The Western New York Foundation Grants
Private foundation · Buffalo, NY · EIN 16-0845962 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
The Western New York Foundation is a private foundation based in Buffalo, NY (EIN 16-0845962). Its IRS Form 990-PF filings through tax year 2025 report $2.7M paid in 261 grants, with a median grant of $5K. The most recent filing reports total assets of $25.8M. It publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations.
Foundation website (as filed with the IRS) · wnyfoundation.org
Research profile compiled by GrantCue from this foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. It is not the foundation's own website, request for proposals or application page. Source: GrantCue Foundation Directory, grantcue.com/foundations/the-western-new-york-foundation-160845962
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
How to apply
Open to applications: its latest 990-PF publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- Beth K Gosch
- Phone
- (716) 839-4225
- Deadlines
- June 30th and November 30th
- Application materials
- See Foundation's Website - Electronic Submission Required
- Restrictions
- See Foundation's Website
Original filing text
- Contact
- Beth K Gosch
- Address
- 2495 Main Street Ste 464 Buffalo, NY, 14214
- Phone
- 7168394225
- Deadlines
- June 30th and November 30th
- Application materials
- See Foundation's Website - Electronic Submission Required
- Restrictions
- See Foundation's Website
Reported organization name: The Western New York Foundation
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
Where The Western New York Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Compiled by GrantCue from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Source: grantcue.com/foundations/the-western-new-york-foundation-160845962
| Location | Purpose | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo1 | Buffalo, NY | WNY Forward Fund | Tax year 20252025 | $500K |
| United Way of Buffalo & Erie County | Buffalo, NY | iCAP Consulting | Tax year 20252025 | $108.5K |
| Jewish Family Services | Buffalo, NY | Refugee partnership crisis response fund | Tax year 20242024 | $100K |
| Massachusetts Avenue Project | Buffalo, NE | Operations Director & Communications Manager | Tax year 20252025 | $72.5K |
| Cornell Cooperative Extension Chautuaqua | Jamestown, NY | Icap implementation: staff expansion | Tax year 20242024 | $52.5K |
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (261 reported in all).
About this data
Figures are aggregated from The Western New York Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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