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United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc

United way of greater rochester and the finger lakes' mission is to mobilize the goodwill and resources of our community so that everyone can thrive.

$18M
Granted FY2025still arriving
329
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$872k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$59MHealth$32MEducation$16MYouth Development$10MHousing & Shelter$6.5MCrime & Legal$6.3MPhilanthropy$5.6MReligion$4.8MOther$0
02FY2025 · 329 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k105 grants · $750k
  • $10k–50k152 grants · $3.1M
  • $50k–250k54 grants · $5.7M
  • $250k+18 grants · $8.5M
$14,866
Median grant
7
States reached
$183M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF GREATER ROCHESTER$871,769
YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER$750,804
COMMUNITY PLACE OF ROCHESTER$655,460
HILLSIDE$631,262
CATHOLIC FAMILY CENTER$599,318
LIFESPAN$583,556
SALVATION ARMY$564,122
CENTER FOR YOUTH SERVICES$548,961
BADEN STREET SETTLEMENT OF ROCHESTER INC$501,322
CHARLES SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC$443,070
VISITING NURSE SERVICE ( UR MEDICINE HOME CARE)$322,640
UNITED WAY OF GREATER ROCHESTER AND THE FINGER LAKES$309,417
ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$302,950
MONROE COUNTY HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES$300,402
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF ROCHESTER INC$292,195
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, $50.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%PINES OF PEACEINC: $455k → 11%SUNSET HOUSE INC: $1.6M → 14%AGAPE HAVEN OF ABUNDANCE: $688k → 14%HILLSIDE: $1.2M → 14%HILLSIDE: $865k → 14%CENTER FOR YOUTH SERVICES: $705k → 14%CENTER FOR YOUTH SERVICES: $615k → 14%CENTER FOR YOUTH SERVICES: $585k → 14%CENTER FOR YOUTH SERVICES: $549k → 14%CENTER FOR YOUTH SERVICES: $538k → 14%CENTER FOR YOUTH SERVICES: $516k → 14%GOODWILL OF THE FINGER LAKES: $484k → 14%IBERO AMERICAN ACTION LEAGUE: $500k → 14%IBERO AMERICAN ACTION LEAGUE: $465k → 14%IBERO AMERICAN ACTION LEAGUE: $373k → 14%CHARLES SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC: $645k → 14%CHARLES SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC: $533k → 14%CHARLES SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC: $519k → 14%CHARLES SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC: $516k → 14%CHARLES SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC: $484k → 14%CHARLES SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC: $443k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS GREATER ROCHESTER CHAPTER: $500k → 14%COMMUNITY PLACE OF ROCHESTER: $901k → 14%COMMUNITY PLACE OF ROCHESTER: $763k → 14%COMMUNITY PLACE OF ROCHESTER: $759k → 14%COMMUNITY PLACE OF ROCHESTER: $742k → 14%COMMUNITY PLACE OF ROCHESTER: $722k → 14%FAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $674k → 14%COMMUNITY PLACE OF ROCHESTER: $655k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $1.0M → 14%YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $906k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $876k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $841k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $807k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $751k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $685k → 14%YWCA OF ROCHESTER & MONROE COUNTY: $384k → 14%LIFESPAN: $951k → 14%LIFESPAN: $752k → 14%HILLSIDE: $735k → 14%HILLSIDE: $719k → 14%LIFESPAN: $682k → 14%HILLSIDE: $657k → 14%HILLSIDE: $631k → 14%LIFESPAN: $629k → 14%LIFESPAN: $624k → 14%LIFESPAN: $611k → 14%LIFESPAN: $584k → 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

WA
MN
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
NM
NC
DC
FL
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$147M · 353 repeat orgs$9.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

353 repeat relationships: 244 still active in FY2025, 109 since wound down; 43 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

353
136

Total granted

$147M
$9.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+22%

Still filing today

78%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $662k 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 ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureCrime & LegalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER (4368)
    7× · 2019–2025 · $6.0M · revenue +33%
  • LIFESPAN OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $4.9M · revenue +78%
  • HC
    HILLSIDE CHILDREN'S CENTER
    7× · 2019–2025 · $4.8M · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • AH
    Agape Haven of Abundance Incgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $688k · revenue +65%
  • CR
    City Roots Community Land Trust Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $635k · revenue -110% · 48% of their budget
  • HL
    HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2021 · $587k
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.

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 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
3
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
4
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
5
Gouverneur Hospital

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

Health
6
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
7
United Memorial Medical Center

United memorial medical center is the only acute care hospital in genesee county, with 131 licensed acute care beds that provide the necessary healthcare services to a regional population of approximately 138,000 residents and operates the…

Health
8
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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9
Greater Rochester Housing Partnership Inc

Greater rochester housing partnership, inc. (grhp) was established primarily to provide financing for affordable housing to social services and housing agencies, either directly or by participating with banks, in the rochester, new york…

Housing & Shelter
10
Unity Health System Inc

Unity health system inc. 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
11
Family Promise Rochester

To provide safe and supportive emergency shelter, meals and assistance to homeless families in the geographic area.

Human Services
12
Independent Living for Seniors Inc

To meet the health care needs of elderly persons and other individuals who require chronic health care by establishing and maintaining a chronic care management program, including but not limited to: management and coordination of…

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Genesee Region Home Care Association Inc; the most unlike its peers is Josh Rojas Foundation. 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

439 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. 439 of the 543 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.

36
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
123
Early backer (in before they grew)
421/439
Grantees still filing
298/439
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER (4368): $6,031,293 · Human ServicesYMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER (4368)LIFESPAN OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC: $4,921,399 · Human ServicesLIFESPAN OF GREATER ROCHESTER INCHILLSIDE CHILDREN'S CENTER: $4,848,908 · Human ServicesHILLSIDE CHILDREN'S CENTERTHE COMMUNITY PLACE OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC: $4,558,296 · Human ServicesTHE COMMUNITY PLACE OF GREATER ROCHES…The Center for Youth Services Inc: $3,692,109 · Human ServicesThe Center for Youth Services IncCHARLES SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC: $3,147,509 · Human ServicesCHARLES SETTLEMENT HOUSE INCGOODWILL OF THE FINGER LAKES INC: $2,054,561 · Human ServicesIBERO-AMERICAN ACTION LEAGUE INC: $2,021,780 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,960,019 · Human ServicesURBAN LEAGUE OF ROCHESTER NY INC: $1,744,193 · Human ServicesSunset House Inc: $1,659,734 · Human Services+27 more: $12,947,448 · Human Services+27 moreSALVATION ARMY: $5,127,750 · OtherSALVATION ARMYCATHOLIC CHARITIES FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES: $4,550,710 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVIC…BADEN STREET SETTLEMENT OF ROCHESTER INC: $3,425,675 · OtherBADEN STREET SETTLEMENT OF ROCHESTER INCSISTERS OF ST JOSEPH OF ROCHESTER: $2,548,934 · OtherCOUNTY OF MONROE: $2,471,441 · OtherTHE LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER NEW YORK: $1,964,437 · OtherFOODLINK INC: $2,411,605 · Other+92 more: $35,741,070 · Other+92 moreUR MEDICINE HOME CARE LICENSED SERVICES INC: $2,541,984 · HealthUR MEDICIN…UR MEDICINE HOME CARE CERTIFIED SERVICES INC: $2,347,340 · HealthUR MEDICIN…ROCHESTER REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $1,288,187 · HealthROCHESTER …Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester Inc: $937,473 · HealthBreast Can…ANTHONY L JORDAN HEALTH CORPORATION: $746,709 · HealthFINGER LAKES HEALTH SYSTEMS AGENCY: $726,314 · HealthTHE MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF ROCHESTER/MONROE COUNTY INC: $699,767 · HealthCOMPEER ROCHESTER INC: $679,869 · Health+21 more: $4,462,065 · Health+21 moreUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $4,045,017 · EducationUNIVERSIT…Rochester Institute of Technology: $1,880,253 · EducationRochester…Greater Rochester Summer Learning Association Inc: $1,630,796 · EducationGreater R…ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF THE HOLY CHILDHOOD I: $1,168,151 · EducationROCHESTER…Friends and Foundation of the Rochester Public Library: $615,688 · EducationSENECA FALLS LIBRARY: $492,982 · EducationENCOMPASS RESOURCES FOR LEARNING INC: $451,050 · EducationALLENDALE COLUMBIA SCHOOL: $422,893 · Education+8 more: $1,742,778 · Education+8 moreUNITED WAY OF GREATER ROCHESTER AND THE FINGER LAKES INC: $3,203,496 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY SERVICES CORPORATION: $707,918 · PhilanthropyEndless Highway Inc: $508,915 · PhilanthropyST ANN'S OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC: $480,890 · PhilanthropyCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF BUFFALO: $295,000 · PhilanthropyGREYSTON FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $249,682 · PhilanthropyBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF ROCHESTER INC: $2,031,934 · Youth DevelopmentCOMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR YOUTH INC DBA BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER ROCH: $1,449,948 · Youth DevelopmentBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $1,069,187 · Youth Development+1 more: $124,013 · Youth DevelopmentEMPIRE JUSTICE CENTER: $1,469,310 · Crime & LegalLEGAL ASSISTANCE OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $776,145 · Crime & LegalTHE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $593,659 · Crime & LegalROCHESTER SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN INC: $497,182 · Crime & LegalVOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES PROJECT OF MONROE COUNTY INC: $479,924 · Crime & LegalTHE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN: $202,491 · Crime & Legal
Human Services$49,587,249Other$58,241,622Health$14,429,708Education$12,449,608Philanthropy$5,695,901Youth Development$4,675,082Crime & Legal$4,018,711

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 budgetYMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER (4368): $6,031,293 over 7y, 2.7% of budgetLIFESPAN OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC: $4,921,399 over 7y, 8.3% of budgetHILLSIDE CHILDREN'S CENTER: $4,848,908 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY PLACE OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC: $4,558,296 over 7y, 19% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $4,045,017 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Youth Services Inc: $3,692,109 over 7y, 7.6% of budgetBADEN STREET SETTLEMENT OF ROCHESTER INC: $3,425,675 over 7y, 12% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ROCHESTER AND THE FINGER LAKES INC: $3,203,496 over 7y, 3.7% of budgetCHARLES SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC: $3,147,509 over 7y, 67% of budgetUR MEDICINE HOME CARE LICENSED SERVICES INC: $2,541,984 over 7y, 6.0% of budgetFOODLINK INC: $2,411,605 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetUR MEDICINE HOME CARE CERTIFIED SERVICES INC: $2,347,340 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetGOODWILL OF THE FINGER LAKES INC: $2,054,561 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF ROCHESTER INC: $2,031,934 over 7y, 24% of budgetIBERO-AMERICAN ACTION LEAGUE INC: $2,021,780 over 7y, 4.3% of budgetTHE LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER NEW YORK: $1,964,437 over 7y, 5.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,960,019 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRochester Institute of Technology: $1,880,253 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF ROCHESTER NY INC: $1,744,193 over 7y, 8.8% of budgetSunset House Inc: $1,659,734 over 7y, 12% of budgetGreater Rochester Summer Learning Association Inc: $1,630,796 over 7y, 98% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ROCHESTER AND MONROE COUNTY: $1,484,813 over 7y, 10% of budgetMEDICAL MOTOR SERVICE OF ROCHESTER & MONROE COUNTY INC: $1,478,715 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetEMPIRE JUSTICE CENTER: $1,469,310 over 7y, 4.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR YOUTH INC DBA BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER ROCH: $1,449,948 over 7y, 31% of budgetMARY CARIOLA CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $1,332,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetROCHESTER REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $1,288,187 over 7y, 5.5% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF ROCHESTER INC: $1,226,418 over 7y, 10% of budgetROCHESTER REHABILITATION CENTER INC: $1,204,841 over 7y, 3.8% of budgetWILLOW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC: $1,171,131 over 7y, 7.4% of budgetROCHESTER SCHOOL OF THE HOLY CHILDHOOD I: $1,168,151 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER & MONROE COUNTY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO: $1,121,757 over 7y, 3.0% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $1,069,187 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG ADULTS MANUFACTURER TRAINING EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM INC: $953,334 over 3y, 65% of budgetBreast Cancer Coalition of Rochester Inc: $937,473 over 7y, 40% of budgetThe Housing Council at PathStone Inc: $865,694 over 7y, 19% of budgetFamily Promise of Greater Rochester Inc: $824,169 over 7y, 32% of budgetLEGAL ASSISTANCE OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $776,145 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetThe David Hochstein Memorial Music School Inc: $758,275 over 7y, 16% of budgetTRILLIUM HEALTH INC: $757,860 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetTHE HARLEY SCHOOL: $750,407 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetANTHONY L JORDAN HEALTH CORPORATION: $746,709 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetFINGER LAKES HEALTH SYSTEMS AGENCY: $726,314 over 5y, 10% of budgetUNITED WAY SERVICES CORPORATION: $707,918 over 7y, 84% of budgetTHE MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF ROCHESTER/MONROE COUNTY INC: $699,767 over 7y, 5.8% of budgetACTION FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY INC: $684,561 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetCOMPEER ROCHESTER INC: $679,869 over 7y, 12% of budgetMONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $670,741 over 7y, 2.8% 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 YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER (4368) ↗
  • Who funds LIFESPAN OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC ↗
  • Who funds HILLSIDE CHILDREN'S CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY PLACE OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER ↗
  • Who funds The Center for Youth Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds BADEN STREET SETTLEMENT OF ROCHESTER INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER ROCHESTER AND THE FINGER LAKES INC ↗
  • Who funds CHARLES SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds UR MEDICINE HOME CARE LICENSED SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds FOODLINK INC ↗
  • Who funds UR MEDICINE HOME CARE CERTIFIED SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds GOODWILL OF THE FINGER LAKES INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF ROCHESTER INC ↗
  • Who funds IBERO-AMERICAN ACTION LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds Rochester Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds URBAN LEAGUE OF ROCHESTER NY INC ↗
  • Who funds Sunset House Inc ↗
  • Who funds Greater Rochester Summer Learning Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ROCHESTER AND MONROE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds MEDICAL MOTOR SERVICE OF ROCHESTER & MONROE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds EMPIRE JUSTICE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR YOUTH INC DBA BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER ROCH ↗
  • Who funds MARY CARIOLA CHILDREN'S CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ROCHESTER REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF ROCHESTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ROCHESTER REHABILITATION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds WILLOW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF THE HOLY CHILDHOOD I ↗
  • Who funds THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER & MONROE COUNTY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ↗

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.

Esl Charitable Founda…Greater Rochester Hea…Max and Marian Farash…Rochester Area Commun…Paychex Charitable Fo…Daisy Marquis Jones F…United Way of Greater…Rochester Area Commun…William & Sheila Kona…Finger Lakes Performi…The Polisseni Foundat…Charles J & Burton S …
Esl Charitable FoundationNY242.5× affinity153 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Esl Charitable Foundation · Greater Rochester Health Foundation · Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation · Rochester Area Community Foundation · Paychex Charitable Foundation Inc · Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation · United Way of Greater Rochester Inc · Rochester Area Community Foundation Depository Inc · William & Sheila Konar Foundation · Finger Lakes Performing Provider System Inc · The Polisseni Foundation Inc · Charles J & Burton S August Family Foundation

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 United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    77report 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
    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 543 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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