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← BUFFALO NIAGARA FILM COMMISSION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BUFFALO NIAGARA FILM COMMISSION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$459,494
Total expenses
$357,016
Contributions and grants received
$459,494
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$110,100
Total liabilities, end of year
$7,622
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$102,478
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$317,533
Management and general expenses
$26,860
Fundraising expenses
$12,623
Program service expenses (Part III)
$317,533

Program services were 88.9% 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)

    $358,889

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $100,605

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $128,850 · program services $115,965 · management and general $9,664 · fundraising $3,221

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $72,474 · program services $65,226 · management and general $5,436 · fundraising $1,812

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $9,435 · program services $8,492 · management and general $708 · fundraising $235

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $16,968 · program services $15,271 · management and general $1,272 · fundraising $425

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $5,665 · management and general $5,665

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $43,335 · program services $36,835 · fundraising $6,500

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $17,187 · program services $15,468 · management and general $1,289 · fundraising $430

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $11,934 · program services $10,741 · management and general $1,193

  • 17 · Travel

    total $22,186 · program services $21,077 · management and general $1,109

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,096 · program services $1,572 · management and general $524

  • 24a · Other expenses: HOSPITALITY

    total $25,286 · program services $25,286

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONTRACTED SERVICES

    total $1,600 · program services $1,600

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $68,177

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $41,923

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $7,622

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    end of year $102,478

Mission and programs · 2024

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 $317,533

As filed on the 2024 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 Eff Oct 2024

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Byron Brown Thru Oct 2024

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Timothy Clark

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $110,892
    From this org
    $103,690
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,202
    Hours/week
    40

  • Patricia Buscaglia

    ASST SECRETARY/ASST TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $17,339
    From this org
    $17,339
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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
2024
Filed
21 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202502279349303075

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