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JUST BUFFALO LITERARY CENTER INC

EIN 22-2995665 BUFFALO, NY

Revenue 2022
$1,042,412
Expenses 2022
$1,158,520

Program services were 81.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A76Z
Classification
1000
Street
468 WASHINGTON STREET

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 · 2022

Mission

CREATING AND STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE LITERARY ARTS.

  • JUST BUFFALO LITERARY CENTER'S PROGRAMMING PROVIDES MULTIPLE POINTS OF ENTRY FOR ENGAGING WITH THE LITERARY ARTS. THIS PROGRAM PRESENTS WRITERS FROM ACROSS THE REGION, THE COUNTRY, AND THE WORLD THROUGH READINGS, LECTURES, AND WRITING WORKSHOPS, WHILE ALSO SUPPORTING THE EFFORTS OF LOCAL WRITERS TO BRING THEIR WORK TO A LIVE AUDIENCE THROUGH FEATURED READING EVENTS. PROGRAMS INCLUDE BABEL, WRITING CENTER, SILO CITY READING SERIES, LIT CITY PUBLIC ART, ADULT WORKSHOPS, THE CIVIL WRITES PROJECT, AN ACCESSIBLE AND INFORMATION RICH WEBSITE, AND LITERARY BUFFALO WHICH SERVES AS A MARKETING AND OUTREACH PLATFORM AND CENTRAL HUB FOR LITERARY ACTIVITY IN THE REGION.

    Expenses $633,611 · Grants $95,000 · Revenue $250,527

  • THE JUST BUFFALO WRITING CENTER PROVIDES FREE YEAR-ROUND AFTER SCHOOL WRITING WORKSHOPS, MENTORING, MEET-THE-AUTHOR, PERFORMANCE, PUBLICATION, AND FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES TO STUDENTS 12-18 YEARS OLD. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, JUST BUFFALO ENGAGES STUDENTS IN DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR WRITING AND CREATIVITY, AND IS FOSTERING THE NEXT GENERATION OF LITERARY VOICES. THE WRITING CENTER HAS BECOME THE NUCLEUS OF ALL OF JUST BUFFALO'S EDUCATION PROGRAMMING WHICH OVER THE PAST 45 PLUS YEARS HAS SUCCESSFULLY CONNECTED TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND PARENTS TO SUPPORT CREATIVE GROWTH, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, AND ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT IN THE LITERARY ARTS FOR LEARNERS OF ALL AGES.

    Expenses $306,991 · Revenue $2,395

As filed on the 2022 return.

Officers and directors · 2022

As listed in Part VII of the 2022 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • JAMES BACHWITZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • MELISSA BAUMGART

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • MARY FARALLO MBA CHHR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • KANIKA DURLAND

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • COLLIN GEHL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • GERI GROSSMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • ELIZABETH PASCAL JD

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • PAUL BATTAGLIA JD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PAULINE MUTO JD

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • THOMAS HEWNER JD

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • SANDRA BLOCK MD

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • STEVE PERAZA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

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

  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,042,412
    Expenses
    $1,158,520
    Contributions
    $767,253
    Grants paid
    $95,000

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
    $1,014,497
    Expenses
    $1,022,972
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,228,865

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $967,174
    Expenses
    $755,750
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,366,195

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $952,250
    Expenses
    $814,130
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,133,137

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $813,096
    Expenses
    $772,149
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,036,501

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $911,741
    Expenses
    $950,547
    Assets (EOY)
    $753,402

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $840,447
    Expenses
    $778,960
    Assets (EOY)
    $712,742

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $702,210
    Expenses
    $720,837
    Assets (EOY)
    $659,816

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $948,137
    Expenses
    $696,808
    Assets (EOY)
    $651,896

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $630,019
    Expenses
    $611,767
    Assets (EOY)
    $356,172

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $566,082
    Assets (EOY)
    $328,421

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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 13 October 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 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2022, the newest we have parsed for this organization.