Funding search · EIN 112867625 · Buffalo, NY

Zemsky Family Foundation

Name: Zemsky Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

100
grants reported: $2.2M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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.

Buffalo Jewish Federation3 grants · $258,000
Kaleida Health Foundation1 grant · $240,000
Albright-Knox Art Gallery2 grants · $169,500
American Friends of Magen David Adom1 grant · $115,000
Temple Beth Zion3 grants · $104,000
Buffalo & Erie Co Naval & Military Park1 grant · $100,000
Buffalo State College Foundation1 grant · $100,000
Frank Lloyed Wright'S Martin House2 grants · $80,000
Valley Community Association3 grants · $75,000
Ymca Buffalo Niagara3 grants · $75,000

Giving over time

$742,250

2022

$637,800

2023

$861,384

2024

Grant history

All 100 reported grants, largest first.

$240,000
Kaleida Health Foundation · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$164,500
Albright-Knox Art Gallery · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$141,000
Buffalo Jewish Federation · Getzville, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$115,000
American Friends of Magen David Adom · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$101,000
Temple Beth Zion · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$100,000
Buffalo State College Foundation · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$100,000
Buffalo & Erie Co Naval & Military Park · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$81,000
Buffalo Jewish Federation · Getzville, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$62,500
Friends of Givat Haviva · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$60,000
American Friends of Soroka Medical Center · Scarsdale, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$50,000
Restoration Society · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$50,000
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$50,000
Roswell Park Alliance Foundation · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$43,334
Elmwood Franklin School · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$40,000
Frank Lloyd Wright'S Martin House · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$40,000
Broadway-Fillmore Neighborhood Housing Services · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$40,000
Frank Lloyed Wright'S Martin House · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$40,000
Frank Lloyed Wright'S Martin House · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$36,000
Buffalo Jewish Federation · Getzville, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$30,000
Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust · Boyertown, PA · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Harvest House Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Northland Workforce Training Center · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Valley Community Association · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Ymca Buffalo Niagara · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Campaign for Buffalo History Arch & Culture · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Harvest House · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Israel Friendsworldwide Found Friends · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Northland Workforce Center · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Valley Community Association · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Ymca Buffalo Niagara · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Broadway-Fillmore Neighborhood Housing Services · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
Campaign for Buffalo History Arch & Culture · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
Harvest House · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
Northland Workforce Center · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
Valley Community Association · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
Ymca Buffalo Niagara · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$23,000
Delaine Waring Ame Church · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Jewish Discovery Center · Williamsville, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Jewish Discovery Center · Williamsville, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Jewish Discovery Center · Williamsville, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$12,500
United Way of Buffalo & Erie County · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$12,500
United Way of Buffalo & Erie County · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Delaine Waring Ame Church · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Buffalo Urban League 514 Memorial Fund · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Junior League of Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Smithsonian Institution · Nw, WA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Buffalo Urban League · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Friends for a Better Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Albright-Knox Art Gallery · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Back To Basics Outreach Ministries · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Net Positive Inc Dba the Foundry · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Peaceprints of Wny · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$3,000
Explore Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$3,000
International Institute of Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Carnegie Art Center · North Tonawanda, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Explore Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Preservation Buffalo Niagara · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
True Bethel Baptist Church Charities · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Buffalo String Works · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
Explore Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,000
Canopy of Neighbors · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,000
Nichols School · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,000
Temple Beth Zion · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,500
Nichols School · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Burchfield-Penney Art Center · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Feedmore Wny · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Hospice Foundation · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
International Institute of Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Re-Treebuffalo Green Fund · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Buffalo Evening News Charity Fund · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Chautauqua Institution · Chautauqua, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Elmwood Franklin School · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Hospice Foundation · Cheektowaga, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Wny Minority Media Professionals · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Buffalo Evening News Charity Fund · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Burchfield-Penny Art Center · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Elmwood Franklin School · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Hospice Foundation · Cheektowaga, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Net Positive Inc Dba the Foundry · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Nichols School · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Temple Beth Zion · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$750
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$750
St Vincent De Paul · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
American Heart Association · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
Peaceprints of Wny · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
The 11 Day Power Play · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
The Salvation Army · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
Wny Law Enforcement Helpline · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
Alzheimer'S Assocation · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
The Salvation Army · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
Buffalo Toronto Public Media · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Gobike Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
The Saint Jude Center · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
The Salvation Army · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$300
Wny Land Conservancy · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$300
Wny Land Conservancy · East Aurora, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$250
St Stephens Education Foundation · Grand Island, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$250
Wny Land Conservancy · East Aurora, NY · 2022
Unrestricted

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.