Buffalo Teachers Federation Inc
The purpose of the buffalo teacher federation is to promote and foster loyalty to the highest ideals in education and to aid in bringing about the realization of these ideals. The federation's objective is to maintain the teaching profession by upholding a high standard of qualifications for entrance into the profession; and to improve the material welfare and to raise the professional efficiency of the teachers, and thus to promote the welfare of the public schools; and to awaken in the public mind a sense of significance of the teaching profession.
Buffalo Teachers Federation Inc at a glance
- Total assets
- $8,280,552
- +14.6% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $4,918,268
- +7.6% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $853,400
- +17.5% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $3,735,919
- +6.6% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Buffalo Teachers Federation Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
1 grant across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $50–100K range: 1 grant of 1 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2022 to 2023, annual grant giving ranged from $40K (2023) to $50K (2022). In 2023 it reported $40K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| National Compassion Fund Alexandria, VA | Buffalo 5-14 Survivors Fund | $50,000 |
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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 | $8,280,552 | $4,918,268 | $3,735,919 | — | — | $853,400 |
| 2024 | $7,223,864 | $4,571,056 | $3,504,967 | — | — | $726,322 |
| 2023 | $5,975,403 | $4,175,126 | $3,621,261 | $39,995 | Total only | $585,133 |
| 2022 | $5,511,563 | $3,417,196 | $3,752,042 | $50,000 | 1 | $-137,934 |
| 2021 | $5,936,673 | $3,712,581 | $3,652,877 | — | — | $130,486 |
| 2020 | $5,185,662 | $3,792,108 | $3,725,794 | — | — | $150,518 |
| 2019 | $4,435,793 | $3,806,549 | $3,637,460 | — | — | $166,060 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Buffalo Teachers Federation Inc
Based on IRS filings
Buffalo Teachers Federation Inc is a public charity, based in Buffalo, NY. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $8.3M in total assets. Net investment income was $853K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Buffalo Teachers Federation Inc is led by Rich Nigro, President on every filing since 2023; 25 of 28 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Rich Nigro
President
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$377 (2023) → $0 (2025)
Dennis Brancato
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
$349 (2019) → $926 (2025)
Eve Shippens
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
$349 (2019) → $728 (2025)
Gregory Sawicki
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
$349 (2019) → $405 (2025)
Janine Schuster
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
$349 (2019) → $405 (2025)
M. Sue Raichilson
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
$349 (2019) → $728 (2025)
Nicole Herkey
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
$349 (2019) → $0 (2025)
Rachel Lis
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
$349 (2019) → $728 (2025)
Amy Flynn
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
$349 (2020) → $139 (2025)
April Hall
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
$349 (2020) → $405 (2025)
Ellen Malone
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
$349 (2020) → $205 (2025)
Thomas Anthony
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
$349 (2020) → $405 (2025)
Brian Meyer
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
$377 (2023) → $405 (2025)
Desiree Breckenridge-Barnes
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
$377 (2023) → $728 (2025)
Mike Jeffers
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
$385 (2024) → $405 (2025)
Chris Stephens
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
$134 (2024) → $405 (2025)
David Stephens
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
$134 (2024) → $405 (2025)
Karen Kane
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
$133 (2024) → $405 (2025)
Kim Parzymieso
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
$133 (2024) → $405 (2025)
Melinda Cuviello
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
$133 (2024) → $405 (2025)
Melissa Mel Holden
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
$133 (2024) → $405 (2025)
Richard Pyszczek Jr.
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
$377 (2023) → $405 (2025)
Tara Rosa
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
$145 (2024) → $405 (2025)
Sam Fritz
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
$134 (2024) → $405 (2025)
Joseph Montante
Treasurer
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$100K (2019) → $119K (2025)
Mark Mecca
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
$349 (2019) → $5K (2025)
Melinda Macpherson-Sullivan
Vice President
Vice President → Vice President & Secretary, 2024
Vice President & Secretary → Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$4K (2019) → $40K (2025)
Philip Rumore
President Emeritus
President → Former Officer, 2024
Former Officer → President Emeritus, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
$99K (2019) → $0 (2025)
Former officers (25)
- Former: Christine Salamone (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Melissa Kenney (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Michael Mecca (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Rebecca Pordum (2019–2024) — Former Officer
- Former: Sean Crowley (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Anthony Thomas (2024) — Director
- Former: Kimberly Gabel (2024) — Director
- Former: Sophia Johnson (2024) — Director
- Former: Mark Jeffers (2023) — Director
- Former: Philip Rumore Former (2023) — President
- Former: Rebecca Pordum Former (2023) — Vice President
- Former: Lynn Garcia (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Ruyvette Townsend (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Sophia Howard-Johnson (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Susan Baker (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Trisha Rosokoff (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Richard Nigro (2022) — Director
- Former: Elizabeth Spiro-Carman (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Marc Bruno (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Pat Foster (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Thomas Pisa (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Catherine Lipsitz (2019) — Director
- Former: Christopher Stephens (2019) — Director
- Former: Isabella Keegan (2019) — Director
- Former: Thomas Gattie (2019) — 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.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $119K, to Joseph Montante (Treasurer). 25 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Buffalo Teachers Federation Inc
How large is Buffalo Teachers Federation Inc?
Buffalo Teachers Federation Inc reported $8.3M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $4.9M.
Where does Buffalo Teachers Federation Inc operate?
Buffalo Teachers Federation Inc has awarded grants in Virginia.
What is Buffalo Teachers Federation Inc's EIN?
Buffalo Teachers Federation Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 16-0767220. 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
(4)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS July 14, 2023)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS April 27, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS June 25, 2024)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 15, 2026)
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