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Rochester Area Community Foundation

To build a permanent community endowment that meets the current and changing needs of this region through creative and effective philanthropy.

$32M
Granted FY2025still arriving
554
Grants FY2025still arriving
31
States reached
$558k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$30MArts & Culture$26MHealth$22MHuman Services$15MEnvironment$12MPhilanthropy$8.8MReligion$6.4MYouth Development$6.2MOther$0
02FY2025 · 554 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 554 grants below total $22,886,262, the rows itemized in this filing. The $31,620,583 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $8,734,321 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k146 grants · $1.1M
  • $10k–50k295 grants · $6.0M
  • $50k–250k98 grants · $10M
  • $250k+15 grants · $5.7M
$15,000
Median grant
31
States reached
$511M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY$558,334
NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION INC$500,000
FRIENDS OF ACADIA$500,000
ST JOHNS HEALTH FOUNDATION$500,000
ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA$470,189
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER GIFTS & DONOR RECORDS$456,014
ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL LLC$404,000
U OF R DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY$363,579
ROCHESTER MUSEUM & SCIENCE CENTER$333,640
MARY PARKES ASTHMA CENTER ENDOWMENT OF RACF$313,160
FOODLINK INC$281,607
UNITED WAY OF GREATER ROCHESTER AND THE FINGER LAKES$274,082
GEVA THEATRE CENTER$263,218
GREATER ROCHESTER AFTER SCHOOL ALLIANCE FUND OF RACF$250,000
DEPAUL HUTHER-DOYLE$250,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $10.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%COMMUNITY ACTION OF ORLEANS & GENESEE: $213k → 11%PRO ACTION OF STEUBEN AND YATES INC: $134k → 13%COMMUNITY ACTION OF ORLEANS & GENESEE: $168k → 11%COMMUNITY ACTION OF ORLEANS AND GENESEE INC: $150k → 11%COMMUNITY ACTION OF ORLEANS AND GENESEE: $148k → 11%FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE OF THE FINGER LAKES: $77k → 10%COMMUNITY ACTION OF ORLEANS & GENESEE: $144k → 11%COMMUNITY ACTION OF ORLEANS AND GENESEE: $133k → 11%COMMUNITY ACTION OF ORLEANS & GENESEE: $118k → 11%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $151k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $126k → 14%HILLSIDE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $159k → 14%HILLSIDE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $127k → 14%HILLSIDE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $121k → 14%HILLSIDE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $103k → 14%GOODWILL OF THE FINGER LAKES: $91k → 14%HILLSIDE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $88k → 14%THE CENTER FOR YOUTH SERVICES: $86k → 14%GOODWILL OF THE FINGER LAKES INC: $85k → 14%HILLSIDE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $79k → 14%FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS OF HILLSIDE CHILDREN'S CENTER: $76k → 14%THE CHILDREN'S AGENDA INC: $206k → 14%THE CHILDREN'S AGENDA INC: $181k → 14%THE CHILDREN'S AGENDA INC: $148k → 14%THE CHILDREN'S AGENDA INC: $135k → 14%THE CHILDREN'S AGENDA INC: $117k → 14%THE CHILDREN'S AGENDA INC: $117k → 14%THE CHILDREN'S AGENDA INC: $92k → 14%IBERO-AMERICAN ACTION LEAGUE INC: $191k → 14%HOUSE OF MERCY: $165k → 14%HOUSE OF MERCY: $147k → 14%URBAN LEAGUE OF ROCHESTER NY: $131k → 14%HOUSE OF MERCY: $128k → 14%HOUSE OF MERCY: $99k → 14%URBAN LEAGUE OF ROCHESTER NY INC: $84k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $248k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $157k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $155k → 14%YWCA-ROCHESTER & MONROE COUNTY: $92k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $83k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $78k → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC: $220k → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $148k → 14%LIFESPAN OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC: $146k → 14%LIFESPAN OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC: $123k → 14%LIFESPAN OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC: $116k → 14%LIFESPAN OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC: $97k → 14%DAYSTAR KIDS: $83k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$129M · 709 repeat orgs$15M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

709 repeat relationships: 360 still active in FY2025, 349 since wound down; 117 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

709
1133

Total granted

$129M
$12M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+17%

Still filing today

81%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationHealthPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
    7× · 2019–2025 · $9.2M · revenue +54%
  • EU
    Emory University
    2× · 2021–2023 · $3.6M · revenue +32%
  • BUZZARDS BAY COALITION
    4× · 2019–2024 · $3.2M · revenue +83% · 26% of their budget

Funded once

  • NA
    Northeast Area Development Inc
    one grant, 2019 · $388k
  • CF
    CENTER FOR TEEN EMPOWERMENT
    one grant, 2020 · $191k
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF CENTRAL & WESTERN NY
    one grant, 2019 · $120k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Marrakech Inc

Provides person-centered and inclusive services to children and adults with and without disabilities that includes securing employment, connecting to necessary supportive services, accessing housing and participating fully as contributing…

Employment
2
Coop Careers Inc

Building a movement of diverse, upwardly mobile college grads overcoming underemployment through digital skills and peer connections.

Education
3
Neighborhood Housing Services of Rochester Inc

NeighborWorks Rochester collaborates with people and partners to strengthen, sustain and promote city neighborhoods. Our services are available to a wide spectrum of the community, including existing and potential homeowners, tenants and…

Housing & Shelter
4
The Way Back Inc

To provide rehabilitative housing services and support to help people with psychiatric disabilities reintegrate into the community.the agency provides rehabilitative housing services and staff support as a primary mechanism for achieving…

Human Services
5
Opportunity Partners

Mission: together we advance the quality of life for people with disabilities. vision: people of all abilities thrive in the world. values: impact- generate solutions that make a difference. choice - create opportunities for people to lead…

Employment
6
United Way of Greater Rochester Inc

United way of greater rochester's mission is to unite the good will and resources of the greater rochester community so that everyone can thrive. united way supports a broad network of human service organizations, community initiatives and…

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7
Search for Change Inc

Dedicated to improving the quality of life and increasing the self sufficiency of individuals with emotional, social and economic barriers. this is accomplished by providing direct support and assistance needed to enable individuals to…

Human Services
8
Path to Jobs Inc (Fka Peer Training Inc/Pti)

Path to jobs, inc. is a workforce development and job placement organization with a mission to provide personalized career-readiness skills training, coaching, case management, benefits counseling, support to enter/re-enter the workforce,…

Employment
9
United Way of Central New York Inc

To improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of our community.

Philanthropy
10
Abilitypath

Empower people with special needs to achieve their full potential through innovative, inclusive programs and community partnerships.

Employment
11
Job Path Inc

Job path supports people with autism and other developmental disabilities as they make choices about their lives and play valued roles in their communities. job path encourages people to explore what they want out of life and to chart…

Employment
12
Lifeworks Services Inc

Lifeworks' mission is to partner with people with disabilities to drive change by increasing opportunity and access in the community.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Communitygiving; the most unlike its peers is Seneca Falls Performing Arts Center. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

1690 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 1690 of the 2,000 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
431
Early backer (in before they grew)
1616/1690
Grantees still filing
1108/1690
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SEA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INC: $5,120,000 · OtherSEA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INCHILLEL SCHOOL INC: $1,387,487 · OtherSENECA PARK ZOO SOCIETY: $2,146,918 · OtherSENECA PARK ZOO SOCIETYTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER & MONROE COUNTY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO: $1,831,849 · OtherFOODLINK INC: $1,390,277 · Other+82 more: $27,645,474 · Other+82 moreUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $9,232,665 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTEREmory University: $3,600,000 · EducationEmory UniversityST JOHN FISHER UNIVERSITY: $1,236,691 · EducationUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $1,126,200 · EducationRochester Institute of Technology: $1,121,312 · EducationST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY: $1,120,334 · EducationNATIVITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY OF ROCHESTER: $963,240 · Education+21 more: $7,708,733 · Education+21 moreGEVA THEATRE CENTER INC: $4,336,716 · Arts & CultureGEVA THEATRE CEN…ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA INC: $2,445,611 · Arts & CultureROCHESTER PHILHA…Flower City Arts Center Inc: $1,278,942 · Arts & CultureFlower City Arts…ROCHESTER MUSEUM & SCIENCE CENTER: $1,024,833 · Arts & CultureROCHESTER MUSEUM…GARTH FAGAN DANCE INC: $940,641 · Arts & CultureGARTH FAGAN DANC…The David Hochstein Memorial Music School Inc: $825,810 · Arts & CultureNORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION: $715,000 · Arts & CultureWXXI PUBLIC BROADCASTING COUNCIL: $654,365 · Arts & CultureGEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM: $653,958 · Arts & CultureWRITERS & BOOKS INC: $645,850 · Arts & Culture+13 more: $3,672,436 · Arts & Culture+13 moreCHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $1,714,140 · HealthCHILDREN'…AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NEUROSURGEONS INC: $1,019,264 · HealthAMERICAN …PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $871,289 · HealthPLANNED P…ROCHESTER REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $869,596 · HealthROCHESTER…St John's Health Foundation: $500,000 · HealthEQUICENTER INC: $440,678 · HealthROCHESTER FRIENDLY HOME: $397,342 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $365,635 · HealthFINGER LAKES HEALTH SYSTEMS AGENCY: $345,346 · HealthHUTHER-DOYLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE INC: $330,521 · Health+13 more: $2,616,961 · Health+13 moreYMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER (4368): $1,133,482 · Human ServicesYMCA OF G…COMMUNITY ACTION OF ORLEANS AND GENESEE INC: $1,073,448 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY…The Children's Agenda Inc: $995,400 · Human ServicesThe Child…HILLSIDE FOUNDATION: $958,764 · Human ServicesHILLSIDE …HOUSE OF MERCY INC: $692,938 · Human ServicesHOUSE OF …LIFESPAN OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC: $666,418 · Human ServicesLIFESPAN …JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC: $569,335 · Human ServicesJEWISH CO…The Center for Youth Services Inc: $385,930 · Human ServicesIBERO-AMERICAN ACTION LEAGUE INC: $385,108 · Human ServicesURBAN LEAGUE OF ROCHESTER NY INC: $367,878 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $317,556 · Human Services+9 more: $1,857,238 · Human Services+9 moreUNITED WAY OF GREATER ROCHESTER AND THE FINGER LAKES INC: $2,780,675 · PhilanthropyROCHESTER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,818,830 · PhilanthropyROCHESTER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INITIATIVES INC: $1,733,761 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF GREATER ROCHESTER NY INC: $581,887 · PhilanthropyCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF BUFFALO: $473,816 · PhilanthropyMARSHALL COMMUNITY FUND INC: $360,382 · Philanthropy+6 more: $1,221,623 · PhilanthropyBUZZARDS BAY COALITION: $3,190,000 · EnvironmentGenesee Land Trust Inc: $1,491,229 · EnvironmentFriends of Acadia: $1,000,000 · EnvironmentHighland Park Conservancy Inc: $636,766 · EnvironmentClimate Solutions Accelerator of the Genesee-Finger Lakes Region: $483,150 · Environment+2 more: $364,381 · Environment
Other$39,522,005Education$26,109,175Arts & Culture$17,194,162Health$9,470,772Human Services$9,403,495Philanthropy$8,970,974Environment$7,165,526

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $9,232,665 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSEA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INC: $5,120,000 over 5y, 33% of budgetGEVA THEATRE CENTER INC: $4,336,716 over 7y, 42% of budgetEmory University: $3,600,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBUZZARDS BAY COALITION: $3,190,000 over 4y, 26% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ROCHESTER AND THE FINGER LAKES INC: $2,780,675 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA INC: $2,445,611 over 7y, 3.7% of budgetSENECA PARK ZOO SOCIETY: $2,146,918 over 7y, 32% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER & MONROE COUNTY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO: $1,831,849 over 7y, 5.6% of budgetROCHESTER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,818,830 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetROCHESTER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INITIATIVES INC: $1,733,761 over 4y, 41% of budgetCHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $1,714,140 over 7y, 6.5% of budgetGenesee Land Trust Inc: $1,491,229 over 7y, 12% of budgetFOODLINK INC: $1,390,277 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetFlower City Arts Center Inc: $1,278,942 over 7y, 23% of budgetST JOHN FISHER UNIVERSITY: $1,236,691 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetYMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER (4368): $1,133,482 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $1,126,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRochester Institute of Technology: $1,121,312 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY: $1,120,334 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION OF ORLEANS AND GENESEE INC: $1,073,448 over 7y, 3.0% of budgetROCHESTER MUSEUM & SCIENCE CENTER: $1,024,833 over 7y, 3.6% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NEUROSURGEONS INC: $1,019,264 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetFriends of Acadia: $1,000,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetThe Children's Agenda Inc: $995,400 over 7y, 13% of budgetNATIVITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY OF ROCHESTER: $963,240 over 7y, 17% of budgetHILLSIDE FOUNDATION: $958,764 over 7y, 6.7% of budgetGARTH FAGAN DANCE INC: $940,641 over 7y, 14% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $871,289 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetROCHESTER REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $869,596 over 7y, 8.7% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR TEEN EMPOWERMENT INC: $844,685 over 6y, 6.0% of budgetTHE HARLEY SCHOOL: $841,401 over 7y, 3.6% of budgetWADSWORTH LIBRARY: $839,500 over 3y, 51% of budgetThe David Hochstein Memorial Music School Inc: $825,810 over 7y, 3.8% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION: $715,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetEDCEPTIONAL INC: $709,575 over 7y, 25% of budgetHOUSE OF MERCY INC: $692,938 over 7y, 7.2% of budgetWAYNE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $687,979 over 7y, 23% of budgetCausewave Community Partners Inc: $668,499 over 6y, 15% of budgetTRUSTEES OF CLARK UNIVERSITY: $667,200 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLIFESPAN OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC: $666,418 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetWXXI PUBLIC BROADCASTING COUNCIL: $654,365 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetGEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM: $653,958 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetWRITERS & BOOKS INC: $645,850 over 7y, 17% of budgetHOPE HALL: $638,598 over 7y, 4.1% of budgetTHE AQUINAS INSTITUTE OF ROCHESTER: $588,124 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetChampion Academy Extreme Mentoring & Empowerment Initiative Inc: $584,000 over 3y, 22% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF GREATER ROCHESTER NY INC: $581,887 over 7y, 1.4% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER ↗
  • Who funds SEA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GEVA THEATRE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Emory University ↗
  • Who funds BUZZARDS BAY COALITION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER ROCHESTER AND THE FINGER LAKES INC ↗
  • Who funds ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds SENECA PARK ZOO SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER & MONROE COUNTY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ↗
  • Who funds ROCHESTER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ROCHESTER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INITIATIVES INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds Genesee Land Trust Inc ↗
  • Who funds FOODLINK INC ↗
  • Who funds Flower City Arts Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds ST JOHN FISHER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER (4368) ↗
  • Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
  • Who funds Rochester Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION OF ORLEANS AND GENESEE INC ↗
  • Who funds ROCHESTER MUSEUM & SCIENCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NEUROSURGEONS INC ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Acadia ↗
  • Who funds The Children's Agenda Inc ↗
  • Who funds NATIVITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY OF ROCHESTER ↗
  • Who funds HILLSIDE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GARTH FAGAN DANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds ROCHESTER REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR TEEN EMPOWERMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HARLEY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds WADSWORTH LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds The David Hochstein Memorial Music School Inc ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Max and Marian Farash…Esl Charitable Founda…Greater Rochester Hea…United Way of Greater…Daisy Marquis Jones F…Rochester Area Commun…William & Sheila Kona…Paychex Charitable Fo…Ames-Amzalak Memorial…Charles J & Burton S …The Florence M Muller…Rochester Area Commun…
Max and Marian Farash Charitable FoundationNY192× affinity192 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation · Esl Charitable Foundation · Greater Rochester Health Foundation · United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc · Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation · Rochester Area Community Foundation Depository Inc · William & Sheila Konar Foundation · Paychex Charitable Foundation Inc · Ames-Amzalak Memorial Trust · Charles J & Burton S August Family Foundation · The Florence M Muller Foundation · Rochester Area Community Foundation Initiatives Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Rochester Area Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rochester Area Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Buzzards Bay Coalition: 37% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • Sea Education Association Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Reach Out and Read Inc: 9% of income from government
  • The Center for Teen Empowerment Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Trustees of Clark University: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
76report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 2000 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home