTREACH CENTEREAST AURORA, NY | CAPITAL & HOLIDAY | $56,000 | 2021 |
| SHARE OUR STRENGTHNO KID HUNGRYWASHINGTON, DC | EXPAND SUMMER MEAL ACCESS IN WNY | $50,800 | 2024 |
Nearest by size, location and giving pattern in the database. Geography weighs heavily. Treat it as a starting list, not a ranking of fit.