Nonprofit · EIN 16-1359846
BUFFALO PREP INC
Tax-exempt · BUFFALO, NY 14214
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $2,769,370 | $2,529,156 | $240,214 | $7,133,569 | $103,390 | $7,030,179 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $2,973,164 | $2,447,378 | $525,786 | $6,448,132 | $94,500 | $6,353,632 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $2,726,920
- Program service revenue
- $34,679
- Investment income
- $60,530
- Net income from fundraising events
- -$52,759
- Other revenue
- -$52,759
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $137,886
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $164,758
- Other salaries and wages
- $1,128,237
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,638,271
- Professional fundraising fees
- $54,000
- Legal fees
- $342
- Accounting fees
- $26,566
- Occupancy
- $44,768
- Travel
- $30,100
- Depreciation
- $190,475
- Program services (functional)
- $2,023,421
- Management and general (functional)
- $191,292
- Fundraising (functional)
- $314,443
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $6,448,132
- Total assets, end of year
- $7,133,569
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $103,390
- Net assets, end of year
- $7,030,179
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $1,176,735
- Publicly traded securities
- $3,866,739
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $5,583,990
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $1,446,189
- Gross receipts
- $2,848,328
- Employees
- 66
- Volunteers
- 85
- Year formed
- 1989
- State of legal domicile
- NY
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PATTI STEPHEN | PRESIDENT Officer | 37 | $110,727 | $35,000 |
| MARCUS DEVESO | HIGHEST PAID EMPLOYEE Highest-paid employee | 37 | $111,448 | $30,295 |
| JODYANN GALVIN | BOARD PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TRACY WOODROW | BOARD VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| BETSY MITCHELL | BOARD TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| SHANNON BRYANT | BOARD SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| DINA BENDERSON | FUNDRAISING CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| LUIS A RODRIGUEZ JR | IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| COURTNEY HUNTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 |
| CRAIG D HANNAH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 |
| ERIC YARWOOD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 |
| GELLENIA NICOLE SMALLWOOD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 |
| GEORGE SCHOENEMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 |
| JAHARR PRIDGEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN BALDO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 |
11 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| KYRIA STEPHENS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 |
| LAUREN LEWIS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 |
| MARK GRACZYK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 |
| MATTHEW A BECTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 |
| MONIQUE COOPER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 |
| RYAN GILBERT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 |
| SARAH WASHINGTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 |
| SCOTT HORRIGAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 |
| STEPHEN W BELL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 |
| SUZANNE ROSENBLITH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 |
| TRICIA BARRETT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 24 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PATTI STEPHEN | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 37 | $118,850 | $34,356 |
| MARCUS DEVESO | HIGHEST PAID EMPLOYEE Highest-paid employee | 37 | $114,817 | $27,010 |
| SHANNON BRYANT | GOVERNANCE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 0.3 | $0 | $0 |
| LUIS A RODRIGUEZ JR | PRESIDENT - BOARD Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| JODYANN GALVIN | VICE PRESIDENT - BOARD Trustee or director, Officer | 0.3 | $0 | $0 |
| BETSY MITCHELL | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 0.3 | $0 | $0 |
| JAHARR PRIDGEN | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 0.3 | $0 | $0 |
| CRAIG D HANNAH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 |
| DINA BENDERSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 |
| DR SHELLEY KIMELBERG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 |
| ERIC YARWOOD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 |
| GELLENIA SMALLWOOD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 |
| GEORGE SCHOENEMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 |
| JEFF PAPPALARDO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN BALDO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 |
| KEVIN KERL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 |
| MARK GRACZYK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 |
| MATTHEW A BECTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 |
| MONIQUE COOPER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 |
| SARAH WASHINGTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 |
| SCOTT HORRIGAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 |
| STEPHEN W BELL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 |
| SUZANNE ROSENBLITH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 |
| TRACY WOODROW | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 105 ALLEN HALL UNIV AT BUFFALO, BUFFALO, NY 14214-0000
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- PATTI L STEPHEN, 105 ALLEN HALL UNIV AT BUFFALO, BUFFALO, NY 14214
- Signed the 990
- PATTI L STEPHEN, PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (716) 829-3605
- Website
- WWW.BUFFALOPREP.COM
- Return prepared by
- COHEN & CO ADVISORY LLC
Mission
BUFFALO PREP PROMOTES EDUCATIONAL ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY BY DELIVERING RIGOROUS AND ENRICHING PROGRAMMING FOR STUDENTS THROUGHOUT WESTERN NEW YORK. WE STRIVE TO NURTURE OUR SCHOLARS' BRILLIANCE WHILE EMPOWERING THEM TO ENGAGE CIVICALLY AS THEIR AUTHENTIC SELVES.
Program accomplishments
- MIDDLE SCHOOL PREP (MSP) SUPPORTS POST-5TH AND -6TH GRADE MOTIVATED SCHOLARS ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK WITH ACCELERATED EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT. MSP IS AN ENGAGING, FIVE-WEEK SUMMER PROGRAM, DURING THE CRUCIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARS, THAT KEEPS SCHOLARS ENGAGED THROUGH A CULTURALLY RELEVANT, FUN, AND STIMULATING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. THIS PROGRAM NURTURES A LOVE OF LEARNING, CULTIVATES PEER-TO-PEER CONNECTION, AND PREPARES SCHOLARS FOR SUCCESS IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL ASPIRATIONS. IT TAKES PLACE AT NICHOLS MIDDLE SCHOOL.Expenses $354,176 · revenue $34,679
- HIGH SCHOOL PREP IS AN INTENSIVE, 14-MONTH PROGRAM THAT PREPARES SCHOLARS FOR ACCEPTANCE TO AND SUCCESS AT TOP INDEPENDENT, CATHOLIC, CHARTER, AND CRITERIA-BASED PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS AND HIGHER EDUCATION. THIS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED, CULTURALLY RELEVANT PROGRAM TAKES PLACE AT THE UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SOUTH CAMPUS THE SUMMERS BEFORE AND AFTER 8TH GRADE, AS WELL AS TWO NIGHTS PER WEEK AND ON SATURDAYS DURING THE 8TH GRADE ACADEMIC YEAR.Expenses $484,579
- RISING TO DISTINCTION - CREATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OISHEI FOUNDATION TO PROVIDE ACADEMIC SUPPORT AND COLLEGE READINESS PREPARATION FOR UNDERREPRESENTED, TALENTED YOUTH. AN RTD SCHOLAR MUST ATTEND ONE OF OUR PARTNER HIGH SCHOOLS.Expenses $373,472
- PREP SCHOLARS ACADEMYPREP SCHOLARS ACADEMY (PSA) IS A NEIGHBORHOOD-BASED CULTURALLY RELEVANT ACADEMIC PROGRAM DESIGNED TO HELP SCHOLARS EXCEL THROUGHOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND PREPARE THEM FOR HIGH SCHOOL. THIS EXCITING, ENGAGING, AND ACTIVE LEARNING PROGRAM STRIVES TO HELP SCHOLARS TRANSITION INTO AND COMPLETE HIGH SCHOOL BY PROVIDING ACADEMIC PREPARATION, AS WELL AS SCHOLAR AND FAMILY SUPPORT. PSA TAKES PLACE IN THE HEART OF THE WEST SIDE AT D'YOUVILLE UNIVERSITY; IT GIVES PREFERENCE TO HISPANIC/LATINO SCHOLARS AND OFFERS BILINGUAL INSTRUCTION.ALUMNI PREP FINAL: ALUMNI PREP SUPPORTS BUFFALO PREP GRADUATES AS THEY NAVIGATE THEIR POST-SECONDARY JOURNEY AND CAREER PLACEMENT. IT PROVIDES ACCESS TO CAREER EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, LEADERSHIP AND ENRICHMENT WORKSHOPS, SCHOLARSHIP ASSISTANCE, SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, AND NETWORKING AND MENTORING OPPORTUNITIES.READIREADI PROGRAM IS AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED SERIES OF INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS, TRAININGS, AND PRESENTATIONS TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND RACIAL EQUITY THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.SCHOLARSHIPSFOR SCHOLARS IN COLLEGE TO BE USED TOWARDS THEIR TUITION, BOOKS, RENT, AND TECHNOLOGY TO HELP THEM BE SUCCESSFUL IN COLLEGE. FUEL FUND PROGRAM USED FOR NON TUITION ITEMS FOR SCHOLARS IN HIGH SCHOOLS SUCH AS SENIOR FEES, ATHLETIC FEES, PROM TICKETS, CLASS RINGS, ETC.CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS USED TOWARD BUILDING ENHANCEMENTS, FURNITURE, FIXTURES, TECHNOLOGY NEEDS OUTSIDE OF OPERATING COSTSCOLLEGE PREP COLLEGE PREP IS A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM DESIGNED TO ASSIST ELIGIBLE 9TH-12TH GRADE SCHOLARS TO THRIVE ACADEMICALLY AND SOCIALLY-EMOTIONALLY AS THEY NAVIGATE HIGH SCHOOL AND PREPARE FOR THEIR POST-SECONDARY JOURNEY. THROUGH THIS CULTURALLY RELEVANT PROGRAM, SCHOLARS HAVE ACCESS TO TUTORIAL SERVICES, ACADEMIC SKILLS COACHING, COLLEGE AND FINANCIAL AID ADVISEMENT, ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES, AND SOCIO-EMOTIONAL SUPPORT THROUGHOUT HIGH SCHOOL.Expenses $811,194 · grants $137,886
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 16-1359846
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1994
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $7,133,569
- Income (IRS master file)
- $2,848,328
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $2,769,370 | $2,529,156 | $7,133,569 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $2,973,164 | $2,447,378 | $6,448,132 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2023 | $2,374,083 | $2,423,569 | $5,711,993 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2022 | $2,229,642 | $2,070,118 | $5,530,433 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS publishes only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years appear here as 990.tax collects the monthly files. 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS.
Questions about BUFFALO PREP INC
- What is the EIN of BUFFALO PREP INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of BUFFALO PREP INC is 16-1359846.
- Is BUFFALO PREP INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1994.
- Are donations to BUFFALO PREP INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does BUFFALO PREP INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of BUFFALO PREP INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did BUFFALO PREP INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of BUFFALO PREP INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names PATTI L STEPHEN.
- Who are the officers and directors of BUFFALO PREP INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 26 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $110,727 (PATTI STEPHEN, PRESIDENT).
- How much revenue does BUFFALO PREP INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $2,769,370, expenses of $2,529,156 and total assets of $7,133,569 at year end.
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