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← OPEN BUFFALO INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by OPEN BUFFALO INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,374,894
Total expenses
$1,868,952
Contributions and grants received
$3,242,349
Grants paid
$332,536
Program service revenue
$109,474
Investment income
$22,380
Other revenue
$691
Total assets, end of year
$2,289,116
Total liabilities, end of year
$375,288
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,913,828
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,403,508
Management and general expenses
$375,085
Fundraising expenses
$90,359
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,403,508

Program services were 75.1% 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

    $15,690

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $512,853

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,713,806

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Program service

    total $109,474 · related or exempt $109,474

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $22,380 · related or exempt $22,380

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $17,365

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

    $15,690

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $23,424

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$6,059 · excluded -$6,059

  • 11a · Other revenue: Misc income

    total $6,750 · related or exempt $6,750

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $6,750

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $332,536 · program services $332,536

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $193,301 · program services $96,651 · management and general $57,990 · fundraising $38,660

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $547,132 · program services $411,536 · management and general $109,455 · fundraising $26,141

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $10,877 · program services $7,465 · management and general $2,460 · fundraising $952

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $92,236 · program services $63,306 · management and general $20,859 · fundraising $8,071

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $63,785 · program services $43,777 · management and general $14,424 · fundraising $5,584

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $750 · management and general $750

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,700 · management and general $2,700

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $87,080 · management and general $87,080

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $25,657 · management and general $25,657

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $19,382 · program services $9,691 · management and general $5,815 · fundraising $3,876

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $47,040 · program services $32,928 · management and general $11,760 · fundraising $2,352

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,750 · management and general $7,750

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,599 · management and general $4,599

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program expense

    total $356,286 · program services $356,286

  • 24b · Other expenses: Professional developmen

    total $38,075 · program services $30,460 · management and general $5,711 · fundraising $1,904

  • 24c · Other expenses: Miscellaneous

    total $18,371 · program services $2,756 · management and general $14,696 · fundraising $919

  • 24d · Other expenses: Supplies

    total $14,791 · program services $10,354 · management and general $2,958 · fundraising $1,479

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $6,604 · program services $5,762 · management and general $421 · fundraising $421

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $457,069 · end of year $10,000

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $2,046,755

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $254,886 · end of year $123,231

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $12,482 · end of year $13,588

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

    $105,235

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

    $82,132

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $17,660 · end of year $23,103

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $105,411 · end of year $72,439

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $211,098 · end of year $60,887

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $123,113 · end of year $241,962

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $105,411 · end of year $72,439

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $407,886 · end of year $1,913,828

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Open Buffalo's mission is to advance racial, economic, and ecological justice through skill building, network connecting, and activating leadership opportunities with the ultimate goal for all communities in Western New York to thrive free from discrimination and poverty.

Activities or mission (Part I)

See Schedule O for the Organization's mission.Open Buffalo's mission is to advance racial, economic, and ecological justice through skill building, network connecting, and activating leadership opportunities with the ultimate goal for all communities in Western New York to thrive free from discrimination and poverty.

  • Open Buffalo's mission is to advance racial, economic, and ecological justice through skill building, network connecting, and activating leadership opportunities with the ultimate goal for all communities in Western New York to thrive free from discrimination and poverty.

    Expenses $1,403,508 · Grants $332,536 · Revenue $138,604

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Lamont Williams

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tristin Salter

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Danielle Johnson PhD

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Zeneta Everhart

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Darryl Gaines

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Arthur Hall

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michelle Jones

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gina Paigen

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Talia Rodriguez

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Radworth Max Anderson

    Deputy Director

    Total calculated
    $88,814
    From this org
    $88,814
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Franchelle Parker

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $102,950
    From this org
    $102,950
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • Project Mona's House

    $93,862

    Project RISE, a new community based effort to address the root causes and provide support in the aftermath of gun violence,

  • Confident Girl Mentoring Program Inc

    $68,075

    Project RISE, a new community based effort to address the root causes and provide support in the aftermath of gun violence,

  • Net Positive Inc (dba The Foundry)

    $50,000

    Project RISE, a new community based effort to address the root causes and provide support in the aftermath of gun violence,

  • Omega Mentoring Program

    $47,856

    Project RISE, a new community based effort to address the root causes and provide support in the aftermath of gun violence,

  • Voice Buffalo Inc

    $42,740

    Project RISE, a new community based effort to address the root causes and provide support in the aftermath of gun violence,

  • Massachusetts Avenue Project inc

    $30,003

    Project RISE, a new community based effort to address the root causes and provide support in the aftermath of gun violence,

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
28 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503039349301960

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