Hispanics United Of Buffalo Inc.

Hispanics United Of Buffalo Inc., doing business as Hispanos Unidos De Buffalo, is a Buffalo, New York-based minority-owned, tax-exempt nonprofit that operates exclusively in the federal grant space as a prime recipient, delivering culturally specific victim services and homeless housing assistance to the Hispanic community through grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Justice. The organization competes as a direct federal grantee and does not hold contracts or contract vehicles.

The recipient's portfolio centers on two core programs. Under the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267), Hispanics United Of Buffalo has secured eleven awards over the past four years, ranging from $236,298 to $325,440 annually, funding permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, homelessness prevention, and supportive services for homeless individuals and families in the Buffalo area. Representative recent CoC grants include $388,967 (April 2026 through March 2027), $325,440 (November 2024 through October 2025), and $236,298 (July 2024 through June 2025). Under the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women's Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016), the recipient holds a $400,000 project grant awarded August 1, 2026, running through August 1, 2029, that funds counseling, a 24/7 victim hotline, support groups, court accompaniment, transportation assistance, protection-order navigation, case management, parenting classes, housing support, and emergency food assistance for domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking survivors. A prior OVW award ($300,000 from October 2022 through September 2025) also supported culturally specific victim services.

Hispanics United Of Buffalo accounts for 87% of recent awards as a prime recipient. The top three funding agencies cover 97% of awards, with HUD's Community Planning and Development office anchoring the portfolio at twenty-five awards and combined dollars obligated of $8.3 million. The Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services each account for two or three additional awards. Activity has remained flat to modest — two to four awards annually over the past five years — with only one award reaching completion inside the next twenty-four months. The recipient also serves as a sub-recipient on two federal grants: a September 2025 sub-award from the Unified Court System of New York State (funded by OVW) supporting firearm-surrender training and victim-centered implementation for domestic violence courts in Erie County, and an August 2025 sub-award from the New York Office of Children & Family Services supporting family violence prevention and culturally specific domestic violence services.