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← OPEN BUFFALO INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by OPEN BUFFALO INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,532,638
Total expenses
$1,611,321
Contributions and grants received
$1,374,860
Grants paid
$235,000
Program service revenue
$169,257
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
-$11,479
Total assets, end of year
$847,508
Total liabilities, end of year
$439,622
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$407,886
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,340,479
Management and general expenses
$240,336
Fundraising expenses
$30,506
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,340,479

Program services were 83.2% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $31,095

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $426,240

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $917,525

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Program service

    total $169,257 · related or exempt $169,257

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $8,337

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $31,095

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $19,816

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$11,479 · excluded -$11,479

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $235,000 · program services $235,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $100,108 · program services $60,065 · management and general $30,032 · fundraising $10,011

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $532,994 · program services $445,776 · management and general $75,959 · fundraising $11,259

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $10,081 · program services $8,054 · management and general $1,688 · fundraising $339

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $74,859 · program services $59,812 · management and general $12,533 · fundraising $2,514

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $54,538 · program services $43,575 · management and general $9,130 · fundraising $1,833

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $540 · management and general $540

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $67,589 · management and general $67,589

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,184 · program services $3,940 · management and general $622 · fundraising $622

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $11,129 · program services $9,126 · management and general $1,447 · fundraising $556

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $43,402 · program services $33,420 · management and general $8,680 · fundraising $1,302

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,638 · management and general $4,638

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,634 · management and general $4,634

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program expense

    total $415,016 · program services $415,016

  • 24b · Other expenses: Miscellaneous

    total $24,427 · program services $4,887 · management and general $18,319 · fundraising $1,221

  • 24c · Other expenses: Professional developmen

    total $20,118 · program services $16,094 · management and general $3,420 · fundraising $604

  • 24d · Other expenses: Supplies

    total $4,871 · program services $4,189 · management and general $536 · fundraising $146

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,193 · program services $1,525 · management and general $569 · fundraising $99

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $652,171 · end of year $457,069

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $101,462 · end of year $254,886

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $23,607 · end of year $12,482

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

    $92,042

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

    $74,382

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $12,265 · end of year $17,660

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $136,468 · end of year $105,411

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $78,189 · end of year $211,098

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $224,747 · end of year $123,113

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $136,468 · end of year $105,411

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $354,650 · end of year $407,886

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $131,919 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Open Buffalo's mission is to advance racial, economic, and ecological justice through skill building, network connecting, and activating leadership opportunities with the ultimate goal for all communities in Western New York to thrive free from discrimination and poverty.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Open Buffalo is a civic initiative, an unprecedented collaboration among a diverse group of partners, to make major, long-term improvements in justice, equity, and democracy. Open Buffalo aims to increase capacity for local systemic change at the level of the individual, of the community and of the social justice field.

  • Open Buffalo's mission is to advance racial, economic, and ecological justice through skill building, network connecting, and activating leadership opportunities with the ultimate goal for all communities in Western New York to thrive free from discrimination and poverty.

    Expenses $1,340,479 · Grants $235,000 · Revenue $169,257

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Lamont Williams

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tristin Salter

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dani Johnson PhD

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Zeneta Everhart

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Darryl Gaines

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Arthur Hall

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michelle Jones

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gina Paigen

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Talia Rodriguez

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Danielle Womack

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sherman Webb

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Franchelle Parker

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $96,618
    From this org
    $96,618
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Radworth Max Anderson

    Deputy Director

    Total calculated
    $85,109
    From this org
    $85,109
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • Project RISE, a new community based effort to address the root causes and provide support in the aftermath of gun violence,

  • Project RISE, a new community based effort to address the root causes and provide support in the aftermath of gun violence,

  • Anchor Church

    $50,000

    Project RISE, a new community based effort to address the root causes and provide support in the aftermath of gun violence,

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433209349321093

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