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US nonprofit · EIN 161421247 · Buffalo, NYiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 161421247) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code GROUP), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Group Ministries Inc's network

9 people2 organisationsi9 people and 2 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (9). Violet dotted lines (2) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

9 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Catherine McCoy ChairChairperson2017
9 yrs
James McLeodVice Chair2017
9 yrs
Judy Dean BartonDirector2017
9 yrs
Kenneth GastonDirector2017
9 yrs
Michelle BoydCompany secretary2017
9 yrs
Nathaniel C Webster MDDirector2017
9 yrs
Rev Avon WhiteTreasurer2022
4 yrs
Tanitsha SikesDirector2017
9 yrs
Valeria Cray DihaanDirector2017
9 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

2 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Kenneth SmithVice Presidentsince 2017
Rev Arthur H BoydExecutive Dir.since 2017

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Kenneth GastonDirector2$25k
Catherine McCoyChairperson2$0
James McLeodVice Chair2$0
Nathaniel C Webster MDDirector2$0
Michelle BoydSecretary2$0
Rev Avon WhiteTreasurer2$0
Tanitsha SikesDirector2$0
Judy Dean BartonDirector2$0
Valeria Cray DihaanDirector2$0
Rev Arthur H BoydExecutive Dir.40$0
Kenneth SmithVice President2$0

About

Legal name
Group Ministries Inc
EIN
161421247
Address
1333 Jefferson Ave, Buffalo, NY, 14208-1808
State
New York
Mission
To serve as a non-profit agency providing information advising the general public on how to prevent the transmission of aids; to provide pastoral care and counseling services to hiv positive patients, to provide temporary housing for incarcerated inmates leaving prison; and to provide spiritual support and guidance for persons undergoing detoxification. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
X99 Religion-related
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Religion-Related
Size band
3 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1992
Principal officer
Rev Arthur H Boyd (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 May 1999
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
7, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
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Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥9years on the filingsCatherine McCoy
≥9years on the filingsJames McLeod
≥9years on the filingsJudy Dean Barton
≥9years on the filingsKenneth Gaston

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$87k
Total liabilities
$174k
Net assets or fund balances
Minus $87k
Contributions and grants received
$116k
Program service revenue
$0
Employees
0

State registration

1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.
Group Ministries, Inc. likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: New York Department of State, active corporations (data.ny.gov n9v6-gdp6). Licence: New York open data terms of use. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
State
New York
Entity type
Domestic Not-For-Profit Corporation
Status
Active
Formed
15 June 1992
Registered agent
Not stated