Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo Inc

Analysis

Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Williamsville, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1951, 75 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo Inc reported income of $1.1m and spending of $1.2m, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from October 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $4.0m to $1.1m (-73%), an average of -23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2021, when income rose by 516%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo Inc sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Girard Free Library ($1.1m), St Andrews Charitable Foundation ($1.1m) and United Way of South Central Nebraska Inc ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 53% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $36k (2.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $186k. At year end it held assets of $31.9m against liabilities of $3.1m, net assets of $28.8m. It reported 33 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.