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Private foundation (trust)EIN 161549641Est. 1998-06

FIRST NIAGARA FOUNDATION

BUFFALO, NY 14210

Total Assets

$1.0M

FY 2022

Annual Giving

$7.4M

FY 2022

Grants Made

81

FY 2022

Avg Grant

$91K

FY 2022

Grant Range

$26–$1.5M

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2022 filing

Total Revenue

$24K

Total Expenses

$5.2M

Qualifying Distributions

$7.5M

Distributable Amount

$146K

Min. Investment Return

$146K

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

81 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $26 through median $25K to maximum $1.5M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

3 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2022. Peak $11.3M in 2020. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

378 grants

THE WOMEN AND CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO FOUNDATION
$1.5M
2 grants
WESTMINSTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE INC
$1.5M
2 grants
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO
$1.2M
8 grants
BUFFALO PREP INC
$860K
4 grants
BUFFALO CENTER FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY
$800K
2 grants
THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP
$750K
3 grants
D'YOUVILLE COLLEGE
$750K
1 grant
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
$625K
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

377 grants

<$10K
95
grants
$10–50K
204
grants
$50–250K
62
grants
$250K–1M
14
grants
$1–5M
2
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

5 states

New York
$24.5M
95% of total
Pennsylvania
$470K
2% of total
Massachusetts
$340K
1% of total
Connecticut
$310K
1% of total
Mississippi
$150K
1% of total

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