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← BUFFALO NIAGARA CONVENTION & VISTORS BUREAU INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BUFFALO NIAGARA CONVENTION & VISTORS BUREAU INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,659,388
Total expenses
$5,224,015
Contributions and grants received
$4,355,718
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$239,393
Investment income
$58,729
Other revenue
$5,548
Total assets, end of year
$1,975,467
Total liabilities, end of year
$663,725
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,311,742
Program services expenses (Part IX)
not reported
Management and general expenses
not reported
Fundraising expenses
not reported
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

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)

    $4,355,718

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADVERTISING

    total $152,230 · unrelated business $152,230

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICI

    total $78,453 · related or exempt $78,453

  • 2c · Program service revenue: HOTEL ASSESSMENTS

    total $8,710 · related or exempt $8,710

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $58,729 · excluded $58,729

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $5,548 · excluded $5,548

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,548

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $439,515

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,436,705

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $18,161

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $137,229

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $137,978

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $130,616

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,894,294

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $167,007

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $148,611

  • 17 · Travel

    total $55,851

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $326,727

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $16,425

  • 24a · Other expenses: MARKET RESEARCH

    total $158,213

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONVENTION SERVICES

    total $156,683

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,339,571 · end of year $227,663

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $663,343 · end of year $1,014,222

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $252,598 · end of year $393,784

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $211,798 · end of year $220,684

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

    $713,195

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

    $675,421

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $47,639 · end of year $37,774

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $174,375 · end of year $81,340

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $293,547 · end of year $222,045

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $200,792 · end of year $219,867

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $144,241 · end of year $140,473

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $174,375 · end of year $81,340

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,876,369 · end of year $1,311,742

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO MARKET AND PROMOTE THE REGION'S ASSETS AND ATTRACTIONS TO VISITORS OUTSIDE THE BUFFALO NIAGARA REGION AS A CONVENTION, TOURISM AND LEISURE DESTINATION FOR THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.

  • MARKET AND PROMOTE THE BUFFALO NIAGARA REGION AS A DESTINATION FOR VISITORS TO HOST ANNUAL MEETINGS, CONVENTIONS AND EVENTS.

  • MARKET AND PROMOTE THE ASSETS AND ATTRACTIONS THE BUFFALO NIAGARA REGION OFFERS AS A DESTINATION FOR VISITORS OUTSIDE OF THE REGION FOR THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT OF THE REGION.

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Cindy Abbott-Letro

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1.5 related
  • Patrick Kaler

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $296,001
    From this org
    $281,508
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,493
    Hours/week
    40 + 1.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $281,508
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,693
    Filer's total
    $296,001
  • Huseyin Taran

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1.5 related
  • Mary F Roberts

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1.5 related
  • David Marzo

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $143,514
    From this org
    $131,353
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,161
    Hours/week
    35 + 7 related
  • Thomas Beauford Jr

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1.5 related
  • Matthew Chiazza

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1.5 related
  • Michael Even

    VICE PRESIDENT SALES

    Total calculated
    $150,123
    From this org
    $138,008
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,115
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,008
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,424
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,691
    Filer's total
    $150,123
  • Edward Healy

    VICE PRESIDENT MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $132,976
    From this org
    $118,476
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,500
    Hours/week
    40
  • Thomas Long

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1.5 related
  • Kimberley Minkel

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1.5 related
  • Steven Ranalli

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1.5 related
  • Donald Spasiano

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1.5 related
  • Gail Wells

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1.5 related

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

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Written employment contract

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202412989349301006

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