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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.

$2.0M
Granted FY2021
74
Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$84k
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 2021.

Human Services$2.8MHealth$593kYouth Development$495kFood & Nutrition$202kRecreation & Sports$185kCrime & Legal$174kPublic Safety & Disaster$140kHousing & Shelter$116kOther$0
02FY2021 · 74 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 74 grants below total $1,361,354, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,006,569 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $645,215 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 · FY2021

  • Under $10k34 grants · $247k
  • $10k–50k34 grants · $707k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $408k
$11,375
Median grant
1
States reached
$5.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SALVATION ARMY CANANDAIGUA CORPS$83,998
FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE OF THE FINGER LAKES$83,962
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF WAYNE$65,133
CLIFTON SPRINGS YMCA$62,678
SALVATION ARMY GENEVA CORPS$58,337
YMCA OF GREATER CANANDAIGUA$54,166
FLACRA$42,084
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE FINGER LAKES$40,800
PHELPS COMMUNITY CENTER$40,001
SALVATION ARMY BATAVIA CORPS$37,039
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GENEVA$30,000
ST VINCENT DEPAUL SOCIETY$29,166
GENEVA FAMILY YMCA$28,334
BIG BROTHERBIG SISTER$28,250
BISHOP SHEEN ECUMENICAL HOUSING$24,587
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–21, $883k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 49% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%CARLISLE FAMILY YMCA: $7k → 8%GATEWAY HOME COMFORT CARE: $6k → 12%FRIENDSHIP HOUSE OF THE MIDDLESEX: $6k → 15%PROJECT STORK: $8k → 10%SAFE HARBORS OF THE FINGER LAKES: $25k → 15%SAFE HARBORS OF THE FINGER LAKES: $21k → 15%SAFE HARBORS OF THE FINGER LAKES: $8k → 15%HILLSIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: $11k → 14%HILLSIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: $10k → 14%FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE OF THE FINGER LAKES: $90k → 10%FOCUS ON THE CHILDREN: $8k → 11%FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE OF THE FINGER LAKES: $84k → 10%FOCUS ON THE CHILDREN: $6k → 11%HILLSIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: $6k → 14%FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE OF THE FINGER LAKES: $78k → 10%YWCA OF GENESEE COUNTY: $21k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS - CLARA BARTONLIVINGSTON CHAPTER: $22k → 11%YWCA OF GENESEE COUNTY: $19k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $20k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS - CLARA BARTONLIVINGSTON CHAPTER: $12k → 11%YWCA OF GENESEE COUNTY: $16k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS - WAYNE: $15k → 11%GENEVA FAMILY YMCA: $40k → 10%VICTIMS RESOURCE CENTER: $12k → 11%GENEVA FAMILY YMCA: $34k → 10%SANTA HAT SOCIETY: $6k → 11%VICTIMS RESOURCE CENTER: $11k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS - GENESEE COUNTY: $10k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS - WAYNE: $10k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS - WAYNE: $10k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS - GENESEE COUNTY: $7k → 10%FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE OF THE FINGER LAKES: $30k → 10%ARC OF LIVINGSTONWYOMING COUNTY: $14k → 11%VICTIMS RESOURCE CENTER: $9k → 11%GENEVA FAMILY YMCA: $28k → 10%ALL BABIES CHERISHED: $7k → 10%ARC OF LIVINGSTONWYOMING COUNTY: $11k → 11%ARC OF WAYNE COUNTY: $6k → 11%PALMYRA COMMUNITY CENTER: $16k → 11%FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE OF THE FINGER LAKES: $28k → 10%PALMYRA COMMUNITY CENTER: $15k → 11%ALL BABIES CHERISHED: $6k → 10%PALMYRA COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 11%FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE OF THE FINGER LAKES: $20k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS - GENESEE COUNTY: $6k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS - GREATER ROCHESTER CHAPTER: $15k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS - GREATER ROCHESTER CHAPTER: $13k → 14%ARC OF ONT: $8k → 10%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.
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.8M · 64 repeat orgs$151k to everyone else

64 repeat relationships: 52 still active in FY2021, 12 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

64
12

Total granted

$4.8M
$74k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+54%

Still filing today

75%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $78k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21
Human ServicesHealthRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionAnimalsCommunity 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

  • FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE OF THE FINGER LAKES INC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $329k · revenue +149%
  • TY
    THE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLIFTON SPRINGS
    3× · 2019–2021 · $221k · revenue +78%
  • CP
    COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR YOUTH INC DBA BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER ROCH
    3× · 2019–2021 · $218k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTERgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $8k · revenue +54%
  • VV
    VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA INC CHAPTER 20
    one grant, 2019 · $7k · revenue -52%
  • OC
    ONTARIO COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2019 · $7k · revenue -3%
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
Lockport Cares Inc

The organization provides charitable relief in the form of emergency shelter, material needs, and compassionate care for the homeless and persons in need in the eastern niagara county, new york area.

Education
2
Humane Society of Genesee County

To provide services to homeless animals

Animals
3
Unity House of Cayuga County Inc

Unity house's mission is to empower and enrich the lives of people in recovery, coping with a mental illness, and/or diagnosed with a developmental disability. this is accomplished by offering supports and services in an inclusive,…

Health
4
Lake Plains Community Care Network Inc

To preserve Rural Health Care by Promoting Wellness and Ensuring Access to Quality Local Care

Health
5
Hospice of Chenango County Inc

To provide end of life care and bereavement counseling to the terminally ill and their families in chenango county, new york.

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6
Community Care of Western New York Inc

HomeCare & Hospice helps maintain independence at home with compassion in communities throughout Allegany, Cattaraugus, Genesee and Wyoming counties

Health
7
Toomey Residential and Community Services Corp

Our mission is to help individuals achieve their highest level of capability and increase opportunities for their future success. we are committed to person-centered, family focused services.

Human Services
8
Hospice & Palliative Care Inc

To provide end of life care, bereavement counseling and spiritual services to the terminally ill and their families in oneida, herkimer, and eastern madison counties, new york.

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9
Harbor House of Rochester Inc

To provide temporary lodging for families of adult critical care patients who live outside the rochester, ny area and are receiving care at local hospitals.

Religion
10
Family Service Society of Yonkers

The mission of family service society of yonkers is to be the premier provider of human services through a range of programs focusing on home health care, diverse family supports, education and advocacy. family service society of yonkers…

Human Services
11
Catholic Charities of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse Ny

Catholic charities of the roman catholic diocese of syracuse, ny operates throughout the diocese from area offices located in the following counties: onondaga, oneida/madison, oswego, cortland, broome and chenango. catholic charities of…

Human Services
12
Seneca Health Services Inc

To be the leading provider of behavioral and physical healthcare through compassionate and quality services in our community.

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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 Wayne Pretrial Service Inc. 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

69 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. 69 of the 86 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
25
Early backer (in before they grew)
68/69
Grantees still filing
51/69
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE SALVATION ARMY: $430,237 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF WAYNE: $236,175 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF WAYNETHE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLIFTON SPRINGS: $221,253 · OtherTHE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLIFTON SPRINGSFLACRA: $206,478 · OtherFLACRAGREATER CANANDAIGUA FAMILY YMCA INC: $190,692 · OtherGREATER CANANDAIGUA FAMILY YMCA INCCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ROCHESTER INC: $165,377 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ROCHESTER INCGLOW YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $160,541 · OtherGLOW YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INCTHE SALVATION ARMY BUFFALO: $128,625 · OtherST VINCENT DEPAUL SOCIETY: $105,580 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GENEVA INC: $105,000 · Other+35 more: $894,241 · Other+35 moreFAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE OF THE FINGER LAKES INC: $329,103 · Human ServicesFAMILY COUNSELING SE…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $140,109 · Human ServicesAmerican National Re…YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GENEVA NEW YORK INC: $102,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN…YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ROCHESTER AND MONROE COUNTY: $55,750 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRIST…SAFE HARBORS OF THE FINGER LAKES INC: $53,122 · Human ServicesSAFE HARBORS OF THE …Palmyra Community Center: $41,035 · Human ServicesVICTIM RESOURCE CENTER OF THE FINGER LAKES INC: $31,225 · Human Services+10 more: $130,283 · Human Services+10 moreGENESEO PARISH OUTREACH CENTER INC: $86,385 · HealthTERESA HOUSE INC: $80,083 · HealthSERENITY HOUSE OF VICTOR INC: $57,847 · HealthPARTNERSHIP FOR ONTARIO COUNTY INC: $49,003 · HealthGENESEE REGION HOME CARE ASSOCIATION INC: $39,826 · HealthCROSSROADS HOUSE: $21,091 · Health+7 more: $52,978 · HealthCOMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR YOUTH INC DBA BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER ROCH: $217,750 · Youth DevelopmentBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $111,086 · Youth DevelopmentPHELPS COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $137,828 · Recreation & SportsLYONS COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $46,800 · Recreation & SportsCAMP GOOD DAYS AND SPECIAL TIMES INC: $26,866 · Recreation & SportsWARRIOR HOUSE OF WNY INC: $9,000 · Recreation & SportsFOODLINK INC: $81,068 · Food & NutritionHOME MEAL SERVICE INC: $56,575 · Food & NutritionCARE-A-VAN MINISTRIES INC: $23,001 · Food & NutritionLEGAL ASSISTANCE OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $84,043 · Crime & LegalWAYNE PRETRIAL SERVICE INC: $29,955 · Crime & Legal
Other$2,844,199Human Services$882,627Health$387,213Youth Development$328,836Recreation & Sports$220,494Food & Nutrition$160,644Crime & Legal$113,998

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE OF THE FINGER LAKES INC: $329,103 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetTHE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLIFTON SPRINGS: $221,253 over 3y, 18% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR YOUTH INC DBA BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER ROCH: $217,750 over 3y, 9.9% of budgetGREATER CANANDAIGUA FAMILY YMCA INC: $190,692 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetGLOW YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $160,541 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $140,109 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPHELPS COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $137,828 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $111,086 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GENEVA INC: $105,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GENEVA NEW YORK INC: $102,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetGENESEO PARISH OUTREACH CENTER INC: $86,385 over 3y, 27% of budgetBishop Sheen Ecumenical Housing Foundation Inc: $85,003 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLEGAL ASSISTANCE OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $84,043 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFOODLINK INC: $81,068 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHANCES & CHANGES INC: $80,516 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetTERESA HOUSE INC: $80,083 over 3y, 14% of budgetAlex Eligh Community Center Inc: $79,025 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetSERENITY HOUSE OF VICTOR INC: $57,847 over 3y, 14% of budgetHOME MEAL SERVICE INC: $56,575 over 3y, 7.6% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ROCHESTER AND MONROE COUNTY: $55,750 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER & MONROE COUNTY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO: $53,687 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSAFE HARBORS OF THE FINGER LAKES INC: $53,122 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF NYPENN PATHWAYS INC: $52,047 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR ONTARIO COUNTY INC: $49,003 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetLYONS COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $46,800 over 3y, 8.8% of budgetWYOMING COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $45,580 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetPalmyra Community Center: $41,035 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetGENESEE REGION HOME CARE ASSOCIATION INC: $39,826 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF WAYNE COUNTY INC: $33,875 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetGILLAM GRANT COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $33,764 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetVICTIM RESOURCE CENTER OF THE FINGER LAKES INC: $31,225 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetWAYNE PRETRIAL SERVICE INC: $29,955 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetHILLSIDE CHILDREN'S CENTER: $27,573 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP GOOD DAYS AND SPECIAL TIMES INC: $26,866 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetGENESEE-LIVINGSTON-ORLEANS-WYOMING COUNTIES NYSARC INC D/B/A ARC GLOW: $24,836 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMERCY FLIGHT CENTRAL INC: $24,154 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetONTARIO DAY CARE CENTER INC: $23,823 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetCARE-A-VAN MINISTRIES INC: $23,001 over 3y, 10% of budgetCROSSROADS HOUSE: $21,091 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetPATHSTONE CORPORATION: $20,501 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFOCUS ON THE CHILDREN: $19,074 over 3y, 14% of budgetGenesee County CASA for Children Inc co Genesee County Court: $17,375 over 3y, 11% of budgetNYSARC INC ONTARIO COUNTY CHAPTER: $15,190 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF ONTARIO COUNTY INC: $15,003 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetNYSARC INC: $14,148 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetALL BABIES CHERISHED INC: $12,677 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetBreast Cancer Coalition of Rochester Inc: $12,465 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetNICHOLAS H NOYES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: $11,925 over 2y, 0.0% 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.

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.

United Way of Greater…Rochester Area Commun…Greater Rochester Hea…Esl Charitable Founda…Community Foundation …Foodlink IncJM McDonald Foundatio…Finger Lakes Performi…The Wyckoff Family Fo…Finger Lakes Area Com…Seneca Foods Foundati…Max and Marian Farash…
United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes IncNY152.8× affinity75 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc · Rochester Area Community Foundation · Greater Rochester Health Foundation · Esl Charitable Foundation · Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc · Foodlink Inc · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · Finger Lakes Performing Provider System Inc · The Wyckoff Family Foundation Inc · Finger Lakes Area Community Endowment · Seneca Foods Foundation · Max and Marian Farash Charitable 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 Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Greater Rochester Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%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
    0get no government money at all
    25report 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 86 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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