New York · Public charity
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester Institute of Technology (rit) shapes the future and improves the world through creativity and innovation. As an engaged, intellectually curious, and socially conscious community, rit leverages the power of technology, the arts, and design for the greater good.
- $421M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $307k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $9,356
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $45,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 29
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.0B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 44% of the organizations Rochester Institute of Technology funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $173k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 21 | $296k | 38% |
| FY2024 | 25 | $403k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 29 | $567k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $351k | 28% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $251k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $337k | 22% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $295k | 53% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $406k | 41% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henrietta Fire District | $415,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Greater Rochester Enterprise Inc | $306,500 | 8 | 3% |
| Sustainable Manufacturing Innovation Alliance Corp | $254,876 | 2 | 27% |
| National Association of the Deaf | $206,025 | 9 | 1% |
| The Lexington School for the Deaf Inc | $157,360 | 1 | 1% |
| Rochester Regional Health Foundation | $150,075 | 5 | 1% |
| Rochester Fringe Festival Inc | $150,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Aacsb International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business | $131,700 | 7 | 0% |
| United Way Services Corporation | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium Inc | $92,950 | 6 | 2% |
Show all 79 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Rochester Institute of Technology supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 57 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Esl Charitable Foundation · Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation · Rochester Area Community Foundation · Rochester Area Community Foundation Depository Inc · William & Sheila Konar Foundation · Paychex Charitable Foundation Inc · Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation · Greater Rochester Health Foundation · The Riedman Foundation · Finger Lakes Area Community Endowment · United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc · Ames-Amzalak Memorial Trust
How this is measured
About Rochester Institute of Technology
- How much does Rochester Institute of Technology give?
- Rochester Institute of Technology reported 22 itemized grants totaling $306,763, out of $421,007,940 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 29 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Rochester Institute of Technology fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (20%), Health (17%), Community Improvement (16%).
- Who are Rochester Institute of Technology's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Henrietta Fire District ($415k), Greater Rochester Enterprise Inc ($307k), Sustainable Manufacturing Innovation Alliance Corp ($255k).
- Does Rochester Institute of Technology fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Rochester Institute of Technology?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Esl Charitable Foundation, Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation, Rochester Area Community Foundation.
- Where is Rochester Institute of Technology based?
- Rochester Institute of Technology is based in NY.
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