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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by HOPE OF BUFFALO INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,862,038
Total expenses
$3,698,975
Contributions and grants received
$3,509,446
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$64,052
Investment income
$275,025
Other revenue
$13,515
Total assets, end of year
$4,709,368
Total liabilities, end of year
$213,803
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,495,565
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,263,750
Management and general expenses
$286,756
Fundraising expenses
$148,469
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,263,750

Program services were 88.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $46,410

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,687,495

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $775,541

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $46,470

  • 2a · Program service revenue: RESIDENTIAL RENTAL INC

    total $64,052 · related or exempt $64,052

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $80,673 · excluded $80,673

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $250,064

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $55,712

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $194,352

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $194,352 · excluded $194,352

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $44,729

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $46,410

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $31,214

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $13,515 · excluded $13,515

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $144,686 · program services $127,636 · management and general $15,384 · fundraising $1,666

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,196,522 · program services $2,060,875 · fundraising $135,647

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $62,463 · program services $53,802 · management and general $8,661

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $211,757 · program services $198,453 · management and general $2,148 · fundraising $11,156

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $228,055 · program services $170,614 · management and general $57,441

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $33,167 · program services $2,733 · management and general $30,434

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $40,100 · program services $36,037 · management and general $4,063

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $43,280 · program services $42,137 · management and general $1,143

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $184,864 · program services $159,506 · management and general $25,358

  • 17 · Travel

    total $72,994 · program services $72,396 · management and general $598

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $23,826 · program services $11,899 · management and general $11,927

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $107,719 · program services $86,175 · management and general $21,544

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $22,665 · program services $22,665

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOOD/HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES

    total $121,338 · program services $67,021 · management and general $54,317

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $53,455 · program services $51,458 · management and general $1,997

  • 24c · Other expenses: CLIENT TRANSITION ASST.

    total $45,608 · program services $40,916 · management and general $4,692

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $106,476 · program services $59,427 · management and general $47,049

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,334,427 · end of year $454,356

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $16,452 · end of year $15,479

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $451,909 · end of year $500,989

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,667 · end of year $4,667

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $2,285,132

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,750,648

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $697,915 · end of year $534,484

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $864,825 · end of year $3,073,199

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $185,336 · end of year $126,194

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $86,638 · end of year $87,609

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $250,000 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $185,336 · end of year $126,194

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,493,841 · end of year $3,771,608

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $539,716 · end of year $723,957

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES BY REBUILDING THE LIVES OF THE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES THROUGH REBUILDING LIVES.

  • SINCE 1987, HOPE OF BUFFALO (ASSUMED NAME PEACEPRINTS OF WNY) HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE REENTRY SERVICES THAT PROMOTE SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY. WE RECOGNIZE THAT NO TWO INDIVIDUALS ARE THE SAME, AND THAT CIRCUMSTANCES, ABILITIES, AND NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE WE HELP VARY GREATLY. SERVICES INCLUDE TRANSITIONAL, SUPPORTIVE, AND INDEPENDENT HOUSING, INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT, YOUTH PROGRAMMING. AMONG OTHERS, DESIGNED TO EMPOWER AND EQUIP RETURNING CITIZENS WITH THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO TRANSFORM THEIR LIVES AND RECLAIM THEIR STAKE AS CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $3,263,750 · Revenue $64,052

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Cindi McEachon

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $144,687
    From this org
    $144,300
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $387
    Hours/week
    40

  • Timothy Hogues

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leanna Ohol

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ryan Caster

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brian McLaughlin

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Justine Campanella

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lakishia Collins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Darci Cramer PhD Lmft

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Javeena Edwards

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sydney Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Corey McCarthy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brooke Meehan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Taylor Schubauer-Waters

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adriana Viverette

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • CEPHAS BUFFALO INC

    SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS RELEASED FROM PRISON · NY · income $326,149 · assets $1,227,875

    Directly controlled by HOPE OF BUFFALO INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
1 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202601829349301130

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