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Rochester Area Community Foundation Initiatives Inc

Sponsors programs and projects that address the needs of the community.

$2.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
27
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$1.1M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0190% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2019–2025.

Community Improvement$3.3MHuman Services$1.7MPublic Benefit$729kEducation$478kCrime & Legal$384kHealth$359kPhilanthropy$159kRecreation & Sports$139kHousing & Shelter$111kOther$1.2M
02FY2025 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 27 grants below total $1,938,465 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $1,998,637 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $60,172 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $7k
  • $10k–50k23 grants · $603k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $219k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.1M
$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PATHSTONE CORPORATION$1,109,265
ENCOMPASS RESOURCES FOR LEARNING$164,583
CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC$54,522
ROCHESTER ECOLOGY PARTNERS$47,000
AGAPE HAVEN OF ABUNDANCE$41,200
URBAN INSTITUTE$36,881
ACTION FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY$32,350
HORIZONS AT HARLEY$30,600
ALLENDALE COLUMBIA SCHOOL$28,440
CITY OF ROCHESTER TREASURY DEPT$27,500
COMMUNITY PLACE OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC$26,250
THE UNITY HOSPITAL OF ROCHESTER$25,000
MISSION FULFILLED 2030$25,000
JUDICIAL PROCESS COMMISSION$25,000
YWCA OF ROCHESTER & MONROE COUNTY$25,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY19–25, $1.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AGAPE HAVEN OF ABUNDANCE: $41k → 14%AGAPE HAVEN OF ABUNDANCE: $25k → 14%AGAPE HAVEN OF ABUNDANCE: $15k → 14%THE CHILDREN'S AGENDA INC: $523k → 14%THE CHILDREN'S AGENDA INC: $383k → 14%THE CHILDREN'S AGENDA INC: $133k → 14%GOODWILL OF THE FINGER LAKES: $20k → 14%ROCHESTER REHABILITATION CENTER: $20k → 14%HILLSIDE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $17k → 14%COMMUNITY PLACE OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC: $26k → 14%URBAN LEAGUE OF ROCHESTER NY: $25k → 14%URBAN LEAGUE OF ROCHESTER NY INC: $24k → 14%URBAN LEAGUE OF ROCHESTER NY: $21k → 14%CCCS OF ROCHESTER: $18k → 14%ACTION FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY: $60k → 14%ACTION FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY: $58k → 14%ACTION FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY: $32k → 14%ACTION FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY: $27k → 14%ACTION FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY: $24k → 14%ACTION FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY: $9k → 14%CONSUMER CREDIT COUNSELING SERVICE OF ROCHESTER: $19k → 14%CONSUMER CREDIT COUNSELING SERVICE OF ROCHESTER: $19k → 14%REFUGEES HELPING REFUGEES: $10k → 14%YWCA OF ROCHESTER & MONROE COUNTY: $25k → 14%YWCA-ROCHESTER & MONROE COUNTY: $25k → 14%LIFESPAN OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC: $100k → 14%LIFESPAN OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC: $5k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$7.5M · 26 repeat orgs$783k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +27% since the first grant, against +8% for the ones you funded once.

26 repeat relationships — 13 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
21

Total granted

$7.5M
$341k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+8%

Still filing today

96%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $443k 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 ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementCrime & LegalOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • PC
    PATHSTONE CORPORATION
    7× · 2019–2025 · $3.2M · revenue +29%
  • TC
    The Children's Agenda Inc
    3× · 2019–2021 · $1.0M · revenue +27% · 27% of their budget
  • JP
    JUDICIAL PROCESS COMMISSION INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $175k · revenue +71%

Funded once

  • CF
    CITY FUTURES INC
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +20%
  • NI
    NYSARC INC MONROE COUNTY CHAPTER
    one grant, 2022 · $32k · revenue +10%
  • MP
    Mary's Place Outreach Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $27k · revenue +4%

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Rochester General Health System

Rochester general health system, provides patient care, senior housing, laboratory services, and community outreach to residents and other clients in monroe county, new york and several surrounding counties.

Health
2
Rochester Regional Health

The organization is organized and operated for the benefit of all of the affiliates within rochester regional health system. the organization supports and assists the affiliates by reviewing and monitoring their missions, objectives,…

Health
3
Compeer Rochester Inc

Through supportive friendships, enhance the wellness of those with social and emotional barriers.

Health
4
One Roc Inc

The company's mission is to create new jobs, increase regional wealth, raise regional gdp and enhance opportunity; to invest in a world-class economic development ecosystem where incumbent businesses are thriving, new firms are locating,…

Community Improvement
5
The Rochester General Hospital

To establish, erect and maintain a general hospital and dispensary in the county of monroe, ny for medical and surgical aid, care and treatment of persons in need thereof; to carry on and conduct a training school for nurses; to promote…

Health
6
Leadership Rochester Inc

We inspire, connect, and educate a vibrant, diverse network of individuals who will provide leadership to transform and strengthen our Greater Rochester Region.

Education
7
Gouverneur Hospital

Our mission is to provide skilled, compassionate, cost-effective care that promotes wellness and meets the community's healthcare needs.

Health
8
Rochesterworks Inc

The rochesterworks system stimulates local economic growth by providing outstanding employment education, support, and training services.

Employment
9
RochesterMonroe County Homeless Continuum of Care Inc

The Rochester/Monroe County Homeless Continuum of Care (CoC) is a collaborative partnership which provides leadership, linkages, education, and guidance to eliminate homelessness.

Housing & Shelter
10
Rochester Child Care Center Inc

The center strives to provide a range of services that support working parents while fostering the emotional, social, physical and intellectual growth of their children. special consideration is given to low income families and families…

Human Services
11
Rochester Management Inc

To provide clean, safe, well maintained, and affordable apartments and townhouses, suitable for anyone, in many locations throughout rochester, new york.

Housing & Shelter
12
Rochester General College of Health Careers

The rochester general college of health careers is dedicated to preparing adult learners with the knowledge, skills, and competencies necessary to pursue health careers, advanced education, and lifelong learning.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rochester Rehabilitation Center Inc and the most unlike its peers is Judicial Process Commission Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyAffordable Housing Developm…Community Support ServicesHospice and End-of-Life CareSkilled Trades Union Traini…Rochester Regional Developm…Youth Sports ProgramsIndependent Schools & Educa…Trade Union OrganizationsRegional Healthcare SystemDisability Services Organiz…Emergency Assistance & Basi…Community Development Organ…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 39 years old; the field is 25. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number14%0%<5yr12%14%5–10yr17%6%10–20yr18%26%20–35yr14%18%35–55yr25%36%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value14%0%<5yr12%5%5–10yr17%5%10–20yr18%23%20–35yr14%47%35–55yr25%21%55yr+

The field is 14% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 8% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/61
the rest of the field
8%
334/4,332

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

59 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 59 of the 62 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
57/59
Grantees still filing
32/59
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

PATHSTONE CORPORATION — $3,235,790 · Community ImprovementPATHSTONE CORPORATION+2 more — $64,528 · Community ImprovementThe Children's Agenda Inc — $1,039,250 · Human ServicesThe Children's Agenda …ACTION FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY INC — $210,243 · Human ServicesACTION FOR A BETTER CO…LIFESPAN OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC — $105,000 · Human ServicesLIFESPAN OF GREATER RO…Agape Haven of Abundance Inc — $81,200 · Human ServicesURBAN LEAGUE OF ROCHESTER NY INC — $70,000 · Human Services+7 more — $198,130 · Human Services+7 moreCITY OF ROCHESTER — $366,000 · OtherCITY OF ROCHESTERTHE CENTER FOR TEEN EMPOWERMENT INC — $150,000 · OtherTHE CENTER FOR TEEN E…CAMERON COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC — $120,300 · OtherCAMERON COMMUNITY MIN…Causewave Community Partners Inc — $62,587 · OtherUNITED WAY OF GREATER ROCHESTER AND THE FINGER LAKES INC — $134,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF GREATER…FRIENDS OF THE GARDENAERIAL INC — $132,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE GARDEN…CITY FUTURES INC — $100,000 · OtherCITY FUTURES INCTHE URBAN INSTITUTE — $84,383 · OtherGIRL SCOUTS OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC — $70,000 · Other+20 more — $373,448 · Other+20 moreCENTER FOR GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH — $723,804 · Public BenefitCENTER FO…+1 more — $5,000 · Public BenefitGreater Rochester Summer Learning Association Inc — $225,500 · EducationENCOMPASS RESOURCES FOR LEARNING INC — $164,583 · EducationALLENDALE COLUMBIA SCHOOL — $28,440 · EducationKOOL NERD PREP INC — $20,000 · EducationEDUCATION SUCCESS FOUNDATION INC — $19,500 · Education+2 more — $20,155 · EducationJUDICIAL PROCESS COMMISSION INC — $175,000 · Crime & LegalSPIRITUS CHRISTI PRISON OUTREACH INC — $159,333 · Crime & LegalROCHESTER SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN INC — $50,000 · Crime & LegalCHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC — $166,447 · HealthTHE UNITY HOSPITAL OF ROCHESTER — $131,000 · HealthNYSARC INC MONROE COUNTY CHAPTER — $31,800 · HealthROCHESTER FRIENDLY HOME — $20,000 · Health+2 more — $10,000 · Health
Community Improvement$3,300,318Human Services$1,703,823Other$1,592,718Public Benefit$728,804Education$478,178Crime & Legal$384,333Health$359,247

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetPATHSTONE CORPORATION — $3,235,790 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetThe Children's Agenda Inc — $1,039,250 over 3y, 27% of budgetCENTER FOR GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH — $723,804 over 6y, 26% of budgetGreater Rochester Summer Learning Association Inc — $225,500 over 5y, 6.7% of budgetACTION FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY INC — $210,243 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetJUDICIAL PROCESS COMMISSION INC — $175,000 over 7y, 12% of budgetCHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC — $166,447 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetENCOMPASS RESOURCES FOR LEARNING INC — $164,583 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSPIRITUS CHRISTI PRISON OUTREACH INC — $159,333 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR TEEN EMPOWERMENT INC — $150,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ROCHESTER AND THE FINGER LAKES INC — $134,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE GARDENAERIAL INC — $132,000 over 6y, 7.6% of budgetTHE UNITY HOSPITAL OF ROCHESTER — $131,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCAMERON COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC — $120,300 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetLIFESPAN OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC — $105,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCITY FUTURES INC — $100,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetTHE URBAN INSTITUTE — $84,383 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAgape Haven of Abundance Inc — $81,200 over 3y, 24% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF ROCHESTER NY INC — $70,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC — $70,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCausewave Community Partners Inc — $62,587 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetConsumer Credit Counseling Service of Rochester Inc — $54,700 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetVeterans Outreach Center Inc — $52,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetROCHESTER SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN INC — $50,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ROCHESTER AND MONROE COUNTY — $50,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetRochester Ecology Partners Inc — $47,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetGREATER ROCHESTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC — $41,592 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetVILLA OF HOPE — $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNYSARC INC MONROE COUNTY CHAPTER — $31,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HARLEY SCHOOL — $30,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALLENDALE COLUMBIA SCHOOL — $28,440 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMary's Place Outreach Inc — $27,170 over 1y, 12% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY PLACE OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC — $26,250 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INC — $22,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROCHESTER FRIENDLY HOME — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGOODWILL OF THE FINGER LAKES INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKOOL NERD PREP INC — $20,000 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetROCHESTER REHABILITATION CENTER INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEDUCATION SUCCESS FOUNDATION INC — $19,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHILLSIDE FOUNDATION — $16,698 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMONROE HOUSING COLLABORATIVE INC — $16,500 over 1y, 13% of budgetVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC — $16,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGREECE RIDGE EXEMPT FIREMAN'S ASSOCIATION — $14,990 over 1y, 16% of budgetNeighborhood Housing Services of Rochester Inc — $11,358 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetREFUGEES HELPING REFUGEES INC — $10,482 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetThe David Hochstein Memorial Music School Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR YOUTH INC DBA BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER ROCH — $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMENTORS INSPIRING BOYS & GIRLS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Esl Charitable Founda…Rochester Area Commun…United Way of Greater…Max and Marian Farash…Greater Rochester Hea…Daisy Marquis Jones F…William & Sheila Kona…Paychex Charitable Fo…Rochester Area Commun…Mother Cabrini Health…The Joan and Harold F…Waldron Rise Foundati…
Esl Charitable FoundationNY92.2× affinity43 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Esl Charitable Foundation · Rochester Area Community Foundation · United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc · Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation · Greater Rochester Health Foundation · Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation · William & Sheila Konar Foundation · Paychex Charitable Foundation Inc · Rochester Area Community Foundation Depository Inc · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc · The Joan and Harold Feinbloom Supporting Foundation Inc · Waldron Rise Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Rochester Area Community Foundation Initiatives Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • The Center for Teen Empowerment Inc — 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
19report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 62 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

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

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