Funding search · EIN 160911473 · Buffalo, NY

Community Action Organization of Western New York

Name: Community Action Organization of Western New York grants, 2021–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

48
grants reported: $5.7M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $69,143
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Holy Cross Head Start1 grant · $2.0M
Seneca Babcock Early Childhood Academy3 grants · $500,833
Kidz Zone3 grants · $457,168
Puddle Jumpers3 grants · $256,651
Mary'S Little Lamb3 grants · $238,771
Kidz Zone1 grant · $215,231
Ywca of Wny3 grants · $200,914
Queen City Early Childhood Center3 grants · $189,504
Starlight Family Daycare3 grants · $168,997
Seneca Babcock Early Childhood Academy1 grant · $152,600

Giving over time

$2.7M

2021

$858,611

2022

$895,419

2023

$1.2M

2024

Grant history

All 48 reported grants, largest first.

$2.0M
Holy Cross Head Start · Buffalo, NY · 2021
Program Support
$215,231
Kidz Zone · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Program support
$205,692
Seneca Babcock Early Childhood Academy · 2022
Program Support
$158,440
Kidz Zone · Buffalo, NY · 2021
Program Support
$155,514
Seneca Babcock Early Childhood Academy · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Program Support
$152,600
Seneca Babcock Early Childhood Academy · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Program support
$152,231
Kidz Zone · 2022
Program Support
$146,497
Kidz Zone · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Program Support
$139,627
Seneca Babcock Early Childhood Academy · Buffalo, NY · 2021
Program Support
$130,476
Puddle Jumpers · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Program support
$128,119
Ywca of Wny · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Program support
$109,134
Lighthouse Center · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Program support
$102,989
Mary'S Little Lamb · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Program Support
$95,897
Queen City Early Childhood Center · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Program support
$92,612
Starlight Family Daycare · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Program support
$92,013
Mary'S Little Lamb · 2022
Program Support
$86,868
Puddle Jumpers · Buffalo, NY · 2021
Program Support
$85,455
Puddle Jumpers · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Program Support
$85,264
Ywca of Wny · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Program Support
$84,328
Puddle Jumpers · 2022
Program Support
$81,105
House of Learning · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Program support
$78,495
Queen City Early Childhood Center · Buffalo, NY · 2021
Program Support
$77,870
Family Help Center · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Program support
$70,026
Starlight Family Daycare · Buffalo, NY · 2021
Program Support
$68,260
First Friends Daycare · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Program support
$66,765
Deuxanges Center · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Program support
$66,377
Ywca of Wny · 2022
Program Support
$58,057
Queen City Early Childhood Center · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Program Support
$55,533
Lighthouse Center · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Program Support
$54,696
House of Learning · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Program Support
$53,089
Starlight Family Daycare · 2022
Program Support
$52,952
Queen City Early Childhood Center · 2022
Program Support
$51,289
Deuxanges Center · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Program Support
$49,273
Ywca of Wny · Buffalo, NY · 2021
Program Support
$49,025
Lighthouse Center · 2022
Program Support
$45,882
Starlight Family Daycare · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Program Support
$43,769
Mary'S Little Lamb · Buffalo, NY · 2021
Program Support
$36,111
Family Help Center · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Program Support
$29,545
Family Help Center · 2022
Program Support
$28,277
Family Help Center · Buffalo, NY · 2021
Program Support
$27,735
Sweet Dreams Center · 2022
Program Support
$23,734
House of Learning · Buffalo, NY · 2021
Program Support
$22,814
House of Learning · 2022
Program Support
$22,810
Deuxanges Center · 2022
Program Support
$18,132
First Friends Daycare · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Program Support
$12,142
Bower'S Buddies · Lockport, NY · 2021
Program Support
$7,436
Sweet Dreams Center · Buffalo, NY · 2021
Program Support
$7,356
Mary'S Little Lamb · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Program support

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Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund19,135 grants · $6.79B

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The Ford Foundation10,731 grants · $2.35B
Silicon Valley Community Foundation10,471 grants · $10.10B
Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral16,278 grants · $1.08B

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.