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Buffalo, New York · EIN 81-3080055 · Arts, Culture & Humanities · tax-exempt since 2017

C

Charity Clarity grade C (score 57.5 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended December 2025.

Graded against 44,780 arts, culture & humanities nonprofits with revenue $500K–$2M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.0.1 months2
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.82% of practices82
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.86
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.60% from one source54
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.83.1%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.2.6%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.22not scored

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Year by year

202020212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Dec 2025Form 990$579K$570K$8,910$2,6710.18C
Dec 2024Form 990$535K$541K−$5,464−$6,239-0.17C
Dec 2023Form 990$497K$500K−$3,122−$775-0.07C
Dec 2022Form 990$434K$455K−$22K$2,3470.18D
Dec 2021Form 990$469K$416K$54K$24K0.77C
Dec 2020Form 990$346K$303K$43K−$29K-1.28D

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

Read the filings

Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation:

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