Buffalo Niagara Partnership Foundation
The Buffalo Niagara Partnership Foundation is a vehicle for the initiations and promotion of key economic development projects in the buffalo area.
Buffalo Niagara Partnership Foundation at a glance
In short: Buffalo Niagara Partnership Foundation gave $144K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $144K), mostly in New York. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $144,419
- -62.9% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $144,419
- -62.9% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $144,419
- Total assets
- $606,828
- -34.0% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- New York (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Buffalo Niagara Partnership Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Buffalo Niagara Partnership Inc ($144K).
Grant Size Distribution
5 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 2 grants of 5 (40%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
How Buffalo Niagara Partnership Foundation gives
- Giving fell 74% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $128K (2020) to $548K (2022). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $144K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Niagara Partnership Inc Buffalo, NY | Program Support | $144,419 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $606,828 | $192,202 | $147,228 | $144,419 | 1 | $29,919 |
| 2024 | $919,749 | $205,482 | $390,152 | $389,072 | 1 | $43,023 |
| 2023 | $1,024,846 | $164,047 | $461,675 | $461,550 | 1 | $413 |
| 2022 | $1,418,019 | $250,592 | $549,086 | $548,062 | 1 | $643 |
| 2021 | $1,282,816 | $858,162 | $268,682 | $216,889 | 1 | $1,862 |
| 2020 | $709,840 | $588,992 | $130,267 | $127,995 | 1 | $3,597 |
| 2019 | $234,758 | $36,019 | $15,250 | — | — | — |
About Buffalo Niagara Partnership Foundation
Based on IRS filings
Buffalo Niagara Partnership Foundation is a public charity, based in Buffalo, NY. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $607K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $144K. Net investment income was $30K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Buffalo Niagara Partnership Foundation is led by Dottie Gallagher, Chief Executive Officer since 2025 (on filings since 2019); none of the 21 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Dottie Gallagher
Chief Executive Officer
President & CEO → Chief Executive Officer, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Thomas Emmerling
Chair
Treasurer → Chair, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Arthur Wingerter
Director
Chair → Director, 2021
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Benjamin Obletz
Director
Secretary → Director, 2022
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Murray
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Douglas Bean
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Paul Vukelic
Director
Vice Chair → Chair, 2021
Chair → Director, 2023
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
James Maher Cm
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kenneth Kujawa
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Louis Panzica
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Stephen Zenger
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Thomas Kucharski
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael Cropp MD
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael McMahon
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Eric Feldstein
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jessica Cox
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Donna Decarolis
Vice Chair
Director → Vice Chair, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Anita Genovese
CFO -
CFO → CFO -, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jonathan Dandes
Vice Chair & Secretary
Director → Vice Chair, 2021
Vice Chair → Vice Chair & Secretary, 2022
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Gregory Duval
Vice Chair
Director → Vice Chair, 2024
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kimberley Minkel
Treasurer
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (16)
- Former: John Scannell (2019–2024) — Chair
- Former: Tom Wiley (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Michael Edbauer (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Darren King (2024) — Director
- Former: Anthony Spada Jr. (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Richard Gold (2020–2023) — Vice Chair
- Former: Ben Obletz (2023) — Director
- Former: Rhonda Frederick (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Dorothy Gallagher (2022) — President & CEO
- Former: Susan O'Sullivan (2022) — Director
- Former: David Anderson (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Gary Quenneville (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Robert Gioia (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Kevin Murphy (2020) — Director
- Former: Tim Loftis Esq. (2020) — Director
- Former: Warren Colville (2020) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Buffalo Niagara Partnership Foundation
How much does Buffalo Niagara Partnership Foundation give each year?
Buffalo Niagara Partnership Foundation gave $144K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $389K across 1 grant.
How large is Buffalo Niagara Partnership Foundation?
Buffalo Niagara Partnership Foundation reported $607K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $192K.
Where does Buffalo Niagara Partnership Foundation operate?
Buffalo Niagara Partnership Foundation has awarded grants in New York.
What is Buffalo Niagara Partnership Foundation's EIN?
Buffalo Niagara Partnership Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 16-0761958. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-EZ for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 4, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 30, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 11, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS March 24, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 9, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 29, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS March 20, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025
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