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← BUFFALO NIAGARA FILM COMMISSION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by BUFFALO NIAGARA FILM COMMISSION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$559,324
Total expenses
$442,059
Contributions and grants received
$559,324
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$238,199
Total liabilities, end of year
$18,456
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$219,743
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$389,820
Management and general expenses
$38,275
Fundraising expenses
$13,964
Program service expenses (Part III)
$389,820

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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $494,324

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $65,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $160,072 · program services $144,065 · management and general $12,005 · fundraising $4,002

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $86,163 · program services $77,547 · management and general $6,462 · fundraising $2,154

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $13,232 · program services $11,909 · management and general $992 · fundraising $331

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $20,678 · program services $18,610 · management and general $1,552 · fundraising $516

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $13,595 · management and general $13,595

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $42,083 · program services $35,771 · fundraising $6,312

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $25,956 · program services $23,360 · management and general $1,947 · fundraising $649

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,302 · program services $2,072 · management and general $230

  • 17 · Travel

    total $19,254 · program services $18,291 · management and general $963

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,116 · program services $1,587 · management and general $529

  • 24a · Other expenses: HOSPITALITY

    total $53,708 · program services $53,708

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONTRACTED SERVICES

    total $2,900 · program services $2,900

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $68,177 · end of year $105,468

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $41,923 · end of year $132,731

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $7,622 · end of year $18,456

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $102,478 · end of year $219,743

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO PROMOTE THE CITY OF BUFFALO AND THE WESTERN NEW YORK REGION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FILM, VIDEO AND MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION, AND TO NURTURE THE GROWTH OF THE INDIGENOUS PRODUCTION INDUSTRY THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROMOTE FILM, VIDEO AND MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION IN THE WESTERN NEW YORK AREA.

  • BNFC ADVERTISES IN PRINT AND ONLINE MEDIA PRODUCTION GUIDES, TRADE MAGAZINES, ETC. IN ADDITION, BNFC PARTICIPATES IN INDUSTRY EVENTS TO PROMOTE WESTERN NEW YORK TO FILMMAKERS SEEKING A DIVERSE AREA TO SHOOT THEIR PROJECTS. BNFC ALSO MAINTAINS A WEBSITE, WWW.FILMBUFFALONIAGARA.COM, WHICH PROVIDES AN EXTENSIVE PHOTO LIBRARY OF THE ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY OF OUR AREA AS WELL AS A DATABASE OF QUALIFIED CREW MEMBERS AVAILABLE FOR HIRE. BNFC PROVIDES SERVICES WHICH INCLUDE: LOCATION SCOUTING, PERMIT ASSISTANCE, FILM TAX CREDIT PROGRAM ASSISTANCE, ARRANGEMENTS TO SHOOT ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, ON-SET ASSISTANCE, SUPPLYING LISTS OF QUALIFIED SOUNDSTAGES AND OTHER VENDORS, SUPPLYING LISTS OF QUALIFIED CREW MEMBERS, AND ANY OTHER REQUESTS FROM PRODUCTION COMPANIES.

    Expenses $389,820

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Andrea Czopp

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cindy Abbott-Letro

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • William Fichtner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mark Poloncarz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Christopher Scanlon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Timothy Clark

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $138,281
    From this org
    $127,525
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,756
    Hours/week
    40

  • Patricia Buscaglia

    ASST SECRETARY/ASST TREASU

    Total calculated
    $21,792
    From this org
    $21,372
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $420
    Hours/week
    20

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
2025
Filed
29 April 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202611249349301031

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