THE COMMUNITY ACTION ORGANIZATION OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC

As filed

Subsection

03

Classification

1000

Street

45 JEWETT AVE STE 150

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

• CAO HEAD START (HS) AND EARLY HEAD START (EHS) CONTRIBUTES TO THE WELL-BEING AND SUCCESS OF 831 HS AND 205 EHS IN ERIE COUNTY, 200 HS SLOTS FOR NIAGARA COUNTY, AND THE PROGRAM WORKS COLLABORATIVELY WITH TEN (12) DAYCARE PROVIDERS SUPPORTING ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY (225) INFANTS/TODDLERS, WE ARE WORKING ON COLLABORATING WITH OTHER DAY CARE PROVIDERS AS WELL FOR THE UPCOMING YEARS. 12% OF THE HS/EHS OPENINGS ARE RESERVED FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES. CAO ALSO PARTNERS WITH EARLY HEAD START CHILDCARE PARTNERSHIPS TO SERVICE APPROXIMATELY 160 PRESCHOOLERS AT 7 LOCATIONS. WE HAVE OVER 29 EDUCATION AGREEMENTS AND OVER 95 COLLABORATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS. OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE EXEMPLARY COMPREHENSIVE EARLY CHILDHOOD SERVICES TO OUR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN COOPERATIVE, COLLABORATIVE, AND NURTURING ENVIRONMENTS.

  Expenses $23,266,312 · Grants $1,225,425 · Revenue $410,991

• THE CAO DRUG ABUSE, RESEARCH AND TREATMENT PROGRAM (DART) CURRENTLY SERVES APPROXIMATELY 450 CONSUMERS IN OUR OUTPATIENT OPIATE TREATMENT PROGRAM. THE CLIENTS ATTEND OUR CLINIC DAILY AT WHICH TIME THEY RECEIVE MEDICATION, METHADONE THAT ASSISTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THEIR RECOVERY FROM OPIATE DEPENDENCE. CLIENTS ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO ATTEND WEEKLY INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS WITH THEIR ASSIGNED COUNSELOR AS WELL AS GROUP THERAPY, WHOSE GOALS ARE TO IDENTIFY THE ANTECEDENTS TO ADDICTION AND DEVELOP AND MONITOR THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THEIR RECOVERY PLANS. DURING THIS PERIOD THE DART PROGRAM CONDUCTED 138,050 DISPENSING AND APPROXIMATELY 32,630 CLINICAL EPISODES OF CARE.

  Expenses $3,986,972

• COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT - THE CAO IS A COMMUNITY BASED, CITIZEN DRIVEN ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES ESSENTIAL HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING PROGRAMS TO LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS ACROSS ERIE COUNTY, NY WITH EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN SITE MANAGEMENT, CRISIS AND EMERGENCY SERVICES, YOUTH AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, FOOD PANTRY DISTRIBUTIONS, EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING, REPORTING TO FUNDING SOURCES AND CREATING AND MAINTAINING VITAL PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. ON AVERAGE WE SERVE OVER 38,000 INDIVIDUALS AND OVER 38,000 FAMILIES AT OVER 8 SITES ANNUALLY.

  Expenses $2,996,257 · Grants $71,231 · Revenue $3,743,567

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.

The first 25 listed. 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

  $35,875,314

  Expenses

  $36,495,316

  Contributions

  $31,583,334

  Grants paid

  $1,296,656

• 2023

  Revenue

  $36,035,037

  Expenses

  $37,163,635

  Contributions

  $31,809,045

  Grants paid

  $1,159,784

• 2022

  Revenue

  $36,768,953

  Expenses

  $36,298,047

  Contributions

  $32,358,136

  Grants paid

  $1,805,230

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

  $31,001,421

  Expenses

  $30,395,124

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,956,609

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $38,024,703

  Expenses

  $36,251,751

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,273,999

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $41,479,861

  Expenses

  $42,582,513

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,808,075

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $30,907,172

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,848,761

• 2009 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $28,019,928

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,776,513

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

• KIDZ ZONE

  $215,231

  2024 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• Seneca Babcock Early Childhood Academy

  $205,692

  2022 · Program Support

• Seneca Babcock Early Childhood Academy

  $155,514

  2023 · Program Support

• SENECA BABCOCK EARLY CHILDHOOD ACADEMY

  $152,600

  2024 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• Kidz Zone

  $152,231

  2022 · Program Support

• Kidz Zone

  $146,497

  2023 · Program Support

• PUDDLE JUMPERS

  $130,476

  2024 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• YWCA OF WNY

  $128,119

  2024 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• LIGHTHOUSE CENTER INC

  $109,134

  2024 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• Mary's Little Lamb

  $102,989

  2023 · Program Support

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• FEEDMORE WESTERN NEW YORK INC

  $37,761

  2024 · Program Expenses

• FEEDMORE WESTERN NEW YORK INC

  $30,831

  2022 · PROGRAM EXPENSES

• FEEDMORE WESTERN NEW YORK INC

  $27,224

  2023 · Program Expenses

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC

  $20,590

  2022 · UNRESTRICTED USE; HEAD START

• EDUCATION TRUST INC

  $12,500

  2022 · SUPPORT

• EDUCATION TRUST INC

  $12,500

  2023 · Support

• PEOPLE UNITED FOR SUSTAINABLE HOUSING INCORPORATED

  $10,000

  2022 · COMMUNITY HEALTH SMALL GRANTS PARTNER ORGANIZATION

• FEEDMORE WESTERN NEW YORK INC

  $2,287

  2025 · Program Expenses

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.

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