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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by U B FOUNDATION ACTIVITIES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$111,191,820
Total expenses
$110,410,083
Contributions and grants received
$78,282,535
Grants paid
$35,094,465
Program service revenue
$32,637,254
Investment income
$235,424
Other revenue
$36,607
Total assets, end of year
$145,539,762
Total liabilities, end of year
$20,495,039
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$125,044,723
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$94,709,625
Management and general expenses
$6,304,431
Fundraising expenses
$9,396,027
Program service expenses (Part III)
$94,709,625

Program services were 85.8% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $73,906,758

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,375,777

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FACULTY PRACTICE

    total $12,959,415 · related or exempt $12,959,415

  • 2b · Program service revenue: STUDENT HEALTH INSURANCE

    total $5,037,655 · related or exempt $5,037,655

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER EDUCATIONAL SERVICE

    total $4,895,432 · related or exempt $4,895,432

  • 2d · Program service revenue: DENTAL STUDENT TRAINING

    total $3,158,032 · related or exempt $3,158,032

  • 2e · Program service revenue: RENTAL INCOME

    total $2,523,464 · related or exempt $2,523,464

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $4,063,256 · related or exempt $4,048,256 · unrelated business $15,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $235,424 · excluded $235,424

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $63,480

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $26,873

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $36,607 · excluded $36,607

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $7,426,931 · program services $7,426,931

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $27,667,534 · program services $27,667,534

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $760,919 · management and general $760,919

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,836,368 · management and general $2,836,368

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $186,184 · management and general $186,184

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $513,972 · management and general $513,972

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $603,962 · management and general $603,962

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $368 · management and general $368

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $171,290 · program services $87,180 · management and general $84,110

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $489,952 · program services $112,317 · management and general $377,635

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $77,000 · program services $77,000

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $622,828 · fundraising $622,828

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $76,038 · program services $76,038

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $12,720,061 · program services $12,372,479 · management and general $142,412 · fundraising $205,170

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $275,062 · program services $274,284 · fundraising $778

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,693,515 · program services $3,553,190 · management and general $37,913 · fundraising $102,412

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,832,914 · program services $1,296,519 · management and general $355,626 · fundraising $180,769

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $538,474 · program services $425,293 · management and general $113,081 · fundraising $100

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,574,054 · program services $4,206,321 · management and general $13,445 · fundraising $354,288

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,638,864 · program services $4,409,853 · management and general $33,964 · fundraising $195,047

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $19,867 · management and general $19,867

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $123,684 · program services -$70,684 · management and general $194,368

  • 24a · Other expenses: NON-EMPLOYEE REG SALARY

    total $30,260,673 · program services $22,587,661 · fundraising $7,673,012

  • 24b · Other expenses: IFR REIMBURSE SALARY/FR

    total $5,842,232 · program services $5,842,232

  • 24c · Other expenses: MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES

    total $2,255,793 · program services $2,191,433 · management and general $13,153 · fundraising $51,207

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $2,026,946 · program services $1,999,446 · management and general $17,084 · fundraising $10,416

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $174,598 · program services $174,598

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,873,535 · end of year $4,237,128

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $779,331 · end of year $823,702

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

    $2,065,569

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

    $1,933,080

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $152,356 · end of year $132,489

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $142,454,602 · end of year $140,346,443

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $11,365,839 · end of year $10,191,296

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $1,481,691 · end of year $1,368,797

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $5,823,506 · end of year $5,458,296

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,325,802 · end of year $3,476,650

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $124,262,986 · end of year $125,044,723

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO UNDERTAKE AND PERFORM ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF THE EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO AND ITS VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, DIVISIONS OR OTHER ENTITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF UBFA IS TO UNDERTAKE AND PERFORM ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF THE EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO AND ITS VARIOUS AFFILIATIONS.

  • THE ORGANIZATION ADMINISTERS NUMEROUS PROGRAMS IN SUPPORT OF THE UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO, STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK TO SUPPORT ITS EDUCATIONAL MISSION. THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDE CONTINUING EDUCATION, CENTER FOR THE ARTS, AND STUDENT ORIENTATION.

    Expenses $80,587,425 · Grants $35,094,465 · Revenue $20,862,147

  • THE FACULTY PRACTICE PLAN INCLUDES MORE THAN 450 PHYSICIANS WHO ARE ALSO PROFESSORS AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES. AS PROFESSORS, THEY CONDUCT HANDS-ON RESEARCH AND TEACH CLASSES AT THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN ACCOMPLISHING THE UNIVERSITY'S EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE. THE ORGANIZATION FURTHERS ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE BY PROVIDING ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT TO THIS ACTIVITY.

    Expenses $14,122,200 · Revenue $11,760,107

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Eileen Silvers

    CHAIR/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Gregory Bauer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Nagendra Raina

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Robert Denning

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Steven Shepsman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Teresa Bair

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Daniel Magnuszewski

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 7/1/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Anastacia S Knapper

    CHEIF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $430,050
    From this org
    $361,894
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $68,156
    Hours/week
    20 + 22 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $361,894
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $43,002
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,154
    Filer's total
    $430,050
  • Patrick Richey

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $278,618
    From this org
    $248,804
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,814
    Hours/week
    20 + 22 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $248,804
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $29,289
    Nontaxable benefits
    $525
    Filer's total
    $278,618
  • Christopher Decker

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION

    Total calculated
    $195,002
    From this org
    $151,872
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,130
    Hours/week
    30 + 15 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,872
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,111
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,019
    Filer's total
    $195,002
  • Arturo Gutierrez Zatarain

    DIRECTOR OF INVESTMENTS

    Total calculated
    $287,112
    From this org
    $262,468
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,644
    Hours/week
    30 + 15 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $262,468
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,644
    Filer's total
    $287,112
  • Donna Malecki

    DIRECTOR OF IT

    Total calculated
    $159,652
    From this org
    $133,809
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,843
    Hours/week
    30 + 15 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,809
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,582
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,261
    Filer's total
    $159,652

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
RELEVANT INFORMATION REGARDING COMPENSATION BENEFITS UB FOUNDATION ACTIVITES, INC. FOLLOWS A WRITTEN POLICY REGARDING TRAVEL, ENTERTAINMENT, GIFTS, AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES. THE ABOVE POLICY PROVIDES GUIDANCE ON THE TRAVEL EXPENDITURES FOR COMPANIONS. THE POLICY STATES THAT TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR THE SPOUSE OF A UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO OR UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO FOUNDATION, INC. (INCLUDING UB FOUNDATION ACTIVITIES, INC.) OFFICIAL IS GENERALLY NOT REIMBURSABLE UNLESS THE SPOUSE'S PRESENCE IS GERMANE TO THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF THE EVENT THAT BROUGHT ABOUT THE TRAVEL. THE ABOVE POLICY PROVIDES GUIDANCE ON MEALS AND ENTERTAINMENT AND STATES THAT SUCH EXPENDITURES ARE PERMITTED WHEN CLEARLY RELATED TO ADVANCING THE INTERESTS OF THE UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO OR UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO FOUNDATION, INC. (INCLUDING UB FOUNDATION ACTIVITIES, INC.) SPECIFICALLY UB FOUNDATION ACTIVITIES, INC. PAYS DUES FOR THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT TO A LOCAL BUSINESS/SOCIAL CLUB. THE CLUB IS USED ENTIRELY TO CONDUCT BUSINESS OF THE UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO OR UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO FOUNDATION, INC. AND AFFILIATES (INCLUDING UB FOUNDATION ACTIVITIES, INC.)
PART I, LINE 7
THE SENIOR DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION RECEIVED NON-FIXED PAYMENTS. THESE NON-FIXED PAYMENTS WERE PERFORMANCE-BASED, AND ULTIMATELY APPROVED BY SENIOR MANAGEMENT. THE NON-FIXED PAYMENTS ARE REPORTED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (II).
PART II
COMPENSATION THE INDIVIDUALS LISTED AS "HIGHEST COMPENSATED EMPLOYEES AND "KEY EMPLOYEES" ARE PAID BY UB FOUNDATION ACTIVITES, INC. AND THE TAXABLE COMPENSATION FOR EACH IS REPORTED ON FORM W-2. UB FOUNDATION ACTIVITIES, INC. HAS REPORTED ITS HIGHEST COMPENSATED EMPLOYEES IN WHICH THEY HAVE DIRECTION AND CONTROL. UB FOUNDATION ACTIVITES, INC. ALSO PAYS COMPENSATION TO UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO EMPLOYEES IN WHICH DIRECTION AND CONTROL IS MAINTAINED BY THE UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO. AS SUCH, THESE INDIVIDUALS DO NOT MEET THE STATUS OF AN EMPLOYEE OF UB FOUNDATION ACTIVITIES, INC. UNDER THE COMMON LAW RULES APPLICABLE IN DETERMINING THE EMPLOYER/EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIP. BASED UPON THE FORM 990 DEFINITIONS OF "RELATED ORGANIZATION" THE UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO IS ALSO NOT CONSIDERED A RELATED ORGANIZATION TO UB FOUNDATION ACTIVITES, INC. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF UB FOUNDATION ACTIVITIES, INC. IS NOT COMPRISED OF A MAJORITY OF THE UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES. NOR DOES THE UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO HAVE THE POWER TO REPLACE, APPOINT, ELECT, APPROVE/VETO THE APPOINTMENT OR ELECTION OF, A MAJORITY OF UB FOUNDATION ACTIVITES, INC.'S DIRECTORS.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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.

  • UBFA LLC

    FACIL. PROJ. · NY · income $0 · assets $0

    Directly controlled by UB FOUNDATION ACTIVITIES INC

  • UDSMR LLC - 86-1784950

    MEDICAL REHAB · NY · income $0 · assets $357,185

    Directly controlled by UB FOUNDATION ACTIVITIES INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
8 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521329349300337

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