JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER BUFFALO INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

P28Z

Classification

1200

Street

2640 NORTH FOREST RD

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 · 2025

• THE JCC AFTER-SCHOOL AND DAY CAMP PROGRAMS ANNUALLY SERVE APPROXIMATELY 600 CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 4 TO 13. THE FOUNDATION OF THESE PROGRAMS IS TO PROVIDE A SETTING THAT IS SAFE AND NURTURING ALONG WITH THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO FACILITATE CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING, EDUCATIONAL ENHANCEMENT, CONFIDENCE AND INDIVIDUALITY. THESE PROGRAMS OF EXCELLENCE COMBINE ALL ELEMENTS OF TRADITIONAL PROGRAMS AND INCLUDE STRUCTURED PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SWIMMING ACTIVITIES. AS A RESULT, A WELL-ROUNDED EXPERIENCE FOR EACH CHILD IS PROVIDED. INCORPORATING HEALTHY LIFESTYLES WITHIN THIS EDUCATIONAL SETTING ENHANCES THE TOTAL DEVELOPMENT OF EACH PARTICIPANT THEREBY BUILDING A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR THE CHILDREN TO ENJOY SUCCESS NOT ONLY IN SCHOOL BUT IN THEIR LIVES OVERALL AS WELL.

  Expenses $1,177,830 · Revenue $1,980,119

• THE JCC HEALTH, FITNESS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT SERVES APPROXIMATELY 5,000 TO 6,000 INDIVIDUALS ANNUALLY BETWEEN OUR CITY AND SUBURBAN LOCATIONS. OUR PROGRAMS FOCUS ON HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOR PARTICIPANTS OF ALL AGES AND INCLUDE A DIVERSIFIED PROGRAM OF FITNESS, SPORT AND RECREATION, AQUATICS, POST-REHABILITATION AND PROGRAMS FOR INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. THE JCC IS SEEN AS A FRONT RUNNER IN HEALTH AND WELLNESS BECAUSE OF ITS COMMITMENT TO DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE PROJECTS WHICH ADDRESS HEALTH INITIATIVES INCLUDING TYPE 2 DIABETES PROGRAMS, ARTHRITIC WATER EXERCISE CLASSES, AND BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR WORKOUT PROGRAMS. IN ADDITION WE OFFER FITNESS-FOUNDATION CLASSES FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE JUST BEGINNING THEIR FITNESS JOURNEY'S AS WELL AS AN ESCALATING SET OF ROBUST PROGRAMS TO MEET THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF AN EVER EVOLVING COMMUNITY.

  Expenses $3,409,042 · Revenue $3,392,095

• THE JCC EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM SERVES APPROXIMATELY 400-500 PARTICIPANTS AGES 6 WEEKS - 5 YEARS. OUR COMPREHENSIVE EARLY CHILDHOOD AND PRESCHOOL PROGRAM FOCUSES ON COGNITIVE, EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL SKILL BUILDING. IT INCLUDES ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES (MUSIC, SWIMMING, FITNESS AND PHYSICAL RECREATION, ART, MOVEMENT AND DANCE); A MULTI-CULTURAL CURRICULUM (CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS THROUGH MUSIC, CRAFTS, STORIES AND DRAMATIC PLAY); AND STRESSES PEER RELATIONSHIPS AND DEVELOPING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY. THE JCC PROVIDES ITS FAMILY PARTICIPANTS A SAFE, NURTURING ENVIRONMENT WITH FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING, YEAR-ROUND CARE AVAILABILITY AND OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE PARENTING SKILLS THROUGH BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT.

  Expenses $5,554,691 · Revenue $5,301,431

• OTHER VARIOUS SOCIAL, EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS PROVIDED FOR THE WESTERN NEW YORK COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THE OPERATION OF THREE FACILITIES.

  Expenses $1,427,004 · Revenue $411,730

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 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. 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

• 2025

  Revenue

  $14,214,007

  Expenses

  $12,645,731

  Contributions

  $3,112,395

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $11,945,237

  Expenses

  $12,220,957

  Contributions

  $1,639,309

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $11,081,152

  Expenses

  $12,168,576

  Contributions

  $1,202,989

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $9,991,138

  Expenses

  $10,656,727

  Contributions

  $2,754,268

  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

  $10,793,823

  Expenses

  $8,850,000

  Assets (EOY)

  $21,139,129

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,158,042

  Expenses

  $7,057,686

  Assets (EOY)

  $19,223,173

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,114,354

  Expenses

  $9,090,886

  Assets (EOY)

  $19,056,631

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,999,857

  Expenses

  $8,203,961

  Assets (EOY)

  $19,972,697

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,290,364

  Expenses

  $7,678,470

  Assets (EOY)

  $17,596,338

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,494,366

  Expenses

  $7,369,064

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,729,500

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,411,233

  Expenses

  $7,059,702

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,789,389

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,834,526

  Expenses

  $6,851,732

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,702,207

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,105,211

  Expenses

  $6,976,030

  Assets (EOY)

  $18,495,403

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $6,602,113

  Assets (EOY)

  $18,477,022

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

• FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES

  $71,708

  2022 · GENERAL PURPOSES

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC

  $64,237

  2022 · UNRESTRICTED USE; CAMPCENTERLAND; DAY CAMP PROGRAMMING; AGING WELL; FOR JEWISH REPERTORY THEATER; FOR USE OF THE FITNESS PROGRAM AT THE HOLLAND BLDG; ACADEMICALLY-ORIENTED EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION; FOR CAMP CENTERLAND PICKLEBALL COURT; IN MEMORY OF

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $56,300

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC

  $54,765

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

• FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES

  $45,090

  2023 · GENERAL PURPOSES

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC

  $38,194

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

• HAROLD GRINSPOON FOUNDATION

  $17,000

  2022 · JCAMP GRANTS

• JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA

  $13,000

  2024 · GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• HAROLD GRINSPOON FOUNDATION

  $12,500

  2023 · JCAMP GRANTS

• FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES

  $10,000

  2024 · GENERAL PURPOSES

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.

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