NET POSITIVE INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

P80

Classification

1000

Street

298 NORTHAMPTON ST

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Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

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• BOOTSECTOR

  EIN 85-4082950

Mission and programs · 2024

• Youth Education & Workforce Development The Foundry advances education, empowerment, and employment by serving an average of 200 youth annually from K12 students to out-of-school emerging adults up to age 24. Through hands-on STEAM learning in our shops and labs, participants gain exposure to career pathways, new digital literacies, and technical skill-building that translates into real opportunities. Our workforce pipeline includes job training partnerships with Baker-Victory Services and YouthBuild, paid part-time employment through FOUNDRYmade, job-shadowing with onsite entrepreneurs, and youth entrepreneurship programs that teach financial literacy, product development, and public market selling. Together, these layered experiences move youth from curiosity to competency to career.

  Expenses $316,030 · Revenue $48,033

• Business Support This past year, The Foundry supported 25 businesses through affordable on-site incubation space paired with mentoring, business workshops, and connections to local support services. We expanded our impact beyond tenants by launching Business and Product Labs and delivering capacity-building workshops to several hundred additional entrepreneurs in the community. Multiple incubated businesses successfully graduated into independent locations, contributing to neighborhood economic growth. We also hosted on-site legal clinics in partnership with regional organizations to help entrepreneurs address legal questions related to formation, contracts, and compliance reducing barriers and strengthening the long-term viability of small businesses across Buffalo.

  Expenses $568,920 · Grants $325,642 · Revenue $90,752

• Makerspace Access The Foundry provides broad community access to fabrication tools and hands-on learning through adult workshops in our wood, metal, textile, and technology labs. These classes allow adults to build new skills, prototype ideas, and complete personal or professional projects in a supported environment. In addition, we host weekly Open Maker Hours, giving trained community members ongoing access to our shops and equipment. More than 100 individuals actively use these hours to continue skill development, repair or create products, and participate in a shared creative ecosystem that lowers barriers to making, learning, and micro-manufacturing.

  Expenses $155,399 · Revenue $35,779

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $1,292,833

  Expenses

  $1,095,126

  Contributions

  $1,075,969

  Grants paid

  $325,642

• 2023

  Revenue

  $913,103

  Expenses

  $532,305

  Contributions

  $745,639

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $414,730

  Expenses

  $435,282

  Contributions

  $257,774

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $474,364

  Expenses

  $347,545

  Assets (EOY)

  $676,277

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $342,102

  Expenses

  $278,450

  Assets (EOY)

  $544,923

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $290,977

  Expenses

  $291,202

  Assets (EOY)

  $527,196

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $339,182

  Expenses

  $234,580

  Assets (EOY)

  $401,684

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $210,513

  Expenses

  $169,480

  Assets (EOY)

  $293,703

• 2016 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $117,140

  Expenses

  $115,559

  Assets (EOY)

  $249,124

• 2015 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $128,922

  Expenses

  $123,162

  Assets (EOY)

  $265,174

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

• FruitBelt United Inc

  $111,960

  2024 · New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services Project Rise Block Grant

• Real Talk

  $76,432

  2024 · New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services Project Rise Block Grant

• Feed Buffalo Inc

  $50,000

  2024 · New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services Project Rise Block Grant

• Peace Inc

  $45,500

  2024 · New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services Project Rise Block Grant

• The Galactic Tribe

  $41,750

  2024 · New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services Project Rise Block Grant

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC

  $60,150

  2024 · CHARITABLE SUPPORT. ANY RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATED TO THE GRANTEE.

• OPEN BUFFALO INC

  $50,000

  2024 · Project RISE, a new community based effort to address the root causes and provide support in the aftermath of gun violence,

• OPEN BUFFALO INC

  $50,000

  2023 · Project RISE, a new community based effort to address the root causes and provide support in the aftermath of gun violence,

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC

  $47,500

  2023 · CHARITABLE SUPPORT. ANY RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATED TO THE GRANTEE.

• UNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY

  $28,000

  2022 · PROGRAM FUNDING

• UNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY

  $25,200

  2023 · PROGRAM FUNDING

• LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION

  $25,000

  2023 · SEE PART IV

• NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE

  $20,000

  2023 · TO BUILD AGE-FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOODS

• ARTS SERVICES INITIATIVE OF WESTERN NEW YORK

  $10,000

  2024 · ASI 2024 GENERAL OPERATING GRANT

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC

  $10,000

  2022 · COLLABORATIVE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMMING WITH THE FOUNDRY AND WAKANDA ALLIANCE

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

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