Funding search · EIN 161429495 · Buffalo, NY

Zeron Foundation

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

61
grants reported
$713,000
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Top recipients

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  • Jessica and Matthew Enstice Gift Fund of the Bank of America Charitable1 grant · $167,800
  • Roswell Park Cancer Institute2 grants · $100,000
  • Bison Children'S Scholarship Fund3 grants · $86,500
  • Niagara University2 grants · $76,000
  • Nardin Academy1 grant · $45,000
  • University of Notre Dame Law School3 grants · $32,000
  • The Ecmc Foundation2 grants · $20,000
  • Via3 grants · $20,000
  • Nichols School1 grant · $15,000
  • Grassroots Gardens3 grants · $13,500

Giving over time

$144,400
2022
$149,000
2023
$419,600
2024

Grant history

All 61 reported grants, largest first.

  • $167,800

    Jessica and Matthew Enstice Gift Fund of the Bank of America Charitable · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    General operations

  • $75,000

    Niagara University · Niagara University, NY · 2024

    General operations

  • $50,000

    Roswell Park Cancer Institute · Buffalo, NY · 2023

    Release the breakthroughs campaign

  • $50,000

    Roswell Park Cancer Institute · Buffalo, NY · 2022

    Release the breakthroughs campaign

  • $45,000

    Nardin Academy · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    General operations

  • $35,000

    Bison Children'S Scholarship Fund · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    General operations

  • $26,500

    Bison Children'S Scholarship Fund · Buffalo, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Bison Children'S Scholarship Fund · Buffalo, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $15,000

    Nichols School · Buffalo, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $12,000

    University of Notre Dame Law School · Notre Dame, IN · 2022

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Bps Foundation · Las Vegas, NV · 2024

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Hospice Foundation · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    General operations

  • $10,000

    University of Notre Dame Law School · Notre Dame, IN · 2024

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Olv Charities · Lackawanna, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $10,000

    The Ecmc Foundation · Buffalo, NY · 2023

    Trauma center and emergency department

  • $10,000

    University of Notre Dame Law School · Notre Dame, IN · 2023

    General operations

  • $10,000

    The Ecmc Foundation · Buffalo, NY · 2022

    Trauma center and emergency department

  • $8,300

    Canisius High School · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    General operations

  • $7,500

    Via · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    General operations

  • $7,500

    Via · Buffalo, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $5,000

    Friends of Buffalo Creek · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    General operations

  • $5,000

    Gliding Stars · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    General operations

  • $5,000

    Grassroots Gardens · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    General operations

  • $5,000

    Severn School · Severna Park, MD · 2024

    General operations

  • $5,000

    The Empire Center for Public Policy · Albany, NY · 2024

    General operations

  • $5,000

    The Salvation Army · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    Homeless street feeding program

  • $5,000

    Burchfield Penney Art Center · Buffalo, NY · 2023

    Studio sponser of 2023 art auction & gala

  • $5,000

    Grassroots Gardens · Buffalo, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $5,000

    Heritage Christian Services Foundation · Rochester, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $5,000

    The Empire Center for Public Policy · Albany, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $5,000

    The Salvation Army · Buffalo, NY · 2023

    Homeless street feeding program

  • $5,000

    Friends of Buffalo Creek · Buffalo, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $5,000

    Gliding Stars · Buffalo, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $5,000

    Via · Buffalo, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $3,500

    Grassroots Gardens · Buffalo, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $3,000

    Buffalo Seminary · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    General operations

  • $3,000

    Delaine Waring Ame Church · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    General operations

  • $2,500

    The Buffalo Zoo · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    General operations

  • $2,500

    Western Ny STEM & Rust Belt Robotics · Webster, NY · 2024

    General operations

  • $2,500

    Rochester Community Robotics · Webster, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $2,500

    West Point Association of Graduates · West Point, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $2,500

    Amvets · Buffalo, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $2,500

    The Salvation Army · Syracuse, NY · 2022

    Homeless street feeding program

  • $2,000

    Bishop Timon - St Jude High School · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    General operations

  • $2,000

    Trustee of University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operations

  • $2,000

    Villa Maria College · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    General operations

  • $2,000

    Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2023

    General operations

  • $2,000

    Trustee of University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operations

  • $2,000

    Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2022

    General operations

  • $1,500

    Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $1,000

    Jacobs Neurological Institute · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    Summer 2025 high school and college internships

  • $1,000

    Joseph for Dignity · Wilson, WY · 2024

    General operations

  • $1,000

    Oishei Children'S Hospital · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    General operations

  • $1,000

    United Way of Buffalo & Erie County · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    General operations

  • $1,000

    Buffalo Seminary · Buffalo, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $1,000

    Anne Frank Center USA · New York, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $1,000

    Buffalo Seminary · Buffalo, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $1,000

    Hauptman-Woodward Research Institute · Buffalo, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $1,000

    Manhattan Institute · New York, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $1,000

    Niagara University · Niagara University, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $400

    Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022

    General operations

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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.