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BUFFALO ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL

EIN 20-0723492 BUFFALO, NY

Revenue 2024
$25,984,538
Expenses 2024
$26,064,901

Program services were 91.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B29
Classification
2000
Street
24 AGASSIZ CIR

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

BUFFALO ACADEMY OF SCIENCE IS A TUITION-FREE, COLLEGE-PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL TEACHING STUDENTS IN A DIVERSE COMMUNITY TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN A GLOBALLY-ORIENTED ENVIRONMENT, USING INNOVATIVE AND DYNAMIC TEACHING METHODS WITH A SMALL STUDENT TO TEACHER RATIO.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BUFFSCI/ROCSCI WILL PROVIDE AN EXCELLENT K-12 ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE THAT ENSURES ALL STUDENTS ARE PREPARED FOR COLLEGE AND CAREERS OF THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL AS ACADEMICALLY, SOCIALLY, EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY WELL-ROUNDED AND CONTRIBUTING CITIZENS.

  • REGULAR EDUCATION: THE SCHOOL'S CURRICULUM IS FOCUSED ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH. THE SCHOOL MAINTAINS HIGH EXPECTAIONS FOR STUDENTS AND PROVIDES VARIED OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO GAIN SKILLS NECESSARY TO BE COMPETITIVE IN THE 21ST CENTURY MARKETPLACE.

    Expenses $19,153,426 · Revenue $22,640,084

  • SPECIAL EDUCATION: THE SCHOOL IS OPEN TO ALL CHILDREN AND DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE BASED ON ETHNICITY, NATIONAL ORIGIN, GENDER, DISABILITY OR ANY OTHER GROUNDS THAT WOULD BE UNLAWFUL OR DENY THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF ANY INDIVIDUAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT, THE REHABILITATION ACT SECTION 504, AND THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, THE SCHOOL PROVIDES A FREE AND APPROPRIATE EDUCATION IN THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT TO STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. THE PRIMARY SERVICE DELIVERY FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IS INCLUSION. SERVICES FOR STUDENTS REQUIRING SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY THE BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

    Expenses $605,234 · Revenue $1,651,408

  • OTHER EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.

    Expenses $4,058,652 · Revenue $27,024

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.

  • ISMET MAMNOON

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • DR DAVID BANKS

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • DR MUSTAFA GOKCEK

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • KAREN WALLACE

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • DR ONUR NACAKGEDIGI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • DR YASHODHARA SATCHIDANAND

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • DR JOSEPH B POLAT

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $232,864
    From this org
    $197,340
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,524
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $197,340
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,951
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,573
    Filer's total
    $232,864

  • GRAHAM VANDERZANDEN

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $147,592
    From this org
    $119,897
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,695
    Hours/week
    40

  • JUSTIN BRAUN

    CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $146,760
    From this org
    $128,322
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,438
    Hours/week
    40

  • GIRAY GEBES

    CHIEF DATA OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $141,932
    From this org
    $114,757
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,175
    Hours/week
    40

  • MURAT KUCUKDUGENCI

    CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $153,566
    From this org
    $125,323
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,243
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $125,323
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,670
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,573
    Filer's total
    $153,566

  • MUSTAFA ERSOY

    CHIEF TALENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $159,572
    From this org
    $130,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,322
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $130,250
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,168
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,154
    Filer's total
    $159,572

  • KELLY WILCZAK

    PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $145,693
    From this org
    $132,316
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,377
    Hours/week
    40

  • ASHLEY PIAZZA

    PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $155,553
    From this org
    $127,459
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,094
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $127,459
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,886
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,208
    Filer's total
    $155,553

  • BRIANNA LANOYE

    PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $121,065
    From this org
    $100,025
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,040
    Hours/week
    40

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
    $25,984,538
    Expenses
    $26,064,901
    Contributions
    $1,504,373
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $23,160,471
    Expenses
    $22,519,423
    Contributions
    $2,379,400
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $22,547,576
    Expenses
    $21,909,641
    Contributions
    $4,400,862
    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
    $20,106,764
    Expenses
    $18,341,407
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,341,064

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,083,818
    Expenses
    $13,964,143
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,999,320

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,383,880
    Expenses
    $11,252,418
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,931,787

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,221,881
    Expenses
    $9,750,906
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,215,600

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,784,065
    Expenses
    $8,106,602
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,748,109

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,528,180
    Expenses
    $5,744,374
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,736,705

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,921,247
    Expenses
    $4,992,640
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,462,021

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,283,528
    Expenses
    $5,082,216
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,608,885

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,191,231
    Expenses
    $5,270,368
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,378,830

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $5,031,513
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,438,531

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

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

Declared as related by

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.