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WNY WOMENS FOUNDATION

EIN 27-4154672 BUFFALO, NY

Revenue 2025
$756,360
Expenses 2025
$772,286

Program services were 59.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P20
Classification
1000
Street
741 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 · 2025

Mission

WNY WOMEN'S FOUNDATION (WNYWF) TRANSFORMS SYSTEMS, CULTURE, AND POLICY TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EACH WOMAN TO THRIVE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SUPPORT WOMEN IN WNY THROUGH ADVOCACY, LEADERSHIP AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT.

  • WNYWF'S MPOWER: FROM EDUCATION TO EMPLOYMENT (FORMERLY MOMS: FROM EDUCATION TO EMPLOYMENT) EVOLVED IN 2020 FROM A COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION PROGRAM TO INCLUDE SHORT-TERM, HIGH-SUPPORT WORKFORCE CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS. CURRENT EFFORTS FOCUS ON HEALTHCARE SUPPORT TRAINING THROUGH THE WOMEN'S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT PATHWAY (WEMP), A PERSON-CENTERED, TRAUMA-INFORMED, AND DATA-DRIVEN COLLABORATIVE INITIATIVE EMPOWERING WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES TOWARD ECONOMIC SUCCESS. MPOWER PRIMARILY SERVES THE CITY OF BUFFALO, WHERE 50.2% OF FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN LIVING IN POVERTY ARE HEADED BY WOMEN, FAR EXCEEDING NATIONAL AVERAGES. SINCE 2014, MPOWER HAS SUPPORTED APPROXIMATELY 2,800 WOMEN (AND SINGLE FATHERS) PURSUING EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE TRAINING, CREATING PATHWAYS TO ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND EMPOWERMENT.

    Expenses $406,506 · Grants $26,787

  • SEE SCHEDULE O:ALL IN COLLABORATES WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO INVEST IN PURPOSEFUL EFFORTS TO EMPOWER WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE AND ILLUMINATE PATHWAYS TO BUILD STRONGER LEADERS, SUPPORTS EQUITY & CULTURE FOR WOMEN TO LEAD LEADING TO BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH. A DATA-DRIVEN, INTERSECTIONAL INITIATIVE, ALL IN ADVANCES GENDER EQUITY IN WESTERN NEW YORK THROUGH FOUR PATHWAYS: EMPLOYER PATHWAY, WHICH ENGAGES EMPLOYERS TO MOVE WOMEN AND GENDER MINORITIES INTO LEADERSHIP AND FOSTER INCLUSIVE COMPANY CULTURES; ASPIRING LEADER PATHWAY (READY, SET, LEAD!), WHICH CULTIVATES ASPIRING LEADERS THROUGH MENTORSHIP, EDUCATION, AND NETWORKING IN A BROAD CROSS-SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY; ENTREPRENEUR PATHWAY, WHICH ELEVATES WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES THROUGH PROMOTION, ENDORSEMENT, PARTNERSHIP, AND COLLABORATION; SHE-SUITE (LAUNCHED IN 2024), WHICH SUPPORTS WOMEN CEOS AND SENIOR WOMEN LEADERS TO CONNECT, GROW, AND LEAD BOLDLY AND LEADERSHIP ALLIES ENGAGING ALL GENDERS TO SUPPORT WORKPLACE SUCCESS.

    Expenses $49,959

  • SEE SCHEDULE O:WNYWF AMPLIFIES WOMEN'S VOICES TO ADVANCE GENDER EQUITY THROUGH DATA-DRIVEN SOLUTIONS. IN 2024, WE RELEASED SEVEN WHITE PAPERS TO INFORM THE COMMUNITY AND GUIDE DECISION-MAKERS. AS A TRUSTED, CREDIBLE SOURCE OF DATA, WE CENTER WOMEN'S VOICES THROUGH AN INTERSECTIONAL GENDER LENS AND, THROUGH DEEP COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, RAISE AWARENESS OF COMMUNITY NEEDS WITH DATA THAT TELLS A STORY AND ELEVATES WOMEN'S EXPERIENCES. WNYWF IS THE GO-TO SOURCE FOR DATA AND INFORMATION ON ISSUES IMPACTING OUR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING GENDER EQUITY, ECONOMIC MOBILITY, AND CHILD CARE AS AN ESSENTIAL WORKFORCE SUPPORT. OUR RESEARCH INFORMS POLICYMAKERS AT THE LOCAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL LEVELS, AND OUR MEDIA PRESENCE HELPS SHIFT PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING AND DRIVE SOLUTIONS TO CHALLENGES THAT DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT WOMEN AND THUS OUR COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $2,748

  • WNYWF EDUCATES AND ENGAGES DECISION-MAKERS TO ADVANCE POLICIES AND FUNDING THAT ACCELERATE THE PACE OF CHANGE FOR ISSUES IMPACTING WOMEN AND THUS OUR COMMUNITIES. AS A RESPECTED, TRUSTED, AND NONPARTISAN ORGANIZATION WITH A PROVEN RECORD OF COLLABORATION, WE CONNECT FUNDERS WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO MEET THE EVOLVING NEEDS OF OUR MOST MARGINALIZED AND DRIVE SYSTEMIC CHANGE. OUR LEADERSHIP HAS HELPED SECURE A RECORD, TRANSFORMATIONAL STATE INVESTMENT IN THE CHILD CARE WORKFORCE AND BUSINESSES, AND EXPAND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR PARENTS. WNYWF'S EXPERTISE IS FREQUENTLY SOUGHT BY STAKEHOLDERS, POLICYMAKERS, AND COALITIONS FOR REPORTS, HEARINGS, ADVOCACY EFFORTS, TASK FORCES, AND POLICY GUIDANCE.

    Expenses $408

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.

  • HON LENORA FOOTE-BEAVERS ESQ

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ANNE E JOYNT ESQ

    CHAIR ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • NATALIE FISCHER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • CATHERINE EARLE

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • PATRICIA FARRELL

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • SIOBHAN SMITH

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • JESSICA BAKER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JAMIE BATT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • STACY LEWIS BEAUFORD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DR ALLISON BRASHEAR MD MBA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JODY BRIANDI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • EMILY BURNS PERRYMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NANCY COX

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BREAUNA CRUMPLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • CANDACE DARBY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NICKOLE GARRISON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • CAROLYN HUMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ARLENE KAUKUS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • STACY KNAPPER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ALANNA POKORSKI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MARTA ROGERS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CARMEN SNELL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOLEIGH WYLUCKI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CYNTHIA BASS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PETRINA HILL-CHEATOM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $756,360
    Expenses
    $772,286
    Contributions
    $720,863
    Grants paid
    $26,787
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,326,560
    Expenses
    $705,831
    Contributions
    $1,356,752
    Grants paid
    $46,182
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,326,560
    Expenses
    $705,831
    Contributions
    $1,356,752
    Grants paid
    $46,182
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $699,491
    Expenses
    $674,537
    Contributions
    $750,691
    Grants paid
    $39,635
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $664,877
    Expenses
    $573,616
    Contributions
    $656,895
    Grants paid
    $63,045

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
    $871,328
    Expenses
    $507,684
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,741,247

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $608,606
    Expenses
    $709,297
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,055,384

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $755,667
    Expenses
    $563,758
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,966,384

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $464,368
    Expenses
    $564,940
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,471,032

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $633,724
    Expenses
    $463,078
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,673,698

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $632,761
    Expenses
    $399,387
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,294,931

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $607,600
    Expenses
    $451,046
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,968,002

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $630,887
    Expenses
    $453,766
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,848,671

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $634,510
    Expenses
    $526,121
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,687,140

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $536,652
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,551,644

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2011

Tax period
1 January 2011 to 31 December 2011
Principal officer
ALICE JACOBS
Mailing address
742 DELAWARE AVEBUFFALO NY 14209
Website
WWW.WNYWOMENSFOUNDATION.ORG

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 19 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

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 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.