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← BUFFALO MEDIA RESOURCES INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by BUFFALO MEDIA RESOURCES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$357,594
Total expenses
$388,574
Contributions and grants received
$305,799
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$41,688
Investment income
$78
Other revenue
$10,029
Total assets, end of year
$445,409
Total liabilities, end of year
$270,547
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$174,862
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$343,749
Management and general expenses
$38,073
Fundraising expenses
$6,752
Program service expenses (Part III)
$343,749

Program services were 88.5% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $2,215

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $159,438

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $144,146

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EQUIPMENT RENTAL

    total $5,758 · related or exempt $5,758

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE

    total $35,930 · related or exempt $35,930

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $78 · excluded $78

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $8,515

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $984

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $7,531 · excluded $7,531

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: GAIN ON PPP LOAN FORGIVENESS

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $2,498 · excluded $2,498

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,498

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $61,100 · program services $54,990 · management and general $4,888 · fundraising $1,222

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $102,730 · program services $92,457 · management and general $8,218 · fundraising $2,055

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $19,798 · program services $17,818 · management and general $1,584 · fundraising $396

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $12,271 · program services $11,044 · management and general $982 · fundraising $245

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,300 · management and general $3,300

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,307 · program services $2,307

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,275 · program services $2,948 · management and general $262 · fundraising $65

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $22,690 · program services $20,421 · management and general $1,815 · fundraising $454

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $5,619 · management and general $5,619

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $14,536 · program services $13,082 · management and general $1,454

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,185 · management and general $7,185

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSE

    total $60,828 · program services $60,828

  • 24b · Other expenses: OUTSIDE SERVICES

    total $28,943 · program services $26,049 · management and general $2,315 · fundraising $579

  • 24c · Other expenses: ARTIST TRAVEL AND RELATED

    total $21,487 · program services $21,487

  • 24d · Other expenses: EXHIBITIONS

    total $14,266 · program services $14,266

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $8,239 · program services $6,052 · management and general $451 · fundraising $1,736

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $38,310 · end of year $18,087

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $236,992 · end of year $242,069

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $45,000 · end of year $58,438

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $30,950 · end of year $8,000

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,648 · end of year $2,600

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

    $195,884

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

    $162,360

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $48,060 · end of year $33,524

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $82,691

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $27,290 · end of year $23,028

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $20,000 · end of year $15,000

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $149,828 · end of year $232,519

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $116,312 · end of year $111,512

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $89,530 · end of year $63,350

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

WE ENVISION A COMMUNITY THAT USES FILM & DIGITAL MEDIA TO CELEBRATE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND TO CONTINUE A LEGACY OF INNOVATION IN MEDIA ARTS THROUGH EDUCATION, EXHIBITIONS, AND EQUIPMENT ACCESS PROGRAMS.

  • ESTABLISHED IN 1985, SQUEAKY WHEEL FILM & MEDIA ART CENTER REMAINS AS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION IN WESTERN NEW YORK WITH A ROSTER OF EDUCATION, EQUIPMENT ACCESS, AND EXHIBITION PROGRAMMING DEDICATED TO EXPLORE FILM & DIGITAL MEDIA ARTS. ENTERING OUR 33RD YEAR OF EXISTENCE, OUR REPUTATION IN THE MEDIA ARTS FIELD CONTINUES TO GROW NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. THE NEW YORK STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS CONSIDERS OUR COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION AS AN EXEMPLARY MODEL OF OPERATIONS, CONSISTENT SUPPORT HAS BEEN RECIEVED SINCE 1985. COMPETITIVE AWARDS RECEIVED FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, THE ANDY WARHOL FOUNDATION FOR VISUAL ARTS, AND THE REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ARE A TESTAMENT TO THE ORGANIZATIONS DIVERSE AND QUALITY COMMUNITY-BASED ARTS PROGRAMMING.

    Expenses $343,749

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Zainab Saleh

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $52,961
    From this org
    $52,961
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    35
  • Maiko Tanaka

    Former Exec Dir

    Total calculated
    $8,139
    From this org
    $8,139
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Harper Bishop

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Meg Knowles

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Eisenhauer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Frederick Meyer

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leonardo Sette Camara

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew Cianflone

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ivan Gonzalez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dorothea Braemer

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Quinniey

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
29 September 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202302729349300810

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