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US nonprofit · EIN 934518403 · Buffalo, NYiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 934518403) - 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 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2023.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Buffalo Niagara Film Commission Inc

Donations deductible
Revenue
$559k
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$442k
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$238k
$18k liabilities
Net assets
$220k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
6
2.4 years on average
Staff
3
5 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
2
named in Part VII
How am I connected?

Buffalo Niagara Film Commission Inc's network

6 people7 organisationsi6 people and 7 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (6). Violet dotted lines (7) 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

6 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. The organisation reported 5 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Andrea CzoppTreasurer2024
2 yrs
Byron Brown Thru OCT 2024Director2024
2 yrs
Christopher Scanlon EFF OCT 2024Director2024
2 yrs
Cindy Abbott-LetroDirector2024
2 yrs
Mark PoloncarzDirector2024
2 yrs
William FichtnerDirector2024
2 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
Patricia BuscagliaAsst Secretary/Asst Treasurer2024
Timothy ClarkPresident2024

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2025iFrom 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
Timothy ClarkPresident40$128k$11k
Patricia BuscagliaAsst Secretary/Asst Treasu20$21k$420
Andrea CzoppTreasurer2$0
Cindy Abbott-LetroDirector2$0
William FichtnerDirector2$0
Mark PoloncarzDirector2$0
Christopher ScanlonDirector2$0

About

Legal name
Buffalo Niagara Film Commission Inc
EIN
934518403
Address
240 Pine Ridge Rd, Buffalo, NY, 14225-3913
State
New York
Mission
To promote the city of buffalo and the western new york region for the development of film, video and multimedia production, and to nurture the growth of the indigenous production industry throughout the region. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
S30 Community improvement and capacity building
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Community Improvement & Capacity Building
Size band
4 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2023
Principal officer
Timothy Clark (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 December 2023
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
1, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥2years on the filingsAndrea Czopp
≥2years on the filingsByron Brown Thru OCT 2024
≥2years on the filingsChristopher Scanlon EFF OCT 2024
≥2years on the filingsCindy Abbott-Letro

Latest return

year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$238k
Total liabilities
$18k
Net assets or fund balances
$220k
Contributions and grants received
$559k
Program service revenue
$0
Employees
3
Volunteers
5

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$459k$357k$102k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.