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LEGAL AID BUREAU OF BUFFALO INC

EIN 16-0743069 BUFFALO, NY

Revenue 2025
$22,447,583
Expenses 2025
$22,337,336

Program services were 89.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
I80Z
Classification
1000
Street
290 MAIN ST STE 400

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).

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.

  • LISA M PATTERSON ESQ

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • CRAIG R BUCKI ESQ

    FIRST VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TIMOTHY P MURPHY ESQ

    SECOND VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOHN T KOLAGA ESQ

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRYAN DONOHUE

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JESUTOWO KOLA ADENIJI ESQ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • REV MARK BLUE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MEGHAN A CORCORAN ESQ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • THOMAS DIINA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RYON FLEMING ESQ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRADLEY A HOPPE ESQ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMILA A LEE ESQ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FARINA BARTH ESQ

    BOARD MEMBER STARTED 6/18

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHERENE BENNETT

    BOARD MEMBER STARTED 6/18

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHARLES J ENGLERT ESQ

    BOARD MEMBER STARTED 6/18

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATHLEEN KUGLER ESQ

    BOARD MEMBER STARTED 6/18

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JILL ROBINS

    BOARD MEMBER STARTED 6/18

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERIN WHITCOMB ESQ

    BOARD MEMBER STARTED 6/18

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • THOMAS HARE ESQ

    BOARD MEMBER UNTIL 6/17

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENNIFER REALE ESQ

    BOARD MEMBER (LABB)

    Total calculated
    $114,283
    From this org
    $91,318
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,965
    Hours/week
    40

  • LUIS OLVERA RAMIREZ

    BOARD MEMBER (LABB) STARTED 8/28

    Total calculated
    $66,832
    From this org
    $60,366
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,466
    Hours/week
    40

  • MICHAEL AINA

    BOARD MEMBER (LABB) UNTIL 8/28

    Total calculated
    $81,422
    From this org
    $61,709
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,713
    Hours/week
    40

  • DAVID C SCHOPP ESQ

    BOARD MEMBER (LABB CEO)

    Total calculated
    $270,556
    From this org
    $228,472
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,084
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $228,472
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,690
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,394
    Filer's total
    $270,556

  • REBECCA THAYER

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $198,576
    From this org
    $186,967
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,609
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,967
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,579
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30
    Filer's total
    $198,576

  • ERIN TRESMOND

    CHIEF ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $191,561
    From this org
    $153,086
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,475
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,086
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,303
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,172
    Filer's total
    $191,561

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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $22,447,583
    Expenses
    $22,337,336
    Contributions
    $22,383,206
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $20,751,603
    Expenses
    $20,673,494
    Contributions
    $20,746,915
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $15,801,518
    Expenses
    $15,717,145
    Contributions
    $15,697,490
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $13,369,883
    Expenses
    $13,206,934
    Contributions
    $13,293,361
    Grants paid
    $24,819

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.

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 10 September 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 IRS Business Master File ingested 5 October 2026, which is when the registration facts above were last refreshed for every organization. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.