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Hearing and Speech Center of Rochester Inc

Hearing and Speech Center of Rochester Inc (New York) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,535,465 to it, the largest being AL SIGL FOUNDATION INC ($904,452). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$4.6M
Funders on record
21
Grants received
$1.5M
Net assets
$164k
15/21 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 5%
01What it does

What Hearing and Speech Center of Rochester Inc does

Mission

To preserve the uniquely human right to enjoy communication for life by helping children and adults achieve dreams through innovative, caring speech and hearing services.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Speech evaluation and therapy services: Rochester Hearing and Speech Center provides comprehensive evaluation and treatment services including special education, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy and psychological consultation. Approximately 1,000 individuals are served annually.

    $2,335,091 spent$2,387,864 earned by the program
    59% of program spending
  2. Audiology services: Rochester Hearing and Speech Center provides comprehensive hearing evaluation and treatment services including the dispensing of hearing aids and assistive listening technology. Approximately 4,300 individuals are served annually.

    $1,622,408 spent$1,643,905 earned by the program
    41% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,957,499.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($4.5M) Expenses 100 ($4.9M) Net assets -220 ($-1632014)2018 Revenue 101 ($4.6M) Expenses 94 ($4.6M) Net assets -201 ($-1494450)2019 Revenue 98 ($4.4M) Expenses 93 ($4.5M) Net assets -52 ($-385635)2020 Revenue 81 ($3.7M) Expenses 77 ($3.8M) Net assets -66 ($-489138)2021 Revenue 115 ($5.2M) Expenses 82 ($4.0M) Net assets 100 ($743k)2022 Revenue 94 ($4.3M) Expenses 93 ($4.6M) Net assets 58 ($434k)2023 Revenue 97 ($4.4M) Expenses 93 ($4.5M) Net assets 48 ($355k)2024 Revenue 103 ($4.6M) Expenses 99 ($4.8M) Net assets 22 ($164k)
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Revenue (103)Expenses (99)Net assets (22)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $1.4M to $2.1M (+54%).

$863k
$852k
$921k
$912k
$1.4M
$2.1M
$1.7M
$1.5M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 4% · 2018 4% · 2019 3% · 2020 21% · 2021 30% · 2022 3% · 2023 3% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

14% of Hearing and Speech Center of Rochester Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 8,611 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$375k
’17
−$40k
’18
−$125k
’19
−$100k
’20
$1.2M
’21
−$289k
’22
−$142k
’23
−$198k
’24
0.5
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Robert Russell

President/CEO

Board chair

Brian Sauers

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed1715171313152120
Joined·+4+6+3+3+3+6+5
No longer listed·6473106
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $150k → $158k.

4 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of Hearing and Speech Center of Rochester Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

Hearing and Speech Center of Rochester Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

72% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Hearing and Speech Center of Rochester Inc.

59%
largest funder
76%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 96% · 2018 79% · 2019 76% · 2020 49% · 2021 52% · 2022 69% · 2023 47% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

57% of Hearing and Speech Center of Rochester Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

98% of Hearing and Speech Center of Rochester Inc's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY
MO
DE
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $126k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Hearing and Speech Center of Rochester Inc's funding base is broadening — from 3 funders to 10 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−4% · below the median
Months of reserve0.5mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)0% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

82% of spending goes to programs.

Program 82%Management 14%Fundraising 4%

Governance

18
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

97%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds Hearing and Speech Center of Rochester Inc?
Hearing and Speech Center of Rochester Inc (New York) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,535,465 to it, the largest being AL SIGL FOUNDATION INC ($904,452). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Hearing and Speech Center of Rochester Inc have?
IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $1,535,465 in grants to Hearing and Speech Center of Rochester Inc, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Hearing and Speech Center of Rochester Inc?
AL SIGL FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $904,452 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Hearing and Speech Center of Rochester Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 21 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing