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UBF Corporation

Public charity · Grantmaker Buffalo, NY EIN: 51-0164454 Website

To hold title to, acquire, sell, lease, and improve and develop land, buildings, and other real property improvements for the benefit of university at buffalo and university at buffalo foundation, inc.

UBF Corporation at a glance

Total assets
$4,538,646
+2.5% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$680,615
+47.1% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$644,213
+39.2% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who UBF Corporation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

4 grants across all recorded years

1<$50K$50–100K2$100–250K1$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 2 grants of 4 (50%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

Buffalo

How UBF Corporation gives

  • Giving grew 721% from 2021 to 2024. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$100K$200K$300K$400K1 grant2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 0 grants2025

From 2019 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $41K (2021) to $335K (2024). In 2024 it made 1 grant totaling $335K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Fnub Inc Buffalo, NYUniversity Support$335,364
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrants
2025$4,538,646$680,615$644,213——
2024$4,428,992$462,708$462,708$335,3641
2023$4,085,251$312,038$312,038$207,0971
2022$3,894,026$316,378$316,378$209,7941
2021$3,372,872$124,165$124,165$40,8681
2020$3,321,220$230,916$230,916$158,4181
2019$3,180,092$243,882$243,882$137,3291

About UBF Corporation

Based on IRS filings

UBF Corporation is a public charity, based in Buffalo, NY. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $4.5M in total assets.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

UBF Corporation is led by Anastacia S. Knapper, Chief Executive Officer on every filing since 2022; none of the 10 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Anastacia S. Knapper

    Chief Executive Officer

    On filings since 2022

    6 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Steven H. Shepsman

    Chair & Director

    Vice Chair & Director → Chair & Director, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Daniel M. Hamister

    Vice Chair & Director

    Director → Vice Chair & Director, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jean Powers

    Director

    Chair & Director → Director, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ronald Schreiber

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Chiazza

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Danielle Shainbrown

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Paul A. Nussbaum

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Terrence M. Gilbride

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Patrick Richey

    Chief Financial Officer

    On filings since 2023

    6 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (7)
  • Former: Sujata Yalamanchili (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Claudia D. Fosket (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Edward Schneider (2019–2023) — Former Executive Director
  • Former: Sheldon Berlow (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Kathleen Grimm (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Beverly Foit Albert-Cox (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Beverly Foit-Albert Cox (2019) — Chair & 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 UBF Corporation

How large is UBF Corporation?

UBF Corporation reported $4.5M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $681K.

Where does UBF Corporation operate?

UBF Corporation has awarded grants in New York.

What is UBF Corporation's EIN?

UBF Corporation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 51-0164454. 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

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 13, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 12, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 11, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 13, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 12, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 7, 2020)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 12, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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