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← BUFFALO PREP INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by BUFFALO PREP INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,374,083
Total expenses
$2,423,569
Contributions and grants received
$2,404,429
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$26,196
Other revenue
-$56,542
Total assets, end of year
$5,711,993
Total liabilities, end of year
$83,526
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,628,467
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,945,293
Management and general expenses
$197,949
Fundraising expenses
$280,327
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,945,293

Program services were 80.3% 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

    $302,013

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,102,416

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $26,196 · excluded $26,196

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $23,375

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

    $302,013

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $79,917

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$56,542 · excluded -$56,542

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $128,061 · program services $128,061

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,052,135 · program services $818,083 · management and general $97,539 · fundraising $136,513

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $218,278 · program services $165,669 · management and general $22,002 · fundraising $30,607

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $90,099 · program services $68,383 · management and general $9,082 · fundraising $12,634

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $179,193 · program services $147,748 · management and general $14,025 · fundraising $17,420

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $8,522 · program services $1,745 · fundraising $6,777

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $130,307 · program services $93,424 · management and general $13,016 · fundraising $23,867

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $24,249 · program services $19,892 · management and general $381 · fundraising $3,976

  • 17 · Travel

    total $33,936 · program services $24,479 · management and general $3,577 · fundraising $5,880

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $56,449 · program services $44,947 · management and general $11,502

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $226,798 · program services $186,223 · management and general $23,766 · fundraising $16,809

  • 24a · Other expenses: TUITION ASSISTANCE

    total $205,916 · program services $205,916 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO F

    total $54,431 · program services $28,415 · management and general $2,042 · fundraising $23,974

  • 24c · Other expenses: COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FE

    total $15,195 · program services $12,308 · management and general $1,017 · fundraising $1,870

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,475,672 · end of year $1,169,851

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,662

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

    $2,125,526

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

    $563,660

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,697,877 · end of year $1,561,866

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,356,884 · end of year $2,978,614

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $85,261 · end of year $83,526

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,321,833 · end of year $5,628,467

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $123,339 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

WITH A FOCUS ON RACIALLY AND CULTURALLY AFFIRMING PRACTICES, BUFFALO PREP ADVOCATES FOR EDUCATIONAL ACCESS AND EQUITY AND PROVIDES PROGRAMMING TO ACADEMICALLY AMBITIOUS SCHOLARS OF COLOR. WE STRIVE TO NURTURE OUR SCHOLARS' BRILLIANCE WHILE EMPOWERING THEM TO ENGAGE CIVICALLY AS THEIR AUTHENTIC SELVES.

  • MIDDLE SCHOOL PREP (MSP) SUPPORTS POST-5TH AND -6TH GRADE MOTIVATED SCHOLARS ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK WITH ACCELERATED EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT. MSP IS AN ENGAGING, FIVE-WEEK SUMMER PROGRAM, DURING THE CRUCIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARS, THAT KEEPS SCHOLARS ENGAGED THROUGH A CULTURALLY RELEVANT, FUN, AND STIMULATING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. THIS PROGRAM NURTURES A LOVE OF LEARNING, CULTIVATES PEER-TO-PEER CONNECTION, AND PREPARES SCHOLARS FOR SUCCESS IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL ASPIRATIONS. IT TAKES PLACE AT NICHOLS MIDDLE SCHOOL.

    Expenses $322,517

  • HIGH SCHOOL PREP IS AN INTENSIVE, 14-MONTH PROGRAM THAT PREPARES SCHOLARS FOR ACCEPTANCE TO AND SUCCESS AT TOP INDEPENDENT, CATHOLIC, CHARTER, AND CRITERIA-BASED PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS AND HIGHER EDUCATION. THIS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED, CULTURALLY RELEVANT PROGRAM TAKES PLACE AT THE UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SOUTH CAMPUS THE SUMMERS BEFORE AND AFTER 8TH GRADE, AS WELL AS TWO NIGHTS PER WEEK AND ON SATURDAYS DURING THE 8TH GRADE ACADEMIC YEAR.

    Expenses $497,322

  • COLLEGE PREP IS A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM DESIGNED TO ASSIST ELIGIBLE 9TH-12TH GRADE SCHOLARS TO THRIVE ACADEMICALLY AND SOCIALLY-EMOTIONALLY AS THEY NAVIGATE HIGH SCHOOL AND PREPARE FOR THEIR POST-SECONDARY JOURNEY. THROUGH THIS CULTURALLY RELEVANT PROGRAM, SCHOLARS HAVE ACCESS TO TUTORIAL SERVICES, ACADEMIC SKILLS COACHING, COLLEGE AND FINANCIAL AID ADVISEMENT, ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES, AND SOCIO-EMOTIONAL SUPPORT THROUGHOUT HIGH SCHOOL.

    Expenses $395,903

  • PREP SCHOLARS ACADEMYPREP SCHOLARS ACADEMY (PSA) IS A NEIGHBORHOOD-BASED CULTURALLY RELEVANT ACADEMIC PROGRAM DESIGNED TO HELP SCHOLARS EXCEL THROUGHOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND PREPARE THEM FOR HIGH SCHOOL. THIS EXCITING, ENGAGING, AND ACTIVE LEARNING PROGRAM STRIVES TO HELP SCHOLARS TRANSITION INTO AND COMPLETE HIGH SCHOOL BY PROVIDING ACADEMIC PREPARATION, AS WELL AS SCHOLAR AND FAMILY SUPPORT. PSA TAKES PLACE IN THE HEART OF THE WEST SIDE AT D'YOUVILLE UNIVERSITY; IT GIVES PREFERENCE TO HISPANIC/LATINO SCHOLARS AND OFFERS BILINGUAL INSTRUCTION.ALUMNI PREP FINAL: ALUMNI PREP SUPPORTS BUFFALO PREP GRADUATES AS THEY NAVIGATE THEIR POST-SECONDARY JOURNEY AND CAREER PLACEMENT. IT PROVIDES ACCESS TO CAREER EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, LEADERSHIP AND ENRICHMENT WORKSHOPS, SCHOLARSHIP ASSISTANCE, SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, AND NETWORKING AND MENTORING OPPORTUNITIES.READIREADI PROGRAM IS AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED SERIES OF INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS, TRAININGS, AND PRESENTATIONS TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND RACIAL EQUITY THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $729,551

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Gellenia Smallwood

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Dr Shelley Kimelberg

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Betsy Mitchell

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Stephen W Bell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Dina Benderson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Craig D Hannah

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Jaharr Pridgen

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • George Schoeneman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Tracy Woodrow

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Eric Yarwood

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Patti Stephen

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $118,850
    From this org
    $118,850
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Luis A Rodriguez Jr

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Shannon Bryant

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Matthew A Becton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Jodyann Galvin

    GOVERNANCE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Mary Ann Coulson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Scott Horrigan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Francisco Guzma

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Kathie Keller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Kevin Kerl

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Alexandra Montante

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Jeff Pappalardo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Everett Pefley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Suzanne Rosenblith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Marcus Deveso

    HIGHEST PAID EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $141,827
    From this org
    $114,817
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,010
    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
14 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202431369349303928

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