Niagara Pride Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
853525765
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Niagara Falls, NY, USA
Rating
49
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$69,472
Expenses
$55,568
Assets
$92,589

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Ronald Piaseczny (President)

People named in this filing

  • Ronald Piaseczny (President)
  • Sherry Fossett (Programming Chair)
  • Joseph ODonnell (Treasurer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Were an organization serving the LGBTQIA2S community in Niagara County and Western New York. We envision a community in which individuals and families feel safe secure and affirmed where they live work worship and play. Our focus is on serving the local community by making Pride programs and services more accessible in rural communities in Niagara County and the surrounding WNY areas. We offer an array of educational programming engage in charitable works and social programs. Niagara Pride is the proud creator and host of: WNY LGBTQ Pride & Wellness 5K Pride In Our Community - a monthly tv show focused on sharing information about local LGBTQ programs services and organizations Rainbow Pride in partnership with Old Falls St - the official Pride festival of Niagara Falls NY Lockport Pride in partnership with The Kenan Center - the official Pride festival of Lockport NY

What it reported doing in 2025

Jean Hopkins Memorial Scholarship -This scholarship is aimed primarily at benefiting those LGBTQ young adults and allies who have demonstrated a commitment to advancing social justice reducing inequities and increasing the overall health of their community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 7
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 6.7%; rating input score 7
  • Program expense ratio: 8.3%; rating input score 8

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 20%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.67; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -44% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 16.9% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.2% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 6.7% of revenue deployed · 8.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $5K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 7/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 8/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.