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BUFFALO FEDERATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC

EIN 16-1172623 BUFFALO, NY

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Revenue 2024
$10,867,050
Expenses 2024
$10,732,932

Program services were 85.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
2365 MAIN ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE PEOPLE AND NEIGHBORHOODS WE SERVE BY PREPARING, EQUIPPING AND EMPOWERING THEM TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF CONTEMPORARY URBAN LIFE AND REALIZE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE HOUSING AND SERVICES FOR THE SERIOUSLY AND PERSISTENTLY MENTALLY ILL.

  • COMMUNITY RESIDENCESTHE CONSUMERS IN OUR RESIDENTIAL SERVICES PROGRAMS ARE CHALLENGED BY MENTAL ILLNESS BUT WITH THE SUPPORT OF THIS PROGRAM THEY FUNCTION AT THEIR OPTIMAL LEVEL AS FULL AND CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. DEPENDING ON THEIR LEVEL OF INDEPENDENCE, CONSUMERS, AGE 18 AND OVER, LIVE IN LICENSED GROUP HOMES, SUPPORTIVE APARTMENTS OR APARTMENTS IN THE CITY. SERVICES INCLUDE ASSISTANCE WITH DAILY LIVING SKILLS, MEDICATION MANAGEMENT, CRISIS/EMERGENCY INTERVENTION, MONEY MANAGEMENT AND LEISURE TIME MANAGEMENT.

    Expenses $3,359,621 · Revenue $3,416,748

  • HEALTH HOMEA HEALTH HOME IS A CARE MANAGEMENT MODEL IN WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL'S CAREGIVERS WORK TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THE INDIVIDUAL'S NEEDS IN A COMPREHENSIVE MANNER. A "CARE MANAGER" OVERSEES AND PROVIDES ACCESS TO SERVICES AND A NETWORK OF ORGANIZATIONS - WHICH INCLUDES HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, HEALTH PLANS AND COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT DELIVERS THE NEEDED SERVICES. BFNC HAS DEVELOPED WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH TWO ERIE COUNTY HEALTH HOMES, GREATER BUFFALO UNITED ACCOUNTABLE HEALTHCARE NETWORK ("GBUAHN") AND HEALTH HOMES OF UPSTATE NEW YORK-WESTERN ("HHUNY").OUR OBJECTIVES ARE OFFERING COMPREHENSIVE CARE MANAGEMENT.

    Expenses $1,056,190 · Revenue $845,126

  • SUPPORTED HOUSING THESE PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED FOR THOSE ADULTS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS WHO ARE ABLE TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT WHO NEED SOME SERVICES TO HELP MAINTAIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE. THIS OPTION IS THE MOST FLEXIBLE OF OUR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES. IT PROVIDES PERMANENT SUBSIDIZED HOUSING THROUGHOUT ERIE COUNTY. RESIDENTS CHOOSE THEIR OWN APARTMENT,CAN LIVE ALONE OR WITH OTHERS, AND RECEIVE FLEXIBLE SUPPORT SERVICES AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE. STAFF VISITS ARE PROVIDED AS NECESSARY. PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM INCLUDE CONSUMERS WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED STAYS IN LICENSED RESIDENCES AND THOSE REFERRED DIRECTLY FROM OTHER COMMUNITY BASED AND INPATIENT SETTINGS. ENHANCEMENT DOLLARS ALSO ASSIST CONSUMERS AS NEEDED.

    Expenses $1,459,491

  • Expenses $3,292,860 · Revenue $1,015,433

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • Douglas Fabian

    BOARD MEMBER/PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Giona Paolercio

    BOARD MEMBER/1ST VICE PRES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rebecca Town

    BOARD MEMBER/2ND VICE PRES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Timothy Korn

    BOARD MEMBER/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christopher St Vil

    BOARD MEMBER/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jenna Bichler

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Steven J Carmina

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Meelin Dian Chinkit-Wills

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Samuel Davis Jr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Damar Dowell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Gladys Diji

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Luis Hernandez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Renee Mapp

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Grace Phillips

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mary Szabat

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Winford Quick

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Chandra Redfern

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $252,188
    From this org
    $248,461
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,727
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $208,461
    Bonus
    $40,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,727
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $252,188
  • Shrikant Vardhan

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $162,986
    From this org
    $160,577
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,409
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,077
    Bonus
    $12,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,409
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $162,986
  • Yolanda Abraham

    CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $136,439
    From this org
    $134,423
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,016
    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. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $10,867,050
    Expenses
    $10,732,932
    Contributions
    $5,549,616
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $10,042,455
    Expenses
    $9,511,653
    Contributions
    $4,883,284
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $8,808,218
    Expenses
    $8,138,621
    Contributions
    $3,536,565
    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
    $11,146,328
    Expenses
    $8,595,377
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,954,316
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,483,823
    Expenses
    $7,396,710
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,906,643
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,329,593
    Expenses
    $7,600,278
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,361,908
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,892,145
    Expenses
    $7,990,565
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,947,161
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,047,736
    Expenses
    $8,290,317
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,606,940
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,295,096
    Expenses
    $8,321,846
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,771,649
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,516,952
    Expenses
    $8,466,023
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,031,389
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,716,287
    Expenses
    $6,300,962
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,548,886
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,744,569
    Expenses
    $6,054,977
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,853,820
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $5,956,626
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,572,504

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

  • WESTMINSTER COMMONS HDFC

    501(C)(3) · OPERATE A RESIDENTIAL MULTI USE FACILITY · NY · controlled entity

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related partnerships on its 2024 return

  • WESTMINSTER COMMONS LLC

    RELATED · OPERATE A RESIDENTIAL MULTI USE FACILITY · NY · 0.01% owned · share of income $1 · share of assets $169,789 · general or managing partner

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

  • WESTMINSTER COMMONS INC MANAGING MEMBER LLC

    C · MANAGE A RESIDENTIAL FACILITY · NY · 100% owned · share of income $1 · share of assets $167,066 · controlled entity

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.